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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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Grief Observed Podcast is a series where real people in different stages of life share their personal experiences with grief. The host, Brad Morrell, is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in grief counseling. He guides heartfelt conversations, offering listeners a window into the diverse ways individuals process and navigate the complexities of loss. Through these stories, the podcast aims to provide comfort, solace, and a sense of shared understanding for those grappling with ...
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Set in small-town, post-crash Ireland, The Bee Sting follows the Barnes family—Dickie, Imelda, Cass and PJ—as the fabric of their lives first frays at the edges, then begins to unravel completely. The Barnes’ are endearing, and complex, and funny, and infuriating… In short, one of the most realistic and memorable portrayals of a family you’ll find …
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Claire Kilroy on Parenting under the Patriarchy
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A woman tells her son about his early life. About the months and years that he will by now have forgotten. When he was a baby, then a toddler, and when she was going into battle every day. For him first, and only then for herself. It’s a battle fought on many fronts. Against exhaustion, against time, against the loss of selfhood, against an increas…
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Episode 61 Grief Conversations with Dr. Willough (Child Psychiatrist)
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Today’s guest is Dr. Willough Jenkins. She is a Child Psychiatrist and TikTok personality. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drwilloughjenkins Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drwilloughjenkins If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast or send me an email to griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com.…
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Episode 60 Grief Conversations with Anne Marie Farage-Smith (Pet Loss)
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My guest is Anne Marie Farage-Smith, LMHC. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and an author. She is here today to discuss her book on pet loss. It is called “Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss: An Animal Lover's Guide to Grief”. Website: https://faragesmith.com If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpod…
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Episode 59 Grief Conversations with Rachel Powell (Hope Speaker)
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My guest is Rachel Powell. She is the founder of Hope Speaker. She is an RN, a writer, speaker, and singer. She is a suicide loss survivor as well as a suicide attempt survivor. Website: https://www.hopespeaker.com/ If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast or send me an email to griefobservedpodca…
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Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction
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The biographies of several artists, all named G, form a kind of exoskeleton to Rachel Cusk’s latest novel Parade, encasing the book’s other captivating strands—the story of an unprovoked attack on a Parisian street, the story of a couple on a remote island, the story of a suicide at a museum, the story of the death of a mother. Elements which thems…
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Episode 58 Grief Conversations with Theo Boyd (Think Theo Grief Author)
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Today’s guest is Theo Boyd. A farm girl that is a grief author. Website: https://thinktheo.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thinktheo If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast or send me an email to griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com.By Brad Morrell, LPC-MHSP, CGP
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When Radical Art meets Obscene Wealth, with Hari Kunzru
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Last week we were joined in the bookshop by Hari Kunzru, whose new novel Blue Ruin is a deeply unsettling, and intensely thought provoking reflection on the impact capital has on people, but also on art, and those who create it. It is the perfect final instalment—alongside White Tears and Red Pill—in Hari Kunzru’s own trois couleurs —a loose trilog…
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Episode 57 Grief Conversations with Pat Roos (Author)
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Today’s guest is Pat Roos. She is a grief author who speaks about the loss of her son. Website: www.patroos.com If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast or send me an email to griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com.By Brad Morrell, LPC-MHSP, CGP
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Episode 56 Grief Conversations with Mal Moss (Author)
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Today’s guest is Mal Moss. She is a grief author and blog writer. Email: my.m2designs@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnimaginableGriefAndUnexpectedBlessings Signed Book Copy: https://mysoulspeaks.blog Book: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/grief-blessings and https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Blessings-Story-Unimaginable-Unexpected/dp/16678…
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Episode 55 Grief Conversations with Jessica Owen LMFT
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Today’s guest is Jessica Owen. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. We discuss her passion to help those who are grieving. She also expresses her encouragement to those seeking counseling. Email: jessicaowen@theoakscc.us If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast or send me an email to g…
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Last week we were joined by the wonderful Sheila Heti to celebrate the launch of her Alphabetical Diaries. In taking a decade of her journals, sorting the sentences alphabetically, then paring them down to about a tenth of their original length, Sheila Heti has freed a slice of her life from the shackles of time and in doing so has extracted some o…
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BONUS: Celebrating Dylan Thomas with Cerys Matthews…with exclusive live music from Flora Hibberd!
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To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day 2024 we’re delighted to share this recording of our recent event with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. The evening also featured live music from Flora Hibberd and her band, including a brand new song composed for this evening. Enjoy! More from Cerys Matthews: Out of Chaos Comes Bliss: ht…
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Episode 54 Grief Conversations with Shea Wingate (Therapist)
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Today’s guest is Shea Wingate. She is a licensed therapist and grief coach. Shea speaks about the personal grief in the deaths of her father, sister, and mother. She also speaks about her Grief Myths Mini-Series. Website: https://www.thegriefgirlie.com/ Grief Myths Mini-Series: https://www.thegriefgirlie.com/grief-myths Instagram: https://www.insta…
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Episode 53 Grief Conversations with Dr. Natasha Pryde Trujillo (Psychologist and Author)
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My guest is Dr. Natasha Pryde Trujillo. She is a Licensed Psychologist and author on grief. Book: https://www.amazon.com/She-Never-Same-Again-Multigenerational/dp/B0D28P8T67/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Book Website: https://andshewasneverthesameagain.com Website: https://npttherapy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nptthera…
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Viet Thanh Nguyen on Memory, Migration and Model Minorities
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A few weeks ago, we welcomed Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen to Shakespeare and Company to discuss his engrossing new work A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial, a book about family, and memory, and storytelling, and history, on all the levels that it impacts upon a life. Buy A Man of Two Faces here: https://www.shakespeareandc…
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Episode 52 Grief Conversations with Abby Keller (Oncology RN and Holistic Cancer Coach)
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Today's guest is Abby Keller. She is an Oncology RN as well as a Holistic Cancer Coach. Email: abbykcoaching@gmail.com Website: www.abbykellercoaching.com If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast or send me an email to griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com.…
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Episode 51 Grief Conversations with Julie Funkhouser (Author)
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My guest today is Julie Funkhouser. Julie is an author, co-founder of the Recovery Connection, and tells her personal story of grief in the loss of her husband. She also speaks about her chapter in the book The Grief Experience which is titled “Unlocking New Depths of the Heart.” Linktree: https://linktr.ee/juliemarie3751 Book: https://www.amazon.c…
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Ottessa Moshfegh on bringing Eileen to the screen
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A few weeks ago we welcomed Ottessa Moshfegh to Shakespeare and Company. That night we’re headed almost back to where it all began by revisiting Moshfegh’s second book Eileen, the small town noir that propelled this experimental writer into the bestseller charts and onto the Booker shortlist. Eileen has just been adapted into a Hollywood film—direc…
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Episode 50 Grief Conversations with Amy
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My guest is Amy. Amy speaks about the death of her father. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/berealaffirmations Website: https://www.berealaffirmations.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berealaffirmations and https://www.instagram.com/berealbirthing/ If you would like to join me on an episode, find me at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcas…
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Episode 49 Grief Conversations with A.P. Bastian
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My guest today is A.P. Bastian. She speaks about the loss of her best friend, Paul. Her Linktree: https://linktr.ee/apbastian I would like to invite you to be on the podcast to tell your story of grief. Just send me an email at griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com or find us at www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast.…
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Percival Everett on James, his subversive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn
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James—the new novel by Percival Everett—retells, reframes, and reimagines Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the black man whose flight from slavery quickly entangles with the journey of Huck, on the run after faking his own death to escape his violent father. James gives us the events of Twain’s picaresque…
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Episode 48 Grief Conversations with Samantha Vance (Victorian Funerals and Mourning)
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My guest today is Samantha Vance. Samantha is an instructor at a college in Alabama. She speaks about Victorian Funerals and Mourning. Email: samanthabvance@gmail.com Article: https://victorianmonsters.wordpress.com/victorian-funerary-practices/ If you would like to be on the podcast, please contact me at griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com. Facebook Pa…
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On Allen Ginsberg: His life, his work and his archives, with Pat Thomas and Peter Hale
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We were joined by countercultural historian Pat Thomas, and Peter Hale, manager of the Ginsberg estate, and discover their new collaboration Material Wealth Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg. * A prolific poet, raconteur, activist, and thinker, Allen Ginsberg was also a prolific collector, meticulously saving letters, postcards, draft n…
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Episode 47 Grief Conversations with Cindy
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My guest today is Cindy. Cindy speaks about the loss of her husband and her grief journey. Her email is: cindy.wjg@gmail.com If you would like to be on the podcast, please contact me at griefobservedpodcast@gmail.com. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/griefobservedpodcast/ GROUNDING: Go to https://griefobservedpodcast.podbean.com/p/grounding/…
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Episode 46 Grief Conversations with Gary Sturgis (Grief Coach and Author)
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My guest today is Gary Sturgis. He speaks about the loss of his spouse. Gary also is a grief coach and has written several books. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurvivingGriefGarySturgis Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08656V1DW?ingress=0&visitId=b6245429-a326-4bcc-8af7-6a73b9642d3f Website: www.sgrief.com YouTube: https://www.you…
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Episode 45 Grief Conversations with Kelli
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My guest today is Kelli. Kelli speaks about the loss of her sister, boyfriend as well as many other losses. Kelli shares how she helps others on her Facebook page Grief Bites. She also has written a book on grief and has several devotions on YouVersion. Her email is: kellibressmanhorn@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GettingYourBreathBa…
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Bidding adieu to Freeman’s literary journal, with Jakuta Alikavazovic, Deborah Landau, Juan Gabriel Vazquez, and John Freeman
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On this very special January night, editor extraordinaire John Freeman was joined by three of his star contributors, Jakuta Alikavazovic, Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Deborah Landau to bid farewell to his literary journal. Buy Freeman’s Conclusions: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/freemans-conclusions * Jakuta Alikavazovic (b.1979) is a Fre…
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