Undertaking: The Podcast
576 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 216 ratingsFuneral Directors, Ryan Ballard and Brian Waters discuss life, death and the story of funeral service.
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Episodes
#24 Take Two: Secrets A Funeral Director Won't Tell
March 02, 2019 00:00 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBRyan and Brian finish their review of the Secrets that Funeral Directors Won't Tell.
#23 Live (Almost) From the Indiana Statehouse
February 28, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBRyan and Brian visit the Indiana Statehouse with the Indiana Funeral Directors Association to what's happening in Indiana government.
#22 Secrets Your Funeral Director Won't Tell You
February 23, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBAre there secrets that your funeral director won't tell you? The internet says there are. Ryan and Brian review an article pulled from the internet and give you their take.
#21 Talk of a Lifetime with Ted Waters
February 16, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBIn this episode we have the "Talk of a Lifetime" with Brian's father, Ted Waters. Ted has been in funeral service since 1968, served as an embalmer in the Navy and has owned a funeral home since 1981.
#20 Dominick Astorino, CFSP, MBIE
February 09, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBRyan and Brian hit the road to bring Dominick Astorino, CFSP, MBIE to the podcast. In downtown Detroit, we talk about the passion to learn, the role of the embalmer and the one question every family asks: "Can we see them?"
#19 Indiana Mid-Winter Conference
February 02, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBAt the Indiana Mid-Winter Conference we chat with several different funeral directors about what's special to them.
#18 Express Funeral Funding
January 26, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBWe chat with Aaron Calloway and Andy Buckman from Express Funeral Funding on how their business can help funeral homes expedite life insurance claims.
#17 Consumer Special: How to Choose a Funeral Home
January 19, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBIn this episode we give our opinions on the best ways to gather information about a funeral home and how to choose one that's right for you.
#16 Carrie Parsons
January 12, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBRyan and Brian sit down with embalmer, Carrie Parsons to discuss embalming, restorative art, women in funeral service and how we grow in this profession.
#15 Product Review
January 05, 2019 00:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBIn our first episode of 2019 we look back at all the products that we tried for the first time in 2018.
#14 Goodbye 2018
December 29, 2018 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MBBrian and Ryan revisit how the podcast came to be in 2018 and what we're looking forward to in 2019.
#13 Grief During the Holidays with Kayla Hall
December 22, 2018 00:00 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this episode we discuss grief and the holidays. We chat with counselor Kayla Hall of Torchlight Counseling Service about how we can cope with our grief during the holiday season and how we can help others.
#12 How We've Grown
December 15, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBRyan and Brian chat about how they have grown as funeral directors since they became licensed.
#11 Listener Q&A with Carrie Parsons
December 08, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBSpecial guest Carrie Parsons helps Brian and Ryan answer questions from their listeners.
#10 Ron King
December 01, 2018 14:07 - 1 hour - 101 MBBrian and Ryan chat with Ron King from Butler Coach Company.
#9 Thanksgiving Special
November 21, 2018 13:00 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBBrian and Ryan give thanks for all the people that have helped them along the way and later, get very personal about their lives and loss.
#8 Vernie Fountain
November 17, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBBrian and Ryan chat with embalmer, educator and mentor to many, Vernie Fountain.
#7 Jonathan Nicholls
November 11, 2018 16:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBWhile in London, Brian sits down with the author of Cheerful Sacrifice, Jonathan Nicholls to discuss Veterans/Remembrance Day and why we honor our fallen soldiers.
#6 Andy Clayton
November 01, 2018 13:09 - 1 hour - 127 MBRyan and Brian sit down with the Executive Director of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association, Andy Clayton.
#5 Logan McDonald
October 24, 2018 11:58 - 59 minutes - 82 MBThe lads are interviewed by mortuary science student, Logan McDonald. Ryan uses the word "networking" too many times in one sentence and tries to convince the world that Brian is angry.
#4 Book Review: Embalming and Renal Failure: A Silent Danger for Embalmers by Jzyk Ennis, Ph.D.
October 16, 2018 12:04 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode we talk about Jzyk Ennis, Ph.D. new book, Embalming and Renal Failure: A Silent Danger For Embalmers. Pick up the book here: https://amzn.to/2Eo9W3R
#3 Fountain National Academy
October 06, 2018 01:52 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBRyan & Brian discuss everything they learned at the International Embalming and Reconstructive Surgery Conference for Professional Embalmers at the Fountain National Academy.
#2 Nathan McCullough
October 01, 2018 19:47 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBRyan and Brian sit down with Nathan McCullough, licensed Indiana Funeral Director and Funeral Service Consultant with Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions.
#1 The Kickoff Episode
September 26, 2018 13:22 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBIndiana Funeral Directors Ryan Ballard and Brian Waters introduce their new podcast.
Get ready! Undertaking: The Podcast: Coming Soon!
September 19, 2018 15:32 - 1 minute - 1.65 MBIndiana Funeral Directors Brian and Ryan talk about all things funeral. Don't forget to subscribe.
Undertaking: The Podcast: Coming Soon!
September 19, 2018 14:07 - 1 minute - 1.66 MBGet ready for Undertaking: The Podcast. Indiana Funeral Directors, Ryan and Brian discuss all things funeral. Don't forget to subscribe.