Episode notes
Lauren Andrew looked up how horror writers build fear, then realized the exact same formula explains why we're so afraid of dying.
This is Lauren's second time on the show. Last time we got into AWAKE and the work she and Amanda Kelly are doing on sustainable cremation. This one goes somewhere more personal.
We talk about the difference between fear of the unknown and what she now calls an intolerance of uncertainty, and why the people most afraid of death are almost always the ones who've had the least contact with it.
She also tells the story of being seven or eight years old at her grandfather's open casket, incense burning, nobody explaining anything to her. And what happened a year later when her little sister buried her hamster in a bedazzled shoebox and got it completely right.
If you've ever wondered what a death cafe is, why green burial is growing, or how to bring this up with your parents without it being weird, this one's for you.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:41 Fear, uncertainty, and the formula behind both
08:42 Green burial and what changes when people show up
12:08 What a death cafe actually is
17:10 Her grandfather's funeral and what kids understand about death
23:47 Grief as a rock in your pocket
27:26 Preparing before you need to