- 11
- Episodes
- 6
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Bitching & Mourning
Becky Robison is a writer who has two dead parents. And Alison Zeidman is a comedian who also has two dead parents! On Bitching & Mourning, Becky and Alison talk about all the shitty things about death and grieving that don’t really get talked about: the pain-in-the-ass logistics, the petty dramas caused by the living, the times when maybe it’s OK to speak ill of the dead…. Basically, it's a place to air grief grievances. And if you love someone who’s dead and have ever had to deal with the realities of grieving or handling post-death logistics in modern-day America, then this is the podcast for you.
- Publisher
- Alison Zeidman & Becky Robison
- Category
- comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 12 Jun 2026
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
11 episodes in the feed.
1 Nov 2026
Death & Woo-Woo & You-You
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast that is not going to hold a seance with you. In honor of Halloween, we’re talking about the intersection of grief and the mystical or supernatural: A.K.A. woo-woo shit. People and resources mentioned in this episode: Xintian Tina Wang in GraveSite, “I Didn’t Believe in the Beyond. Then a Medium Helped Me Talk to My Dead Grandfather”: https://gravesite.media/p/medium-helped-skeptic-talk-to-her-dead-grandfather (https://gravesite.media/p/medium-helped-skeptic-talk-to-her-dead-grandfather) Jamie Loftus’ podcast Ghost Church: https://pod.link/1619557591 (https://pod.link/1619557591) Hidden City Philadelphia: https://hiddencityphila.org/ (https://hiddencityphila.org/) Jonathan Hultén: https://jonathanhulten.com/ (https://jonathanhulten.com/) Chelsea Wolfe: https://chelseawolfe.com/ (https://chelseawolfe.com/) Lydia Loveless: https://www.lydialoveless.com/ (https://www.lydialoveless.com/) Aaron Lee Tasjan: https://www.aaronleetasjan.com/ (https://www.aaronleetasjan.com/) Filmmaker Damian McCarthy: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2163762/ (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2163762/) Show notes: Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
18 Oct 2026
Chicago End-of-Life Expo recap
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast with hosts who live in completely different cities but have finally met each other in person. Today we're about the Chicago End-of-Life Expo, which took place the last weekend of September this year at a venue called Sleeping Village. And we’re not bitching about the event. Quite the opposite! If anything, we’re bitching about how there aren’t more events like this. People and resources mentioned in this episode: Erica Reid Gerdes, Waxwing Journeys: https://www.waxwingjourneys.com/ (https://www.waxwingjourneys.com/) Greg Inda, photographer: https://www.greginda.com/ (https://www.greginda.com/) Funerary Artisans Collective: https://www.funeraryartisanscollective.org/ (https://www.funeraryartisanscollective.org/) Amy Sumpter, comedian: https://www.instagram.com/amy_sumpter/ (https://www.instagram.com/amy_sumpter/) Show notes: Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
4 Oct 2026
Capitalism Is Coming For Your Corpse
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast that isn’t sponsored by any major funeral companies, so we’re allowed to talk shit. All the money in the mortuary sciences has definitely NOT gone unnoticed by large corporations and private equity, so that's what we're bitching about today. Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
13 Sept 2026
F***, Marry, Kill: Laughing, Crying, or Crying Laughing
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the grief podcast with dry humor and dryer eyes! Today we're talking about our experiences crying at funerals (or not), the most random things that have triggered our grief, and how/why we process trauma through jokes. Is it because we're soulless and broken? Find out! Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
30 Aug 2026
Go Ahead, Speak Ill of the Dead
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast that’s picky about who it grieves. Today, we're discussing when it's actually maybe perfectly OK to speak ill of the dead...and even CELEBRATE their death when it's a pure piece of shitty evil like definitely-still-alive Senator Mitch McConnell and recently dead Senator Lindsey Graham. Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Becky's viral video about Mitch McConnnell referenced in this episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/DagE8kUN3yx/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/DagE8kUN3yx/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
16 Aug 2026
Everyone's A Death Doula Now
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast about grief that requires zero training or IMDB credits! Nicole Kidman is the latest celebrity to express an interest in getting certified as a death doula, following the death of her mother. It seems to be a grief response we're increasingly seeing these days. Becky and Alison examine the trend, talk about Becky's experience getting certified (just one of many things she and Nicole Kidman have in common), and imagine what various celebrities' death doula practices might look like. Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
2 Aug 2026
The 5 Stages of Grief EXPOSED
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast about grief that got stuck in the "anger" stage of grief and stayed there. Today we're discussing the infamous 5 Stages of Grief. Useful rubric? Crock of shit? Or something in between? Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
19 Jul 2026
Should ChatGPT be your grief therapist?
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast about grief that will never ask you to write an obituary using chatGPT. Today we’re talking about how AI proponents are encouraging people to use the technology for all kinds of death & grief stuff, from writing obituaries to pretending to be your dead dad in a therapy session. Yikes! Sources for this episode: ‘The Dead Have Never Been This Talkative’: The Rise of AI Resurrection (https://time.com/7298290/ai-death-grief-memory/) - Time Can Digital Ghosts Help Us Heal? (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-griefbots-help-us-heal/) - Scientific American AI Is Now Writing Obituaries—and Business Is (Unfortunately) Good (https://www.vice.com/en/article/ai-is-now-writing-obituaries-and-business-is-unfortunately-good/) - Vice Digital Grave-Robbing: How AI Is Plundering Online Obituaries (https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/features/digital-grave-robbing-how-ai-is-plundering-online-obituaries/) - CNET Mother Reportedly Doesn’t Know Her Son Died Because She’s Been Talking to an AI Version of Him (https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-son-died-ai-clone) - Futurism Family shows AI video of slain victim as an impact statement — possibly a legal first (https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g-s1-64640/ai-impact-statement-murder-victim) - NPR How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/how-to-draft-a-will-to-avoid-becoming-an-ai-ghost-its-not-easy/) - Ars Technica Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
5 Jul 2026
Dead People Have Too Much Stuff
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast about grief that actively encourages laughing at funerals. Today we’re talking about what to do with all the STUFF dead people leave behind. Alison's dad had a secret boat! Becky's dad had basically a whole freaking arsenal! And so much more. Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman)and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep)
21 Jun 2026
In Deepest Sympathy
Welcome to Bitching & Mourning, the podcast about grief that doesn’t feature a somber floral design. Today we’re talking about sympathy cards and why they are so, so bad. Alison and Becky went sympathy card shopping and share their worst finds, then Becky tells us about her very, very academic research into the history. Follow Becky: www.deadparentswhatnow.com (http://www.deadparentswhatnow.com) and @deadparentswhatnow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deadparentswhatnow) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@deadparentswhatnow?lang=en) Follow Alison: @alisonlzeidman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alisonlzeidman) and @alisonzeidman/WELCOME TO HELL!!! on Substack (https://alisonzeidman.substack.com/) Free sympathy cards made by attendees at the 17th Death, Dying & Disposal Conference in Utrecht: https://www.deadparentswhatnow.com/sympathy-cards-free (https://www.deadparentswhatnow.com/sympathy-cards-free) Molly Robison's music: https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell (https://mollyrobsion.bandcamp.com/track/roswell) Molly Robison's band Bittersweet Drive: https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep (https://bittersweetdrive.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-drive-ep) Sources for sympathy cards info: The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/style/how-to-express-sympathy.html), Hallmark (https://corporate.hallmark.com/holidays-occasions/sympathy/), "Sympathy Cards and Death" by Charles H. Lippy (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/004057367703400205), "Consoling the Bereaved: Exploring How Sympathy Cards Influence What People Say" by Kimberly A. Calderwood and Amy M. Alberton (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10838468/)
12 Jun 2026
Bitching & Mourning TRAILER!
Becky Robison is a writer who has two dead parents. And Alison Zeidman is a comedian who also has two dead parents! On Bitching & Mourning, Becky and Alison talk about all the shitty things about death and grieving that don’t really get talked about: the pain-in-the-ass logistics, the petty dramas caused by the living, the times when maybe it’s OK to speak ill of the dead…. Basically, it's a place to air grief grievances. And if you love someone who’s dead and have ever had to deal with the realities of grieving or handling post-death logistics in modern-day America, then this is the podcast for you. Coming June 21st (Father's Day!)
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