Lo Carmen turns to her former neighbor, Peter Marcus - who is a hospice volunteer amongst many other things - to hear about his experiences and lessons from the dying.

#death #dying #deathisnottheend #hospice

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

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Lo Carmen gets into facing your own mortality, seizing the day and changing perceptions with indie rock musician Queen Kwong, aka Carré Kwong Callaway, who also writes two Substacks - Historical Hysteria (music/memoir), and Diary of A Death Doula, where she explores death and dying as she studies to become a death doula.

Music on this episode used with permission.

I Found A Reason - Queen Kwong from STRANGERS EP ℗ 2024 Eternal Music Group/Composed by Lou Reed /Performed by Carré Kwong Callaway and produced by Darian Zahedi

Stanley RIP - Queen Kwong from Couples Only 2022, produced by Joe Cardamone and mixed by Tchad Blake/Written and performed by Carré Kwong Callaway

Don’t Forget This Feeling - Written by Will Lanier and performed by Carré Kwong Callaway, never released teenage bedroom demo .

Tracks below used with permission from Epidemic Sound:

Muted Conversations Pt 1 by Velvet Head

Gentle Reminder by JF Gloss

Frustration In Disguise by Taylor Crane

Foggy Skies by Marin Klem

Evening At Djupvik Harbour by They Dream By Day

Downstreams by Roots & Recognitions

Diaphanous Dreamboats by Silver Maple

Ghost Town River by River Foxcroft

#queenkwong #deathdoula #death #dying #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025

Lo Carmen converses with people who are doing death differently; country singer and force of nature Fanny Lumsden shares the inspiration behind her song When I Die and ruminates on how death is woven into her life and songwriting, curator/writer/presenter/podcaster/maker/creator-extraordinaire Marieke Hardy explains how getting clear with the people in our lives, living wakes, and exploring and thinking about death encourages us to live more joyfully. Bill Edgar tells us some stories from his adventures as The Coffin Confessor and Nastassia Jones from The Last Hurrah Funerals shares the ethos behind creating 'original funerals for unique people'.

Watch Fanny Lumsden's When I Die music video featuring Brett and her dad here.

Listen to The Last Word podcast with Stassy Jones here.

Visit The Last Hurrah Funerals.

Listen to Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die podcast here.

Explore Better Off Said: Eulogies for the Living and Dead

Discover The Coffin Confessor by Bill Edgar.

‘Excerpts from 'When I Die' by Fanny Lumsden and 'Dress Sexy At My Funeral' by Smog, aka Bill Callahan, used with permission.

Shining Tears by John Bjork, Fields of Scotland and Sunrise Stadium used with permission from Epidemic Sound

November used with permission from Mobygratis

#fanny lumsden #mariekehardy #thecoffinconfessor #thelasthurrah #songsaboutdeath #death #dying #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025