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Some of Ben's favorite episodes didn't make it to the top ten, but that's okay! Relive some of his most meaningful, educational, and embarrassing moments. Free NFDA Expo Passes Booth 1313! Rate and review the show! Email Ben at [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast

Coming to NFDA? Get your free expo pass here! Booth 1313! Be on The Funeralcast! At NFDA- What were you terrible at when you first started in funeral service? Write me a listener question on any topic and I will answer you! [email protected] Check out the new Funeralcast YouTube page!

These are the top ten Funeralcat episodes by Spotify rankings and they are awesome! Free NFDA Expo Passes Booth 1313! Email Ben at [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast

The Funeralcast has hit a milestone, and joing Ben is National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Andre Dawson, who has owned a funeral home for the last 18 years. His insights on life and fineral service are something you won't want to miss. Rate and review the show! Free NFDA Expo Passes, booth 1313! Email me [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast

Ever wonder what Ben's wife is like? Ever wonder if she actually exists? She does and she is here to share her experiences about life with a funeral director and specifically life with your beloved host. Rate and review the show, even if you don't like it! Free NFDA Expo Passes! Booth 1313! Email Ben [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast

In this Fastcast we have a preview of Funeralcast episode 98. Green Thumb Thanatology with Cole Imperi, episode 99. The Beauty and the Brains with Jaclyn Kleinaitis, and episode 100 Hall of Fame Funeral Directing with Andre Dawson. Free NFDA Expo Passes Booth 1313 Email me at [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast

Cole Imperi has had a big influence on Thanatology by founding the School of American Thanatology, identifying non-clincal terms like "shadow loss", and creating the sub-discipline of Thanabotany. Sounds like someone super serious, right? Wrong! She's a lot of fun and find out why on this episode of The Funeralcast. Be sure to rate and review the show, even if you don't like it! Check out the School of American Thanatology Follow Cole @imperi Email Ben [email protected] Follow Ben @thefuneralcast

Kimberly Garrett is the founder of Anytime Mobile DNA in Los Angeles, a business that usually serves the living until she started to get calls to recover DNA from people who have died. Hear her journey into funeral service. Rate and review the show! Email Ben [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast Visit Kimberly's website

Christa Ovenell left a high-profile position as the Principal at Canada’s largest international college to become a funeral director at the age of 50. She is now a funeral director/embalmer, end of life doula, and a deathcare educator. Learn what inspired her life change and how she has combined her love of education and her deathcare calling to help meet the needs of her community.  Be sure to rate and review the show, even if you don't like it! Follow Christa on instagram @deathsapprentice.ca Visit her website Read her article- Embalming Isn't the Enemy: How a Green Mortician Found the Good in a Polarizing Practice. Email Ben [email protected] Follow Ben @thefuneralcast Visit our newly revamped website

On this episode: Ethical AI Memorialization with Liminal Touch Death's Apprentice "What's your bold predicition for funeral service?" Fluid Forum on August 18th Embalming Chemicals in the Wild on YouTube Live

More people are blistering at the idea of AI usage, especially when it comes to memorializing someone they lost. The co-founders of Liminal Touch, offer what they believe is an ethical usage of AI for digital memorialization.   Rate and review the podcast, even if you don't like it! Email Ben [email protected] Check out Liminal Touch here. Follow Ben @thefuneralcast Follow Frigid Fluid @frigidfluid Visit our newly revamped website

Promession is a little known method of disposition developed in Sweden. Ben is joined by Peter Masak, husband of the founder of Promessa to explain the method. Be sure to rate and review the show! Email Ben at [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast Promessa video links mentioned in the show Promessa- How it works https://www.facebook.com/teletrece/videos/1050440205037543/https://www.facebook.com/DavidAvocadoWolfe/videos/10153717247856512/ https://work-60633547.facebook.com/kingdemic/videos/1067877743294822/?

On this episode, I am joined by Frigid President and CEO to discuss current and upcoming episodes, say goodbye to two funeral service giants, and ask Brian an "Is it Real?" question.

Scattering cremated remains from an airplane is not new, but Patrick Kane and Andrew Czachor have created a new level of diginity and accountability for the process backed by the tech team at Answering Service for Directors, Be sure to rate and review the show! Email Ben at [email protected] Follow Ben @thefuneralcast Follow @cremationairofficial Learn more about the process of how Cremation Air works here. Email them at [email protected]

This year marks 150 years since Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne cremated Baron De Palm in Washington, PA. It has come a long way since then to become the number one form of disposition. Barbara Kemmis, the executive director of The Cremation Association of North America joins Ben to talk about the four eras of cremation history and where it may be going. Be sure to rate and review the show. Watch for new episodes of the Funeralcast Fastcast! Email Ben [email protected] Email Barbara [email protected] Follow @thefuneralcast Follow @frigidfluid