Laura's Podcast Pick: Great Grief

Dating While Gray™

Laura Stassi

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Laura introduces listeners to Great Grief, a podcast about love and loss hosted by Grammy-nominated singer Nnenna Freelon who experienced a shift in every aspect of her life following the death of her husband Phil. | Learn more at www.greatgrief.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, Laura here. It's hard to believe we are midway through our third season of the podcast. There are many more episodes to go, and the dating while gray team is hard at work. And in just a few weeks, there's a show that I'm dedicating to you, whether you've been listening since season one or if this is the first time you're checking us out. We'll have relationship experts address your questions. All you have to do is tell me what
0:26.0	you want to know that will help you in your gray dating journey. Leave a voicemail for me at
0:31.4	dating while gray.com or email me at dating while gray at WUNC.org.
0:42.8	I appreciate every time someone reaches out to the show because I know from experience how hard it is to be vulnerable and share that with others.
0:46.8	You'll hear now from another person with that experience.
0:50.1	She's leaned in to the good, the bad, and the ugly of navigating changing relationships at an older age.
0:59.6	I met my love on a summer's night.
1:06.0	The moon was young, so was I.
1:18.2	He asked of me to be his bride.
1:24.6	To walk this world as man and wife.
1:28.3	Oh July.
1:39.3	Nina Freelon is a jazz singer who had been married to her husband Phil for 40 years when he died of the rare disease ALS in 2019.
1:49.2	The name Phil Freelon may be familiar to you. He was part of the team of architects who designed the stunning Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
1:52.3	His diagnosis came the year the museum opened to the public.
1:56.5	Losing Phil inspired Nina to tell their love story and the story of how she's experiencing
2:01.8	grief as a widow. Her podcast's Great Grief unfolds this chapter in her life. In an episode,
2:08.5	I'll share with you now. I hope you're as moved by it as I was. Well, honey, I just wanted to leave
2:15.5	a few thoughts. I just wanted to leave a few thoughts.
2:18.5	I just want to say that while I can speak and while I'm intelligible and upright,
2:25.2	just leave you a few thoughts, starting with the fact that I love you so very much.
2:31.8	And hopefully the sound of my voice will give you a fine
2:36.7	memory of our time together and I hope this gives you a sense of comfort and
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