The Grief Pod
Episodes
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Amy DeBhrun
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Emma Charlesworth
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of 2020, Emma Charlesworth was a married, working Mum of one, whose life was suddenly turned upside down due to Covid 19. On Mothers Day ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Brian Murray
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On September 26th 2007, Bray Firefighter Brian Murray was killed tragically in the line of duty, alongside his colleague Mark O’Shaughnessy . Brian ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Rebecca Sheridan
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In several of the episodes of The Grief Pod, guests have shared their stories of how the deaths of their loved ones, have inspired them to help others...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Andrea Hayes
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Grief Pod, TV and Radio presenter and best selling author, Andrea Hayes talks about the many layers of grief and loss that has ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Andy Preston
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
DJ and Radio Presenter, Andy Preston lost his little sister Elaine aged 14, from a heart condition, which had been misdiagnosed as Asthma. In the year...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - featuring Amy Gibney from The Irish Hospice Foundation
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
National Grief Awareness Week is now in its 6th year, it’s run by The Irish Hospice Foundation to help send the message that you are not alone in yo...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Anthony Owens
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Feilecain Fathers, was set up in 2019 to help and provide support to Dads, who have been bereaved through stillbirth and miscarriage. In this episode ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Anthony Whelan New Years episode
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous episode of The Grief POD, Anthony Whelan, Clinical Psychotherapist, spoke about his own experience of grief and bereavement, and offer...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Anthony Whelan Christmas Episode
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Whelan worked for over 20 years, until struggling with the death of his partner, Anne-Marie he decided to completely change his life, and retr...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Zoe Holohan
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2018 Zoe Holohan’s husband, Brian died tragically in the wildfires that engulfed Mati in Athens - they’d been married just 4 days. In thi...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Katherine Martin
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014 Katherine Martin opened her beauty business, Lash Envy and was looking forward to the future ahead. Just two years later her Dad passed away s...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Lisa Marie Maher
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015 Eugene Maher was going for his daily cycle, when he was mowed down in a hit and run, dying just a few later in hospital. The driver came forwa...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Kevin J Ryan
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Actor, Director & Writer Kevin J Ryan, lost his beloved dog Copper and his good friend, the actor, Julian Sands, within months of each other in 2023. ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Suzy Byrne
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Orla Horn and Gerry O Halloran
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Living with Dementia is a process of continuous loss, described by many as a ‘living grief’. The Forget Me Nots Choir, offers sanctuary and suppor...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Gina Daly
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Daly became a household name during COVID, thanks to her daily instagram posts about her weight struggles and her evening cook-a-longs with her h...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Emma Fogarty
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Fogarty was baptised a few days after birth, as the doctor didn’t expect her to live for long, probably not even a week. Now at 41, Emma is the...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jack Ebbs
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Ebbs is running this years Dublin Marathon in memory of his cousin Jenny O’Riordan, who passed away aged just 26, to sudden cardiac death. In t...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Alan Hughes
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TV Presenter and Panto Star, Alan Hughes was just 10 years old, when he lost both his Mum and Dad within 6 months of each other. In this weeks episode...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Julia Kelly
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author Julia Kelly’s Mum, Delphine passed away swimming in The Galápagos Islands in 2012. While her new book Still is a memoir of her Mum, it is al...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Dr Suzanne Crowe
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Suzanne Crowe is a consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, President of the Irish Medical Council, and Author of a new book ‘Intensive Care, Tru...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Tony Griffin
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Griffin, a GAA All Star in hurling, stepped aside from his career to cycle 7,000km across Canada, as he tried to come to terms with the death of ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Norah Casey
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Grief Pod, Businesswoman, Entrepreneur and Journalist Norah Casey talks about balancing life and loss, after the death of her h...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Alan Fletcher
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Fletcher played Dr Karl Kennedy in the iconic soap Neighbours for 30 years. In this weeks episode he talks about the challenges of acting out ber...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jean Mahon
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘Ambiguous Loss’ refers to a loss that remains unclear, making it impossible to grieve in a ‘traditional’ way. This is the sort of grief, many...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Liz Nugent
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grief and loss run through the core of Author, Liz Nugent’s novels. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Liz talks about her own personal grief, how lo...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Louise Mulgrew
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Purple House, was founded in 1990 to help families for whom cancer has become part of their daily lives. On this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Louis...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Nikki Hayes
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago broadcaster Nikki Hayes spoke openly and honestly about her struggles with addiction, homelessness and her recent journey of recovery....
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Kathleen Chada
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The senseless murder of Kathleen Chada’s two boys Eoghan 10, and Ruairi 5, at the hands of their father almost 12 years ago, is a story that still c...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Joanne Ryan
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years ago, Joanne Ryan returned one evening to find her partner, Killian had died suddenly at home. He was 31. In this weeks episode, Joanne talks...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Paul Harrington
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Singer Paul Harrington, lost his Mum and four of his siblings to cancer, in a short space of time. In this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Paul discus...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Helen Walsh
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Grief Pod, Life and Health Coach, Helen Walsh talks about how to find a ‘new kind of normal’ after a bereavement, how to st...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Victoria Mary Clarke
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Mary Clarke, lost her husband Shane McGowan 18 months ago. After having been together for nearly 40 years, talks about the coping strategies ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Conor Clear
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Life Celebrant Conor Clear talks about the alternative ways to celebrate the memory of a loved one, in a way that is fitting to...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Kiera Dignam
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of Ireland’s most beloved singers, Christy Dignam lost his long battle with cancer, 2 years ago next month. On this weeks podcast, his daughter ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Stuart Wilson
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Behavioural Psychotherapist, Child bereavement Expert & Founder of Zest Life Therapeutic Services, Stuart Wilson is Venetia's guest on this episode of...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Mike Hanrahan
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Stocktons Wing’s, Mike Hanrahan lost his Mum four years ago, he found a new calling to focus his life on Dementia, and how the creative arts co...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Rosie O Donnell
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Actress, Comedian & Talk Show host, Rosie O’Donnell is my guest on this week’s episode of The Grief Pod. Rosie talks to me about losing her Mum, a...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Sallyanne Clarke
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2012, Sally Anne Parker Clarkes son Andrew, took his own life at aged 16. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Sally Anne, talks about the co...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jason Poole
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four years ago, Jason Pooles sisters Jennie, was stabbed to death in her apartment, by her ex partner , while her 4 year old son was the other side of...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Laoise Downes
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The death of a pet, can be for some, every bit as devastating as the loss of a loved one. For Laoise Downes McGurk, Founder of Outpaws, losing her con...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Laura Farrington
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just over 10 years ago, Laura Farrington, Founder of Unbrella Wellness and Host of the ‘Are ya well? Podcast, lost her Dad to suicide. Just a few ye...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Breffni Clack
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Grief Pod, News Broadcaster and Journalist, Breffni Clack talks, for the first time, about her 6 late miscarriages, and her lit...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jason Rock
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jason Rock talks about the passing of his Dad, the late Irish legend, Dickie Rock. Jason also movingly remembers his beloved Mum, Jud...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Brian Kennedy
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Grief Pod, singer and songwriter Dr Brian Kennedy, talks about growing up in a violent home, during a violent time in Belfast. ...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Andrew McGinley
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the 24th of January 2020, Andrew McGinley arrived home to find his three children, Conor 9, Darragh 7 and Carla who was 3, had been tragically kill...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Linda Keating
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Linda Keating, Founder of The Marie Keating foundation, talks about her mum, Marie, the inspiration behind the...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Keith Barry
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just two weeks after his dad, Ken, passed away Keith Barry joined me to record this episode of The Grief Pod. Remembering his Dad as his best friend a...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Susan Moylan
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When her husband Sean died while on holiday in France, leaving her to bring up 4 children alone, Susan Moylan believed that that was the worst that co...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick Let's Talk About Grief featuring Maia Dunphy
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, Broadcaster, Producer and Writer, Maia Dunphy, lost her Mum, Helen after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Maia has spoken openl...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick Let's Talk About Grief featuring Dr. Amanda Roberts
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National Grief Awareness Week takes place at the end of January. It's an initiative run by the Irish Hospice Foundation to raise awareness and underst...
The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick Trail 2025
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Grief Pos is a weekly podcast looking at every aspect of grief. Whether you have lost a loved one or are about to lose someone you love. Or perhap...