#127 Ruth Coker Burks

Griefcast

Bereavement, Death, Arts, Performing Arts, Cariad Lloyd, Grief, Loss, Self-improvement, Comedy Interviews, Education, Comedy

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We're back for Series 7, with the incredible Ruth Coker Burks. In 1986 at the height of the AIDS crisis, in a deeply conservative America, Ruth began to care for the men dying of this unexplained disease. As ever we talk, grief, hope + giving dignity when no one else would.

Ruth's book, ALL THE YOUNG MEN: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying by Ruth Coker Burks, is published by Trapeze in hardback, priced £16.99. Signed copies are available exclusively at Waterstones.com

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0:19.0	You're listening to Griefcast with me, Carrie Adloyd.
0:24.0	Griefcast is a place to talk, share and laugh about the peculiar human process of death.
0:29.0	Of death and grief.
0:32.0	Each week I talk to a different person about their experiences of grief and death,
0:36.0	as we remember someone that they have lost along the way.
0:40.0	Whether it was a long time ago or you've just joined the club.
0:44.0	Welcome to Griefcast.
0:46.0	Hey Greasters, welcome back. This is Series 7 of the Griefcast.
0:51.0	I am Carrie Adloyd at your host.
0:53.0	Thank you so much for subscribing or downloading this episode.
0:56.0	I really appreciate it. I never thought we'd get to Series 7, but here we are.
1:01.0	I just want to say, if you are a new member to this very, very strange club.
1:06.0	That no one really wants to be a member of the Griefcast.
1:09.0	I'm very happy to be here.
1:11.0	If you are a new member to this very, very strange club, that no one really wants to be part of.
1:16.0	I'm very sorry and I hope that grieving currently in the pandemic is...
1:21.0	...has OK six things can be. Probably not great.
1:25.0	So the main thing we always say on this show and I end every episode with it for a reason is that you are not alone.
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