The Obit Project

Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

Stories about the lives of real Montanans after they die. Co-hosted by old friends and colleagues Jad Abumrad (founder of Radiolab and creator of Dolly Parton’s America and 2025’s Fela Kuti: Fear No Man) and University of Montana professor and journalist Jule Banville (An Absurd Result). This 12-episode production of the Montana Media Lab at the UM School of Journalism started with a class of college students learning about the long tradition of obituary writing. It culminated with them and other journalists creating a new form that explores universal truths, legacies and reckoning with the memories of those we love...

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The Obit Project

Episodes (2)

Today A Very Responsible Dude
Mar 18th The Obit Project - Coming April 02, 2026

The Obit Project

Apr 2, 2026
27½ minutes
25 MB

In his obit picture, Terry Holo looked like The Dude from The Big Lebowski and, for a time, he kind of was that guy. But when reporter Izaak Opatz joined Terry’s brother, Bob, to clean up the house of his dead brother, he learned there was a lot more to Terry than he expected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Obit Project

A Very Responsible Dude

Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

00:00 -27:26