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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 19 hours 39 minutes
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episode 174: Angela Barnes
This week Cariad talks to stand-up comedian Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Live at The Apollo, The News Quiz) about her dad, Derek, who died from a heart attack when Angela was thirty-one, and one of her closest friends, stand-up comedian Phil Jerrod, who died from sarcoma last year in 2021. As ever we talk grief, talking till you're done and having a wedding in the middle of a death.
You can find out more about Angela and her gigs here https://www.angelabarnescomedy.co...
episode 175: Tom Kerridge
This week Cariad talks to chef Tom Kerridge about his dad who died of MS when Tom was 18
episode 176: Cathy Rentzenbrink
This week Cariad talks to one of the great grief writers, Cathy Rentzenbrink about her brother, Matty.
episode 177: Isabelle Farah
TW: suicide. This week Cariad talks to stand up comedian, writer and actor, Isabelle Farah, about her cousin, Jen.
episode 178: Yomi Sode
This week Cariad talks to the incredible poet and playwright Yomi Sode about his grandma's sister, Big Mummy
episode 179: Tom Rosenthal
This week Cariad talks to the brilliant musician Tom Rosenthal about his dad
episode 181: James Runcie
This week Cariad talks to writer James Runcie (Grantchester Mysteries) about his wife Marilyn
episode 182: Layla F Saad
This week Cariad talks to author, speaker & teacher Layla F Saad (Me and White Supremacy) about her two uncles she lost in the last few years
episode 183: Charlotte Bennett and Illy
This week Cariad talks to Paines Plough artistic director Charlotte Bennett and her seven-year-old niece, Illy joins aswell
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