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.
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(Do not remove)I recently had the pleasure of listening to this, and I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Excellent work, Thank you for your incredible effort; it was truly impressive. Zuricka
I’ve really been enjoying listening to your podcast. I studied to be a death doula as research for a show that I still haven’t created but it lead me into wanting to do advocacy work to get people to have those conversations. I’d love to move onto the “Deathosphere” but $$ is holding me back. I already work in a gig economy as a performance artist. I guess I’ll get there one day. I’ve been travelling a lot for work and been listening to you on the road. Thanks
Hi Catherine! I’m really enjoying your podcast, just started listening and am learning so much from what you share. Fantastic episode with Kelly from AFDA, so many take aways and your interview style really kept things interesting. I'm a funeral celebrant based on the Mornington Peninsula and look forward to telling people both about the podcast and your business. Warm regards, Anne-Marie Raymond (Mornington Funeral Celebrant) 🌸
Hi Catherine, Vanessa here 😁 Thankyou so much! I loved the last Hurrah interview, they are such amazing people and I resonate with EVERYTHING they are doing and aspiring to do. Such a beautiful discussion, well done! 😁