This week on Dead on Earth, hosts Sarah Lipscomb and Kerrith McDowell sit down with documentary filmmaker Trish Ward Torres for a deeply moving conversation about love, loss, and survival. Trish opens up about the devastating loss of her grandmother to brain cancer. More than a grandparent, her grandmother was her best friend and a literal lifesaver. Trish shares how her grandmother's unwavering support helped her navigate severe depression as a teenager and ultimately find profound meaning in life.

In this moving episode of Dead on Earth, host Sarah Lipscomb sits down with Justin Sykes, a restaurant manager, for a deeply personal conversation about family, identity, and the heavy weight of cancer. Justin opens up about the devastating loss of his adopted father to brain cancer—the man who raised him and the only father he ever knew.

In this deeply intimate and courageous episode of Dead on Earth, host Kerrith McDowell sits down with her co-host, Sarah Lipscomb, to share Sarah's personal story of devastating loss. The episode title, "Typhoon Annie," honors Sarah's beloved sister, Annie, who came into this world during a literal typhoon in Japan—foreshadowing the intense, turbulent, years-long battle with severe mental illness she would later fight before tragically losing her life to suicide.

In this deeply moving episode of Dead on Earth, host Sarah Lipscomb sits down with Kerrith McDowell for an intimate and heartbreaking conversation about every parent's worst nightmare. Kerrith shares the devastating story of navigating grief surrounding the death of her teenage sons after they were shot and killed by their own father. With raw honesty, she opens up about the agonizing pain of navigating life after an unimaginable family tragedy. This episode is a powerful exploration of love, profound loss, and the journey toward finding a reason to keep breathing. Listener Note: This episode contains detailed discussions of domestic violence, gun violence, and the death of children. Please take care while listening.

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