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22 May 2025

Death Tech

A.I. Afterlife: Exploring Griefbots, Digital Legacies, and Ethical Questions

Explore how griefbots, A.I. memorials, and digital afterlife technologies are reshaping how we grieve. Learn about ethical questions, legal gray areas, and how to protect your digital legacy after death.

Wendy Cipriotti

Writer, Copy Strategist, Wordsmith

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24 July 2025

Events

The Philadelphia Death and Arts Festival

Philadelphia’s inaugural Death and Arts Festival brought together artists and deathcare workers to challenge Western norms around dying, using art and conversation to create space for collective grief, reflection, and transformation.

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15 July 2023

Living Legacy

How to Create a Living Legacy That Matters

What legacy will you leave? Learn practical steps for charitable giving, documenting your story, and planning ahead to create lasting impact.

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21 May 2025

Resources

What Does it Mean to Be “Death Positive?”

In accepting and embracing the inevitable, the death positive movement aims to stop the stigma of talking about the final stage of life.

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24 July 2025

Events

The Philadelphia Death and Arts Festival

Philadelphia’s inaugural Death and Arts Festival brought together artists and deathcare workers to challenge Western norms around dying, using art and conversation to create space for collective grief, reflection, and transformation.

Sophie Xiong

Founder of "Culminations"

15 July 2023

Living Legacy

How to Create a Living Legacy That Matters

What legacy will you leave? Learn practical steps for charitable giving, documenting your story, and planning ahead to create lasting impact.

Wendy Cipriotti

Writer, Copy Strategist, Wordsmith

23 June 2025

Events

A Week in Death

Immersing yourself in death and grief can be uncomfortable and overwhelming, but confronting these feelings causes more life than strife.

Sophie Xiong

Founder of "Culminations"

In the News

17 July 2025

Death Tech

Is Technology Changing the Way We Die?

Bobby welcomes Quyenzi Dang Pham, Founder of Hello I'm Dead, to discuss how her company is changing everything we thought we knew about death.

Bobby Del Rio

17 June 2024

Style

The Aesthetics of Dying

Despite the significance of beauty and fashion in modern-day culture, embalmers still rarely receive cosmetic instruction from decedents. A funeral is a major life event—why wouldn’t you invest in how you look?

Sabina Wex

28 Jan 2024

Funeral

‘I didn’t realise I was so loved’: the people hosting their own ‘living funerals’

Wouldn’t it be nice to hear all the lovely things friends and family might say about us at our funeral? Isabelle Aron meets five people – some with a terminal diagnosis – who have done just that

Washington Post

4 April 2024

Planning

A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End

On the Fresh Air podcast Alua Arthur (Death Doula and Author) discusses loss and how facing the inevitable can help lessen the anxiety and fear so many of us have around death. Her new book is called, Briefly Perfectly Human.

NPR Fresh Air Podcast

19 December 2024

Funeral

Hollywood Forever's New Mausoleum

Sam Lubell covers a landmark and a legacy. The architects and owners view the Gower Court Mausoleum as part of a broader conversation about how cemeteries — and cities — can honor their histories while accommodating future growth.

Sam Lubell