Anticipatory Grief

Anticipatory Grief

Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson lost her mother to Alzheimer's in 2007, now her father has dementia, and is disappearing before her eyes. As Kirsten struggles with grief over the inevitable loss of her father, she finds ways to celebrate his life and get closer to him. She tells Anderson it's never too late to get to know someone you love more deeply even after they are gone. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Robert Irwin: Finding Strength in the Vulnerability of Grief

Robert Irwin: Finding Strength in the Vulnerability of Grief

Robert Irwin was just two when his dad, “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, died. Now 22, Robert talks with Anderson about growing up with grief and how he's able to still "feel" his dad. For more of “All...

11 Mar 49min

Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks with Anderson about growing up the child of divorced parents whose pasts were rarely talked about. Newsom witnessed his mom's death by doctor-assisted suicide a...

9 Mar 27min

 Eric Church on Grief, Grace, and Faith

Eric Church on Grief, Grace, and Faith

The year country music superstar Eric Church turned 40, he survived a life-threatening blood clot and headlined a Las Vegas music festival that two days later became the scene of the deadliest mass sh...

20 Feb 42min

‘Dying is the Opposite of Leaving’: Remembering Andrea Gibson

‘Dying is the Opposite of Leaving’: Remembering Andrea Gibson

Is dying really "the opposite of leaving?" Are we "reincarnated in those we love?" Poet Andrea Gibson thought so, and in this moving conversation, Anderson speaks with Andrea's wife Megan Falley, abou...

6 Feb 35min

Yiyun Li: ‘The Wound That Won’t Heal’

Yiyun Li: ‘The Wound That Won’t Heal’

Author Yiyun Li lost both of her children to suicide. Vincent at 16. James at 19. She talks with Anderson about why she doesn't use the words "grief" or "process," instead describing her pain as "an a...

23 Jan 37min

Patti Smith: The ‘Sacred Wounds’ of Grief

Patti Smith: The ‘Sacred Wounds’ of Grief

Singer, poet, author Patti Smith has experienced the deaths of her husband, guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, her brother Todd, and her lifelong friend and artistic soulmate, photographer Robert Mappletho...

23 Jan 41min

Kelsey Grammer: A Brother’s Love and Loss

Kelsey Grammer: A Brother’s Love and Loss

In 1975 Kelsey Grammer’s 18-year-old sister, Karen, was murdered. For fifty years his loving memories of her were colored by questions about her death. In this moving conversation, Kelsey tells Anders...

17 Des 202533min

Ben Stiller: Facing His Past

Ben Stiller: Facing His Past

Ben Stiller spent the last few years going through boxes of photos, letters, and recordings that his parents, the famous comedy duo known as "Stiller and Meara," left behind. He shares with Anderson t...

10 Des 202534min

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