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Season 10, Episode 183 · Griefcast

Charlotte Bennett and Illy

7 Dec 2022 · 1 hr 14 min

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This week Cariad talks to Paines Plough artistic director Charlotte Bennett and her seven-year-old niece, Illy joins aswell. They talk about Margot, Charlotte's baby daughter who died just 24 hours after she was born and her mum, who died not long after from pancreatic cancer 💜 As ever we talk grief, talking about baby loss + celebrating a life lived 💗 You can follow Charlotte on Twitter @charrrbennett. You can donate to the Margot Alicia Bennett Brighter Future Fund, set up by Margot's family to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital after she died…

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Griefcast

Cariad Lloyd · Arts & Books · English

My goal right from the beginning was that I wanted it to be a podcast that, when it stopped, you didn’t feel worse,” says Cariad Lloyd, host of Griefcast, a weekly interview podcast where media personalities share stories about loved ones they've lost. “We’re all in this club that no one asked to jo

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