Bitching & Mourning

Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast with hosts who live in completely different cities but have finally met each other in person. Today we're about the Chicago End-of-Life Expo, which took place the last weekend of September this year at a venue called Sleeping Village. And we’re not bitching about the event. Quite the opposite! If anything, we’re bitching about how there aren’t more events like this.People and resources mentioned in this episode:Erica Reid Gerdes, Waxwing Journeys: https://www.waxwingjourneys.com/Greg Inda, photographer: https://www.greginda.com/Funerary Artisans Collective: https://www.funeraryartisanscollective.org/Amy Sumpter, comedian: https://www.instagram.com/amy_sumpter/Show notes:Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram and TikTokFollow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on SubstackMolly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswellMolly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep

Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast that isn’t sponsored by any major funeral companies, so we’re allowed to talk shit. All the money in the mortuary sciences has definitely NOT gone unnoticed by large corporations and private equity, so that's what we're bitching about today.Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram and TikTokFollow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on SubstackMolly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswellMolly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep

Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast with dry humor and dryer eyes! Today we're talking about our experiences crying at funerals (or not), the most random things that have triggered our grief, and how/why we process trauma through jokes. Is it because we're soulless and broken? Find out!Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram and TikTokFollow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on SubstackMolly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswellMolly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep

Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast that’s picky about who it grieves. Today, we're discussing when it's actually maybe perfectly OK to speak ill of the dead...and even CELEBRATE their death when it's a pure piece of shitty evil like definitely-still-alive Senator Mitch McConnell and recently dead Senator Lindsey Graham. Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram and TikTokFollow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on SubstackBecky's viral video about Mitch McConnnell referenced in this episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/DagE8kUN3yx/Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswellMolly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep

Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast about grief that requires zero training or IMDB credits! Nicole Kidman is the latest celebrity to express an interest in getting certified as a death doula, following the death of her mother. It seems to be a grief response we're increasingly seeing these days. Becky and Alison examine the trend, talk about Becky's experience getting certified (just one of many things she and Nicole Kidman have in common), and imagine what various celebrities' death doula practices might look like.Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram and TikTokFollow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on SubstackMolly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswellMolly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep