Ep. 58 Kim Sherwood
Griefcast
Griefcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2018
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Cariad talks to writer Kim Sherwood (Testament, Bath Novel Award 2018) about the death of her Grandfather, the actor George Baker, who died in 2011 and how his death and her experiences of grief had inspired her to write her first novel, Testament. As ever they talk grief, self confidence + male only staircases.
You can follow Kim on twitter @kimtsherwood or you can buy Testament (Riverrun Books) from all good book shops now. 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 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.
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| 0:00.0 | Love this podcast. |
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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. |
| 1:06.0 | Welcome to Giefcast. |
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| 1:20.0 | Now, I don't know how much time you spend on yourself any given week, |
| 1:24.0 | but you may notice that sometimes you end up spending more time on other people than you do on yourself. |
| 1:29.0 | We all live very busy, demanding lives, and I don't know about you. |
| 1:32.0 | I find I've got my inbox that needs dealing with, |
| 1:35.0 | and then there's a social media inbox, there's a text message, there's a lot of words up. |
| 1:38.0 | And it can get very overwhelming. |
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