
š Episode Summary
In this episode, Dinah Alobeid gets deep and dark with her first guest, Adam Posner, about the deeply personal playlist he curated. They explore the emotional significance of tracks from artists like Dave Matthews Band and Pink Floyd, discussing how these songs have been the soundtrack to Adamās life and the memories they evoke. From fight songs to the lyrics dedicated to his loved ones, get ready to dig into live music memories, battling the toughest moments of our lives, and celebrating every day with music like it might be your last.Ā
šæ Songs Mentioned
āHey Nowā by London GrammarĀ
ā1979ā by The Smashing PumpkinsĀ
āCrushā by Dave Matthews BandĀ
āDesert Roseā by Sting
āLoves Me Like a Rockā by Paul Simon
āThank Youā by Led Zeppelin
āStubborn Loveā by The Lumineers
āGive It Timeā by Goose
āFrozenā by MadonnaĀ
āI Will Follow Youā by Death Cab For Cutie
āBackwards Down The Number Lineā by Phish
āLullabyā by Billy Joel
āEnjoy The Silenceā by Depeche Mode
āCarnivalā by Natalie Merchant
āKidsā by MGMT
āYoung Folksā by Peter Bjorn and John
āI Need My Girlā by The National
āCrawling Back To Youā by Tom Petty
āOn Holdā by The XXĀ
āHold Me Nowā by Thompson Twins
āI Feel Loveā by Donna Summer
āShine Onā by Pink Floyd
āDonāt You Forget About Meā by Simple Minds
You can listen to Adamās playlist on Spotify.
At 17:54 Dinah mentions the Dave Matthews Band āCrashā but means āSatelliteā
At 18:42 Adam means 1997-2001
š About the Guest
Adam Posner is the Founder and Managing Director at NHP Talent Group - a boutique NY-based staffing firm, specializing in talent acquisition for Senior-level roles within: Digital Marketing, Media, Product and Content Creation at Start-ups, Creative Agencies and Brands. He also hosts ThePOZcast showcasing experts to help you harness your inner tenacity to drive your life and career forward.Ā
š¹ About Play This At My Funeral
Play This At My Funeral is a deeply fun, slightly macabre, always heartwarming show about the songs that shape our lives ā and the ones weād play at our funerals. Each episode invites a guest to curate the playlist for their own (hypothetical) send-off and share the stories that made those songs matter.Ā
In each episode, host Dinah invites a guest on to talk through the soundtrack of their life: the songs that have held them in moments of anguish, haunted them on the regular, and maybe just maybe even saved them. Itās a cozy, 45-minute-ish journey through meaningful lyrics, vivid memories, and the emotional mixtapes that mark our most human moments.
Think Desert Island Discs meets Films To Be Buried With ā but with more vibes and fewer survival scenarios.
The show is created and hosted by Dinah Susan Alobeid and is edited and co-produced by Alice Marcondes.Ā
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š About the Host
Dinah Susan Alobeid is a writer, dancer, and VP of Communications & Content by day (not always in that order). Sheās the creator and host of the newly launched āPlay This At My Funeralā podcast. Her fiction has appeared in Porter House Review, Five on the Fifth, and Reverie Literary Magazine and her nonfiction and poetry can be found in Spectrum Magazine, MediaPost, and more. She lives in New Jersey (even though sheās a born and bred New Yorker) with her partner and their rambunctious toddler.Ā
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