Tackling Fear: Podcast Recommendations
5 podcast episodes on a theme, each week curated by a different person
Tackling Fear: Podcast Recommendations
Curated by...
Nikki Boyer (she/her), creator of Near Death
Why did you choose this theme?
My podcast, Near Death, was born from the podcast Dying for Sex, which follows my friend Molly through her diagnosis with breast cancer. In fact, my co-host, Reverend Peggy, was Molly’s chaplain. I met her while she was guiding Molly through the process of death. She was amazing, safe, funny, and real, something I didn’t know a chaplain could be. She absolutely breaks the mold. I wanted to know more about her… so I asked… and asked some more.
Reverend Peggy understands that death can be scary and agreed it would be incredibly powerful to create a show to help people have those uncomfortable, end-of-life conversations — and hopefully make them a little less afraid of death. Near Death is an extension of the beautiful conversations that Molly and I had at her bedside, and my hope is to allow Molly’s bravery around death to inspire others to be a little less fearful of the one thing that will happen to all of us.
PODCAST PICKS:
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Near Death
Angels Everywhere
This episode takes listeners through three people's experiences of angels: Co-host and EarBuds curator Nikki has a near-death experience; the most beautiful death Reverend Peggy has ever seen; Nikki makes the most of her opportunity to walk her dying father home.
Last Day
Jackie: She Was Fiona
Jackie was going through an immense and private struggle. One day everything was fine, and the next, she was forced to make a life-changing decision that permanently altered the way she thought about work, family, and bodily autonomy.
Hello Ross
Goodbye, Leslie Jordan
We're all heartbroken over the loss of actor the incredible Leslie Jordan. In this episode, Ross shares an in-depth, hilarious, and little-heard conversation he recorded with Leslie shortly before Leslie's death.
Queen of Hearts
Aspiring Daddy Seeks Fantasy for Life
Moses is a fit and fearless guy looking for a man to match his sexual energy in a monogamous relationship. Can host Jujubee find him the future daddy of his dreams, or does Moses’s ultimate match only exist in his fantasies?
Normalize This
Religion & Spirituality
How do religion and spirituality play a role in your life? Has your experience been positive or negative? Hosts Danielle and Adam normalize religion and spirituality.
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Welcome to your deepest FEAR!
Since humanity first gathered around a campfire, we’ve been sharing stories to spark the darker side of our imaginations. From the mysterious to the macabre, the supernatural to the supremely bizarre, our FEAR feed features similarly shocking tales. This month, we’re featuring "“The Shadow Files of Morgan Knox.”
Morgan Knox can see the Darkness coming... but that may not be enough to stop it from destroying the world.
COMMUNITY:
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🌳The chart-topping and Signal Award-winning podcast Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is back. Produced by PBS Nature, the new season of Going Wild takes listeners on a journey through the entire ecological web (from tiny plants to apex predators) with the help of notable scientists, activists, and adventurers of color (like famed bird-watcher Christian Cooper and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, co-creator of the podcast How to Save a Planet).
🎧Fuzzy Memories is the podcast that celebrates the good, the rad, and the fugly of the '80s and '90s. Three latchkey kids who made it out alive break down everything from Madonna and Masters of the Universe to Twin Peaks and Titanic. Join us to celebrate the hits, the misses, and the misfits of the weirdest decades.
🎙️How to Survive With Danielle & Kristine is now on Patreon! Learn more about how to support their show.
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SPOTLIGHT:
Audio Branding
Keeping a consistent sound in how you present your company really is the "hidden gem" of marketing. But audio or sonic branding influences us in many different ways and in many different places within our lives.
This podcast explores that, through the host's own observations and by interviewing knowledgeable professionals in the field of advertising, marketing, music and science.
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63% of parents have noticed improvements in their children’s grades attributed to audio content. The detail is part of “Sounds of Self-Esteem,” a study from ABF Creative that takes a look at how children consume, respond to, and benefit from various forms of audio content.
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