Season 1

Feb. 17, 2024

Peer Support with Kim Zavrotny

Join us with Kim Zavrotny from Funeral Professionals Peer Support.  FPPS is a non-profit that provides peer-based mental wellness support to bereavement professionals worldwide.  Visit funeralpeersupport.com for more informa…
Aug. 22, 2023

Study Techniques

Join us as Prof. Shea covers study techniques that will prepare you for your semester and academic career no matter what field you are studying for.
July 29, 2023

Chelsea Cush

Join us for a chat with Chelsea Cush, funeral director, embalmer and mortuary educator.  Chelsea is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in Michigan and Pennsylvania and teaches for the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary S…
July 9, 2023

NFDA Arranger Training with Melissa Loose

The NFDA's arranger training is a great opportunity to sharpen your skills at the arrangement conference and in general will make you better at funeral home operation and management.  This eight hour day will be a mixture of…
June 26, 2023

Suicide

Join us as we cover how a funeral director and embalmer can approach suicide related deaths and tell the deceased story the way the family wants.
May 3, 2023

Mass Reconnect

Following Governor Maura Healey's announcement of Mass Reconnect we sat down the the President of Cape Cod Community College, Dr. John Cox to discuss this monumental moment that will open doors and break down barriers to edu…
April 1, 2023

United South and Eastern Tribes - USET

Emma Waugh, Public Health Program Coordinator for the United South and Eastern Tribes - USET joins us this to discuss how funeral directors can better serve Native Americans, their tribes, death certificate misclassification…
March 1, 2023

Cremation and the modern funeral director with Joe Reardon

Joe Reardon joins Melissa in discussing cremation and how it affects the modern funeral director.  What can we do to serve families better and keep up with the times.
Jan. 31, 2023

Test Taking and Study Techniques

As the spring semester starts, we thought it would be beneficial to provide another lecture from the Cape Cod Community College Funeral Service Lecture Series.  This time we bring you to test taking and study techniques with…
Dec. 28, 2022

Quality Embalming with Shawna Rodabaugh

Shawna Rodabaugh returns to the show this month to discuss quality embalming and the problems the funeral industry faces with embalming, why are we not getting the quality we expect.
Nov. 28, 2022

Medical Section of the Death Certificate

Dr. Shea joins us as part of the Cape Cod Community College Funeral Service Program Lecture Series to discuss how funeral directors can better work with the healthcare community in completing the medical section of the death…
Oct. 28, 2022

Remote Funeral Attendance

Episode 3: Remote funeral attendance with Bruce Likly president of TribuCast® the leading remote funeral attendance program, join us as Bruce discusses how the industry has changed in light of families being able to remotely…
Oct. 25, 2022

FTC Funeral Rule Open Meeting Recap

A discussion with Prof. Fin regarding the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) open meeting that took place on October 20th, 2022 for public comment on modernizing the funeral rule.  Join us as Prof. Fin provides a witty overview …
Sept. 28, 2022

Anatomical Embalming

Episode 2: Anatomical Embalming with out guest Shawna Rodabaugh, the A-List speaker of anatomical Embalming Shares with you what you need to know, the difference between cosmetic and anatomical embalming with some valuable t…
July 6, 2022

Trailer, Mortuary Mayhem

Intro to the newest mortuary podcast serving the funeral community coving all things mortary and undertaking, the newest and most advanced embalming and funeral directing techniques, news, events and just pure mayhem coming …