Don't Be Caught Dead
Don't Be Caught Dead is a podcast about the conversations most of us avoid — until we’re forced to have them.
Each episode brings you honest, accessible conversations with experts across end-of-life, health, legal, financial, and care industries, alongside people with lived experience, to help you better understand your end-of-life choices and how to prepare a practical backup plan if you fall ill, become incapacitated, or die.
Hosted by Catherine Ashton, award-winning speaker and founder of Critical Info, the podcast is grounded in lived experience — created so other people don’t have to go through what her family went through.
From wills, powers of attorney, funerals, and estate administration, to caring, grief, sudden illness, and navigating systems when life doesn’t go to plan, Don’t Be Caught Dead exists to build confidence, clarity, and preparedness — before a crisis hits.
Don't Be Caught Dead
Trailer: Don't Be Caught Dead
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Welcome to the trailer for "Don't Be Caught Dead"! 💀
I'm excited to give you a glimpse of what's to come in this podcast.
This podcast delves into the delicate balance between life and death, the defining moments that shape us, and the conversations we often avoid but need to have. My mission is to change that.
I'm Catherine Ashton, the founder of Critical Info, and I'm here to revive stories of death.
Because while you may not be ready to die, at least you can be prepared.
🌟 Here's a sneak peek 👇
- Experience the profound and often unspoken moments at the edge of life.
- Join me as I reflect on witnessing the elusive transition from life to death.
- Get a taste of the depths we'll explore, as we embark on life's final journey and discover its teachings.
🚀 Mark your calendars! We officially launch on 22nd February 2024.
Prepare yourself for a series of soul-stirring and thought-provoking episodes that will revolutionise your perspective on life... and death.
If you’ve ever thought, “I really should get my affairs in order,” or wondered what would happen if you suddenly couldn’t show up — this is your moment.
Through Critical Info, we’re inviting listeners of Don't Be Caught Dead to either sponsor an unpaid carer or put their own backup plan in place.
For $99 (tax-deductible), you can sponsor one carer with a full year of practical planning support — real backup, not paperwork for paperwork’s sake.
Or you can use the same tools to make sure your loved ones aren’t left guessing if something happens to you.
It’s not about being morbid.
It’s about being kind — to yourself and to the people who rely on you.
👉 Sponsor a carer or start your backup plan via this link:
https://project.liftwomen.com/p/692a1d7562daa122b31e6dc4
Support the 'Don’t Be Caught Dead' podcast with a one-off or regular donation to help Critical Info, a certified social enterprise, keep creating free, high-impact conversations about death, grief and planning—every contribution fuels our mission to reduce the burden on families and build a more death-literate, compassionate community. Donate here now.
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