Podcast Episodes

Episode 67 (with Clare O'Kane)

Season 1 Episode 67

Comedian Clare O’Kane (Saturday Night Live, Shrill) came on the podcast and we talked about the life, death and memory of her parents, their sense of humors and influence on her, the avoidance issues…

Published on 1 day, 7 hours ago

Episode 66 (with Davidson Boswell)

Season 1 Episode 66

Comedian Davidson Boswell came on the podcast and told me about a different kind of death: mourning the memory of who his brother was before his mental decline, learning to live with who he is now an…

Published on 5 days, 11 hours ago

Episode 65 (with Joe Gorman)

Season 1 Episode 65

Comedian Joe Gorman told me about the lessons he learned from stepdad and his sudden death last summer, bringing ashes through TSA, when a comedian’s final tweet becomes their epitaph, the outpouring…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Episode 64 (with Lynn Harris)

Season 1 Episode 64

Lynn Harris (Gold Comedy) told me about the life and memory of her parents, her mother’s work with Noam Chomsky, her sudden death from COVID in 2020, how the pandemic prevented her and her father fro…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Episode 63 (with Chris Maddock)

I had a great time talking with comedian Chris Maddock about the lives and deaths of his parents, great Minneapolis comedians that passed too soon, keeping friends’ memories alive by telling their ol…

Published on 1 month ago

Episode 62 (with Brian Enck)

Comedian Brian Enck came on the podcast and told me about the life, memory, and questionable fashion choices of his late best friend, how he saved the day at Brian’s wedding, his sudden death in 2023…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Episode 61 (with Tim Limbrick)

Season 1 Episode 61

Comedian Tim Limbrick came over and we talked about his father’s life as a preacher, his sudden death in Liberia, the difficulties in bringing a loved one’s remains back to America from a different c…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Episode 60 (with Shea Vassar)

Season 1 Episode 60

Comedian Shea Vassar came on the podcast and we talked about losing her mother to cancer, being surprised by death even when you see it coming, processing grief through joke writing, the tasks we do …

Published on 2 months ago

Episode 59 (with Brian Rabadeau)

Season 1 Episode 59

Comedian Brian Rabadeau came over and we talked about his close relationship growing up with his father, the falling-out they had during the pandemic, the bitterness that followed when he passed away…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Episode 58 (with Katherine Gorham)

Season 1 Episode 58

Comedian Katherine Gorham told me about the sudden loss of father in 2023, when her college friend lost his battle with cancer, the spiritual self-gaslighting that came after the losses, how the same…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago