Episodios

  • Gay Abandon: Ageing and Dying in the LGBTQI Community

    Gay Abandon: Ageing and Dying in the LGBTQI Community
    Oct 16 2025
    Members of the LGBTQI community face unique, often invisible challenges when it comes to ageing and dying. They are also creating new and joyful ways to celebrate and honour each other’s lives. One man is holding their hands through it all.
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    50 m
  • Bodies R Us: What Really Happens to Bodies Donated to Science?

    Bodies R Us: What Really Happens to Bodies Donated to Science?
    Oct 8 2025
    Have you ever wondered what type of people donate their bodies to science? Or if body supply equals demand? Organ donation may be increasing but the numbers surrounding whole body donation remain vague. What happens to the bodies that do end up in labs? And what if there’s a shortage? One woman decided to find out.
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    49 m
  • Grave Matters is back for Season 2!

    Grave Matters is back for Season 2!
    Oct 2 2025
    Death — we all have to face it, but nobody wants to talk about it. Anthony Levin and Nadine J. Cohen are back to explore the unexpected, the eerie, and the deeply human sides of life’s final chapter. Grave Matters is the SBS podcast about death, dying, and the people helping us better understand what happens at the end of the road.
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    2 m
  • Ray of light: Ray Martin ponders death & the afterlife

    Ray of light: Ray Martin ponders death & the afterlife
    Aug 7 2024
    American broadcaster Diane Sawyer once said that a good journalist follows their curiosity like a cat. If the adage is true, then Ray Martin has nine lives. At age 79, and with five Gold Logies on the mantle, Ray has finally turned his attention to what he says is the best question there is: death. He joins us on this special bonus episode of Grave Matters to discuss his new series for SBS, Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye.
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    43 m
  • Saying Fur-well: Pets, Vets & the Afterlife

    Saying Fur-well: Pets, Vets & the Afterlife
    May 14 2024
    We're back with a special bonus episode to cap off the series. We’ve spent the season exploring the myriad ways we respond to people dying and what it means to have a good death. But what does this mean for our pets? It turns out losing a furry friend can be just as challenging as losing a human one.
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    45 m
  • Everybody Dies: Ben Lee on Life, Death, and Ayahuasca, Baby

    Everybody Dies: Ben Lee on Life, Death, and Ayahuasca, Baby
    May 7 2024
    You may know him as the singer songwriter behind worldwide hits including Catch My Disease and We’re All In This Together. But there’s more to Ben Lee than clever lyrics and catchy hooks. Why is he on a podcast about death and dying? Good question.
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    44 m
  • No Planet B: Coming to Terms with Climate Collapse

    No Planet B: Coming to Terms with Climate Collapse
    Apr 29 2024
    Would you live your life differently if you thought humanity was doomed? You don’t have to be a nihilist to wonder whether we can survive the climate crisis. We find hope where it seems there is none and examine the idea of dying well, together. We face facts with climate policy expert and communicator David Spratt, and get a virtual hug from psychotherapist Carolyn Baker.
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    49 m
  • Trauma’s Children: Life in the shadow of massive loss

    Trauma’s Children: Life in the shadow of massive loss
    Apr 23 2024
    We inherit many things from our families - heirlooms, habits, humour. But what about psychological wounds? In this episode, we discuss epigenetics, intergenerational trauma and how collective memory helps us work through catastrophic loss with Linda Thai, a therapist and former child refugee.
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    44 m