The Death Studies Podcast The Death Studies Podcast

What's the episode about?

In this episode, hear M.F. (Mike) Alvarez on
suicide, mental health and illness, autoethnography, fine art, reflexive writing, creative writing, interdisciplinarity and biases in the academy 

Who is M.F. Alvarez? 

M. F.  (Mike) Alvarez is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire in
Durham, USA. He is the author of two books: The
Paradox of Suicide and Creativity (Lexington
Books, 2020), and Unraveling: An Autoethnography of Suicide and Renewal (Routledge, 2023). He is also lead author of A Plague for Our Time: Dying and Death in the Age of COVID-19 (McFarland, forthcoming), and lead editor of Suicide in Popular Media and Culture (Bristol
UP, in progress). Dr. Alvarez is a founding member of the National Communication Association’s Death and Dying Division. He teaches courses in mental health communication, end of life communication, film and media studies, and autoethnography.

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To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:

Alvarez. M. F. (2024) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 April 2024. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25516474

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What's the episode about?
In this episode, hear author and vocal coach Clare Hogan discuss death anxiety, breath work, transpersonal psychology, performing death, death cafes and seeing death as an
adventure and gateway to more life.

 

Who is Clare? After completing her GMus at the Royal Northern College of Music, Clare went on to do a Masters by Research at Keele University.  It was there that she discovered an interest
in psychology.

 

Whilst still researching for her MA, Clare started tutoring at Keele and later at Salford University. Clare devised and has run the Master's course 'Psychology of Performance' at
Salford for over 20 years. ​Clare is an expert in classical and operatic technique and has a keen interest in helping those suffering from anxiety and/or stage-fright.

 

Her latest book, Performance and Purpose in Death and Dying, was written over three years in response to the growing need for a sense of purpose in the wake of so much destruction and devastation, with the aim of communicating the message that there is no death as we commonly perceive it, and there is nothing to fear.  

It developed and grew from the courses, classes and the Death Cafes that Clare has delivered and facilitated. The Alchemy of Performance Anxiety: Transformation for Artists was
published in 2018, also by Free Association Books.




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Hogan, C. (2024) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by
Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 4 March 2024. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25334869



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What's the episode about?

In this episode, hear Professor Lucy Easthope discuss disaster recovery, emergency planning, risk, the Grenfell and Hillsborough disasters in the UK, humanitarian disasters, pregnancy loss, hope and wellbeing.

Who is Lucy? 

Lucy Easthope is a UK expert and adviser on emergency planning and disaster recovery.

She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham, and co-founder of the After Disaster Network at the university.

She is also a Visiting Professor in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath, a researcher at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University, a former Senior Fellow of the Emergency Planning College, and a member of the Cabinet Office National Risk Assessment Behavioural Science Expert Group.


She is the author of When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster and The Recovery Myth: The Plans and Situated Realities of Post-Disaster Response.

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To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:

Easthope, L. (2024) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 February 2024. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25092782

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What's the episode about?

In this episode, hear Professor Ann Luce on suicide, the ethical reporting of suicide, suicide prevention, the Bridgend suicides, emotional labour in research self-care, and living with post-Covid complications and long Covid.

Who is Ann? 

Dr. Ann Luce is a Professor of Journalism and Health Communication at Bournemouth University on the southwest coast of England.

 

She is co-creator of the Suicide Reporting Toolkit www.suicidereportingtoolkit.com a toolkit for journalists and journalism educators on how best to report ethically and responsibly on suicide.

Professor Luce has spent over 15 years researching and writing
about suicide and mental illness. One of her most notable pieces of journalism was investigating suicide rates in Florida, which eventually garnered support for the creation of the Office of Suicide Prevention and Drug Control in the State of Florida. Ann also won a "Responsible and Ethical Reporting of Suicide' award from then-Governor, Jeb Bush.

Find out more about Ann on her university profile or her website.

 

Additional Audio in this Episode 

Information on Corinne and how to contact her and a link to the book Everyday Armageddons discussed in the episode introduction are below.

Corinne Elicona is an independent scholar known for her expertise
in death studies, digital content management, and death education. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a CANA Crematory Operations Certification. Her work has been featured in publications such as Nursing Clio, the Collective for Radical Death Studies, and the Order of the Good Death. She is currently working as the Education & Digital Content Manager and DEIB Task Force lead at the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is passionate about developing educational programs and fostering community connections.

 The book featured in the introduction this month was:

Everyday Armageddons: Stories and
Reflections on Death, Dying, God, and Waste by Matthew Holmes and Thomas R. Gaulke



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Luce, A. (2024) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 7 January 2024. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24954678

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What's the episode about?

This episode accompanies the edited collection Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture edited by Sharon Coleclough and podcast hosts Bethan Michael-Fox and Renske Visser. In it you will find a discussion between the editors and an interview with the author of the foreword, Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce, as well as summaries of each chapter to help you navigate and engage with the book.

Find out more about the book.

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The Death Studies Podcast (2023) Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 December 2023. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24715908

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What's the episode about?

In this episode, hear Dr Christopher Hood discuss the world’s largest single plane crash, memorials, disasters, Japan and Japanese memorial cultures, writing fiction, plane crashes, mental health and academia, suicide and academia, and much more! 

Who is Chris? 

Christopher Hood is a Reader in Japanese Studies at Cardiff University.

His publications include the Japan: The Basics, Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss in the World’s Largest Single Plane Crash, and Dealing with Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash,
and ‘Truth and Limitations: Japanese Media and Disasters’ (in Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition), ‘Japanese Disaster Narratives of the Early Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change’ (published in French in Ebisu Études japonaises), and ‘Disaster Narratives by Design: Is Japan Different?’ (International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters).

He is also the author of the novels Hijacking Japan, Tokyo 20/20 Vision, and FOUR.

Homepage: http://hoodcp.wordpress.com

Twitter: @HoodCP


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To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:

Hood, C. (2023) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 December 2023. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24711444

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