Humans have been intentionally caring for their beloved dead a very long time, but our modern traditions leave many people feeling like something might be missing from the funeral and bereavement process. Dying and Grieving in the West will cover a short history of deathcare up through the modern funeral in the United States, dive into how the Western funeral was born, how modern deathcare movements are bringing changes to this important lifecycle event, and how our understanding of grief has changed in recent decades.
Venessa Greenheron is a death midwife working at the intersection of art, ceremony, and death. Her work is dedicated to helping others bring ritual, joy, and beauty into our end-of-life experiences, and increasing death literacy at a community level in order to better care for each other.
Recorded on Oct. 12, 2026.
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