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National Park After Dark

Death Wish: Joshua Tree National Park

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, True Crime

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

People put a big emphasis on living but part of living – is dying, and that takes some thought too. Confronting our own mortality is difficult and unsettling but to the living left behind, knowing your final wishes can be a welcome sigh of relief. Today we venture into Joshua Tree National Park, and discuss the wild ride that was Gram Parson’s life, and untimely death. For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!Thank you to this week’s partners!Apostrophe: Use our link and code NPAD to get for first visit for only $5.Hello Fresh: Use our link and code npad18 for 18 free meals plus free shipping.Microdose: Use code NPAD to get free shipping and 30% off your first order.For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

People put a big emphasis on living, where we want to call home, the lifestyles we want

0:11.0

to lead, the people we surround ourselves with, and how we spend our precious time before

0:16.2

we face the music.

0:18.8

But unfortunately, part of living is dying, and that takes some thought too.

0:25.4

In front of our own mortality is difficult and unsettling, but if you're like most of

0:30.2

the population, you don't spend your free time creating a death plan.

0:35.2

But to the living left behind, knowing your final wishes can be a welcome sigh of relief

0:40.0

in a very dark time.

0:42.8

Communicating and documenting how you wish to be honored at the end of your life and providing

0:46.9

information to your loved ones as to how to take care of your final affairs isn't exactly

0:51.8

the most glamorous, but it can save a lot of potential confusion, heartache, uncertainty,

0:58.5

and arguments.

1:00.6

Everyone should have a death wish.

1:03.4

What is yours?

1:05.3

Welcome to National Park after dark.

1:28.2

Starting us off on a really sombered.

1:31.9

No, no thought provoking.

1:34.6

I go, what is my death wish?

1:36.8

Right, yeah.

1:38.8

Having a death plan is something that's really overlooked sometimes, I think, especially

1:43.4

for people at our age, in their 20s and 30s.

1:47.6

It's kind of like that's a thought for another time, like many years from now, but you never

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