S1 Ep5: The Mortician (part 1)

Our Dads Died

Professional mortician Victor M. Sweeney (who you may have seen on various viral videos) comes on the show to tell Tom & Rich everything that happens when you die, for real. Contains certain content listeners may find disturbing, fairly obviously relating to corpses (he is a mortician!).
You can skip to 38:38 if you just want to hear the boys talking nonsense. Show notes:
0:00 - Introduction to this week's episode

3:10 - Victor’s background as a mortician

• Being a first-generation funeral director
• How he got started in the funeral industry
• The first time he saw a dead body
• His first experience working with a body

9:48 - What’s the training process like for a funeral director?

• The training process for becoming a full-blown mortician
• How to become a funeral director in Minnesota
• Funeral patter, and a light-hearted funeral

15:18 - What’s an autopsy like?

• The process of an autopsy
• How the body comes back to him
• Treating different parts of the body
• Funeral directors sometimes dream about dead bodies
• Working at night

25:23 - If someone dies, you can’t just leave them at home.

• Losing someone else's dad.
• Having an 'adult job'.
• The glamour of a UK funeral service.
• Funeral weather in the UK.

31:38 - Pallbearer vs. funeral director.

• The undertaker's assistant and Pallbearer's assistant.
• Upselling caskets.
• Funeral directors get a nasty reputation.
• The 'Argos catalogue of death'.

38:38 - Outro & Reviews

• Summarising our chat - the first guest with a corpse in the room.
• Three ways to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
• Two beautiful reviews from beautiful people

45:00 - Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts!

• If you've read these show notes, then I'm basically begging you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Five stars and some nice words *really* helps this podcast grow!
• Thank you!!

Music by Plumtree.