Episodes

  • La Petite Mort: Andrea Goldsmith Is Going To Die

    La Petite Mort: Andrea Goldsmith Is Going To Die
    Jun 18 2024

    LA PETITE MORT: ANDREA GOLDSMITH IS GOING TO DIE

    Writers obsessed with the themes of death and mortality often find comfort in the words of fellow artists interrogating same. What is it that they're seeking in the musings of those who turn to face the Reaper? What does it tell them not only about their own creative practice, but life itself?

    Andrea Goldsmith is an award-winning novelist and occasional essayist. Death has featured in most of her 9 novels; indeed, in the forthcoming, The Buried Life, the main character is a sociologist of death. Her fascination with death may be nothing more than her flexing muscles at the Grim Reaper, though she insists that it’s the mystery of death and the fear that it commonly inspires that attracts her - as well as the poetry and the two thousand plus requiems.


    Andrea Goldsmith (website: andreagoldsmith.com.au)

    Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
    You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePod

    Music by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)
    Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)
    Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)
    Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)
    Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)

    With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)
    Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)
    and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)

    Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.com

    Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:


    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups


    https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx


    https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief


    https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/


    https://griefline.org.au/get-help/


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    54 mins
  • Ben Quilty Is Going To Die

    Ben Quilty Is Going To Die
    Jun 11 2024

    BEN QUILTY IS GOING TO DIE

    Australian artist Ben Quilty has always been an outspoken human - passionate about art, social justice, and the general messy business of Being Human. But as someone who has had a front-row seat to death and mortality - not just through his work, but also through his activism - how does he feel about planning his own Funeral? What does he wish he'd said and refrained from saying? This is an earnest Dream Funeral from one of the country's most reflective and creative minds.


    Ben Quilty is a contemporary Australian artist whose thickly painted landscapes and portraits have garnered international acclaim. Working in a style that remains both highly expressive and naturalistic, Quilty aims to delve into the emotional qualities of places and people through his gestural application of paint. Though remains distinctive in Quilty’s vivid use of spectral color. Quilty studied at Sydney College of the Arts and the University of Western Sydney. In 2011, he notably worked as an official war artist for the Australian Defense force stationed in Afghanistan, where he depicted the daily life and struggles of the soldiers through quickly executed sketches and paintings. Quilty’s works are in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the National Gallery of Art in Canberra, and the University of Queensland Art Museum in Brisbane, among others. The artist lives and works in Robertson, Australia.

    Ben Quilty (IG @BenQuilty)

    Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
    You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePod

    Music by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)
    Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)
    Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)
    Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)
    Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)

    With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)
    Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)
    and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)

    Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.com

    Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:


    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups


    https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx


    https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief


    https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/


    https://griefline.org.au/get-help/


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    47 mins
  • Celebrating Dane Crawford

    Celebrating Dane Crawford
    Jun 4 2024
    CELEBRATING DANE CRAWFORDIn these special episodes, we celebrate the life of a person who has died via someone who loved them deeply - keeping the memory of them alive through shared recollections, joy and grief.These conversations can be intensely raw, and many tears are shed. Please move gently as you listen.TW: Grief, suicidal ideation.Dane Crawford was a sparkly-eyed, sweet natured man who loved his work in construction. He died suddenly in 2018 at 37 years of age. Celebrating Dane is his former partner Tommy Murphy - a celebrated playwright and screenwriter based in Sydney, where his recent stage adaptation of Nevil Shute’s On The Beach premiered at Sydney Theatre Company. His earlier adaptation of Tim Conigrave's memoir Holding The Man plays regularly around the world, including a recent revival at Belvoir. Tommy won the National Theatre Award from the Australia Council in 2020 following his play Packer & Sons. Other theatre credits include Mark Colvin’s Kidney, and Gwen in Purgatory (Belvoir St Theatre), Troy’s House (SUDS, ATYP), Strangers in Between (Griffin Theatre Company, Trafalgar Studios West End), Blood Wedding (Royal and Derngate Northampton Theatre, UK), and Saturn’s Return (Sydney Theatre Company). He created and was the Head Writer and Script Producer for the ABC original television series Significant Others (Fremantle, nominated for the 2023 Logie for Outstanding Drama). Tommy has also written episodes on The Twelve, Bloom, Fighting Season, The Devil’s Playground and Offspring. Tommy wrote and was Associate Producer on the feature film Holding The Man (Goalpost Pictures) directed by Neil Armfield. He won the AWGIE Award for Best Writing in a Feature Film and Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay. Tommy was the recipient of the Patrick White Playwrights Fellowship (2016), and The Writers’ Guild and Screen Australia Creators Program in Hollywood (2023). His other notable awards include winner of the 2022 AWGIE Award for Audio Fiction for his radio play Call You Back and winner of the N.S.W. Premier’s Literary Awards for Best Play for both Holding The Man and Strangers In Between and the W.A. Premier’s Prize for Gwen in Purgatory. He is currently developing a feature film. Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePodMusic by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.comWhilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groupshttps://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspxhttps://www.headspace.com/meditation/griefhttps://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/https://griefline.org.au/get-help/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    46 mins
  • Amy Taylor Is Going To Die

    Amy Taylor Is Going To Die
    May 28 2024

    AMY TAYLOR IS GOING TO DIE

    Frontwoman for Australian punk icons Amyl and the Sniffers, Amy Taylor has always leaned into a robust zest for life and a beautiful, chaotic energy. That lust for experience explodes in your face every time she performs - marching around the stage with an unbridled and infectious exuberance. Yet alongside this love of life, Amy's always had a fascination and pragmatism about death...and the plans for her Dream Funeral are unsurprisingly grandiose and befitting a rock n roll goddess.

    Amy Taylor (IG @CaltexCowgirl)
    Amyl and the Sniffers (IG @AmylAndTheSniffers)

    Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
    You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePod

    Music by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)
    Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)
    Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)
    Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)
    Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)

    With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)
    Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)
    and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)

    Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.com

    Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:


    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups


    https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx


    https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief


    https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/


    https://griefline.org.au/get-help/

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    52 mins
  • Celebrating Niki Chawla

    Celebrating Niki Chawla
    May 21 2024

    CELEBRATING NIKI CHAWLA

    In these special episodes, we celebrate the life of a person who has died via someone who loved them deeply - keeping the memory of them alive through shared recollections, joy and grief.

    These conversations can be intensely raw, and many tears are shed. Please move gently as you listen.

    TW: Violence against women, murder, justice system, mental health.

    Nikita Chawla was a beautiful, kind-hearted, gentle, energetic and ambitious young woman with a passion for performing arts and dance. Her life was taken in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated on 9 January 2015. She was 23 years old.


    Celebrating Niki is her brother Tarang Chawla - a speaker, writer and founder of Not One More Niki, working to end violence against women. He is a gender equality, human rights and mental health advocate who was named a Young Australian of the Year Finalist and listed as one of Australia’s Top 40 Under 40 Asian Australians.


    Tarang Chawla (IG @TarangChawla)
    Not One More Niki (IG @NotOneMoreNiki)

    Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
    You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePod

    Music by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)
    Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)
    Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)
    Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)
    Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)

    With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)
    Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)
    and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)

    Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.com

    Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:


    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups


    https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx


    https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief


    https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/


    https://griefline.org.au/get-help/

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    59 mins
  • Sam Pang Is Going To Die

    Sam Pang Is Going To Die
    May 14 2024

    SAM PANG IS GOING TO DIE

    You know comedian, radio and television presenter, writer and occasional Logies host Sam Pang from - well, everywhere. He's the first to leap in with a witticism (or devastating sledge) when the occasion calls for it, and not shy about naming and shaming those who could use taking down a peg or two. But how do you plan a Dream Funeral for a man who is most comfortable outside the spotlight looking in?


    Sam Pang on HYBPA (IG @HYBPA)

    Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
    You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePod

    Music by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)
    Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)
    Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)
    Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)
    Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)

    With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)
    Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)
    and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)

    Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.com

    Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:


    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups


    https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx


    https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief


    https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/


    https://griefline.org.au/get-help/

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • La Petite Mort: Malia Dewse Is Going To Die

    La Petite Mort: Malia Dewse Is Going To Die
    May 7 2024

    LA PETITE MORT: MALIA DEWSE IS GOING TO DIE

    Why do so many of us resist writing a will until it's too late?

    Holistic end-of-life planning is more than formal documents (will and advanced care plan). It reflects our values, interests and the breadth of our lives: emotional housekeeping, end-of-life, our legacy and more. It needs doing before it’s really needed.

    A long-held interest in death and dying, as well as both positive and challenging personal experiences with loved ones’ dying and death, drove Malia Dewse to establish Beyond the Will. The service provides a holistic planning approach to the end-of-life. It supports individuals and families to plan before they really need to and identify and prioritise the things that really matter to them.

    Malia currently lives and works in Merri-bek with her family and a demanding cat. She loves to cook, eat, garden and plant trees as well as connect with friends and community. She is also currently on the board of Tender Funerals Greater Eastern Melbourne.

    Beyond The Will (FB @BeyondTheWill)

    Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
    You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePod

    Music by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)
    Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)
    Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)
    Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)
    Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)

    With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)
    Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)
    and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)

    Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.com

    Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:


    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups


    https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx


    https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief


    https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/


    https://griefline.org.au/get-help/

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    36 mins
  • Tony Birch Is Going To Die

    Tony Birch Is Going To Die
    Apr 30 2024
    TONY BIRCH IS GOING TO DIEThe brilliant writer and academic Dr Tony Birch was born in inner-city Melbourne, into a large family of Aboriginal, West Indian and Irish descent. An altar boy and exceptional student at his local Catholic primary school, in adolescence, Birch went 'off the rails' as a teenager. He was expelled from two high schools for fighting and found trouble with the police for the same reason. Although somewhat adrift following his expulsions, he remained a voracious reader – once, when he was arrested by police, all they found when they patted him down was a copy of Camus’ The Outsider, which remains his favourite book.Birch has written a great deal about death and grief, most recently in his 2021 short story collection Dark As Last Night, where he interrogates the death of his brother Wayne. Here, he reads from the collection whilst musing on his own legacy and eventual funeral plans.Birch has been publishing short stories and poetry regularly since the 1980s, although his first collection, Shadowboxing, only appeared in 2006. Since this, he has published four more collections of short stories and poetry (Father's Day [2009], The Promise [2014], Broken Teeth [2016], and Common People [2017] and two novels (Blood [2011] and Ghost River [2015]).Among his awards are the Scanlon Prize and the Prize for Indigenous Writing (Victorian Premier's Literary Awards). He has also been shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (NSW Premier's Literary Awards), the Steele Rudd Award (with both the original Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and the later Queensland Literary Awards), and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.In 2015, he joined Victoria University as the first recipient of its Dr Bruce McGuinness Indigenous Research Fellowship. His role sits within the Moondani Balluk Academic Unit and is linked to the University’s creative arts and writing programs. He has also taught creative writing at the University of Melbourne for many years.In 2022, he was appointed as the third Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, following Richard Flanagan and Alexis Wright.Tony Birch (IG @Tony_Birch_)Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).You can follow at IG @GoingToDiePodMusic by Lord Fascinator (IG @lordfascinator)Produced by Darren Scarce (IG @Dazz26)Video edits by Andy Nedelkovski (IG @AndyNeds)Artwork by Lauren Egan (IG @heylaurenegan)Photography by Eamon Leggett (IG @anxietyoptions)With thanks to Amelia Chappelow (IG @ameliachappelow)Camilla McKewen (IG @CamillaLucyLucy)and Rhys Graham (IG @RhysJGraham)Support the show via www.patreon.com/mariekehardy and drop an email to mariekehardyisgoingtodie@gmail.comWhilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groupshttps://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspxhttps://www.headspace.com/meditation/griefhttps://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/https://griefline.org.au/get-help/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    1 hr and 6 mins