13 episodes
My Dead Parents Campfire Media
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- Society & Culture
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4.1 • 141 Ratings
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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
Customer Reviews
Refreshing and interesting
I personally do not have dead parents. I know this is a sensitive subject for many people. I do love this podcast. Past the first episode it gets better. It gives me insight on people who have gone through this loss. I like that there is elements of humor mixed with raw emotion and sadness. It’s realistic.
incredible
absolutely love this show!!!
Dead Parents. Courtney Arnett
She should receive an 0scar for this performance. Apparently, she wrote the script.
This is Wanda Arnett. Courtney completely fabricated 90% of this story.
How she found this type of humor in her father’s death is beyond me?
Jim was an intelligent man. He was educated enough to send her to all of the top schools and yet she speaks about him in this manner. It’s disheartening. Her recollection of the facts of his death are very wrong.
If she saw a therapist, my suggestion is to see another one because it didn’t work.
I actually felt a little sorry for her.
Jim loved Courtney with all his heart. People divorce, fall out of love with their spouse but they still love their children.
He loved me unconditionally and Courtney could not accept it.