<description>&lt;div&gt;Trigger Warning: Listener discretion is strongly recommended. Hayley talks quite graphically about what death looks like, including what a body might look like after death. This includes discussions of infant death as she talks about her experience of seeing a baby in a mortuary.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;div&gt;Hayley Campbell is a journalist, writer and broadcaster whose book, All the Living and the Dead, delivers a gripping look at the professionals who have made death their lives work. She talks to embalmers, a former death row executioner, mass fatality investigators, a bereavement midwife, and many more.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;div&gt;Hayley spent two years immersed in a field few people know about. Amongst the many questions raised, Hayley contemplates: ‘would facing death directly make us fear it less?’&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;div&gt;Find out more about Hayley on her website: &lt;a href="https://www.hayleycampbell.com/"&gt;https://www.hayleycampbell.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;div&gt;Follow us on Instagram @ashgate_hospice&lt;br&gt; Support resources: &lt;a href="https://ashgatehospice.org.uk/"&gt;https://ashgatehospice.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;div&gt;The Life and Death podcast is produced by Reform Radio.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt; </description>

The Life and Death Podcast

Ashgate Hospice

S4 Ep5: Behind the scenes of death with Hayley Campbell

JUL 3, 202335 MIN
The Life and Death Podcast

S4 Ep5: Behind the scenes of death with Hayley Campbell

JUL 3, 202335 MIN

Description

<div>Trigger Warning: Listener discretion is strongly recommended. Hayley talks quite graphically about what death looks like, including what a body might look like after death. This includes discussions of infant death as she talks about her experience of seeing a baby in a mortuary.</div> <br> <div>Hayley Campbell is a journalist, writer and broadcaster whose book, All the Living and the Dead, delivers a gripping look at the professionals who have made death their lives work. She talks to embalmers, a former death row executioner, mass fatality investigators, a bereavement midwife, and many more.</div> <br> <div>Hayley spent two years immersed in a field few people know about. Amongst the many questions raised, Hayley contemplates: ‘would facing death directly make us fear it less?’</div> <br> <div>Find out more about Hayley on her website: <a href="https://www.hayleycampbell.com/">https://www.hayleycampbell.com/</a> </div> <br> <div>Follow us on Instagram @ashgate_hospice<br> Support resources: <a href="https://ashgatehospice.org.uk/">https://ashgatehospice.org.uk/</a> </div> <br> <div>The Life and Death podcast is produced by Reform Radio.</div> <br>