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Dying of Laughter

Chelsea London Lloyd | Comedian + Grief Gal

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DYING OF LAUGHTER with Chelsea London Lloyd is a podcast featuring interviews with millennial comedians and funny-at-heart humans with a deceased parent or sibling. Lloyd grew up with two sick parents; her dad died of ALS after a 15 year journey + her mom currently combats stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for the second time. Bonus episodes include interviews with grief counselors, funeral directors, cancer survivors, previvors, therapists, life coaches, oncologists + genetic counselors to n ...
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Today my good friend Meryl is interviewing me. She is an established comedian, not to mention one of my funniest friends. We discuss the differences between our breakups, dating in LA, and we then deep-dive on almost every date I've been on in the past year. So to tie this into grief, we are grieving our past romantic selves. Close enough! Part 1 g…
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Today we explore Mackenzie's poetry, informed by their own losses. Their brother was killed in a car accident at 19 and their mom died 5 years later from breast cancer. Mackenzie is an associate marriage and family therapist, certified iRest Yoga Nidra meditation teacher and trauma informed yoga teacher. They specialize in working with grief and lo…
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▶▶ Welcome back to Dying Of Laughter! In this episode, I'm re-sharing the first episode I ever launched... This is the story of my parents getting sick: my dad's journey with ALS and my mom's journey with breast cancer. Happy holidays! Okay, that ended a little too jolly. If you're feeling holly this year, go off; if you're feeling unhinged or unwe…
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The holidays can bring all the feels. Join me for a quick hang discussing death, dogs, and deals. And yes, that does rhyme and yes, I care that you noticed. Deals: Lyft/Amazon: While supplies last, you can earn a $15 Amazon promotional credit when you spend $100 on one or more Lyft gift cards purchased through Amazon when you use code "LYFT" at che…
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Today we are chatting with food writer & podcaster, Skylar Harrison. We talk about her dad dying of throat and tongue cancer in 2001, what it's like losing at parent at age 11, and how her food writing intersects with grief. Skylar runs a grief and mental health instagram called No Crying In Cooking covering grief, recovery, and self-compassion. Ch…
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I’d managed to publish three collections of poems alongside my academic career but had been too busy working and caring… I’d managed to publish three collections of poems alongside my academic career but had been too busy working and caring to build on my achievements. The time I should have devoted to producing academic papers had been spent writi…
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It simply never occurred to me that I could or ever would become a writer. My working-class roots put it… It simply never occurred to me that I could or ever would become a writer. My working-class roots put it well beyond any horizon of mine. I came to writing late in life, having never for a moment thought I would become a published novelist. It …
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It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not… It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not enquire whether there had been any blood shed, or bones found. It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not enquire whether …
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As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where we… As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where we would eat and sleep. I had no desire for a fictional world. As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed aro…
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Where Have I Been...All My Life? (Sung to the tune of Rihanna.) On today's episode of Dying of Laughter, we explore where I have been for the past year. (Do you we love how we're saying we, as if it's not like... just me?) Last year I became single, birthed a dog, and started a new life! This season we will explore themes such as American funeral c…
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There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us. A young couple came in with their baby, only to leave… There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us. A young couple came in with their baby, only to leave after a hushed conversation with the waiters. There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but u…
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Words are a re-ordering of dream, an attempt to drag down the superconscious into the good old conscious, where theatres… Words are a re-ordering of dream, an attempt to drag down the superconscious into the good old conscious, where theatres are and publishing happens. Words are a re-ordering of dream, an attempt to drag down the superconscious in…
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A comic squib about domestic angst, which began ‘There’s a nasty niff in the downstairs loo’, developed its own agenda…… A comic squib about domestic angst, which began ‘There’s a nasty niff in the downstairs loo’, developed its own agenda... A comic squib about domestic angst developed its own agenda and finally clinched itself in a line, ‘For the…
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I do believe that, alongside metaphors, allegories and similes, a writer’s life itself is but another literary device to be… I do believe that, alongside metaphors, allegories and similes, a writer’s life itself is but another literary device to be incorporated into their work. I do believe that, alongside metaphors, allegories and similes, a write…
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Of the origin stories I read the one I liked best was about Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair of parakeets… Of the origin stories I read the one I liked best was about Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair of parakeets in Carnaby Street. The origin story I liked best was about Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair of parakeets in Carnaby Street. Hendrix spent several …
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I was asked to co-translate a doorstep on Joseph Beuys, then a monograph on choreographer Pina Bausch and her innovative… I was asked to co-translate a doorstep on Joseph Beuys, then a monograph on choreographer Pina Bausch and her innovative dance theatre. Yet still winging it. When I was asked to co-translate a doorstep on Joseph Beuys, then a mo…
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The green room can be daunting when you’re starting on your literary career but I’ve usually found it a source… The green room can be daunting when you’re starting on your literary career but I’ve usually found it a source of conversation and news. The green room can be daunting when you’re starting on your literary career but I’ve found it a sourc…
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People don’t realise how little money there is, is because — until they are published and they find out —… People don’t realise how little money there is, is because — until they are published and they find out — writers don’t often put a number on it. One of the reasons that people don’t realise how little money there is, is because — until they a…
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Julia Cameron states that writer’s block needs to be radically reconfigured as a sign that the writer has too many… Julia Cameron states that writer’s block needs to be radically reconfigured as a sign that the writer has too many ideas, not too few. Julia Cameron states that writer’s block needs to be radically reconfigured as a sign that the writ…
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A photograph is often very revealing. I’ve written an entire novel based on a photograph album owned by the adjutant… A photograph is often very revealing. I've written an entire novel based on a photograph album owned by the adjutant and commander of Auschwitz. A photograph is often very revealing. I've written an entire novel based on a photograp…
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Life is a constant rearrangement of priorities, and sometimes we need to remember that writing — though a compulsion we… Life is a constant rearrangement of priorities, and sometimes we need to remember that writing — though a compulsion we love — is just one of them. Life is a constant rearrangement of priorities, and sometimes we need to remember…
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There’s something wonderful about writing when there’s snow. It deadens sound and blankets everything with clean lines. There’s something wonderful… There's something wonderful about writing when there's snow. It deadens sound and blankets everything with clean lines. There's something wonderful about writing when there's snow. It deadens sound and…
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Writers must cast aside whichever exciting project they are now working on to go back in time, just as the… Writers must cast aside whichever exciting project they are now working on to go back in time, just as the reader is taking the book forward into their lives. Writers must cast aside whichever exciting project they are now working on to go ba…
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Knowing your own best work rhythms will save you both from making excuses, and from expecting too much of yourself… Knowing your own best work rhythms will save you both from making excuses, and from expecting too much of yourself at the wrong moment. Knowing your own best work rhythms will save you both from making excuses, and from expecting too …
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What genre would Shakespeare be? His works contain horror, history, myth, fantasy, ghosts, crime. Dickens, too. What genre would Shakespeare… What genre would Shakespeare be? His works contain horror, history, myth, fantasy, ghosts, crime. Dickens, too. What genre would Shakespeare be? His works contain horror, history, myth, fantasy, ghosts, crime…
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I stopped to smoke a cigarette, talking aloud to myself in a near-fury that I had a commission waiting for… I stopped to smoke a cigarette, talking aloud to myself in a near-fury that I had a commission waiting for me and no pitch to make. I stopped to smoke a cigarette, talking aloud to myself in a near-fury that I had a commission waiting for me …
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I learned very early on as a self-employed freelancer that the answer to ‘Can you do this paid work?’ is… I learned very early on as a self-employed freelancer that the answer to ‘Can you do this paid work?’ is always ‘Yes’. That has stood me in good stead. Writing often has to come second place to the work that has more immediate returns. I learne…
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