Podcast transcripts are available for most episodes of The Death Readiness Podcast.
All available transcripts are provided below.
The Real Cost of Dying without an Estate Plan
Published: January 10, 2025
How to Organize and Preserve Your Legacy
Guest: Julie Ulrich
Published: January 17, 2025
What Probate Really Means and How to Avoid It
Published: January 24, 2025
How to Talk to Your Parents about Death
Guest: Megan Malick
Published: January 31, 2025
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About the Estate Tax
Published: February 7, 2025
What to Know Before Choosing an Executor or Agreeing to Serve as One
Guest: Mollie Lacher
Published: February 14, 2025
What it Takes to Raise a Child with Special Needs
Guests: Carmen Mastroianni & Dan Mastroianni
Published: February 20, 2025
A Parents’ Guide to Special Needs Estate Planning
Guest: Kristen Lewis
Published: March 6, 2025
How to Choose the Right Special Needs Estate Planning Team
Guest: Kristen Lewis
Published: March 20, 2025
How to Start the Senior Care Conversation
Guest: Mikelle Rappaport
Special Contributor: Bob Stanton
Published: April 3, 2025
Start Your Own Family Podcast with these Simple Steps
Host: Jill Mastroianni and April
Guest: Carmen Mastroianni
Published: April 18, 2025
Preparing for the Day I’ll Tell My Brother: "It’s Going to Be Okay"
Published: May 2, 2025
What You Need to Know About Embalming, Cremation, and Eco-Friendly Funerals
Guest: Jamie Sarche
Published: May 16, 2025
How Powers of Attorney Work, When to Use Them, and When It’s Too Late to Get One
Published: July 8, 2025
Why You Need (or Don’t Need) a Trust
Published: July 15th, 2025
What You Need to Know About Medicaid and Protecting Your Mom’s House
Published: July 22, 2025
What Every Parent Needs to Know When Their Child Turns 18
Published: Published: July 29, 2025
What Happens When a Pregnant Woman Is Declared Brain Dead
Published: August 5, 2025
Why Naming the Caregiver Adult Child (instead of your Spouse with Dementia) as Beneficiary of your IRA Can Backfire
Published: August 12, 2025
Why Banks Reject Powers of Attorney for Trust Accounts
Published: August 19, 2025
How to Protect Your Aging Parents and Avoid Probate Court
Published: August 26, 2025
Why Your Business Needs an Estate Plan
Published: September 2, 2025
Why Medical Aid in Dying and Assisted Suicide are not the same thing
Published: September 9, 2025
6 Steps to Finding the Right Estate Planning Attorney for Your Situation
Published: September 16, 2025
Why Your Aging Parents Aren’t Planning and How to Change It
Guest Episode from Sara Ecklein’s Podcast “The Legacy of Love”
Published: September 19, 2025
How Small Gaps in Your Will Become Big Problems
Published: September 24, 2025
Why Your Old Will Might Leave Out Your New Baby
Published: September 30, 2025
Why You Don’t Have to Take the Executor Job
Published: October 7, 2025
Why you need (or don’t need) a Will
Published: October 14, 2025
Why Jane Goodall’s Lessons Matter More Than Ever
Published: October 17, 2025
Can You Leave Money to Your Dog?
Published: October 21, 2025
Why Losing Your Original Will Could Cost Your Family Everything
Published: October 28, 2025
The Hidden Tax Traps in Lifetime Gifts
Published: November 14, 2025
Can you Inherit from Someone You Killed (or Tried to Kill)?
Published: November 11, 2025
How to Give Money Without Triggering Gift Tax
Published: November 18, 2025
How to Stop the Family Camp from Splitting Siblings
Published: November 25, 2025
Why Your Teen’s Brain Can’t Outrun the Algorithm
Published: November 28, 2025
How to Keep Your Ex Out of Your Estate Plan
Published: December 2, 2025
How to write your own Will (and why you shouldn’t)
Published: December 9, 2025
How a Poet Helped Me Face What I Feared
Published: December 12, 2025
Why Housing Security Gets Overlooked in Blended Families
Published: December 16, 2025
Why that holiday “thank you” might be taxable
Published: December 23, 2025
How to Build a Legacy That’s Not About Money
Published: December 26, 2025
Why Disinheritance Can Be the Riskiest Estate Plan
Published: December 30, 2025
Why You Should Question the Estate Planning Expert
Published: January 6, 2026
How Poor Estate Planning Cost a First Lady Her Home
Published: January 9, 2026
How Business Interests Create Estate Planning Blind Spots
Published: January 13, 2026
Why Selling the Lake House Can Rewrite Your Will
Published: January 20, 2026
What You Need to Know When Justice Feels Out of Reach
Published: January 23, 2026
How to Avoid Mistakes With Debt After Death
Published: January 27, 2026
How Geography Can Wreck Your Estate Plan
Published: February 3, 2026
Why Knowing Your Rights Isn’t Enough
Published: February 6, 2026
How to be Fair to Your Children in Your Estate Plan
Published: February 10, 2026
Why You Should Beware of Tax Advice Via Social Media
Published: February 17, 2026
Why Small Acts of Care Matter More Than You Think
Published: February 20, 2026
How to Give Without Jeopardizing Government Benefits
Published: February 24, 2026
Why Good Powers of Attorney Still Fail
Published: March 3, 2026
Why Estate Plans Fail Adult Children
Published: March 10, 2026
Why Giving Money Can Do More Harm Than Good
Published: March 17, 2026
Why That Retirement Account May Not Go Where You Think
Published: March 24, 2026
What You Can and Can’t Do with the Trust You Inherited
Published: March 31, 2026
Why saying yes to serving as agent under a POA can backfire
Published: April 7, 2026
How assets get lost after death and what to do
Published: April 14, 2026
How Living Wills and Last Wills Get Confused All the Time
Published: April 21, 2026
Why your life insurance trust might not work
Published: April 28, 2026
How to Take Your Estate Plan Off Script
Published: May 5, 2026
How to Update Estate Planning After a Dementia Diagnosis
Published: May 12, 2026
How Do You Know If Mom Can Still Sign
Published: May 19, 2026
How to Prepare for Retirement Without Panic
Guest: Blair Coffman Martin
Published: May 26, 2026
What You Need to Know About Estate Planning at 30
June 3, 2026
How Creditors Can Delay a Probate Estate
June 9, 2026
What You Need to Know About Corporate Trustees
June 16, 2026
Why Your Power of Attorney Can't Do Everything
June 23, 2026
What You Need to Know Before Editing Your Will
June 30, 2026
Why I Won't Leave My Kids Cash
July 7, 2026
How to Overcome Estate Planning Jargon and Overwhelm
July 21, 2026
Why Your Original Will Matters More Than You Think
July 28, 2026
Why You Shouldn't Add Your Child to Your Deed or Bank Account
August 4, 2026