Coffin Talk

Updated: 28 Sep 2025 • 282 episodes
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Coffin Talk explores how our views on death affect the way we live our life. Join Mike Oppenheim as he interviews people from all ages and cultures to explore The Meaning of Death. mikeyopp.substack.com

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Ted Whetstone is an executive coach who partners with senior leaders to transform how they think, lead, influence, and impact. Blending systems thinking with decades of operational and strategic experience—with small businesses and Fortune 100 companies—he empowers executives to ignite innovation and align stakeholders

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com This is a missing episode of Coffin Talk that a guest signed off on, then later asked me to pull. I’m putting it behind a paywall for my loyal listeners, as a reward, but also because it’s a fantastic episode. Literally one of my favori

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Jennifer Stirling is a Christ-centered astrologer, mother of four, grateful wife, and a "mother" to five milking goats. She is passionate about healing, faith, learning, teaching, and striving for a "thriving" life in all of its forms. After overcoming a 25-year stretch of chronic depression, she started the Overcome D

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Autumn Kacian is a near-and-dear friend from college who is now a licensed massage therapist, national board certified health and wellness coach, and owner of Retreat Within. She specializes in embodiment and dysfunction of the neck and pelvis. Her work has been informed and guided by her experiences in youth, navigati

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Aaron Butler is a 39-year-old Network Engineer. He was raised Mormon, but left the religion in his late teens. Most of his family is still active. He now enjoys the nerdier things in life, but also keeps active with his 3-month-old daughter, who takes up most of his time now. Please rate us on Apple and/or Spotify and

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Steve Deihl is the author of Sea Change: Reason, Revolution, and Creativity and Sensing Geometry: Symbolism and Structure in Art, Science, and Mathematics. He is also a New York City mathematics educator, three-time recipient of the Simons Foundation MfA Fellowship, and an internationally exhibited artist currently wor

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