What is teramation?

It's also known as human composting.

And here at Return Home, we gently transform human remains into life-giving soil.

I was wondering if you had spent any time on Return Poems TikTok page.

I have a little bit. They're very passionate about it, so they sent me quite a few directly.

Eleanor Cummins is a science journalist. She recently wrote about the human composting movement

and one of the companies returned home at the forefront, which has a pretty dynamic TikTok page.

Today's question is does human composting require the use of worms or bugs of any kind?

And I've got the answer.

The answer is no, by the way.

I asked Eleanor how accurate she thought the TikToks were.

I think that they're pretty accurate.

And I think that that is a real break from tradition in terms of the way that the funeral industry has typically related to public education,

which is like, we're not going to talk about this at all in any way ever, including if directly asked.

And I think also, you know, it's pretty fun. I think they have a good sort of sense of what a popular TikTok is like.

Yeah, hashtag human composting.

Right, absolutely who could resist.

Today on the show, Eleanor is going to take us inside the world of human composting, a movement that's pushing for a greener way of returning us all to the earth.

I'm Lizzie O'Leary and you're listening to what next TBD, a show about technology, power, and how the future, in this case, maybe our literal future, will be determined.

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