Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My guest Jenna Yeam is a senior at Duke University who is investigating what it means to die well anyhow we can help people die better. As part of her thesis she interviewed 67 death doulas to learn about the major issues that interfere with experiencing a “good death” and will publish her results in the future. She is now organizing student-run Death Cafés, called Dying with Duke, to encourage young people to have open conversations about death and dying. Learn more on this Instagram account:
Dying with Duke: instagram.com/dyingwduke
This episode includes:
🍃 How Jenna became interested in doing research on death and dying
🍂 What her thesis program on death doulas consists of
🍃 What she has learned from interviewing death doulas
🍂 How she was inspired to create a Death Café for students on her college campus
🍃 The student response to the Dying with Duke event she hosted
🍂 How she promoted it by word of mouth, physical marketing, and social media
🍃 The format of the Duke event and questions used to prompt discussion
🍂 What she learned from the first event and plans for the future
🍃 Tips for those who want to start a student Death Café or similar event on their campus
🍂 The ripple effect of encouraging young people to talk about death
Links mentioned in this episode:
🍃 Death Café website: deathcafe.com
🍂 Connect with Jenna on Linked In: linkedin.com/in/jenna-yeam?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3B5p80jwAqTyGKDexTum6Fdg%3D%3D
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The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
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My guest Jenna Yeam is a senior at Duke University who is investigating what it means to die well anyhow we can help people die better. As part of her thesis she interviewed 67 death doulas to learn about the major issues that interfere with experiencing a “good death” and will publish her results in the future. She is now organizing student-run Death Cafés, called Dying with Duke, to encourage young people to have open conversations about death and dying. Learn more on this Instagram account:
Dying with Duke: instagram.com/dyingwduke
This episode includes:
🍃 How Jenna became interested in doing research on death and dying
🍂 What her thesis program on death doulas consists of
🍃 What she has learned from interviewing death doulas
🍂 How she was inspired to create a Death Café for students on her college campus
🍃 The student response to the Dying with Duke event she hosted
🍂 How she promoted it by word of mouth, physical marketing, and social media
🍃 The format of the Duke event and questions used to prompt discussion
🍂 What she learned from the first event and plans for the future
🍃 Tips for those who want to start a student Death Café or similar event on their campus
🍂 The ripple effect of encouraging young people to talk about death
Links mentioned in this episode:
🍃 Death Café website: deathcafe.com
🍂 Connect with Jenna on Linked In: linkedin.com/in/jenna-yeam?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3B5p80jwAqTyGKDexTum6Fdg%3D%3D
________________________________________________________________________
🍃 Subscribe to my email list: eepurl.com/ExfLL
🍂 Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md and Indiebound:
7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : indiebound.org/book/9781786783110
The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
🍃 Subscribe to this podcast on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990
Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXNzb25zZnJvbWR5aW5nLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20vZmVlZC8
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL
iHeart Radio: iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550
Stitcher Radio: stitcher.com/show/endoflife-university
🍂 Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past: eolupodcast.com/series
🍃 Join the team at my Patreon page patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
🍂 Intro Music Credit:
"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
