Death Expert Reveals the Dark Truth Behind Modern Funerals | Natural Funeral CEO Mike Reagan
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
4.8 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Is the way we bury the dead harming the health of the living? 🌱⚰️
Mike Reagan, CEO of The Natural Funeral — and an end-of-life doula, grief facilitator, and pioneer in eco-friendly death care — reveals what really happens to your body, why embalming isn’t always necessary, and how natural burials can restore soil, strengthen communities, and reshape legacy.
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Funeral CEO Mike Reagan
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| 0:00.0 | How did we historically bury bodies and have we changed things to get more toxic? |
| 0:07.2 | It all started back with Abe Lincoln. |
| 0:09.7 | In the Civil War, the use of formaldehyde came into practice as a means of preserving the body of a soldier who has passed until it can make it back to its family. |
| 0:22.8 | So we were always embalming. |
| 0:24.2 | No, certainly formaldehyde is a toxic chemical. But ultimately, those toxins are going to be |
| 0:29.6 | in that soil. If it happens to be near a water table, it might be impacted in water table as well. |
| 0:35.3 | So when your kids are running through a sprinkler in the backyard in the middle of July, |
| 0:41.0 | they could be running through dead bodies. |
| 0:43.8 | I suppose that's possible. |
| 0:45.1 | Yeah. What happens to your body after you die? |
| 0:57.0 | What happens to your body after you die? Most people don't want to think about it. But what if I told you that the way your body is handled could actually heal the soil, help the environment, and even benefit future generations? Today's guest is Mike Reagan, CEO of the natural funeral in Loveland, Colorado. He's a man who has spent over a decade walking families |
| 1:28.4 | through life's most intimate and difficult transitions. As a trained end-of-life dula, grief |
| 1:33.3 | group facilitator, hospice volunteer, and a true innovator in the funeral industry. He also brings |
| 1:38.6 | 30 years of executive leadership experience to a profession most of us barely understand or |
| 1:43.0 | know much about. I love learning about |
| 1:45.7 | unique jobs. So today we dive into things that most people would consider a little taboo. Why embalming |
| 1:51.3 | is actually pretty unnecessary in most cases, how natural burials can transform communities and what |
| 1:57.5 | it really means to leave your body and your legacy in a non-toxic, |
| 2:01.5 | life-giving way. If you're fascinated by the macabre, curious about death care, or just want to |
| 2:06.6 | learn how our final choices can make the world a better place, this conversation will |
| 2:10.7 | completely change how you think about life and death. Watch this episode in 4K on the real |
| 2:15.3 | Alex Clark YouTube channel or culture apothecary on Spotify, which also offers video. |
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