Ep. 54 Ana Matronic
Griefcast
Griefcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Cariad talks to musician, broadcaster + author Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters, Robot Takeover, BBC Radio 2) about her Dad, Robert, who died from AIDS when she was a teenager and the other friends she's lost along the way. As ever they talk grief, communities + Drag Mothers.
You can follow Ana on twitter @MsAnaMatronic and listen to her Radio 2 show Dance Devotion on iPlayer. You can follow Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast and you can email thegriefcast@gmail.com
Griefcast won Gold (always believe in your soul) in Best Entertainment, Best Interview + also Podcast of the Year 2018 at the British Podcast Awards. It is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble.
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| 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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