13 episodes
My Dead Parents Campfire Media
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- Society & Culture
In 2018, Bree Helders lost both of her parents and, oh baby, is she ready to talk about it. Join her journey of grieving, as she talks to a new guest every week who also has a dead parent. They discuss navigating grief and the way it manifests, hospitals and funerals, crazy families, and all the milestones, emotions, and changes that come with your new membership to the club you never wanted to join.
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Jonny Svarzbein
Bree sits down with writer and performer Jonny Svarzbein (UCBLA), who lost his father three years ago and just became a father himself. The two discuss sex positivity, religion and the importance of showing your children emotional availability.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @MyDeadParents
Email: MyDeadParentsPodcast@gmail.com
Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders
Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress
Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com -
GloZell Green
Bree sits down with the "queen of youtube", comedian Glozell Green, and the two discuss not wanting to share a lover with their mother, doing what you have to do when caring for a sick parent, and how systemic racism denied Glozell's father acceptable medical care and quality of life.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @MyDeadParents
Email: MyDeadParentsPodcast@gmail.com
Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders
Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress
Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com -
Brian Geraghty
Actor Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker, Bobby, The Alienist) lost his parents less than a year apart, two years ago. Bree lost her parents four months apart, a year ago. The two discuss putting on a brave face, parenting your parents, and one death being harder than the other.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @MyDeadParents
Email: MyDeadParentsPodcast@gmail.com
Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders
Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress
Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com -
Britt Lucas
Bree sits down with photographer Britt Lucas, who's father died less than a year ago. Bree's one year death-aversary just passed, and the two discuss the numbness and heartbreak that comes with the first year. The way that grief breaks you as a person and changes you forever, and the best ways to honor your dead parents.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @MyDeadParents
Email: MyDeadParentsPodcast@gmail.com
Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders
Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress
Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com -
Greg Wallace
Bree sits down with writer and performer Greg Wallace (UCBLA), and the two discuss the heartache of telling your siblings that your parent died, embalming and mysterious deaths.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @MyDeadParents
Email: MyDeadParentsPodcast@gmail.com
Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders
Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress
Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com -
Will Hines
Bree sits down with comedian Will Hines (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Brooklyn 99, Broad City), who lost his mother to breast cancer when he was sixteen. The two discuss how the loss of a matriarch displaces a family and the way that grief effects your ability to emote and be vulnerable.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @MyDeadParents
Email: MyDeadParentsPodcast@gmail.com
Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders
Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress
Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com