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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,
having to retrieve her mom's jewelry from the casket,
why she had to re-record the lines to her eulogy,
and how Casey leveraged medication to get her out of her deepest pits of depression and grief.
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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,
the striking similarities between the end of my parents' lives,
and how weird last words are.
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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,
how she carries her dad with her,
how her brother had to carry their dad out of his law office,
and how she finally addressed her dad's death.
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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,
how to manage credit card companies trying to collect your dead father's debts,
how to disguise an urn so a church will allow it,
and how to give a eulogy after a relationship disintegrated.
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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,
how strange it is when you know your mom's doctors,
and the challenges of losing someone in the pandemic.
(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,
the difficulty of grieving when you're 17,
struggling to figure out what to say in his eulogy,
and how he's sure Andrew still messes with him to this day.
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