Arts
Julia and Victoria contemplate mortality (and whether they could be buried under paper trees to become books in their next lives) with the help of the darkly comic memoir Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Katelyn Doughty about a young woman trying to become a mortician and revolutionize the way Americans handle death.Mentioned in the Episode:The OfficeParks and RecreationThe Order of the Good Death, website“Ask a Mortician” YouTube seriesFrom Here to Eternity, book by DoughtyWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs, book by DoughtyThe Nightmare Before ChristmasKeaton Henson, musicianGiri / Haji, on NetflixOmnivore’s Dilemma, book by Michael Pollan - listen to our episode here!Science Mike from the podcast, The Cozy Robot Show “Stories of the Pandemic” Book Club minisode - listen here!The Great British Baking ShowRecommendations:“Dark,” comedy special by Daniel SlossInstitute of Human Anatomy YouTube channel“Movement to bring death closer,” episode/article from The Daily/New York TimesTale for the Time Being, book by Ruth OzekiCurrently Obsessed:Perfect Sounds, podcastLaura Mvula, musician