Join us for a conversation with Caitlin Do ughty\, mortician\, bestselling author\, and advocate for death acceptance . Hailed by The New York Times as "a relentlessly curious and chipper tour guide to the underworld\,&rdquo\; she&rsquo\;ll discuss reform of Western funeral industry practices and much more with Mark Bazer (The Interview S how).
\nCaitlin Doughty is a mortician\, advocate\, and bê\;te noire of the traditional funeral industry. Her educational webseries "Ask a Mortician" has been viewed almost 250 million times and her three books were New York Times bestsellers - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\, From Here to E ternity\, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She founded a Los Angeles funer al home as well as the funeral reform collective The Order of the Good Dea th\, which spawned the death positive movement.
\nMark Bazer is host and creator of &ldquo\;The Interview Show\,&rdquo\; a talk show in a bar. Aired on Chicago's PBS station\, WTTW\, and filmed at The Hideout\, it fe atures conversations as substantive as they are entertaining.
\nThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a statewide collab oration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in p art by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Serv ices and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessib ility.
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