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Welcome to "Death: A Changing Industry," the podcast that explores the evolving landscape of the funeral industry.
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- Aug 27, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Your Families Aren’t Telling You They Can’t Afford It (opens the original)
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Robin Hyde-Chambers, co-founder of funeral finance provider Funeral Safe, joins John Adams to discuss why paying for a funeral remains one of the least understood financial pressures families face and what happened to the business he built to address it. ⸻ 🙌 OUR SPONSORS Principal Sponsor National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) (https://nafd.org.uk) A progressive and inclusive voice for the funeral profession and bereaved people across the UK, the NAFD leads with integrity, advocacy, an
Your School Needs a Bereavement Policy | Kat Goodwin (opens the original)
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Kat Goodwin is a teacher and campaigner who lost her husband and has since watched her own daughter navigate school life after bereavement. Drawing on that experience, she joins John Adams to make the case for a statutory bereavement policy in schools, alongside a "pupil bereavement passport", a working document designed to follow a child through their entire education.The conversation explores why grief support in schools tends to fade after the initial weeks, how a lack of consistent guidance
Gosport Funeral Scandal: Caroline Dinenage MP on Why Regulation Can't Wait (opens the original)
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Caroline Dinenage MP, who led the government response following the Gosport funeral scandal, joins host John Adams with Barry Pritchard (former NAFD President) to ask why the UK funeral sector remains almost entirely unregulated. Drawing on the Gosport case, she outlines what proper oversight could look like, the warning signs from Scotland's stalled reforms, and how regulation must protect small independent funeral directors rather than burden them out of business.⸻⏱️ CHAPTERS0:00 Introduction5
Passengers Are More Likely to Die Than the Driver in a Crash | Crystal Owen (opens the original)
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Crystal Owen lost her 17-year-old son, Harvey, in November 2023 when he was a passenger in a car driven by a newly qualified driver. In this conversation with John Adams, she discusses why that loss led her to campaign for graduated driving licences in the UK, a system already used in many other countries to reduce road deaths among young drivers and their passengers. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 1:02 Who was Harvey Owen? 3:21 What is a graduated driving licence? 6:16 The night Harvey died 11:3
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