• Can You Talk to the Dead?
    Jul 3 2025

    Sam talks about all the times she's heard of people talking to her dead family members while Jamie listens in disbelief. They also talk about when "signs" of the deceased go too far.

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    55 mins
  • Death Ceremonies
    Jun 19 2025

    Jamie and Sam discuss funerals, celebrations of life, open caskets and how they'd like to be remembered.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Stages of Grief
    Jun 5 2025

    Jamie and Sam talk Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of grief and how they're—spoiler—not supposed to be used the way we use them. We also talk other stages that researchers and writers have put forward and add our own spin.


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    Show Notes:

    James McBride's memoir "The Color of Water"

    https://www.jamesmcbride.com/the-color-of-water/


    Ione Skye's memoir "Say Everything"

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Say-Everything/Ione-Skye/9781668048269


    Glamorous Trash episode on Ione Skye's memoir:

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GE9EwYhpbycDWEUjmQeAh?si=75979979bd21437a

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Where Were You When You Found Out? (Pt. 2)
    May 22 2025

    In this part two episode, Jamie & Sam continue to answer the question, where were you when you found out a person you love has died. Sam talks about the last times she spent with her brother, Dean, and how she found out he had died. Jamie talks about when she found out her best friend, Ryan, had died.


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    Show Notes:

    For the This American Life episode Jamie references at the end of the show, check out

    This American Life: The Question Trap, Act Two

    https://www.thisamericanlife.org/823/the-question-trap

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Dead Air: Dying for Sex
    May 8 2025

    Sam & Jamie discuss the new FX series, Dying for Sex; delving into what they thought about it, and how it relates to their own experience and grief. Content warning: this episode has frank discussions of sexual assault. Please take care when listening.

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    50 mins
  • Where Were You When You Found Out? (Pt. 1)
    Apr 24 2025

    You remember the moment you find out about someone's death and how you felt forever. Jamie talks about where she was when she found out her boyfriend, Eric, died, and Sam discusses being there when her mom passed away. Content warning: this episode has frank discussions of suicide. Please take care when listening.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • What to Say
    Apr 10 2025

    Sam and Jamie give pointers on the most helpful things to say to a person experiencing grief. TL;DL: keep it short, sweet, and sincere.


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    46 mins
  • What Not to Say
    Mar 27 2025

    This week, Sam and Jamie discuss what not to say to a person who is grieving. Spolier alert: we've all said them.


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    1 hr and 10 mins