Death Prattle is an often off topic, frequently silly, and sometimes serious conversation about the loss of a loved one and the mourning process. Hosts Tara and Talcott discuss their own experiences with grief, death-related items in the news, and invite guests to lend their perspectives. It's a not-so-serious talk about a very serious topic.
95 Available Episodes (95 Total)Average duration: 00:46:52
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 95. We're back! Again! Kind of!
00:39:35
We recorded an episode! And the because it turns out taking care of a baby while working full time is brutally hard and turns your brain to mush, Tara forgot to upload it for a month!
Enjoy this discussion of all the grief stuff that's happened in the last several months!
May 22, 2019
Episode 94. Grieving Your Birth Experience
00:45:52
We're back! This week Tara talks about her birth experience, which did not go as planned (but, spoiler, everything works out in the end). Content Warning: We do go into a fair bit of detail about a traumatic birth experience.
Nov 27, 2018
Episode 93. Grieving in Pop Culture: Jane the Virgin
00:54:27
This week we talk about how Jane the Virgin became one of our favorite depictions of grief and loss of a spouse we've ever seen. Major spoilers for seasons 3 and 4 in our discussion. Plus Tara has had a bananas week and Talcott is finding milestones are passing a little more gently.
To share a memory call and leave us a message at 347-687-8223
Nov 03, 2018
Episode 92. Thinking about death when you're pregnant
00:43:00
Content Warning: We are going to discuss thoughts of pregnancy and infant loss in this episode.
This week we talk about existential worries about death while being pregnant. Also Talcott talks about watching Sleepless in Seattle for the first time and Tara is a monster who doesn't know how to let people do nice things for her.
To share a memory call and leave us a message at 347-687-8223
Oct 19, 2018
Episode 91. Sudden loss of a pet
00:41:27
This week we talk about losing a pet as we mourn a member of the Death Prattle cat family. We discuss unexpected loss of a pet and how our relationships to our pets sometimes reflects our relationships with people.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes a discussion of pet euthanasia.
To share a memory call and leave us a message at 347-687-8223
Oct 02, 2018
Episode 90.
00:09:56
Solo episode for Talcott this week while we get back into our regular recording routine.
Aug 28, 2018
Episode 89. A New Sadness Vacation and a New Year
00:40:00
This week Talcott talks about taking his third sadness vacation on the anniversary of Val’s death and how what started as a type of escape is becoming an annual tradition.
Aug 09, 2018
Episode 88. Pregnancy after a miscarriage
00:42:14
Content Note: This weeks episode contains some discussion of pregnancy loss throughout the episode.
This week we make a special announcement that explains why the episode release has been so weird lately. Tara basically talks at Talcott for 35 minutes about all the feelings she's been feeling about being pregnant after losing her first pregnancy earlier this year.
We are switching to an every other week schedule for the foreseeable future while Tara adjusts to the growing an entire whole person situation.
To share a memory call and leave us a message at 347-687-8223
Jul 27, 2018
Episode 87. Catching up on our grief
00:34:58
We catch up a little after our slightly erratic release schedule to talk about going to a loved one's wedding as a widower and struggling to read books that reflect our own experience with loss.
Jul 06, 2018
Episode 86. Guilt about our grief
00:43:20
This week we talk about how a trauma response training triggered a very meta existential crisis for Tara about the podcast.
We had some technical difficulties with recording this one so there might be some blips in the audio here and there.