#98 Sophie Ratcliffe

Griefcast

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

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Cariad talks to writer + academic Sophie Ratcliffe (The Lost Properties of Love) about her Dad, who died from skin cancer when she was thirteen. As ever they talk grief, teenage diaries + honest funerals.

You can follow Sophie on twitter @soratcli and her book is available to buy now. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast.

Griefcast won Gold (always believe in your soul) in Best Entertainment, Best Interview + also Podcast of the Year 2018 at the British Podcast Awards and Best Podcast at the ARIA's. It is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.

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0:00.0	Love this podcast.
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0:09.0	Just hit the link in the show description to support now.
0:20.0	You're listening to Giefcast with me, Carrie Adloyd.
0:25.0	How do we Gief for someone?
0:27.0	How does it change in a role as we get older?
0:31.0	My dad died when I was 15 and it took me many, many years to be able to express what I had gone through.
0:38.0	So I decided to create Giefcast, a chance to talk, share and laugh about the weirdness of Gief and death.
0:45.0	But with comedians, so it's not that depressing, I promise.
0:50.0	Each time I talked to a different comedian about their own personal experience of Gief,
0:54.0	as we remember someone that they have lost along the way.
0:57.0	Whether it was a long time ago or you've just joined the club,
1:00.0	this is a chance to talk about the peculiar human process of death.
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