S15, BONUS EPISODE How To Fail: Rob Delaney on the death of his beloved son, Henry
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Sony Music
4.8 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Rob Delaney is a comedian, actor and writer, known to many of us as the star and co-creator of the hit Channel 4 sitcom, Catastrophe. But behind the public smile, he has dealt with unfathomable private tragedy. In 2018, Rob and his wife's beloved son Henry died at the age of two-and-a-half of a brain cancer. Delaney’s memoir of this time, A Heart That Works, is published today. It is an astonishing, honest account of the darkest possible human experience: the story of what happens when your child dies, and of everything you discover about life in the process.
This is not an easy listen, but it is also an episode full of hope, insight and - yes - even humour. Listen to understand a little more of what it is to be human. Listen to make Henry's acquaintance. Listen to hear a first-hand account of love at the extremity of experience.
Rob: thank you so much for trusting me. Henry: this one's for you.
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Rob Delaney's A Heart That Works is out today and available to buy here: https://linktr.ee/aheartthatworks
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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com
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| 0:43.8 | Hello and welcome to How to Fail with Elizabeth Day. |
| 0:47.4 | The podcast that celebrates the things that haven't gone right. |
| 0:51.8 | This is a podcast about learning from our mistakes |
| 0:54.8 | and understanding that why we fail |
| 0:57.1 | ultimately makes us stronger. |
| 0:59.2 | Because learning how to fail in life |
| 1:01.4 | actually means learning how to succeed better. |
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