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🗓️ 24 November 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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This week Cariad talks to astrophysicist and planetary scientist at MIT, Sara Seager. Sara is the author of the beautiful memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe. Sara spoke to me about the death of her husband from cancer when she was just forty. As ever we talk grief, exoplanets + the emotional debt of grief.
You can follow Sara on twitter @ProfSaraSeager, her book is published by Penguin Random House and is available to buy now.
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Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios (or Cariad's living room in lockdown), artwork is by Jayde Perkin and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.
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0:19.0 | You're listening to Griefcast with me, Carrie Adloyd. |
0:24.0 | Griefcast is a place to talk, share and laugh about the peculiar human process of death. |
0:29.0 | Of death and grief. |
0:31.0 | Each week I talk to a different person about their experiences of grief and death, |
0:36.0 | as we remember someone that they have lost along the way. |
0:39.0 | Whether it was a long time ago or you've just joined the club. |
0:43.0 | Welcome to Griefcast. |
0:45.0 | Hey Griefcast, I hope you're having a week, wherever you're listening. |
0:58.0 | If you're listening in the Northern Hemisphere, yeah, the top bit. |
1:03.0 | It's winter, it's getting cold, we've got Christmas and Hanukkah and Solstice are approaching us. |
1:10.0 | So yeah, it's maybe a time of year we're having a lot more time to think. |
1:16.0 | I guess it's how I'm feeling, like you know, night-storing and stuff. |
1:19.0 | And you get a little bit more thoughtful at this time of year, a little bit more internal. |
1:23.0 | So I hope wherever you are, you are able to light a candle and give yourself some time. |
1:31.0 | This week I'm talking to the extraordinary Sarah Seger. |
1:35.0 | Now Sarah is, let me get this right, Sarah is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at MIT. |
1:44.0 | So yeah, she is an extraordinary person, one of her jobs is to find exoplanets on the edge of the universe. |
1:49.0 | Yeah, that's a job, that's what she does. |
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