I'll Grieve You With This
Comedians discussing death, grief, humor and other human inevitabilities. Hosted by Micah Walsh
Episodes
85 episodes
Episode 85 (with Mike Szar)
Comedian Mike Szar told me about the life and sense of humor of his father, his ability to make people feel heard, what it was like for both of us to lose our dads right before their first grandchild was born, and why we feel compelled to write...
Episode 84 (with Charlie Dawson)
Comedian Charlie Dawson and I talked about being in the dead dad club, when random songs unexpectedly trigger memories, finding humor in grief, not letting nostalgia deify people after they’re gone, and realizing that you’re parents are just pe...
Episode 83 (with Mara Wiles)
Comedian Mara Wiles and I talked about the life and memory of her parents, losing them less than a year apart in 2023-2024, the huge impact they had on the people their lives, having parents that we like, and how that love never goes away. ...
Episode 82 (with Alex Berr)
Comedian Alex Berr told me about the life and legacy of her mother, losing a parent while getting her PhD in biomedical engineering, the extremely rare brain cancer Alex had previously studied before her mother was diagnosed with it, starting s...
Episode 81 (with Marito Lopez)
Comedian Marito Lopez told me about the life and memory of his mother, unexpectedly losing her at what felt like the peak of his career last year, how he was able to make jokes about it in the special he recorded a month later, her unconditiona...
Episode 80 (with Haleyna Kociuk)
Haleyna Kociuk told me about the energy and memory of her mother, the cancer that she lived with, the ups and downs of their relationship, the still unclear circumstances around her cause of death that delayed the grieving process and years lat...
Episode 79 (with Mike Lebovitz)
Comedian Mike Lebovitz came on the podcast and we talked about the life and humor of our dead dads, writing jokes about what is real, the universality of loss, and how much both of our dads meant to us.THANKS FOR LISTENING!
Episode 78 (with Matt Storrs)
Comedian Matt Storrs came over and told me about the life, death, and memory of his brother, what it’s like grieving people even before they’re gone, and how humor can help unpack the pain of grief.FOLLOW MATT STORRS:In...
Episode 77 (with Alex Tomaselli)
Comedian Alex Tomaselli came on the podcast and told me about the life and humor of his friend Kevin, their shared passion for foreign films, the trouble they got into, the way relationships change after a member of the friend group passes, and...
Episode 76 (with Sam Evans)
Comedian Sam Evans and I talked about the life, memory, and humor of his mother, the different ways people approach their own mortality, why we crack jokes in the wake of loss, and Down A Mom, his new special coming out December 4th....
Episode 75 (with Dara Kosberg)
Dara Kosberg told me about the losses of her mother, a close friend, and her grandmother, Reimagine, a non-profit organization that reframes the way people approach loss and mortality, how using art and humor can create gateways into difficult ...
Episode 74 (with Sean Millea)
Comedian Sean Millea told me about the life, memory, and sense of humor of his sister, her sudden death in 2023, the different emotions and guilt that accompany loss, rediscovering a recording of her voice through a podcast preserved on the int...
Episode 73 (with Joel Walkowski)
Comedian/author Joel Walkowski told me about the wild life and memory of his father Banjo Bob Walkowski, how his dad’s eccentricities informed own outlook, putting his life on pause to become a caretaker, Honolulu Blues - the book...
Episode 72 (with Anthony Greco)
Comedian Anthony Greco came on the podcast and told me about living with brain cancer since he was 15, the multiple brain surgeries he’s had, starting stand up and learning to make jokes about it, remembering friends he has lost to the disease,...
Episode 71 (with Cooper Kim)
Comedian Cooper Kim came on the podcast and told me about losing his dad to a freak accident as a child, using humor as a coping mechanism, his dad’s own brief foray into stand up comedy, learning about his father through other people’s memorie...
Episode 70 (with Sean Donnelly)
Comedian Sean Donnelly (Letterman, Conan, Colbert) and I talked about the life, death, and sense of humor of his father, their shared love of classic comedies, the “new normal” you experience after losing someone, and the ways we keep the memor...
Episode 69 (with Kaytlin Bailey)
Comedian Kaytlin Bailey came on the podcast and told me about the life and memory of her father, dealing with his dementia, finding humor in grief, her advocacy for sex workers rights, and her podcast/live show The Oldest Profession....
Episode 68 (with Grant Moore)
Comedian Grant Moore came on the podcast and we talked about his father’s life and death, the range of emotions that accompany suicide, what it’s like doing comedy roast battles when you have a dead parent, and why it’s important to talk about ...
Episode 67 (with Clare O'Kane)
Comedian Clare O’Kane (Saturday Night Live, Shrill) came on the podcast and we talked about the life, death and memory of her parents, their sense of humors and influence on her, the avoidance issues most people have discussing death, and how l...
Episode 66 (with Davidson Boswell)
Comedian Davidson Boswell came on the podcast and told me about a different kind of death: mourning the memory of who his brother was before his mental decline, learning to live with who he is now and the compounding effects it’s had on his fam...
Episode 65 (with Joe Gorman)
Comedian Joe Gorman told me about the lessons he learned from stepdad and his sudden death last summer, bringing ashes through TSA, when a comedian’s final tweet becomes their epitaph, the outpouring of support after a loss, and the legacy of l...
Episode 64 (with Lynn Harris)
Lynn Harris (Gold Comedy) told me about the life and memory of her parents, her mother’s work with Noam Chomsky, her sudden death from COVID in 2020, how the pandemic prevented her and her father from seeing her before she passed, why Zoom shiv...
Episode 63 (with Chris Maddock)
I had a great time talking with comedian Chris Maddock about the lives and deaths of his parents, great Minneapolis comedians that passed too soon, keeping friends’ memories alive by telling their old jokes, what happens after you die, and a co...
Episode 62 (with Brian Enck)
Comedian Brian Enck came on the podcast and told me about the life, memory, and questionable fashion choices of his late best friend, how he saved the day at Brian’s wedding, his sudden death in 2023, still communicating with him via writing le...
Episode 61 (with Tim Limbrick)
Comedian Tim Limbrick came over and we talked about his father’s life as a preacher, his sudden death in Liberia, the difficulties in bringing a loved one’s remains back to America from a different continent, the finite amount of PTO that we al...