If you were expecting a sad, depressing podcast about death... this isn't it! Nikki Boyer created the podcast Dying For Sex, which was named Podcast of the Year by the Ambies. Now, she's introducing us to Reverend Peggy, who has been present for the final moments of nearly 2,000 people. A lead chaplain at one of the world’s most renowned hospitals, Peggy shares with Nikki the most riveting end-of-life stories from her 20-year career in spiritual care, with one goal in mind: to help everyone be a little less afraid of death.
Eat Your Grief (Nikki's Comfort Food chat with Kelly Rizzo)
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.
You can follow Kelly Rizzo on all platforms @eattravelrock for clips or BTS footage from the podcast. Nikki’s podcast Near Death is streaming now on all podcast platforms and you can follow her on socials @nikkiboyer.
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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13 Sept 2023
A Ghost in the Studio! (Season Finale)
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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6 Sept 2023
Funeral Potatoes & Visitations
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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30 Aug 2023
Haunted Barbie Dream House
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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23 Aug 2023
Deathbed Drama
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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16 Aug 2023
Ghost Sex
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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9 Aug 2023
The Devil's Hour: 3am
Do you often wake up at the same time the middle of the night? Maybe 3am... when the veil between life and death is thinnest! Peggy shares her experiences with this supernatural phenomenon and the belief that 3am is when evil spirits are most active.
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2 Aug 2023
You Have a Vagina!
Peggy volunteers to take on some of the hardest cases in the hospital, including a patient who undergoes multiple difficult surgeries in an effort to live her authentic self, and a teenage boy who is convinced that his "naughty thoughts" are responsible for causing his rare cancer.
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26 Jul 2023
Haunted Hospital
Peggy tries to track down a mysterious late night visitor after patients and families report encounters with an extraordinary nurse... but nobody on staff can identify her!
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19 Jul 2023
Death Party
A terminal patient makes plans for a final, big blowout! Nikki shares why she wasn't a very good volunteer phone operator at the Suicide Prevention Center. Faced with the option, would Nikki or Peggy choose the Death with Dignity Act?
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12 Jul 2023
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Peggy’s old dog performs an incredible last trick. When one half of a bonded pair passes away, the other pooch follows his best friend’s spirit out of the room. A hospital therapy dog instinctually provides the comfort a dying young boy needs.
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5 Jul 2023
We Should Get Pie
After meeting a patient who has no friends or family, Peggy becomes his advocate when multiple medical issues prevent him from returning to his preferred life of living unhoused on the streets of Los Angeles.
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28 Jun 2023
Exorcism in the Hospital
Peggy performs an actual exorcism in a hospital room. A dying patient with a checkered past goes to Hell… and comes back! An 8-year-old Reverend Peggy watches the scariest movie of all time.
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21 Jun 2023
Angels Everywhere
Nikki has a near-death experience. The most beautiful death Reverend Peggy has ever seen. Nikki makes the most of her opportunity to walk her dying father home.
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14 Jun 2023
Woo Woo Stuff
In this second episode, Reverend Peggy’s spooky encounter with the undead, and a visit from her grandfather on the night he died. Nikki wants to know if there’s a special bathroom for chaplains. Reverend Peggy recalls the emotional first death she attended as a professional.
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14 Jun 2023
Corpse Mouth (Series Premiere)
Two wild, supernatural moments leading up to Nikki’s best friend Molly’s death. The odd thing Molly asked Nikki to do for her after she died. The origin of Reverend Peggy and Nikki’s unlikely friendship.
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26 May 2023
Near Death (Official Trailer)
“That was one of the most beautiful deaths I have ever experienced!”
Award-winning creator Nikki Boyer (Dying For Sex) and her good friend Reverend Peggy celebrate life by sharing the most fascinating stories from Peggy’s 20-year career as a chaplain for the dying. Each week, tune in to hear them cry, laugh -- and even drink some gin martinis.
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4.9 / 5
284 ratings
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4.8 / 5
84 ratings
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