Death Prattle

It's an actual play podcast! Sort of.

We record in the same room for the first time in over 80 episodes. We are joined by Tara's partner Ben to play and review Hello, a game designed to start conversations about the end of life. We discuss everything from who we'd turn to in a health crisis to what we want our funerals to be like.

Even as people who often talk about death all the time we were surprised how much the questions made us think. 

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Talcott is off this week so we have a short episode where Tara talks about an existential question someone asked her recently. 

This week Talcott goes on a metaphorical journey as he makes sense of some of the feelings around being a widow. We also discuss why reading about death and dying is so much harder for us than hearing about it, and make just an unreasonable number of Star Trek references. 

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We try a new format as Talcott records some in the moment reactions to getting, and getting rid of his wife's ashes. We talk about how a comfort for some is a weirdly unsettling item for others, and how our reactions to new stages of grief can surprise us. 

We talk about some of the ways social media can trigger grief responses, from pregnancy announcements to people pretending they have cancer for post engagement (yes this is a real thing people do Apparently.) 

content note that we discuss a bit about pregnancy loss again in this one. 

This week we’re talking about how our grief can come unstuck in time.

*This episode is being released out of order because of some audio issues with an earlier episode. We might make references to an episode that doesn't exist yet because the show - like our grief, got unstuck in time.

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Talcott is joined by special guest Daniel Baruela (@danielbtweets) of @justaangin to talk about death and Star Trek. Lots of spoilers from Discovery so catch up before you listen!

Check our Daniel's podcast Just Aangin' Around 

This week we talk about events we associate with our loved ones and the audacity of the rest of the world to keep moving forward when we want to hold on to the nostalgia of the moment. 

This week Tara shares a story about experiencing early pregnancy loss, rapidly cycling through stages of grief, and making choices about in whom to confide. 

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Special guest Tony Bowens joins us to talk about making friends while a loved one is in hospice, poorly timed hospital announcements, and and frustration with well meaning platitudes. 

• If you'd like to get in touch with the show follow us on Twitter @PrattlePod, like us on facebook at facebook.com/prattlepod or e-mail us at [email protected] Visit our webpage at www.prattlepod.com
• Our music is courtesy of Matthew Pryce. Visit facebook.com/MatthewPryceMusic to learn more about his work

• To share a memory call and leave us a message at 347-687-8223