Death Prattle

In what is now becoming an annual conversation, this week we try to unpack some of our complicated feelings about breast cancer awareness campaigns. We talk about a lot from feeling left out of survivor narratives to the potential power of symbolism and community. We also ask the big question: are pumpkins the new pink ribbons?

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Talcott watched Billboard Dad so we talk about what it gets really right and really wrong about the grieving process after losing a spouse. We also discuss wedding anniversaries, Star Trek (of course), and Tara has a big announcement. (Spoiler, it's that you have to call her doctor now).

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This week we are catching up on a bunch of partial topics we've had rolling around. We talk about trying to recognize the privilege in being flippant about death, discovering triggers for grief, happy moments about loved ones, and a very bad idea for a billboard. 

Here is the article we briefly discuss this week. Go read it because it covers the topic way better than we could. 

https://theestablishment.co/who-gets-to-have-a-good-death-201c29badb3c

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Matthew of the In Momormium Podcast joins us to talk about in project exploring his mother's life and death through recordings and writings she left behind. We talk about his experience making the show and how its been received by friends and family. We also discuss how things like a journal of fish biology can make you realize how big the world really is. 

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We watched The Neverending Story this week. It turns out we have a lot of feelings about it. We also talk about bittersweet moments of unexpected grief and endings of a different sort.  

Tara's taking one last (she hopes) dissertation break so Talcott talks about his experience rewatching the episodes of The Simpsons that deal with Ned Flanders as a widow. He talks about the good and bad ways grief is represented and what has resonated with him over the years. 

This week we talk about the etymology of widow and widower and discuss some of the complex feelings around the gendering of these terms. 

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Past guest Glen Tickle is bringing his story about losing his brother to the stage at the Scranton film festival September 28th - 30th. For more information and tickets visit bit.ly/goodgriefcomedy

We get back in the swing of recording with a quick episode to catch up. We talk about weird flashbacks, sudden realizations, and very spicy soup. 

While Tara deals with the fragility of her mortal body (she has bronchitis from going to a convention this weekend) Talcott goes solo and talks about a corner of his desk where some mementos of his later wife live. 

Regular episodes resume next week! 

Special guest Elissa joins us to talk about working in a cemetery and teaches us a ton of new stuff we didn't know about how burials work. We also talk about headstone capers, phallic grave markers, frustrating old timey handwriting, and high school biology lab. 

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