Casey Wilson was 25 when her mom died suddenly in her sleep leaving Casey utterly shocked and meandering, trying to figure out what to do next. Fortunately, she crawled out of the pits of grief and has gone on to have a tremendous career as an actress, author, and podcast host. In this episode we talk with her about:

• why being on SNL was awful for her grieving process,

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Her memoir is The Wreckage of My Presence, her Real Housewives podcast is Bitch Sesh, and she stars in shows such as Black Monday and The Shrink Next Door.

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My dad battled through esophagael cancer for six and half years with the last three weeks of his life striking similar to my mother's. In this episode, I (Brice) dive into:

• how I had too become far too aware of my dad's crotch,

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Maraika was pregnant with her son when her dad died suddenly, just after her husband, Sebastian's, dad also died unexpectedly. The pregnancy and cascading events drove her to suppress her grief until it boiled up and she had to address it. In this episode we talk with Maraika about:

• why she turned down every Chicago funeral home,

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From the time he left home, Michael was estranged from his dad, but was suddenly thrust back into his father's life as his primary caregiver when he found out he was dying. This role meant Michael had to make the final decisions on his dad's life and then coordinate everything that would come next. In this episode we talk about:

• the wild things you find when cleaning out someone's house,

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Anna's mom always held a laissez-faire approach to life. When she was diagnosed with metastatic cancer and faced death, this laissez-faire approach suddenly held a new beauty and set of challenges. In this episode we talk with Anna about:

• why she didn't tell anyone she was with when she found out her mom died,

(Apologies for the sound quality in this episode, it was the first episode we recorded and were working through a few kinks).

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Brian was 17 when his best friend Andrew died suddenly. In the many years that have passed he's slowly come to terms with it but still struggles with his death and its aftermath. In this episode we talk about:

• how he remembers Andrew,

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Warning, this episode contains discussion of suicide.

Matt's dad died just before he started his senior year of college leaving Matt with questions of whether or not to go back to school and how to integrate back into a college campus when your life has forever been changed. In this episode we talk about:

• how awkward the birds and the bees talk can be,

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For the six years his dad was sick with cancer, Lucas was in Hong Kong, somewhat removed from the reality of the situation. And then on what he thought would be an innocuous visit to Chicago, he found himself at his father's deathbed, thrust into a world he'd remained tangential to for years prior.

In this episode, we talk with Lucas (who is also my brother!) about:

what ice cream and prostate radiation have in common,

how to tell your kids grandpa just died, 

and what it's like quarantining in a hotel room in Hong Kong alone for two weeks 6 days after your dad died.

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When his dad died suddenly from complications from a heart attack, Sebastian was uniquely comfortable with it. The aguish he does feel though, is that his kids don't get to grow up with the dad as grandpa.

In this episode, he and Brian our sound engineer dive into:

spiked contact lenses,

how weird funeral homes are in America and how they differ in Germany,

his mom's feud with the local funeral home director,

and the importance of grandpa.

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Warning, this episode contains discussion of suicide.

Maria's back! Her mom died when she was 7, and she never had a relationship with her dead, so when she was 14, she moved in with her 23 year old sister. 

She's in a much better place now and has the stories to go with it. In this episode we talk about:

• why she hates being told she's strong

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