Ready To Die

In the Mud with Mike

In this episode, Mike shares his funeral instructions before diving into Buddhist perspectives on death, reincarnation, and the body. The conversation explores the tension between desire and detachment, karma yoga, and the "two arrows" teaching on the nature of suffering. He also opens up about his church upbringing, the grief he carried after losing his grandmother, and how creativity and perseverance have shaped his path. The episode closes with reflections on time, guilt, the pandemic, and the difficult but necessary work of releasing idealized visions of life — while still holding space for the desire to create. -- Welcome to Ready To Die -- a place where we hold hands with friends, face the void, and talk about death, legacy, and rebirth. with co-hosts Karen Aragon and Dan Olavarria. Music by Clairaudience Produced by Joe Plourde

Transcendental Threads with Kyle

In this episode Kyle discusses how faith and transcendental experiences, including severe low blood sugar episodes, shape his belief that existence continues beyond this life and that doing good is the main purpose. He describes the constant mental load of managing diabetes, how it affects his social life, perfectionism, fear of failure, and difficulty letting others care for him, while also expressing gratitude for supportive family, friends, and a healthcare-related career path influenced by his illness. The conversation explores regret, suicide (which Kyle says he has never considered), legacy and what he hopes people feel at his funeral, culminating in a story linking a burning smell during a hypoglycemic dream to memories of his deceased grandmother and a sense of interconnected “threads” that endure, alongside a wish for a funeral with both tears and levity. Welcome to Ready To Die -- a place where we hold hands with friends, face the void, and talk about death, legacy, and rebirth. with co-hosts Karen Aragon and Dan Olavarria. Music by Clairaudience Produced by Joe Plourde

Experiencing Deja Vu with Julie

Welcome to Ready To Die -- a place where we hold hands with friends, face the void, and talk about death, legacy, and rebirth. with co-hosts Karen Aragon and Dan Olavarria. In this episode, we uncover the origins of Julie — her own lived telenovela, her first love, the moments that shaped her. From there, the conversation spirals into the profound: her beliefs on rematerialization and reincarnation, the many faces of death, and the oldest question of all — what is a mind? Music by Clairaudience Produced by Joe Plourde

Morbid Games with Briana Milman

Welcome to Ready To Die -- a place where we hold hands with friends, face the void, and talk about death, legacy, and rebirth. In this episode, we explore Briana's personal relationship with death. with co-hosts Karen Aragon and Dan Olavarria. Intro music by Clairaudience Produced by Joe Plourde

Entering the Void with Dan and Karen

Welcome to Ready To Die -- a place where we hold hands with friends, face the void, and talk about death, legacy, and rebirth. with co-hosts Karen Aragon and Dan Olavarria. Music by Clairaudience Produced by Joe Plourde