The Art of Dying Well

About The Art of Dying Well

Our podcast aims to make death and dying something we can talk about openly without discomfort or fear. Presented by James Abbott, our award-winning show features James in conversation with a guest on a key topic related to the Art of Dying Well, taking in everything from being at the bedside of a dying loved one, to receiving a terminal diagnosis. Coping with grief, bereavement, death, dying, and much more are all under discussion.

Publisher

The Art of Dying Well

Category

health & fitness · leisure · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Mar 2017

Latest episode

17 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

51 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Meet Leo's Angels | Episode 51

   Send us Fan Mail This episode of the Art of Dying Well podcast features the remarkable Emma O’Brien from Leo's Angels. We learn how Emma channelled her grief, tech skills, and a highly-skilled female entrepreneurial network to turn the dial on Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). Tragically, Emma and her family lost their much-loved son Leo to SUDEP when he was just 11 years old. To honour Leo's memory, she founded Leo's Angels to drive technological innovation to address the critica...

2. 

   17 Jun 2026

   Bringing Death Back Into Life | Episode 50

   Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Art of Dying Well podcast we're bringing you a fascinating, wide-ranging conversation with Dr Libby Sallnow about death, dying, and the growing global movement to bring communities back into the heart of end-of-life care. Dr Sallnow is a palliative care doctor and academic who is Associate Professor and Head of Department of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department at University College London. She continues to practise clinically in ...

3. 

   31 Mar 2026

   The Art (and Music) of Dying Well | Episode 49

   Send us Fan Mail It's Holy Week for the world's 2.4 billion Christians. As such, it's a great time for us to meditate on how sacred music and sacred art accompany us on the road to Calvary to the foot of Christ's Cross and beyond. The life, Passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus have provided rich and provoking subject matter for composers and artists for many hundreds of years, so for this 'Art of Dying Well podcast', we're joined by priest and art afficionado Father Patrick van der Vorst...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

138,130

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

13

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

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