April 1, 2024 • 59 mins
Juan Cias has been a Mortician for 18 years and seen 4,000 dead bodies. We talk about embalming bodies, sewing limbs back together, sickening crime scenes, smell of decomposing bodies, beauty of death, "hot" corpses, Mike's grandma passing, & more.
Time Stamps:
0:56 - we live and we die
1:51 - how many dead bodies has Juan seen?
2:49 - the emotional story behind the people passing stays with you
5:42 - stories of seeing violently mangled bodies
6:59 - Juan got into funeral directing to see crazy things
8:21 - some police are scared to move dead bodies
9:36 - the most horrible crime scene with a homeless person
11:52 - what decomposing bodies smell like
13:02 - decomposing body vs farts
14:31 - the embalming process is tough
15:32 - sewing up process of the corpse
19:32 - the difference between coroners, embalmers, and morticians
21:20 - death gets people turned on
23:33 - how Juan got started in standup comedy
25:26 - Juan goes to therapy for seeing so many dead bodies
27:01 - death changes your outlook on life to not take things personally
28:32 - mike shares a moment he had when is grandma passed
30:19 - respecting the corpse & middle age isn’t accurate
34:48 - old people are scared of morticians
37:11 - seeing “hot” corpses
39:48 - rise in fentanyl = rise in death rate in younger population
41:32 - dating is hard as a mortician
46:58 - don’t end your life- you’re hurting those around you
50:27 - mike wrote down all the ways he could end himself & got lazy
52:28 - Juan believes he’ll be alone forever- but he has his friends
Time Stamps:
0:56 - we live and we die
1:51 - how many dead bodies has Juan seen?
2:49 - the emotional story behind the people passing stays with you
5:42 - stories of seeing violently mangled bodies
6:59 - Juan got into funeral directing to see crazy things
8:21 - some police are scared to move dead bodies
9:36 - the most horrible crime scene with a homeless person
11:52 - what decomposing bodies smell like
13:02 - decomposing body vs farts
14:31 - the embalming process is tough
15:32 - sewing up process of the corpse
19:32 - the difference between coroners, embalmers, and morticians
21:20 - death gets people turned on
23:33 - how Juan got started in standup comedy
25:26 - Juan goes to therapy for seeing so many dead bodies
27:01 - death changes your outlook on life to not take things personally
28:32 - mike shares a moment he had when is grandma passed
30:19 - respecting the corpse & middle age isn’t accurate
34:48 - old people are scared of morticians
37:11 - seeing “hot” corpses
39:48 - rise in fentanyl = rise in death rate in younger population
41:32 - dating is hard as a mortician
46:58 - don’t end your life- you’re hurting those around you
50:27 - mike wrote down all the ways he could end himself & got lazy
52:28 - Juan believes he’ll be alone forever- but he has his friends
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