Anderson Cooper

Because as a child, I did always feel separate.

I just did.

I was kind of like on this island by myself my whole life.

My conversation with Mariska Hargitay comes out Thursday, May 28th.

You can also check out recent episodes of All There Is Live, my streaming show that's a companion to this podcast.

If you've never watched it before, it has a lot of very moving interviews with podcast listeners about the losses they've experienced.

You can check that out at our grief page, cnen.com slash all there is.

Thanks for listening.

Welcome to All There Is.

Wherever you are in your grief, you're not alone.

I was talking with a friend of mine who doesn't listen to this podcast, and he's experienced a number of losses in his life, but he really doesn't want to think much about them, which I certainly understand.

He asked me, isn't it depressing to do all these interviews all the time?

And I thought about it for a moment, and then I told him the truth, which is it's not.

It's sad often, it's emotional, but these are the most real conversations that I have with people.

It's one human being connecting with and learning from another about a fundamental experience that we all share.

My friend didn't really want to hear more about it, but I was kind of on a roll, so I kept going.

But what is depressing to me, I said, what's depressed me much of my life is not having these conversations, except with myself in my head.

The loneliness of that, that to me is what is depressing.

I really love the conversation that you're about to hear.

It's with Isaiah Thomas.