Michael Brooke: Life Stories Are a Gift for the Future

About this episode

Michael Brooke discusses his experiences as a skateboarding historian and funeral director, and the importance of recording life stories.

Michael Brooke is a skateboarding historian and publisher who worked as an Assistant Funeral Director during the Covid pandemic. These experiences inspired his recent book Endless Wave: Skateboarding, Death and Spirituality and the creation of Time for My Story which works with individuals to record stories and memories of their life though words and pictures. The result is a beautiful magazine to be shared with family and friends. Endless Wave is available for free at: http://www.timeformystory.com/Endless-Wave/

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Brooke

Topics covered

• skateboarding
• death
• spirituality
• storytelling

Keywords

• Endless Wave
• Time for My Story
• life stories
• memories

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Endless Wave

Books & works: Endless Wave: Skateboarding, Death and Spirituality, Endless Wave

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