Griefcast

My goal right from the beginning was that I wanted it to be a podcast that, when it stopped, you didn’t feel worse,” says Cariad Lloyd, host of Griefcast, a weekly interview podcast where media personalities share stories about loved ones they've lost. “We’re all in this club that no one asked to join, and it’s really helpful when you realize there’s other people in the club. Part of grief is feeling quite isolated, so when you realize, ‘Oh, it's not just me,’ It does help.” In each episode, Lloyd makes space for natural, unhurried conversations for her guests to talk about death where, in her words, “Nobody’s going to change the subject.”In 2016, the British actor, comedian, and writer came up with the idea of starting the show when she realized a lot of her comedian friends were doing podcasts. It coincided with her talking about her dad publicly, who passed away from pancreatic cancer when she was 15. “I’d kept it this hidden thing,” she says. "So once I started the podcast, and once people knew, people wanted to talk to me about it. It became this place where I could finally have those conversations I yearned to have...

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episode 30: Ep. 30 Griefcast Live (Dolly Alderton, Ahir Shah + Grainne Maguire)


Cariad talks to award-winning journalist Dolly Alderton (The High Low, Everything I Know About Love), stand up Ahir Shah (Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee) + comedian and writer Gráinne Maguire (The Now Show, Question Time) in this special live episode, recorded at the Barts Pathology Musuem as part of their Funeral March season. As ever they discuss grief, wakes + finding a good Medium.


The event was part of Funeral March, hosted by Carla Valentine, also known as Chick and the Dead, author of Past Mortems about her life as a Anatomical Pathology Technician.


You can tweet the show @thegriefcast, follow us on instagram @thegriefcast or email us thegriefcast@gmail.com because you are not alone.

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 April 4, 2018  58m