Phil Chaney's guest appearances

Phil Chaney

Death, et seq.

Caitlin Doughty

David Childers

Amy Cunningham

Megan Rosenbloom

Tim Mossberger

Dan Zlotnick

Lee Webster

Tyler Cunningham

Dan Isard

Bob Fells

Josh Slocum

Jordan Artrip

Barbara Kemmis

Jonah Bamel

Greg Volk

OwlTail

In this week’s episode of Death, et seq., I am talking to two of my favorite people about two very different topics.  First, I’ll be talking to my uncle, Philip Chaney, about his experience growing up in a funeral family in a small town in Nebraska in the mid-20th century.  There were two funeral homes in the county — one Catholic and one Protestant.  The funeral homes were both combined with furniture stores, because there weren’t enough calls to make funeral directing a full time job.  Another sideline for the funeral directors was running the ambulance service which Phil, as a teenage employee of the furniture store, also was involved in.  We will talk about the history of the funeral and cemetery industries quite a bit in this podcast, because the human stories of how these industries developed can help us understand the legal rules and social norms that govern us today. Second, I’ll be talking to my friend David Childers, a recording artist on Ramseur Records, the singer and guitar player that you hear along with my son Riley Sherman on the music that opens each episode of Death, et seq.  Music is an important part of the rituals surrounding death, and I am looking forward to having a number of episodes in which I talk to musicians about the connection between music and mortality. So, today on Death, et seq. — history, music, and mortality. Links to David Childers' Work: His website: www.davidchilders.com The video for Run Skeleton Run by Corey Ziegler and Robert Childers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlauDVWJdew

In this week’s episode of Death, et seq., I am talking to two of my favorite people about two very different topics. First, I’ll be talking to my uncle, Philip Chaney, about his experience growing up in a funeral family in a small town in Nebraska in the mid-20th century. There were two funeral homes in the county — one Catholic and one Protestant. The funeral homes were both combined with furniture stores, because there weren’t enough calls to make funeral directing a full time job. Another sideline for the funeral directors was running the ambulance service which Phil, as a teenage employee of the furniture store, also was involved in. We will talk about the history of the funeral and cemetery industries quite a bit in this podcast, because the human stories of how these industries developed can help us understand the legal rules and social norms that govern us today. Second, I’ll be talking to my friend David Childers, a recording artist on Ramseur Records, the singer and guitar player that you hear along with my son Riley Sherman on the music that opens each episode of Death, et seq. Music is an important part of the rituals surrounding death, and I am looking forward to having a number of episodes in which I talk to musicians about the connection between music and mortality. So, today on Death, et seq. — history, music, and mortality. Links to David Childers' Work: His website: <a href="http://www.davidchilders.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.davidchilders.com</a> The video for Run Skeleton Run by Corey Ziegler and Robert Childers: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlauDVWJdew" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlauDVWJdew</a>

Episode 6: History, Music, and Mortality with David Childers and Phil Chaney