Episodes

Dec. 24, 2024

Postmortem Restorative Art book release with Dominic Astorino

We have very exciting news, renowned speaker and restorative art educator Dominic Astorino can now add author to his titles. Dominic's first book, Postmortem Restorative Art, Principles, Methods and Applications will be rel…
Nov. 22, 2024

Gather, The Future of Funeral Home Software

We sat down with Chase Downs of Gather, one of the industries premiere funeral home softwares that is on the cutting edge of what the industry needs. Join us as we discuss how funeral home software provides value and how th…
Oct. 28, 2024

NFDA Conference 2024 Recap

Did you miss the NFDA convention this year, get a quick recap of some of the seminars and vendors.
Oct. 8, 2024

Human Terramation with Brie Smith from Return Home

We sat down with Brie Smith of Return Home one of the first Terramation companies in the country as she covers the process, what we can expect and the beauty behind this new form of disposition. Terramation, also known as N…
Sept. 15, 2024

Mass Educate - Free Funeral Program in Massachusetts

You read that right, the two funeral programs in Massachusetts situated at Community Colleges, Cape Cod Community Colleges funeral program in Bridgewater Mass on the Bridgewater State University Campus and North Shore Commun…
July 16, 2024

The consumer's journey to purchasing funeral services with Bill Johnston

We sat down with Bill A Johnston author and owner of Post and Boost as he discusses his new book "The Consumer's Journey to Purchasing Funeral Services: A Marketing Roadmap for Growing Market Share and Revenue"
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…
Jan. 28, 2024

Continuing the Conversation with Faith

Join as as we continue the conversation with Faith Haug Department Chair of Mortuary Science at Arapahoe Community College in Colorado.  This is part two of transitioning funeral service as we move into how students are toda…
Jan. 21, 2024

Transitioning Funeral Service with Faith Haug

Episode 17 : Funeral service is transitioning - Join us as Faith Haug discusses with Dan Shea and Jess Clasby how funeral service can grow and serve clients as more transgender funeral professionals and students feel comfort…
Dec. 23, 2023

Management as portrayed in games

This month we compare two popular mortuary simulation games with real life management.
Sept. 17, 2023

Going the Extra Mile

What does it mean to go the extra mile and how do we collectively improve.  As an industry we either grow together or we sink together.  We need to do the extra stuff and leave our comfort zone.  It is the seminars, speakers…
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…