When We Die Talks
When We Die Talks is a collection of real conversations with real people about death, meaning, and what it’s like to be human.
Each week, host Zach Ancell speaks with an anonymous caller. It begins with one question: What do you think happens when we die? From there, the conversation goes wherever it goes. Belief. Doubt. Loss. Relief. Fear. Sometimes even laughter.
These aren’t experts or public figures. Just everyday people saying the quiet parts out loud. The result is raw, unpredictable, and deeply human.
New anonymous calls every Wednesday.
Want to add your voice? Apply to be a caller at whenwedietalks.com. Leave a voicemail and share a belief, a question, or a moment you can’t shake about death: 971-328-0864.
Podcasting since 2024 • 67 episodes
When We Die Talks
Latest Episodes
#52 - Finding Peace With Death by Letting Go of Who You Think You Are
This week's caller has been sitting with death since childhood. They grew up deep inside Pentecostal religion, the shouting, the standards, the constant weight of what comes next, and instead of finding comfort there, they left with more questi...
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Episode 52
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44:33
#51 - The Grief That Broke My Family and the Fear of Death That's Always There
This weeks caller lost their baby brother on Thanksgiving Day when they were five, and has spent their whole life with what they call "a little bird called death" on their shoulder. They're a death doula, a trauma-informed yoga instructor, a Re...
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Episode 51
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42:01
#50 - What a Parkinson's Diagnosis Teaches You About Dying — and Living
This caller grew up without religion, lost their mom to suicide at 13, and spent years in a fear of death so overwhelming they couldn't be around skeletons or eat meat. Then they were diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.But somehow, this ...
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Episode 50
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42:40
#49 - A Death Doula on What Matters at the End
What would change if we treated death as a human event, not just a medical one?This week’s anonymous caller is a death doula. And instead of going abstract, they get surprisingly specific about what the end can look like and what ...
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Episode 49
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43:58
#48 - What If Death Feels Like Being Stuck Forever?
What if death isn’t peaceful, or blank, or anything you can make sense of, but something you’re trapped inside?This week’s anonymous caller doesn’t come in with a comforting belief or a story about loss. They come in with death an...
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Episode 48
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