Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic
Angela Kennecke
4.7from 150 ratings
- 283
- Episodes
- 99
- Transcribed
- 150
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic
After losing her 21-year-old daughter, Emily, to fentanyl poisoning, veteran journalist Angela Kennecke made it her life’s mission to break the silence surrounding substance use disorder and the overdose crisis. Grieving Out Loud is a heartfelt and unflinching podcast where Angela shares stories of devastating loss, hard-earned hope, and the journey toward healing. Through powerful interviews with other grieving families, experts, advocates, and people in recovery, this podcast sheds light on the human side of the epidemic — and how we can all be part of the solution. Whether you're coping with grief, supporting a loved one, or working to end the stigma, you’ll find connection, comfort, and inspiration here.
- Publisher
- Angela Kennecke
- Category
- health & fitness · society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
99 of 283 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Laura Berman Helped Millions Heal. Then Fentanyl Took Her Son.
7 Oct 2026
Abandoned at Birth by a Mother Who Used Drugs, He Defied the Odds
30 Sept 2026
Breaking Free From Addiction, Depression & the Belief She Wasn’t Enough
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Dr. Laura Berman Helped Millions Heal. Then Fentanyl Took Her Son.
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so it's important. I think I know that Sammy's story has saved lives. I know you've saved lives and you don't always know how, but, but you know, it's happened. Yeah, that's very, that's really a beautiful heartening part of this. You know, I said early that, you know, advocating and educating doesn't take away the grief, but it does help with some of the helplessness of that kind of grief, you know, feeling like you are helping others or saving others. And yeah, that to me has been so heartening when I hear from parents all over the country that they had conversations that they would have never had, that they shared Sammy's story, or that after that, their kid came to them and said that they had just ordered something and now they weren't going to take it. […]
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- Dr Laura Berman
- Shaheed Morris
- Simone Bowyer
- Bryan Blackmon
- Austin Rampt
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- 4.7 / 5
- 130 ratings
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- 4.8 / 5
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