In this episode I talk with Comedian Glen Tickle (his real name!) about his comedy special, "Good Grief; A Comedy About Loss And Being Bad At It."

After the death of his brother Mark, Glen started writing jokes about his grief as a way of processing his own emotions, and ultimately turned it into a full hour of comedy. We talk about the importance of leaning into our grief, and how cathartic is is to expose our rawness to an audience.

Follow Glen across all platforms @GlenTickle (on IG and Twitter)

Find all his standup clips and dates at https://www.glentickle.com

Follow ME @WheresTheGrief on IG and Twitter!

In this episode, I talk with comedian and yarn artist Angela Eh who runs the Comedy Crafting Cart, as well as a weekly streaming series called "Crafts and Laughs" on her IG and YouTube channels. After the death of her partner, who was also a comedian, Angela has relied heavily on her ability to connect and create. We talk about the importance of having places and people to vent to, and the power that comedy brings in helping make sense of the unimaginable.

Follow Angela on Instagram and elsewhere at @craftingcomedycart

 

In this episode, I talked to Author Allison Ballenger, whose book "One More Year" is a childrens book inspired by her own childhood. After the death of her brother Scott, Alliison was inspired to write a book that helped to keep Scotts essence a part of her life, as what she describes as a "story-telling, song-singing, life-loving, magic-maker. "

Go to https://www.aiballenger.com/ to follow Allison, or to get the book!

In this episode I talk with Author Judy Lipson about her book "Celebation of Sisters - It Is Never Too Late To Greive." Judy lost her younger sister Jane to a car accident at 22 and nine years later her older sister Margie at 35 to a twenty year battle with anorexia and bulimia. Realizing that Siblings are often the forgotten mourners, Judy began finding ways to keep her sisters memories alive. 

Get the book and find out more about Judy at http://www.judylipson.org/

Hooray! It's hard to beliieve that I've been doing this show long enough to rack up 150 episodes, but here we are! This episode features a whole lot of Jordon! I was lucky enough to have two gigs last month that fit pretty well together - I was a Key Note speaker at a TCF Regional Conference in Hawaii, followed the very next day by being on a virtual comedy show focused on death and grief. 

You can watch my Key Note Address at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixy1GDyaMRc&t=159s

Find out more about the Death is Hilarious Podcast at https://deathishilarious.com

Find a TCF Group in your area, as well as info on this years National Conference here: https://www.compassionatefriends.org

Get tickets to The Russell Ferber Foundation Comedy FUN!draiser!

https://www.russellferberfoundation.org/this-years-fundraiser

In this episode, I talk with Author Deena Goldstein about her book, "Ok, Little Bird," about the life and death of her father, and her process of navigating the world without him. We talk about the importance of finding humor even in our darkest moments, and how important it is to let ourselves feel all the feels.

Follow Deena and get the book at https://OkLittleBird.com

While most people were working from home, if at all, during the pandemic, Lauryn Petrie got a job working in the NYC morgue, spending 11 months hauling bodies and assisting on autopsies (despite having no prior medical experience.) In this very frank discussion, we talk about how humor is necessary in the face of devestation, and how quickly we can become numb to every day death. We also talk about the importance of empathy and how much we need to take better care of ourselves.

Follow Lauryn on Twitter And IG @TheLaurynPetrie and check out https://www.laurynpetriecomedy.com/

Follow ME on Twitter and IG @WheresTheGrief

After the death of her partner, Janine Kwoh began transforing her greeting card business "Kwohtations" to include condolance cards. What followed was the writing of "Welcome To The Grief Club," a book of brief observations, illustrations and diagrams that capture the absurditiy and isolating experience of grief. Janine's ability to share the hardest parts of her own process of grief with both humor and devastating truths really brings  people together to help remember the good times as well as the universal nature of what it is to lose a loved one.

Get the book and follow Janine at https://kwohtations.com

Follow her on IG at @kwohtations  and @Welcometothegriefclub

Follow ME on IG and Twitter @WheresTheGrief

I got to talk with New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize winning author Kathryn Schulz about her new book, "Lost and Found."  After the death of her father Kathryn found ways to incorporate her grief with her gratitude in also finding love. We talk about the importance of sharing our selves, and the difficulty these past two years have been to connect with people.

Get the book and follow Kathryn at https://www.kathrynschulz.com/

Follow ME @WheresTheGrief on both IG and Twitter

In this episode I talk with comedian Rob Montemarano! We talk about a number of losses that Rob has had over the years, and his relationship with death and funerals. We also talk about his new live comedy venture "Last Laugh Comedy" at an actual funeral home in Brooklyn.