When We Die Talks

About When We Die Talks

When We Die Talks is a collection of real conversations with real people about death, meaning, and what it’s like to be human. Each week, host Zach Ancell speaks with an anonymous caller. It begins with one question: What do you think happens when we die? From there, the conversation goes wherever it goes. Belief. Doubt. Loss. Relief. Fear. Sometimes even laughter. These aren’t experts or public figures. Just everyday people saying the quiet parts out loud. The result is raw, unpredictable, and deeply human. New anonymous calls every Tuesday. Want to add your voice? Apply to be a caller at whenwedietalks.com. Leave a voicemail and share a belief, a question, or a moment you can’t shake about death: 971-328-0864.

Publisher

Zach Ancell

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

25 Sept 2024

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

93 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   3rd Anniversary Giveaway

   I’m away on a meditation retreat and I know this isn't how one is supposed to use a podcast, but I didn’t want anyone to miss this. To celebrate three years of the When We Die Talks project, I’m doing a giveaway. Each winner will win a set of books which feature a book from some amazing people. These include books from Darnell Lamont Walker, Ben Reeves, Sara Rian, or Kacie Gikonyo, a few picks from the books our anonymous callers have recommended, and my personal favorite, Illusions by Richar...

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Anonymous #55 — What Do You Believe About Death Once No One’s Telling You What to Believe?

   Content Note: This episode includes a brief mention of suicidal thoughts in childhood. This caller pictures death as floating in a dark bathroom lit only by a nightlight, so comfortable you forget where your skin starts and stops. You arrive with a cannonball, whether you jumped or got shoved. Then you settle into what they call a soup. The people and pets you loved aren’t floating next to you. They’re more like a cold spot brushing past your feet in a lake, there for a second and then gone. ...

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Anonymous #54 — Does It Take Almost Dying to Start Living Differently?

   Months into a stay at a rehab hospital, with both arms and both legs broken, the caller found out the crystal they always carried in their pocket had been sitting in their bedside drawer the whole time. They couldn’t reach for it. Their best friend, who ran physical therapy there, handed it to them. That night they had the most vivid dream of the morning of the wreck: pulling away from the house, making one stop, and realizing inside the dream that they knew what came next. They were 29. The ...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

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