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 112: #112 Lee Lawrence
This week Cariad talks to writer and social entrepreneur, Lee Lawrence (The Louder I Will Sing), about his experience of injustice and grief for his mum, Cherry Groce, who was wrongly shot in her Brixton home by police in 1985. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again and passed away many years later due to complications from the incident. As ever we talk grief, childhood + difficult decisions.
You can follow Lee on Twitter and Instagram @MrLeelawrence and his book, The Louder I Will Sing, is available from all good book shops from the 17th of September 2020. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast.
Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios (or Cariad's living room in lockdown), artwork is by Jayde Perkin and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.
Rose D'or Nominee 2019, Podcast of the Year 2018, Best Podcast ARIA's 2018.
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