Podcast 022: Death is Taboo?




Uncommon Sense: the This is True Podcast show

Summary: In This Episode: A wonderful, uplifting story …about death. Would U.S. paramedics been praised for such an action, or reprimanded? Patreon really screws up, and then walks back their announcement with apologies. And another segment of No Longer Weird.<br><br> <br> <a title="Click to submit to Twitter - You do get the chance to edit before you submit it." href="http://twitter.com/home?status=RT%20@ThisIsTrue:%20A%20wonderful,%20uplifting%20story%20...about%20death.%20Discussed%20in%20this%20week's%20Uncommon%20Sense%20podcast.%20Stream%20from%20https://thisistrue.com/d-p22" target="new"></a><br> Jump To…<br> <br> * <a href="#notes">Show Notes</a><br> * <a href="#subscribe">How to Subscribe</a><br> * <a href="#feedback">How to Comment</a><br> * <a href="#transcript">Episode Transcript</a><br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/category/podcasts/">List of All Episodes</a><br> <br> <a name="notes"></a><br> Show Notes<br> <br> * A larger version of the photo of the paramedic at the beach with his terminal patient.<br> * I talked about Pomplamoose in this blog before I even decided to try Patreon. That post: <a href="https://thisistrue.com/the_pomplamoose_problem/">The Pomplamoose Problem</a>. That page has an explanation of, and example of, their fun music videos, and the struggle for creative types to be paid for their work.<br> * My blog post about what Patreon did last week, and what my response is: <a href="https://thisistrue.com/forget-patreon/">I Can No Longer Recommend Patreon</a>.<br> * The new page that readers can use to support True if they don’t wish to use Patreon: <a href="https://www.secure.thisistrue.com/recurring/">Recurring Subscriptions and Support</a>.<br> * No Longer Weird: Finding someone else when looking into a family member’s casket. Example: <a href="http://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-family-shocked-to-find-wrong-person-placed-in-casket-during-visitation">Chattanooga Family Shocked to Find Wrong Person Placed in Casket During Visitation</a>.<br> <br> <a name="subscribe"></a><br> How to Subscribe<br> Search for Uncommon Sense in your podcast app or on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/id1259380128">iTunes</a>, or manually enter this feed URL into your app: https://thisistrue.com/feed/podcast<br> Also available via <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixj6haluiswf4e5wiw4qksmlzni?t%3DUncommon_Sense:_the_This_is_True_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast-1496500">PlayerFM</a>, <a href="https://beta.tunein.com/radio/Uncommon-Sense-the-This-is-True-Podcast-p1015540/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://podfanatic.com/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Podfanatic</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast//">ListenNotes</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1259380128/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Overcast</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147364&amp;refid=stpr">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/gb57a-57601/">Podbean</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/">Listen Notes</a> — and more to come?<br><br> <a name="feedback"></a><br> Comments and Questions?<br> Your comments on this episode are welcome below. Questions can be added there, sent via this site’s <a href="https://thisistrue.com/contact/">Contact Page</a>, or tweeted to <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsTrue">@ThisIsTrue</a>.<br> <a name="transcript"></a><br> Transcript<br> Randy: Welcome to Uncommon Sense, the Podcast companion to the ThisIsTrue.com newsletter with the mission to promote more thinking in the world. I’m Randy Cassingham.<br>