In each episode host Kerry Sunderland invites our guest to nominate a song they would like played at their funeral or wake.
Follow the 'Deathwalker's Guide to Life' playlist on Spotify to see the songs nominated by our guests in Season 2:
In episode 1, Becky Aud-Jennison nominated 'Human' by The Killers
In episode 2, Bill McEwan nominated 'Meditation by Thais' by Jules Massenet
In episode 3, Tanya Batt nominated 'Taku Mana' by her local choir (the version above by Maisey Rika is the closest we could get!)
In episode 5, Nick Feint nominated 'Grace', one of his own songs
In episode 6, Melanie Mayall nominated 'All My Tears' by Ane Brun, 'Way Down We Go' by KALEO, Jeff Buckley's version of 'Hallelejah' and 'Breathless' by Nick Cave
In episode 7, Jackie Bailey nominated 'Into My Arms' by Nick Cave
In episode 8, Mary Garner nominated 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong and Krisca Gould nominated 'Closing Time' by Semisonic
In episode 9, Kathryn Smith nominated 'Drops of Jupiter' by Train
In episode 10, Aralyn Doiron nominated old jazz standards
In episode 11, Claire Turnham nominated 'Hine E Hine' by Hayley Westenra
In episode 12, Lynda Hannah nominated 'To Live is To Fly' by Townes Van Zandt
In episode 13, Valerie Wycoff nominated 'Everything We Do is Sacred' by Alison McKay (unfortunately not on Spotify)
In episode 14, Frank Kueppers nominated 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie.
And the following songs were nominated by guests in Season 1:
In episode 1, Zenith Virago nominated 'Celebration' by Sally Oldfield
In episode 2, Jacqueline Bublitz nominated 'A Place in the Sun' by Stevie Wonder
In episode 3, Kathryn Mannix nominated 'Dido's Lament' by Henry Purcell et al
In episode 4, Marie Austin nominated 'Memories' by Maroon 5
In episode 6, Rachel Menzies nominated 'All Things Must Pass' by George Harrison
In episode 7, Bonnie Etherington nominated 'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's
Find out more about and listen to each episode, below!
Current & upcoming episodes
OUT APRIL 24, 2022
EPISODE 1
Death in Print: Death and its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons by Becky Aud-Jennison, Meet: Deathwalker and author Becky Aud-Jennison, Death on Screen: 'Good Grief'
Death in Print: What Days Are For by Robert Dessaix, Meet: Septuagenerian climate activist Bill McEwan, Death on Screen: Nelson Poetry Map featuring Bill Manhire's poem, 'Kevin'
Death in Print: Wild Darkness by Eva Saulitis, Meet: Natural burial pioneer Dawn Jones and her daughter Sylvia Bauer Death on Screen: NZ Natural Burial directory
Death in Print: Thanksgiving in Mongolia by Ariel Levy, Meet: Christchurch Death Cafe and Death Matters NZ founder Melanie Mayell, Death on Screen: Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis'
Death in Print: Finding True Connections by Gareth St John Thomas, Meet: Krisca Gould and Mary Garner from Nelson Tasman Hospice, Death on Screen: Te Kahu Pairuri o Aotearoa Hospice New Zealand website
Death in Print: Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey, Meet: Dr Kathryn L Smith, GP who provides physician-assisted dying services, Death on Screen: Station Eleven
Death in Print: My Mother and Other Secrets by Wendyl Nissen and Remember Me by Charity Norman, Meet: Deathwalker and artist Aralyn Doiron, Death on Screen: Trail of Light and Giving Back to the Earth by Green Renaissance
Death in Print: Dying: A memoir by Cory Taylor, Meet: Home-based death care practitioner Claire Turnham, Death on Screen: Death is not the endpoint featuring Zach Bush
Death in Print: 'Facing Extinction' by Catherine Ingram, Meet: Environmental activist and Living Legacies founder Lynda Hannah, Death on Screen: Living in the Time of Dying
Death in Print: Staying by Jessie Cole, Meet: Urologist, surgeon and assisted dying practitioner Frank Kueppers, Death on Screen: Lecretia's Choice (on TVNZ's Sunday programme)