#35 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
EPISODE #35
Eighteen months after losing his son to suicide, this week’s anonymous caller joins to talk about grief and the fragile beauty of being alive. Deeply rooted in science, he approaches death through logic and evidence. Yet, what emerges is something far more human. Together, we explore how a mind grounded in reason makes space for love, memory, and wonder.
It’s an incredibly emotional conversation. One that sits at the intersection of intellect and heartbreak. From the first few minutes, it’s clear this isn’t just about loss; it’s about what happens when the theoretical becomes intimate. What do we do when the framework we’ve built to understand life no longer feels big enough to hold what we’ve lost?
What begins in grief unfolds into something quietly beautiful. A reflection on presence, resilience, and the small ways we keep the people we love alive through us. It’s an episode that I think you’ll remember, not because it offers answers, but because of how honestly it asks the questions.
Book Recommendation: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Maybe the most emotional book recommendation we’ve had yet.)
If you’d like to watch this conversation instead of just listening, you can find the video version on YouTube.
Listen to the full episode here or wherever you get your podcasts.