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Bees are Bringing Life Back to This 135 Year Old Cemetery

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The Traditional Death Rites of the Yoruba

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Cinema has the power to truly transform us and transport us to a new world. A good movie wraps us up like a ...
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The scholar Phillipe Aries writes that before the 19th century, death was given a special place in our society. Mourners were set apart, ...
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Here at TalkDeath, we take the mission of Storycorps to heart. We both believe that everyone’s story matters, we both want to collect and ...
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The Power Of Empathy

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