A Podcast
The Adventures of Memento Mori: A Seeker’s Guide for Learning to Live by Remembering to Die is a podcast exploring the science, mysticism, culture, and mystery of death. Satirical and philosophical, the show follows host, D.S. Moss, as he attempts to reconcile his own impermanence and live a more meaningful life. Problem is, life keeps getting in the way.
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Season 3
WE'RE BACK! The last time you heard from D.S. Moss, he was in Hawaii taking surfing lessons and contemplating taking a giant leap of faith to become a Humanist Chaplain. But what in the f*ck is a chaplain? And can you be one without believing in God? In Season 3, Moss takes us back to 2021 to his chaplain internship at Bellevue Hospital during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic as he searches for the answers to those questions.
What begins as an expectation to chaplain the dying transforms into something far more profound. Part documentary and part dharma talk, this season follows Moss through the vulnerable margins of society where life, death, spirituality, humanity, and belief intersect in unexpected ways.
About the host
D.S. Moss is a writer, director, and humanist chaplain whose work lives at the intersection of long-form storytelling and existential inquiry. His storytelling is defined by a deep philosophical curiosity and an unwavering pursuit of the stories that connect us to our shared humanity.
Moss works in serial and episodic form, building narratives across time rather than in a single sitting. Fundamentally hands-on and documentary in spirit, he embeds himself in the worlds he explores, using playful inquisition to examine the complexity of the human condition. Part street philosopher, part practical altruist.
As showrunner, he has led award-winning series including The Black Kitchen, recipient of the Webby, Signal, and James Beard Awards, and Calling Bullsh!t, distributed by iHeart Media. His podcast The Adventures of Memento Mori was named one of The Atlantic's Top 50, and his first book Something to Believe In is forthcoming from HarperOne in 2026. That same search for meaning led him to chaplaincy. As a non-theist, he trained at Bellevue during the pandemic and served as spiritual adviser to a man on death row, a story featured in The New York Times.
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