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Grief Support Group

GRIEF AND MEDIA

Grief Support Group examines how pop culture helps us cope. Hosted by Alex Piscatelli, this podcast unpacks the television, film, music, and culture that helps us understand death and grief. Join the Grief Support Group. 🪩💌🍒 Need advice on love, life, grief, or death? Ask your advice questions anonymously at bit.ly/askgriefandmedia, and we may answer them on a future episode 💌 Grief Support Group is part of GRIEF AND MEDIA, a newsletter exploring the intersection of grief, relationships, media, and pop culture. griefandmedia.com

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41 episodes

  1. 💌 on You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder being hot, and how to navigate being single again 54:31
  2. Ariana Grande’s petal, death motifs, and the right to be forgotten 1:04:32
  3. Primetime, Big Brother, and surveilled grief on social media 51:00
  4. 💌 on The Five-Star Weekend, saving my mom’s text messages, and a toxic ex situationship 48:52
  5. Spider-Man, Obsession, Backrooms, and the depiction of loneliness on screen 1:05:00
  6. 💌 on teaching, Saturn returns (turns out they’re real), and a summer spent at the movies 41:06
  7. grief support group #26 💌 on learned lessons of my 20s and 13 Going on 30 43:57
  8. grief support group #25 💌 on Survivor 50 and the importance of physical media 1:05:32
  9. grief support group #24 💌 on why I love teen dramas and defending my thesis!!!! 52:35
  10. grief support group #23 💌 on Something Very Bad is Going to Happen and marriage 1:10:33
  11. grief support group #22 💌 on grief literacy and what makes a good reality TV fight 59:21
  12. grief support group #21 💌 on my 'dating a friend's ex' framework and celebrity culture 56:13
  13. grief support group #20 💌 on discussing dead loved ones in a new relationship and emerging adulthood 56:59
  14. grief support group #19 💌 on meaning reconstruction, losing a parent, and Age of Attraction 53:40
  15. grief support group #18 💌 on crushes and team Conrad's understanding of grief 49:10
  16. grief support group #17 💌 on emotional support young adult books and romantic pursuits 51:35
  17. grief support group #16 💌 on the Survivor 50 premiere and feeling misunderstood 43:37
  18. grief support group #15 💌 on America's Next Top Model and Instagram cheating 55:32
  19. grief support group #14 💌 on men weaponizing therapy speak and kissing on the first date 51:15
  20. grief support group #13 💌 on having a roster and immortality projects 53:53
  21. grief support group #12 💌 on making deep friendships as an adult and wearing barrel pants 53:42
  22. grief support group #11 💌 on a resurfaced ex and how the Traitors normalizes conversations about death 53:58
  23. grief support group #10 💌 on toxic friends, growing up with Sex and the City, and bows meaning business 41:03
  24. grief support group #9 💌 on the portrayal of grief on Survivor and my arch nemesis theory 41:32
  25. grief support group #8 💌 on dating a bad texter and honoring loved ones in everyday life 42:01
  26. grief support group #7 💌 on loving Italia, making friends in your 20s, and how to not let trauma affect a new relationship 1:15:10
  27. grief support group #6 💌 on seeking closure in romance and navigating friendships in a cross-country move 46:26
  28. grief support group #5 💌 on being friends with exes, missing my mom, and navigating friendship after parental loss 44:29
  29. grief support group #4 💌 on situationships, Saturn returns, and death anniversaries 43:44
  30. grief support group #3 💌 on grief portrayal in coming-of-age shows and how to date people who want commitment 35:31
  31. grief support group #2 💌 on Desperate Housewives, communicating with your partner, and grieving during the holidays 42:00
  32. grief support group #1 💌 on The Summer I Turned Pretty, outgrowing friendships, and continuing bonds 35:47
  33. Death and Bravo 1:03:44
  34. Navigating grief and masculinity 1:06:08
  35. Letting that shit go with author Nina Purewal 41:27
  36. Can AI be used as a tool in grieving? 59:16
  37. Grieving through horror movies 1:01:21
  38. 'Gilmore Girls,' girlhood and losing our moms 55:52
  39. Ariana Grande's music through a lens of grief 48:56
  40. Music as a form of time travel 1:04:58
  41. GRIEF AND MEDIA PODCAST TRAILER 1:36