The Life and Death Podcast

Honest conversations about life, death and so much more. Your host, Stephen Rumford, talks to people who have experiences of death and dying to get a deeper understanding of what life and death means to them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up with us on our socials.
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S6 Ep3: Death, beauty and the macabre: a conversation with Joanna Ebenstein
Jun 2, 2025 – 38:50
S6 Ep2: How doodling helped Gary Andrews find hope after his wife’s death
May 19, 2025 – 36:03
S6 Ep1: How different cultures deal with death and grief
May 5, 2025 – 40:03
S5 Ep6: Life lessons from the dying with Josefine Speyer
Jul 15, 2024 – 33:13
S5 Ep5: Coping with pet loss with Dr. Katie Lawlor
Jul 1, 2024 – 27:37
S5 Ep4: A philosopher’s guide to death with Simon Critchley
Jun 17, 2024 – 25:39
S5 Ep3: Why it’s normal to be afraid of death with Hospice Nurse Julie
Jun 3, 2024 – 32:52
S5 Ep2: Becoming an orphan in your 30s with Rebecca Soffer
May 20, 2024 – 32:04
S5 Ep1: Ed Byrne is laughing through grief: How the death of his brother inspired a critically acclaimed show
May 6, 2024 – 31:06
S4 Ep6: Teenage kicks: How Amber coped with the sudden death of her mother in her teens
Jul 17, 2023 – 38:52
S4 Ep5: Behind the scenes of death with Hayley Campbell
Jul 3, 2023 – 35:04
S4 Ep4: Death rituals from around the world with photographer Klaus Bo
Jun 19, 2023 – 40:42
S4 Ep3: Tim Sullivan: My father died on my wedding day
Jun 5, 2023 – 30:50
S4 Ep2: Annie Nicholson: Dancing with death
May 22, 2023 – 23:26
S4 Ep1: “It’s the gift that nobody wants” - Ruth Swailes on blogging through her grief
May 8, 2023 – 35:32
S3 Ep6: How a good funeral can be transformational in our grief.
Jul 25, 2022 – 29:52
S3 Ep5: “As harrowing as it was there was some comfort knowing that we were all on the same team.” Stacey Heale on bereavement.
Jun 27, 2022 – 29:46
S3 Ep4: “There’s no fast way through it.” Clover Stroud on life after death.
Jun 13, 2022 – 28:29
S3 Ep3: Mary-Frances O’Connor: "Grief doesn’t go away but it changes so you can live with it."
May 27, 2022 – 30:39
S3 Ep2: “People were dying without knowing they were dying.” The state of modern healthcare.
May 16, 2022 – 29:58
S3 Ep1: “It just felt completely impossible.” Navigating life as a young widow and a single mum.
May 2, 2022 – 28:00
S2 Ep7: 'You don’t have to be happy at Christmas' – advice from people missing loved ones during the festive season.
Dec 1, 2021 – 46:35
S2 Ep6: An undertaker’s perspective
Jun 18, 2021 – 28:11
S2 Ep5: The end of the journey: Spiritual Care
Jun 11, 2021 – 31:07
S2 Ep4: Sam Genders: Exploring death in art
Jun 4, 2021 – 31:12
S2 Ep3: Palliative care in lockdown
May 28, 2021 – 25:12
S2 Ep2: Died and revived: What’s on the other side?
May 21, 2021 – 22:58
S2 Ep1: Kathryn Mannix: What happens when we die?
May 14, 2021 – 47:37
S1 Ep6: Arlene and Ellie
Dec 18, 2020 – 22:32
S1 Ep5: Stephen and Barbara-Anne
Dec 8, 2020 – 26:48
S1 Ep4: Carl and Tom
Nov 20, 2020 – 22:35
S1 Ep3: Liz and Sarah
Nov 6, 2020 – 24:45
S1 Ep2: Sarah and Lynette
Oct 22, 2020 – 25:43
S1 Ep1: Stephen and Roy
Oct 8, 2020 – 26:14
Welcome to The Life and Death Podcast
Oct 8, 2020 – 01:45