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Radio 5 Live,10 Aug 2022,36 mins,

Giving Death its Due

Different with Nicky Campbell
Contains graphic medical scenes.

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Mortician and author Caitlin Doughty talks to Nicky about some of the most unusual death rituals around the world, and how she thinks we get death wrong. In this episode Nicky and his guest talk frankly about what happens to our bodies after we die, and get into things like the details of cremation and some quite unusual funeral practises around the world, which do get graphic and gory in places, and may not be suitable for all audiences.

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