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That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

Grief is Love: Ivan Maisel

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Sarah talks to On3.com's Ivan Maisel about his career covering college football, his new book about his son Max's apparent suicide, how he and his wife learned to grieve differently, and why he wants to keep talking about Max. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.4

Welcome to That's What She Said with Sarah Spain, a podcast about

0:40.9

well whatever the hell I want, actors and musicians, athletes, comedians, neuroscientists,

0:46.0

wine experts. If I find somebody interesting, I'm bringing them to you. We'll talk about how they

0:51.1

became who they are, how they found success, battled failures, and how they ended up here talking to me.

0:57.2

I'm Ivan Mayzel and my dilemma is I just made Sarah wait 21 minutes to start this podcast because

1:04.9

I'm disorganized. Well regular listeners will know I am the queen of trying to find solutions for

1:10.6

disorganization, scheduling, time management, all of that stuff. But it's later revealed in my

1:17.6

conversation with Ivan that his tardiness was the result of a conversation far more important

1:22.1

than ours. So no advice Ivan, it seems like you're choosing wisely and we still had plenty of time

1:28.0

to talk about your book and your message and your gift to others who are grieving. So it all worked

1:32.4

out no stress. That's what she said. Hey everybody, today's episode deals with the topic of suicide.

1:38.4

If you or someone you know is in crisis or just needs to talk, you can call the National Suicide

1:42.8

Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK or text the crisis text line just text hello to 741-741.

1:51.7

Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Today's guest is Ivan

1:57.7

Mayzel, the vice president of editorial and senior writer at on3.com. He covered college football

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for nearly four decades at ESPN Sports Illustrated News Day and the Dallas Morning News before on 3.com.

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