WeCroak

Season 6, Episode 3: Alex Ebert on writing songs after a crisis of faith This is our second conversation of Alex Ebert, famous for his hit songs from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. We talk about some new music that comes from his meditations on death, and what he’s spent the last few years wrestling with, namely, a kind of crisis of faith of in the purpose of music.  Heads up, copious explicit language is used. New song: To Feel Alive by Alex Ebert [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJPTsvUzKBI] Forthcoming Documentary: The Last Ecstatic Days Trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og4ItddToWk] Alex Ebert on Substack [https://badguru.substack.com/] Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com [http://www.wecroak.com/] Support WeCroak on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/wecroak] Ask Death Advice Column [https://askdeath.substack.com/] Sounds by James Mercer [http://jamesmercer.net/]

Season 5, Episode 8: Lauren Kennedy on Pets, Death, and Dignity I found Lauren Kennedy on TikTok doing breathtaking end-of-life photography sessions for beloved family pets, often taken just hours before a schedule vet appointment. It turns out she also founded The Tilly Project [https://www.thetillyproject.org/], a national resource for creating end-of-life memories for families and their pets. Our conversation went deep on how we love and care for each other as well as our pets. Guest Website: The Tilly Project [https://www.thetillyproject.org/] Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com [http://www.wecroak.com/] Support WeCroak on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/wecroak] Ask Death Advice Column [https://askdeath.substack.com/] Sounds by James Mercer [http://jamesmercer.net/]

Season 5, Episode 7: WeCroak Has A Baby: The Social Stomach App Hansa and Ian, the guys who brought the world WeCroak, announce their second app called Social Stomach [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-stomach/id1560510591]. It’s an app for waking up to the power of social eating, one of the simplest lifestyle changes you can make, besides contemplating death often, to feel more satisfied with life. We go into the research and how it works. If you like the WeCroak style of apps, you might want to give this podcast a listen. New App! Social Stomach [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-stomach/id1560510591] Download the WeCroak [http://www.wecroak.com/] app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at  Support WeCroak on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/wecroak] Ask Death Advice Column [https://askdeath.substack.com/] Sounds by James Mercer [http://jamesmercer.net/]

Season 5, Episode 6: Katie Engelhart’s Dispatches on the Right to Die I’ve never been so uncomfortable reading a book about death or having a discussion. Katie Englehart’s book The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die [https://www.amazon.com/Inevitable-Dispatches-Right-Die/dp/1250201462] is a master work of journalism about people who say they are not suicidal and believe they have a right to die because of age or sickness. The issues raised in this book get to the heart of big questions like what real empathy looks like and how we think about the sanctity of life, capitalism and a host of other foundational ideas. It opens a pandora’s box of indictments only the brave may want to look at. I can’t stop thinking about this book or this discussion.  Guest Website: KatieEngelhart.com [https://www.katieengelhart.com/] Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com [http://www.wecroak.com/] Support WeCroak on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/wecroak] New: Ask Death Advice Column [https://askdeath.substack.com/] Sounds by James Mercer [http://jamesmercer.net/]

Season 5, Episode 5: Massimo Pigliucci on Choosing a Good Life Massimo Pigliucci was the first guest we ever had on the WeCroak Podcast. In that episode we talked about his adult decision to commit to Stoicism as a life philosophy. Today, we talk about his new book, “How to Live a Good Life,” [https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Good-Life-Philosophy/dp/0525566147] about all the best practical philosophies for living that he could find and what a life living along those principles might be like with guest essays from thinkers who have lived it. It’s like a menu of life philosophies for people who want to choose their path more proactively. Guest Book: “How to Live a Good Life” [https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Good-Life-Philosophy/dp/0525566147] Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com [http://www.wecroak.com/] Support WeCroak on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/wecroak] New: Ask Death Advice Column [https://askdeath.substack.com/] Sounds by James Mercer [http://jamesmercer.net/]