Jonny Svarzbein

Bree sits down with writer and performer Jonny Svarzbein (UCBLA), who lost his father three years ago and just became a father himself. The two discuss sex positivity, religion and the importance of showing your children emotional availability. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with the "queen of youtube", comedian Glozell Green, and the two discuss not wanting to share a lover with their mother, doing what you have to do when caring for a sick parent, and how systemic racism denied Glozell's father acceptable medical care and quality of life. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Actor Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker, Bobby, The Alienist) lost his parents less than a year apart, two years ago. Bree lost her parents four months apart, a year ago. The two discuss putting on a brave face, parenting your parents, and one death being harder than the other. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with photographer Britt Lucas, who's father died less than a year ago. Bree's one year death-aversary just passed, and the two discuss the numbness and heartbreak that comes with the first year. The way that grief breaks you as a person and changes you forever, and the best ways to honor your dead parents. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with writer and performer Greg Wallace (UCBLA), and the two discuss the heartache of telling your siblings that your parent died, embalming and mysterious deaths. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with comedian Will Hines (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Brooklyn 99, Broad City), who lost his mother to breast cancer when he was sixteen. The two discuss how the loss of a matriarch displaces a family and the way that grief effects your ability to emote and be vulnerable. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with comedian, Lyndsey Frank. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with Steve Agee (The Sarah Silverman Show, The New Girl, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2). -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with musician Michael Runion (The Chances, JJAMZ), who lost his father when he was ten, and the two discuss the way that grief changes over time, experiencing loss before knowing how to express your emotions, and how your parents having their own demons may have no connection to your importance. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com

Bree sits down with writer and performer Courtney Arnett (Second City Chicago), who's dad died fifteen years ago, and they discuss how to celebrate a death anniversary, what family really is, and what our dead parents look like now. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @MyDeadParents Email: [email protected] Hosted by Bree Helders: @BreanaHelders Produced by Julia Meltzer: @drunkactress Music by Phil Romo: Philromo.com