The Good-Bye

Moonpie Media
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The Good-Bye is a podcast about loss in all its forms — not only death, but the losses that don't get their own sympathy card: a diagnosis that changes everything, an addiction that reshapes a life, a transplant that means living in someone else's borrowed time, the person you used to be before trauma rewrote the story. Each episode, host Anna Marie Precythe sits down with someone who has lived through it and rebuilt a life on the other side, often turning what broke them into the very thing they now use to help someone else. No one changes the subject here. If you're in the middle of any kind of loss, this is a place to feel less alone in it — and maybe a glimpse of what's possible on the other side. Season 2 premieres July 14, 2026, with new episodes every week. Hosted by Anna Marie Precythe. Written and produced by Shannon McGarvey for Moonpie Media. Edited by Evan Viola. Visit www.thegoodbyepodcast.com for more information.

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  1. Episode 1

    The Grief That Has No Name | Cole Imperi

    Content warning: discussion of miscarriage and assault. Some losses come with a funeral, a death certificate, a community that gathers. And some losses happen in silence — without a name, without a ritual, without anyone to say: I see what you've lost. Cole Imperi has spent nearly two decades building language for that second kind. Cole is a thanatologist, researcher, and the originator of Shadow Loss Theory, the idea that the death of something, not someone, deserves the same recognition as any other grief. She's also the founder of the School of American Thanatology and a pioneer in Thanabotany, the study of how humans use plants to navigate death and loss. In this conversation, Cole talks about why grief isn't the enemy (the loss is), what composting can teach us about healing, and why she, a multi-credentialed grief expert, is still figuring it out herself, all these years later. Grief is the Way Home, Cole's forthcoming book, is available from Penguin in 2027. Learn more about her work at coleimperi.com or visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

    The Grief That Has No Name | Cole Imperi

  2. Season 2 Trailer

    The Good-Bye Returns July 14: Stories of Grief, Loss, and Meaning

    Season 2 of The Good-Bye returns with six new conversations about loss, in all the forms it actually takes: a diagnosis, an addiction, a transplant, a trauma that changes who you thought you were. Each episode, host Anna Marie Precythe sits down with someone who has lived through it and rebuilt a life on the other side, often turning what broke them into the very thing they now use to help someone else. New episodes begin July 14.

    The Good-Bye Returns July 14: Stories of Grief, Loss, and Meaning
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The Good-Bye is a podcast about loss in all its forms — not only death, but the losses that don't get their own sympathy card: a diagnosis that changes everything, an addiction that reshapes a life, a transplant that means living in someone else's borrowed time, the person you used to be before trauma rewrote the story. Each episode, host Anna Marie Precythe sits down with someone who has lived through it and rebuilt a life on the other side, often turning what broke them into the very thing they now use to help someone else. No one changes the subject here. If you're in the middle of any kind of loss, this is a place to feel less alone in it — and maybe a glimpse of what's possible on the other side. Season 2 premieres July 14, 2026, with new episodes every week. Hosted by Anna Marie Precythe. Written and produced by Shannon McGarvey for Moonpie Media. Edited by Evan Viola. Visit www.thegoodbyepodcast.com for more information.

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  • Creator
    Moonpie Media
  • Episodes
    9
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    The Good-Bye