Ep. 88 Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Griefcast

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

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Cariad talks to comedy writer and actor Barunka O'Shaughnessy (The Mighty Boosh, Time Wasters, Hunderby) about her Father, who died of throat cancer just before the birth of her daughter. Barunka hadn't had any contact with him since she was a child, until he got in touch to inform her he was dying. As ever they talk grief, the 1960s + recognition.

You can see many of Barunka's shows online, including Timewasters on ITV2. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast.

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0:19.8	You're listening to Griefcast with me, Carrie Adloyd.
0:24.8	How do we grieve for someone?
0:26.8	How does it change and evolve 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 Griefcast, a chance to talk, share and laugh about the weirdness of Grief 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 Grief
0:54.0	as we remember someone that they have lost along the way.
0:58.0	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 Griefcast.
1:17.0	Hi it's Eric Cant and I've just released my first book, Breathe.
1:20.0	It tells my personal story of being diagnosed with Adlo Ense Asma after training for the London Marathon.
1:27.0	I can't believe that this was a direct result of breathing in the city I love.
1:31.0	London wasn't just facing a climate crisis, it was facing a health crisis.
1:35.0	So when I was first elected as Mayor of London, I vowed to clean up London's air and tackle climate change together.
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