About The Podcast
Welcome to a new series about grieving and life from The Mash-Up Americans. Grief, Collected is where we explore how grief moves through our bodies, our families, and our communities — and why we need to feel it all in order to transform our future.
Grief, like joy, is one of our human conditions. Yet it is the one we, as Americans, are the least willing to confront, even as it becomes more essential to do so than ever. We prize pushing forward, but maybe it’s time to pause. As we emerge from the catastrophic losses of the pandemic — and wrestle with the regular traumas of modern life — how do we heal ourselves to plant seeds for our future? What wisdom can we call upon to create hope for a more introspective, joyful and honest culture?
We will examine American culture’s unique relationship to grief, how we can make a shift towards creating grieving practices, the risks we take if we don’t properly grieve what we’ve lost — and what clarity, empathy, and liberation we can gain if we do.
About The Mash-Up Americans
The Mash-Up Americans is your guide to hyphen-America. We're rooted in tradition, looking to the future, and creating culture each day we live it.
Founded in 2013, The Mash-Up Americans is a media company and boutique creative studio. Their eponymous podcast The Mash-Up Americans explores culture, race and identity. They work with select clients who want to understand and connect to the dynamic, diverse, modern American audience. They have produced chart-topping podcasts for everyone from Reese Witherspoon, Peloton and Rainn Wilson to The National Domestic Workers Alliance. They reveal and re-center stories on the voices of the future — the voices you don’t hear enough today.
Pod Details
Premiering on November 15, 2022, a new season of The Mash-Up Americans podcast
Main interview episodes released Weekly on Tuesdays, meditations released Fridays
Link to listen: https://link.chtbl.com/griefcollected
Show hashtag: #mashupamerican #mashupamerica #griefcollected
Credits: Grief, Collected is a production of The Mash-Up Americans. Executive produced by Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer. Senior editor and producer is Sara Pellegrini. Development Producer is Dupe Oyebolu. Production manager Shelby Sandlin. Original music composed by The Brothers Tang. Sound design support by Pedro Rafael Rosado. Website design by VOKSEE. Grief, Collected was supported in part by a grant from The Pop Culture Collaborative.
Guests
Hosts: Amy S. Choi + Rebecca Lehrer (@mashupamerican)
Ep 1 / Dr. Natalia Skritskaya + Dr. George Bonnano
Ep 2 - Meditation / Daniela Gesundheit
Ep 3 / Linda Thai
Ep 4 - Meditation / Linda Thai
Ep 5 / Dorothy Holinger
Ep 6 - Meditation / Wendy McNaughton
Ep 7/ Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Ep 8 - Meditation / Alexander Chee
Ep 9 / adrienne maree brown
Sample Social Post Copy
My friends @mashupamerican are back on the mic with a new series about how we grieve called Grief, Collected. They're asking questions about how grief moves through our bodies, our families, and our communities. Check it out - https://link.chtbl.com/griefcollected
My friends @mashupamerican have launched a new series about collective grief called Grief, Collected. It's thoughtful, curious and hopeful. Check it out - https://link.chtbl.com/griefcollected
Credits
Grief, Collected is a production of The Mash-Up Americans. Executive produced by Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer. Senior editor and producer is Sara Pellegrini. Development Producer is Dupe Oyebolu. Production manager Shelby Sandlin. Original music composed by The Brothers Tang. Sound design support by Pedro Rafael Rosado. Website design by Voksee. Grief, Collected was supported in part by a grant from The Pop Culture Collaborative.