Don't Be Caught Dead
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Don't Be Caught Dead is a podcast about the conversations most of us avoid — until we’re forced to have them.
Each episode brings you honest, accessible conversations with experts across end-of-life, health, legal, financial, and care industries, alongside people with lived experience, to help you better understand your end-of-life choices and how to prepare a practical backup plan if you fall ill, become incapacitated, or die.
Hosted by Catherine Ashton, award-winning speaker and founder of Critical Info, the podcast is grounded in lived experience — created so other people don’t have to go through what her family went through.
From wills, powers of attorney, funerals, and estate administration, to caring, grief, sudden illness, and navigating systems when life doesn’t go to plan, Don’t Be Caught Dead exists to build confidence, clarity, and preparedness — before a crisis hits.
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S3E101 Two Transplants, Three Birthdays & A Life Worth Living with Andrew Chapman
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)What would you do if you were given a second chance at life? And then a third?For documentary photographer Andrew Chapman, surviving two life-saving…
S3E100 The Reality of Navigating Death for Ageing Parents with Jean Kittson
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)Jean Kittson has spent a lifetime making Australians laugh, but behind the humour is a deeply personal and confronting exploration of death, dying,…
S3E99 Behind the Lens of Australia’s Most Powerful End-of-Life Portraits with Julian Kingma
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)In this episode, I’m joined by photographer and visual storyteller Julian Kingma, whose work has captured some of Australia’s most intimate and human…
S3E98 Why Some Murder Cases Are Never Solved with Andrew Rule
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)What happens when a veteran crime journalist revisits one of Australia’s most haunting unsolved murders?In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Rule, one…
S3E97 What Near-Death Experiences Taught Me About Living with Travis Hamilton
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)In this episode, I’m joined by Travis Hamilton, a visionary entrepreneur, ‘recovering banker’, and co-founder of Candour Funerals. After decades working…
S3E96 What Happens When You Take Back Your Story with Barry Du Bois
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)I’ve had many conversations about death, grief, and what it means to be prepared… but this one felt different.Barry Du Bois is someone many Australians…
S3E95 A Mother’s Story of Loss and Love with Emily Mir
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after… this conversation with Emily Mir holds one of those stories.Emily is a mother,…
S3E94 If I Could Do It Again, I’d Bring Her Home with Annie Caulfield
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)If I had my time again, I wouldn’t leave her there… I would have brought her home.In this episode, I sit down with Annie Caulfield, a Brisbane-based…
S3E93 The Questions I Lived With After Suicide Loss with Todd Maguire
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)Trigger Warning: This episode includes conversations around suicide, trauma, and grief. Please listen with care.—I’ve sat in many conversations around…
S3E92 Death Isn’t Wrong, It’s Part of Life with Annie Raser-Rowland
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)Have you ever thought about what it really means to live well… and how often we’re told that “more” is the answer?More things. More experiences. More…
S3E91 Preparing for Death as a Final Love Letter With Kathie Shearer
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)In this episode, I’m speaking with Kathie Shearer, a funeral celebrant for over 20 years who has supported families through some of life’s most emotional…
S3E90 Why People Delay Writing a Will and How to Break the Cycle With John Malouff
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)In this episode, I’m speaking with John Malouff, psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of New England. John has spent much of his career…
S3E89 The Kind of Grief Society Doesn’t Recognise With Linda Rowley
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)There are some losses we never officially acknowledge.Not the kind that comes with a funeral, flowers, or a clear ending. But the kind that quietly…
S3E88 By the Time You Notice Alzheimer’s, It’s Already Too Late With Greg Sutherland
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)What happens to your brain after you die?In this episode, I speak with Professor Greg Sutherland, Director of the New South Wales Brain Tissue Resource…
S3E87 Dementia Is Terminal – But We Are Not Told How With Theresa Flavin
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)Theresa Flavin was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s Disease at 47. What followed was not just a medical journey, but a profound reckoning with…
S3E86 Suicide, Success and the Trauma We Carry With Penny Locaso
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)What happens when the person you thought embodied “success” dies in a way that completely unravels your definition of it?That’s where this conversation…
S2E83 ENCORE: Beyond the Grave: Fighting Heteronormativity in Funerals and Weddings
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)Imagine a gay man planning his own funeral, only for his family to swoop in on the day and try to rewrite everything – that's the raw, heartbreaking…
S2E78 ENCORE: Facing the Unfathomable – Grief, Suicide, and Living Fully After Loss
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)Ever wondered what it's really like to stare death in the face – not just your own, but the sudden, shattering loss of a child to suicide? In this raw…
S2E86 ENCORE: Death, Grief and Ritual: Lessons from an Interfaith Minister
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)In this episode of Don’t Be Caught Dead, I sit down with Reverend Amy Firth — interfaith minister, funeral director, and spiritual counsellor — to talk…
S2 ENCORE: Meaning Over Ministry: Jim's Unique Approach to Grief and Funerals
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-)What do you give the love of your life as a final birthday gift when they only have days left? That's the tender moment Reverend Jim Colville shares with…
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Don't Be Caught Dead has published 122 episodes since December 2023, covering topics in Documentary, Religion & Spirituality.
Don't Be Caught Dead is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 2m.
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