A funeral podcast which dives into all aspects of the funeral industry in New Zealand and abroad. With two qualified funeral directors who care little for the old school mentality of we tell you what you can and cant do, lets leave that to you and we will give you the tools to empower the celebration of a good life!
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The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
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News of the mysterious deaths of billionaire Canadian pharma giant Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey in December 2017 reverberated around the world. Five years later, with no arrests and little news from the police, their deaths remain shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories, with too many lingering questions. Not just who killed them, but what kind of life do you have to live that when you’re found dead, there are multiple theories, including some involving your own family ...
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Ep 31: Marketing - How do you market a funeral home?
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Send us a text Today with special guest Cherie Stevenson from Stellar Creative Marketing we dive into the dynamics of how to market a funeral home, where to start, what things work and what doesn't.De către Bradley Shaw
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Bonus: Connie Walker joins Kathleen Goldhar on Crime Story to discuss her new podcast
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Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a tale of true crime with the storyteller who knows it best. In this special episode, Connie Walker joins Kathleen to discuss the new season of her Pulitzer Prize winning podcast Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater that investigates a crisi…
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Send us a text Do you know what happens to your Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn when you die? Neither did we! So today we share what we learnt and how you can plan for this.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 29: Funeral Costs - What does a funeral actually cost?
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Send us a text Today we dive into the sticky one, funeral costs! ewwww.. always a difficult one, but one that needs to be addressed. Lets dive in!De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text The Do's and Dont's of DIY, controversial? Yes. We chat through what we see as value, what DIY can do for you and what to avoid when DIYing!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 27: End of Life Care Practitioner Michael Harrington
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Send us a text Today we are joined by End of Life Practitioner Michael Harrington who has been working in this space for almost 20 years. He shares some insights to his learnings that he has shared in his book Conscious Transition: A Journey into the Heart of Death & Dying. Michael has some great takeaways for the listeners in this episode!…
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Ep 26: Personal Grief Journey - Ali from Align and Nourish
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Send us a text We sit down with Ali from Align and Nourish to chat about her own personal grief journey. Ali was very open, vulnerable and has been diligent in her healing process. She had some great learnings and takeaways to consider when losing a loved one.De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text This episode looks into the memorable moments of our careers, the funerals that have stuck in our minds, the things that make you smile, the moments that glisten and most of all the achievements of creating a memorable farewell!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 24: International Views Pt 3
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Send us a text The last of the catch up with Craig, Ben and Jordan on their overseas trip.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 23: International Views - with Craig Caldwell, Ben Whitworth and Jordan Goss PT2
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Send us a text Today Dean sits down with international embalmers Craig Caldwell (US) Ben Whitworth (UK) and Jordan Goss (NZEA) to discuss embalming and international funeral trends.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 22: International Views - with Craig Caldwell, Ben Whitworth and Jordan Goss PT1
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Send us a text Today Dean sits down with international embalmers Craig Caldwell (US) Ben Whitworth (UK) and Jordan Goss (NZEA) to discuss embalming and international funeral trends.De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text Woaaaaaaah, been a busy few weeks with guests, lets draw back the curtain and catch up.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 20: with Glenys Talivai from Public Trust
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Send us a text Today we catch up with Glenys Talivai who is the CEO of Public Trust New Zealand. We yarn today about wills, estates and everything we need to prepare for after death to administer an estate. A super interesting podcast with some wicked takeaways!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 19: Embalming Pt 3 - With Jordan Goss
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Send us a text Our third and last part of the series with Jordan Goss from the New Zealand Embalmers Association. A massive thank you to Jordan for his time and sharing of knowledge around embalming being the "gold standard" in funeral care.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 18: Embalming Pt 2 - With Special Guest Jordan Goss
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Send us a text The second part of our embalming series with special guest Jordan Goss - President of New Zealand Embalmers Association.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 17: Embalming Pt 1 - Special Guest Jordan Goss
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Send us a text The first part of our embalming series with special guest Jordan Goss - President of New Zealand Embalmers Association. We discuss the pre embalming and starting of embalming in this podcast. The first of a three part series.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 16: Things to know about the process
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Send us a text News story of the week, the week in sport and our topic of the day being what do you need to know when it comes to someone who is about to die and how can you prepare.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 15: What's the hype around burials?
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Send us a text News story of the week, followed by a yarn on burials, natural burials, burials at sea and our thoughts on everything burial related.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 14: Summer - Whats the Plan?
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Send us a text Fun one today talking news story of the week, summer, sport and everything inbetween!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 13: Expected Vs Unexpected - What to expect?
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Send us a text The boys today discuss what to expect when someone dies expectedly and unexpectedly. The coroner, the pathologist, the mortuary technician and everything in-between.De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text We talk about how we think you can put the FUN in FUNeral. A fun way to really make those funerals that are bland and boring more interesting and what would we do to help?De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text Today we chat about ashes, what you can do with them, how they come back to you, what you can buy for them and ways in which you can memorialize loved ones. There's even a little challenge in here! Cheers!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 10: 10 things to do before we die!
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Send us a text We get personal on this one, 10 things we want to do before we die! Also our weekly news round-up story that caught our attention + some cool learnings here!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 9: Music - Whats your funeral song?
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Send us a text We have the film crew in today and we discuss music, what songs are common, what songs are popular now, what was popular back in the 90's and 2000's. Listen in, a few good laughs!De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 8: NZ VS USA VS AUS - How is the industry different?
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Send us a text We have special guest Hayley Waugh on the podcast today sharing her knowledge of the funeral industry in Australia along with Brad and Dean. We talk cremations, burials, coroners and everything in between!De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text The rise of I don't want a funeral is taking over the funeral industry, so we discuss the value of a funeral and what you can do to take a funeral from no fuss to beautiful without changing the wishes of a person!De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text We get into a personal description of what a day in the life of Brad & Dean looks like here in Whakatane, New Zealand.De către Bradley Shaw
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EP 5: Education: How do i get into the funeral industry?
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Send us a text We get into what you need to know about education and how to land a job in a funeral home both in the USA and NZ.De către Bradley Shaw
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Ep 4: Hearses, Cars and what else?
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Send us a text We get right into the conversation of hearses (not hursts), funeral vehicles, not funeral vehicles and what is the future of funeral vehicles?De către Bradley Shaw
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Creativity - How to create the perfect event.
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Send us a text This podcast dives into how to create the perfect commemoration event for your loved one, our experiences with creating these and what you should do.De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text Welcome back to Ep 2, where we dive into the different rites and rituals of different cultures and religious groups when it comes to how they grieve and what they do when it comes to their celebration of a life.De către Bradley Shaw
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Send us a text We talk about our backgrounds in funeral service and a bit about what you can expect from the only funeral podcast coming out of NZ. Lock it in!De către Bradley Shaw
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After our year-long investigation, in this final episode we revisit the murder/suicide theory. That misstep set the whole investigation off on the wrong foot, and might have derailed any chance of finding out who killed the Shermans. To the Sherman's children, it's one of the biggest police screw-ups in recent history – a botched job that muddled t…
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Chapter Seven: My Blood is Yours
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After a notorious 2018 interview on CBC television, Kerry Winter became a familiar figure in the tale of the Shermans’ deaths. “The Cousin Did It” wasn’t just a snappy headline on the cover of The National Enquirer, it also became a favourite theory. Yet Kerry is not a suspect. And all these years later the humiliation, anger, and deep sadness Kerr…
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The lack of justice, or any resolution, has left a void in this story that has been filled by online sleuths, investigative reporters, nosey neighbours, and conspiracy theorists. From Covid to the Clintons. From family to the Mafia. With more than a dozen theories on the table, and little information from the police, is it any wonder this case rema…
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If Honey Sherman showed up unannounced at her favourite hair salon and someone was in her chair — that person got moved pretty darn quickly. Honey wasn't the one who made the billions, but she certainly spent them. So much is known about her husband, but very little about Honey Sherman. A child of Holocaust survivors, family and community meant eve…
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Chapter Four: The Winters are Coming
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It is no secret that some family members wanted Barry Sherman dead. And no one had a bigger grudge against Barry than his first cousins, Kerry Winter and his brothers. The Winter cousins were close to Barry — especially Kerry. They were father/son close. And the Winter boys lived well off Barry's money. But that good blood turned bad after a 10-yea…
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To get ahead in the generic drug industry you need to be focused, hard-nosed and fearless. Especially because half the battle is taking on one of the richest, most powerful industries in the world — Big Pharma. Barry Sherman was the perfect generic drug lord — more litigator than innovator — but did his ability to win in court, and slough off the l…
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Chapter Two: The Smartest Man I Ever Met
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The Shermans’ funeral is weird, the list of eulogists long, and it’s attended by Canadian boldface names. But ask anyone who knew Barry Sherman and they all say the same thing:he was the smartest person they'd ever met. Always finishing at the top of his class, Barry was smart enough to claw his way to the top of the infamously cutthroat generic dr…
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What does a Philadelphia junk artist have to do with the deaths of a wealthy Canadian pharma giant and his philanthropist wife? Maybe nothing, but it’s odd that their bodies were reportedly posed like a piece of junk sculpture that the Shermans displayed nearby. But this strange coincidence is just one of many in this most baffling of unsolved murd…
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Introducing The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
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In the No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, journalist Kathleen Goldhar looks into the lives and deaths of one of Canada's richest couples. Eight episodes, released weekly starting February 20.
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