Postmortem Biology with Jonathan Davis (Korn) and Mary Roach: Unedited
Dead Bodies Everywhere: Postmortem Biology and Funerary Science
This episode was recorded in October of 2022.
WARNING: This episode contains content related to mortuary science that some listeners may find disturbing.
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis delves into his past as a mortician with popular science bestselling author, Mary Roach. Mary wrote thehit book “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” and the two have no shortage of gory details to discuss. We talk about the biology of human corpse decomposition and preservation, embalming techniques (including but not limited to anal suturing), Elvis’s autopsy and more!