Episode 82: Jenni McDonagh
To mark Hospice UK's Dying Matters Awareness Week, I talk to Jenni McDonagh who's keen to sing the praises of hospices after she witnessed wonderful care for her husband Nick at Thames Hospice. Since...
27 Apr 32min
Episode 81: Dr Lucy Pollock
Dr Lucy Pollock is a consultant geriatrician who has loads of advice about ageing well. We talk to her here about how to plan for our old age and death - and how to live healthily and well in the mea...
13 Apr 31min
Episode 80: John Adams
John Adams is a fourth generation funeral director who successfully campaigned for Bereavement, Death and Dying to be on the school curriculum. He shares his views here around why it’s so important f...
30 Mars 33min
Episode 79: John Troyer
John Troyer has been around death and dying his entire life. and is currently Death Scholar at Large for the University of Bath. Sadly, his entire family of sister, mother and father all died within t...
16 Mars 33min
Episode 78: Hazel Cooper 2
I recorded the following interview with Hazel Cooper on 6 February 2026. She had just been given a terminal diagnosis and bravely chose to speak out about this and her forthcoming death. I'm very sa...
3 Mars 25min
Episode 77: Maria Bailey
Anyone bereaved know how it helps to find someone to talk to - and not just anyone but someone who's been through a similar bereavement. Maria Bailey and her team of Grief Specialists understand this ...
16 Feb 25min
Episode 76: Rhian Mannings
Rhian Manning's charity 2wish hit the headlines recently when Prince William visited her home and was filmed becoming emotional during their chat. 2wish is designed to offer help and support to any fa...
2 Feb 30min
Episode 75: Joseph Cavalli-Price
When Joseph Cavalli-Price's mother was dying, he managed to find a way of playing the piano to her while in the hospice. This inspired him to set up Music in Hospices and he tells the story of his jo...
19 Jan 28min
