Free Webinar: Thursday, December 18 from 6:30pm - 8pm ET 

Death Doula Work For Your
Creative Life  

Audio creators spend a lot of time crafting beautiful beginnings. But what about endings? Lately, Emily Kwong has been asking herself this question. How do we face our mortality, and use that wisdom to do our best work?   
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About this webinar

  • Thursday, December 18, 2025
  • 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET
  • 75 min
  • Free 
  • This webinar is recorded and made available for free after the event. 
Audio creators spend a lot of time crafting beautiful beginnings. But what about endings? Lately, Emily Kwong has been asking herself this question. How do we face our mortality, and use that wisdom to do our best work? How can we go beyond launching a good podcast, and stick the landing -- in our work and in our lives? Emily Kwong is the host of NPR's Short Wave and LAist's Inheriting. She is also the co-president of the board for the Associations of Independents in Radio (AIR). 

Key Takeaways

  • How to work with desire
  • How to work with your body 
  • How to work with the tension between meaning and mystery 

Who is this for? 

  • This webinar is for anyone! Especially those who want to contemplate their life within the context of their death 

Meet the Presenter

Emily Kwong

Emily Kwong (she/her) is an NPR audio journalist working at the crossroads of sociopolitical history, family memory, and science. 

Since 2021, Emily has been the co-host of Short Wave, NPR's flagship science show sharing new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines. Short Wave met a crucial need for science-based information during the Coronavirus pandemic and won the 2021 Ambie Award for Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast.

She is also the host and co-creator of Inheriting, a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families. The first season won the 2025 Ambie Award for Best Society and Culture Podcast, the Silver Signal Award for Best History Podcast, and the 2025 RFK Journalism Award in Radio. Emily got her start as a youth media instructor at WNYC's Radio Rookies and a daily reporter at the community radio station KCAW in Sitka, Alaska. For four years, she chased stories up fishing boats and onto volcanoes, broadcasting to an island community. 

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