Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

Two fathers. Two stories of loss. One mission to get back up.

Real conversations with two men learning to navigate life, raise children, and find love again…after loss.

Hosted by Jamal Jones and David McClain, Getting Back Up: Life after Death is a real, raw, and often humorous podcast about what comes after the unthinkable—losing a partner, facing grief, and finding your way through it. As two widowers, now devoted girl dads (and one remarried man), Jamal and David create space for honest conversations around healing, identity, and starting over.

Getting knocked down is part of life. Getting back up is how we live.

Host

David McClain

David McClain is the co-founder and co-host of Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death. A father, widower, and storyteller, David brings vulnerability, humor, and heart to conversations that men often shy away from—grief, healing, and identity after loss.

In 2022, David lost his wife, Nillani, to an aggressive form of uterine cancer. Married since 2006 and raising two daughters, her passing reshaped his world.

David met co-host Jamal Jones in 2023, and their shared experiences sparked a deep friendship—and this podcast. They realized men rarely speak openly about emotional recovery, and Getting Back Up was born to change that. Through unfiltered conversations and shared truth, David helps others make sense of grief and discover hope on the other side.