When Your Parents Are Too Prepared with Ryan Beck
So Your Parents Are Old
Vanessa Grigoriadis
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Comedian and filmmaker Ryan Beck's parents are just starting to get old, but that hasn't stopped them from getting rid of nearly all their worldly possessions and creating a death binder full of useful information in case they die or lose their faculties. But Ryan wonders if they've gone too far with their Swedish death cleaning. Check out Ryan Beck's hilarious short film about his parents' death binder, A Few Days Home in Johnson County and his podcast, The Meaning of Life.
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| 1:02.1 | so your parents are old and I'm going to tell you a little bit about the episode you're about to hear. |
| 1:07.7 | This week, Vanessa talked to another comedian. His name is Ryan Beck. |
| 1:11.8 | And like most of the guests on this show, Ryan has old parents. |
| 1:15.9 | But his situation is a little bit different. |
| 1:18.6 | We've heard a lot about the joys of caregiving and also the burdens, figuring out insurance, getting parents into assisted living. |
| 1:25.1 | Some of our guests have had to sort through decades' worth of junk. |
| 1:29.0 | But Ryan's going to talk about the opposite extreme. |
| 1:32.5 | What it's like having parents who are prepared for old age, |
| 1:36.4 | and maybe even over-prepared? |
| 1:39.1 | It's a really surprising fun conversation. |
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