Kicking the Bucket is a new fiction podcast premiering July 2, 2025. It’s about aging, caregiving, and end-of-life autonomy. With eight richly sound-designed episodes featuring a stellar cast aged 34 to a well-seasoned 92, this audio dramedy is a TV series for your ears. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. And you get to choose how the story ends.

Featuring the voices of:

Mimi Strum, Richard Gartner, Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston, and Shaun Conde.

Created by award-winning artists:

Andee Kinzy, Dana Wing Lau, Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons of Hemlock Creek Productions, Chiara McCarty, Chloé Carcamo, and Kevin Chin of Northshore Media Productions.

Themes include: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and death.

Learn more: improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

Subscribe now and mark your calendar for July 2.

Because the end is just the beginning.