Grief Is Not A Problem To Be Solved

Mary Cosby’s 23-year-old son, Robert Jr., died in February 2026. Cosby, who appears on the “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” talks with Anderson Cooper about her son, his struggles with addiction and how her faith informs how she grieves. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rapper Lil Jon’s 27-year-old son, Nathan, died in February 2026 in an accidental drowning. He talks with Anderson Cooper about how he mourns and the unexpected discovery he recently made about the identity of his father. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Singer-songwriter Alex Warren was nine when his dad died of cancer. His mom, who struggled with alcohol addiction and was abusive, died when Alex was 21. Alex and Anderson talk about getting to know their fathers through the things they left behind, and Alex shares some of the music he’s written to keep his parents’ memories alive. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wynonna Judd is a country music superstar who got her first record contract at 18 singing with her mother Naomi. In this moving conversation, she talks with Anderson Cooper about her mother's suicide in 2022, grieving the father she never knew about until she was 30, and her estrangement from her daughter. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Sheryl Sandberg’s husband, Dave Goldberg, died suddenly in 2015 at 47, she believed she would not find love or “pure joy” again, but she has. She talks with Anderson about her experiences and about an open letter she has written to adult children who’ve lost a parent, asking them to “give permission and even encouragement” to their surviving parent to date and find love again if they want to. Read Sheryl Sandberg’s open letter and for more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis.  Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of “The Breakfast Club,” talks with Anderson about grief and his experiences with anxiety and depression. He reflects on the death of his close friend Jas Waters, healing from childhood trauma and why grief is something “you can’t run from.”  For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gary Sinise’s son Mac died in 2024 at 33 after a yearslong battle with a rare cancer called chordoma. He shares with Anderson the music his son created in his final year and how Mac still feels “very present” in his life. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis.  Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASCAR champions and brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch spent decades racing each other before Kyle’s sudden death in May at 41. Kurt talks with Anderson Cooper about their years of “sibling rivalry,” the “brotherhood” they shared on the racetrack and where he feels Kyle’s presence the most. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis.  Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Travis Barker’s mom, Gloria, died the day before he started high school. In 2008, the Blink-182 drummer survived a plane crash that killed four people, including two of his closest friends. The only other survivor, friend and collaborator Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, died less than a year later from an overdose. Travis talks with Anderson Cooper about facing fear and grief after decades of “muscling through” his hurt and how he carries the people he’s lost with him. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Journalists Danielle Crittenden and David Frum's 32-year-old daughter, Miranda, died unexpectedly in 2024 from complications related to a brain tumor she had survived several years earlier. They talk with Anderson Cooper about the loss of a child and how grief transformed their marriage and made them “different people.” For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis.  Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Emily Williams and Kyra Dahring Video Editors: Eric Zembrzuski and Nathaniel Little Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices