Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic
Angela Kennecke is a journalist who lost her 21-year-old daughter Emily to fentanyl poisoning on May 16, 2018. Angela is "grieving out loud" to try to put an end to this epidemic by stopping the stigma and promoting the treatment of substance use disorder as the disease it is. Anyone coping with loss and looking for inspiration can benefit from listening to this podcast.
Podcasting since 2019 • 186 episodes
Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic
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Family's Double Tragedy: Father and daughter share loss of two to addiction
Imagine losing not only your mother, but also your twin sister to substance use disorder. On this episode of Grieving Out Loud, Cristina Cavallo and her father, Chris, share their deeply personal and heartbreaking story in hopes of rai...
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Season 6
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Episode 186
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What a mother wishes she knew before losing her son to fentanyl
As a grieving mother who fought to get help for my daughter’s substance use disorder—and ultimately lost her to fentanyl—I’m often asked what advice I have, or what I wish I had done differently.Today on Grieving Out Loud, I sit down wit...
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Season 6
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Episode 185
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Words of Wisdom: Surviving Grief
In this special episode of Grieving Out Loud, released for International Podcast Day, we deeply look at grief and its multifaceted nature. In our nearly 200 episodes, we’ve shared deeply personal stories from individuals navigating the...
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Season 6
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Episode 184
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A mother's and grandmother’s grief over innocent lives lost in the drug epidemic
As the United States faces its deadliest drug epidemic in history, lives are being lost in unimaginable ways. Over the past two decades, more than 5,000 children and teens have died from fentanyl—among them, toddlers and even infants.Jan...
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Season 6
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Episode 183
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A family’s battle for justice in the fentanyl crisis
Hans Arwine choked back tears as he recalled the moment he had to tell his wife that their son was gone. ”That was the hardest thing I’ve ever done–tell his mother that he was no longer with us,” he said.The heartbreaking scene is tragic...
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Season 6
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Episode 182
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