Near Death Dying For Media

When Nikki Boyer’s best friend, Molly Kochan, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Nikki’s life changed forever. She began to document Molly’s final years in earnest, culminating in an award-winning podcast Dying For Sex. Today, Nikki discusses what that journey was like for her, her love of pasta and carbs, how conversations surrounding death sometimes make for the best discussions, and her new podcast Near Death. 
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Penne a la Vodka Recipe


Add some oil into a hot pan with some finely diced onion. 

Once the onion cooks down a bit and becomes translucent, add some garlic and chili flakes and let that cook for a couple minutes - we don’t want the garlic to burn so keep an eye on it. 

Add some tomato paste and stir that in. Let it cook down for a couple more minutes so we get that nice earthy flavor. 

In the meantime, boil some water with a lot of salt and cook your penne - when that’s done be sure to save some of your pasta water. 

Once everything in the pan is nice and combined, we’re gonna add some vodka. 

Let that vodka cook down, we want to cook out all the alcohol so it doesn’t taste like a cocktail! 

Then, stir in some heavy cream, add your pasta, pasta water, and a whole bunch of parmesan cheese and you’re ready to eat!


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In the season one finale, our hosts are visited by a spirit while recording an episode of Near Death. Plus, Nikki shares never-before-heard clips from a visitation she had while cleaning out her recently-departed best friend's apartment. 
 
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Listeners share their own Near Death stories! A death doula gets a musical message from a former client. Nikki's cousin is visited by both of her recently departed parents - at the same time! And Jonathan explains why he'll never be a pallbearer at another funeral ever again.
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Peggy's childhood home was haunted by an active poltergeist that did much more than just go bump in the night! For decades they lived with her paranormal shenanigans - from opening cabinets to knocking over groceries to unlocking doors - one time she even made the beds!
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Peggy is caught in the middle of a "Real Housewives" moment when she tends to a wealthy hospice patient and the four women who all claim to be his wife! A chain-smoking Buddhist monk commits to lighting up until the day he dies. A former Hollywood starlet proves that vanity is more than skin deep. 
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Being identified as a chaplain in public isn't easy. A widow tells Peggy about having frequent conjugal visits with her long deceased partner, while the mother of a teen boy demands he is baptized at a grocery store... with bottled water! And a guy in the wine and cheese shop asks if Peggy will "convert" him!
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