The 2 Best Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon Podcast Episodes
1) Ashes To Ashes
Nnenna calls on the wisdom of her friend Clarenda Stanley, owner of Green Heffa Farms, leading to new discoveries about the various ways grieving is like sowing and growing seeds. | Learn more at grea...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) The Beginning
A darkening sky slowly shadows the story of time traveling lovers Nnenna and Phil. | Learn more at greatgrief.com.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Seasons of Change, Episode 6: Great Grief Live! On Holiday Part 2
Grief comes to live with us all eventually, and she needs no invitation. In this bonus holiday episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon appreciates the quiet moments shared in the kitchen with her late ...Show More
4) Seasons of Change, Episode 5: Great Grief Live! On Holiday Part 1
Grief cannot tell time. She comes and goes as she pleases. In this bonus holiday episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon remembers the lessons of her grandmother, honors those we've lost, and holds spa...Show More
5) Seasons of Change, Episode 4: Holiday Season
The festive season carries such a high expectation of joy that can feel inaccessible for so many grievers. In this previously-recorded live edition of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon gathers with communit...Show More
6) Seasons of Change, Episode 3: The World Since You Left
How do we communicate with those who have “gone?” Is it even possible? In this episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon sets about asking the moon, the sun, and even the leaves how she might get in touc...Show More
7) Seasons of Change, Episode 2: Ashes, Ashes
Grief can take us to our knees—right back to the dirt, dust, and the earth, from which all things grow. In this episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon consults Mother Nature—and a Black woman hemp far...Show More
8) Seasons of Change, Episode 1: Falling
In this episode of Great Grief, we follow Nnenna Freelon on a walk through the woods, where she contemplates autumn, the changing of the seasons, and the possibility of renewal after everything dies. ...Show More
9) Trailer - Season 2: Seasons of Change
Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, season 2: "Seasons of Change," launches November 28, 2023. The seasons are changing, an apt metaphor to talk about the shedding, withering, and falling away that accom...Show More
10) Wailing Women, Episode 4: Black Widow
The podcast Great Grief takes shape around Nnenna’s own great grief, which she experienced after the death of her husband, Philip Freelon, in 2019. A wife for nearly 40 years, Nnenna wonders in this e...Show More