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  • How To Sit In the Stickiness Of Sorrow

    October 22, 2026 · 53 min

    Nadine shares the story of grieving her changing relationship with her son. Nadine became a mom at a young age and this shifted her identity and priorities. For much of her life, it was her and her son against the world. Now, as an adult…

  • Photography As Proof Of Loss

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    Haley shares the story of their camera: a Nikon D810 with a 35mm lens. The camera represents so many forms of grief, both specific to Haley and representative to the way photography calls grief forward. Haley speaks to the beautiful…

  • Building A Raft Through The Tidal Wave Of Absence

    October 8, 2026 · 56 min

    William shares the story of the loss of his Aunty Jo and the ways in which experiencing three concurrent losses shifted his understanding of himself and his emotions. He speaks of the grief of absence, both before and after death, and what…

  • Unexpected Loss and the Winding Path Out of the Dark

    October 1, 2026 · 50 min

    Hannah shares the story of her grief process, following the unexpected death of her three closest friends at age nineteen. She speaks to the ways in which grief does not wait for us to be ready and how finding the tools to actively work…

  • Everything Is Ephemeral

    September 24, 2026 · 55 min

    Heather shares the story of deciding to end her business: the Edmonton video rental store The Videodrome. Heather speaks to the difficulty of processing the loss of that which she hoped would be forever and the beauty that exists in…

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  • Holding Joy Without Clutching On

    September 17, 2026 · 56 min

    Rachel shares the story of a difficult choice and pregnancy loss. Rachel speaks to her embodied grief and the difficulty of providing external articulation to these deeply internal feelings. She speaks to the importance of attempting to…

  • Honouring Connections While Supporting Others

    September 10, 2026 · 57 min

    Brian shares the story of losing Alex MacKenzie, his partner’s father. Brian speaks to what it means to hold space for one’s own feelings of grief while supporting others who are impacted by the very same grief. He speaks to the importance…

  • Losing The Rhythm of Cultural Spaces

    September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Rose-Eva shares the story of grieving the loss of Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue music scene. She misses a time when biking home from her role as a host of CJSR’s radio show Adamant Eve offered the possibility of popping into any number of live…

  • Sorrow When Life Turns Out Other Than Expected

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Carly shares the story of grieving that life has turned out differently than expected. Carly longs for a life she has envisioned since she was young. She speaks to the work of making space for grief while engaging in intentional healing…

  • Reclaiming A Name In Diaspora

    August 20, 2026 · 49 min

    Yeon Soo shares the story of choosing to reclaim her birth name, after years of going by a name chosen for convenience. She speaks to the intentionality in choosing to go by Yeon Soo again and, in this choice, the two different sets of…

  • Intentional Portals of Grief

    August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Greg shares the story of the unexpected loss of his close friend and business partner, Brett. In the throes of mourning, Greg found an unusual doorway to grief. In welcoming this doorway as an intentional portal to working through grief…

  • Uprooting From Home

    August 6, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Kenyon shares the story of their loss of a home recently found: New Orleans. They bring with them an object of creation that honours the pain of losing home and the feeling of deeply missing a place. Through their grief story, Kenyon…

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About the show

Grief is a fundamental part of being human. Not an easy one, but an inevitable one. Artifacts of Grief is an intentional space of grief sharing. The objects around us are imbued with grief stories. They are tangible vessels of grief. Each episode begins with an object—an artifact of grief—that serves as a conduit to the grief story being shared. By bringing the artifact into the physical space, grief becomes visible, something that can be felt, observed, held, both corporeally and emotionally. In sharing individual griefs, we honour both the singularity and shared threads of grief. We welcome the reality of this messy, complex, ongoing process through an invitation to witness. In sharing our stories of the griefs we live with, and the artifacts that represent them, we challenge the individualization of grief; instead, we understand grief as an experience that reveals the beauty and necessity of connection. Each artifact and each story weaves its thread into the collective grief gallery cultivated by Artifacts of Grief. Hosted by Kylie Burton and Elliott Kuss. Artifacts of Grief is made by humans for humans, without the use of AI. Photography, artwork, editing, and original music by Elliott Kuss Writing by Kylie Burton Follow us on Instagram @artifactsofgrief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.