{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/637aa2a8e0b4900010bd530c/6a10792811eba3cf15b2b485?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"176 - Funeral Options to Reanimation","description":"<p>Kyle opens the episode by briefly eulogising Adam… before confirming he’s very much alive. From there, the guys dive straight back into the cheery topic of death. Specifically, what actually happens to you when it’s all over.</p><p><br></p><p>From traditional burials and cremations to the weirder alternatives (aquamation, human composting, turning yourself into a diamond, or even blasting your ashes into space), they explore just how many options there really are—and why most of them feel either too expensive or slightly terrifying. The real shock? Funeral costs. Thousands of pounds spent on something you’ll never even attend sparks a brutally honest debate: is any of it actually worth it?</p><p><br></p><p>Naturally, things get suspicious. Can you trust what’s in the coffin? What happens to people with no family? Are funeral homes just quietly running a very strange business model? And why does everything, from pet cremations to full services, suddenly get so expensive when someone dies?</p><p><br></p><p>From there, the tone shifts from dark curiosity to dark humour: IKEA flat‑pack funerals, ocean send‑offs, Viking burials (legal or not), and the idea that the best send‑off might just be “cheap and cheerful, then straight to the pub.”</p><p><br></p><p>But just when you think it can’t get weirder, it does. Zombies, parasites that control behaviour, and the age‑old question “<em>could you actually reanimate a body?”</em> take the episode into full sci‑fi territory. Frankenstein gets a mention, logic gets questionable, and a new topic is born…</p><p><br></p><p>Next episode: reanimation. Because of course it is.</p>","author_name":"Adam Long & Kyle Stacey"}