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In this episode, the girls prepare for death by getting into mourning traditions.

We recommend:

Caitlin: the 2025 book, Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away by Coltan Scrivner, PhD

Kaylin: the 2025 FX/Hulu series, Dying for Sex, for its complex depiction of a woman’s final months of life

Kris: the 2025 HBO series, The Pitt, for its trauma-informed storytelling about death in an ER

Megan: the 2024 spy thriller series, Day of the Jackal, which made her root for an assassin

We referenced:

Forget me not – revealing Victorian… | National Trust for Scotland

How rituals around Irish deaths, wakes and funerals have changed

7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World | Britannica

Funeral practices and beliefs about the afterlife in South and Southeast Asia | Pew Research Center

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