Living with dying

By Dilys Morgan

Living with dying is a podcast where we try to smash the taboos around death and dying and open up the subject. We'll all encounter death at some stage so why are we so shy of talking about it?

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How many episodes does Living with dying have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.

Living with dying episodes:

January 21, 2024 Episode 8: Michael Kahn
An unusual story today as I talk to an old friend Michael Kahn who lost his sister after a 10 year estrangement. He opens up frankly about his reaction to her death - and it may surprise you.
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28min
January 14, 2024 Episode 7: Tom Page
I talk today with Tom Page who lost his father in 2019 and took up the offer of counselling from the Thames Hospice. He shares how it helped him through his bereavement.
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35min
January 07, 2024 Episode 6: Poppy Mardell
Poppy Mardall - today's guest - is a great advocate of talking more about death and dying. She decided that funerals need a fresh approach and founded a business - called Poppy's - on that basis. She tells us today what she thinks is wrong with many funerals and how we can improve on them
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36min
January 01, 2024 Episode 5: Mark Tinkler
Today's episode will resonate with many of us, as Mark Tinkler talks about losing both his mother and father during the terrible time of Covid
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27min
December 18, 2023 Episode 4: Catherine Beer
For this Christmas week, we're talking to Catherine Beer of Thames Hospice about the range of feelings that can be stirred up by all the festivity around us, and how best to navigate the various anniversaries thrown up during grief.
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32min
December 12, 2023 Episode 3: Andrew Peters
In this episode, Dilys talks to Andrew Peters who reflects on one layer of grief on top of another..... the sudden loss of his father 10 years ago, followed by the sudden loss of his brother only last year
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46min
November 06, 2023 Episode 2: Anne Lady Dodd
Sir Ken Dodd's widow - Lady Dodd - talks us through the story of her long life with the comedian and how she picked up the pieces after his death in 2018.
An exhibition called Happiness, which celebrates Sir Ken's life as a comedian, entertainer, and singer is on in the Museum of Liverpool until 3rd March.
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31min
November 06, 2023 Episode 1: Dilys Morgan
I'm Dilys Morgan and I met my late husband Michael Barratt when I joined the early evening BBC TV Nationwide programme. In this, the first episode of Living with dying, I tell my own story of the recent death of my husband of 47 years and some of the unexpected feelings I encountered. Guiding me through is Counsellor Simon Smith of the Thames Hospice
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40min

FAQs about Living with dying:

How many episodes does Living with dying have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.