Grief and loss podcasts

Podcasts are available on various platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify.

The broadcast journalist has honest, moving discussions to learn about the life-altering losses of others and explore his own grief after the death of his parents and losing his brother to suicide.  

Intuitive grief guide Shelby Forsythia welcomes experts and celebrities during this 10-season podcast, which explores the “ideas, resources and stories that help us ‘come back’ to life after death, divorce, illness and more.”

Host Cheryl Espinosa-Jones is a grief counselor who faced her own grief when she lost her first wife who was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. The podcast shares stories of nearly 500 grievers who found a way forward and growth after grief.

Cariad Lloyd, a British comedian, actress and writer, hosts this multi-award-winning podcast with "funny people talking about death." Highly engaging episodes examine the human experience of grief and death with fellow comedians.

Created after host Amber Jeffrey's mother died unexpectedly. "For something that is so concrete in life, why are we so bad at it?" People from around the globe share their stories, and Jeffrey delivers talks and panel discussions at the University of Cambridge and Westminster for the UK Commission on Bereavement.

When trauma therapist Meghan Riordan Jarvis experienced the death of both of her parents within two years of each other, she found herself on the receiving end of the same treatments she used with her clients. Guests discuss how little education and support has historically been given to grief, as well as what it means to grieve.

Author Marianne Soucy is an intuitive, heart-centered spiritual guide who shares practical steps for coping with the loss of a beloved pet to bring peace to grieving pet owners.

Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas' brother died of suicide in 2004. As a clinical psychologist, faculty member and researcher, her podcast explores the stories, science and strategy of suicide prevention, mental health promotion and resilience.

Hosts Chris and Claire Sandys have set out to find 101 different types of loss. Guests discuss topics such as the loss of a brother to mental illness, loss of limbs, loss of veterans to suicide, loss of physical ability after a stroke, loss of possessions in a house fire, multiple miscarriages and more.

Black women experience miscarriage and stillbirth four times more than white women according to the NIH and CDC. Host Erica Michelle Freeman aims to help black women who have experienced a miscarriage, infant loss or infertility with shared stories of grief and loss.

Host Nora McInerny talks with guests and gets deep on how they're really doing while looking back at a particularly low time in their life. She asks people to share their complicated and honest feelings. Past guests include celebrities, authors and mental health professionals.