2024-05-24
33 分钟Hey there, it's Shemita.
Here I am still out on maternity leave, but here's an episode from our archives.
My conversation with Anderson Cooper about grief and loss.
I hope you enjoy it.
This is in Conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
Our Think Again series continues
today.
Finding Gratitude in Grief with Anderson Cooper.
Anderson Cooper is now the only living member of his nuclear family.
When he was 10 years old, his father, Wyatt Cooper, died of a heart attack.
About a decade later, his brother Carter died by suicide.
Then just a few Years ago, in 2019, his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, died at the age of 95.
Anderson says it's only recently that he's been able to talk about and process these losses.
I've never really allowed myself to kind of grieve, and here I am,
56 years old and suddenly find myself feeling things that I've never felt before.
Last year, he came out with a podcast called All There Is, where he talks to celebrities,
a physician, a filmmaker,
as well as writers and other artists about their experiences with death and grief.
He's also received hours and hours of voice messages from listeners