A podcast about loving greatly through grief. Scalawag knows that for many of us, our grief is simultaneously never news, and the only... more
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The festive season carries such a high expectation of joy that can feel inaccessible for so many grievers. In this... more
How do we communicate with those who have “gone?” Is it even possible? In this episode of Great Grief, Nnenna... more
Grief can take us to our knees—right back to the dirt, dust, and the earth, from which all things grow.... more
In this episode of Great Grief, we follow Nnenna Freelon on a walk through the woods, where she contemplates autumn,... more
Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, season 2: "Seasons of Change," launches November 28, 2023. The seasons are changing, an apt... more
The podcast Great Grief takes shape around Nnenna’s own great grief, which she experienced after the death of her husband,... more
Our relationship with our hair is a complicated entanglement. It holds our history, personality, and identity. It also holds our... more
No woman makes it through life without a sister. In grieving the death of her baby sister, Nnenna alights on... more
Grief is a woman with plenty to say. This shape-shifting step-sister of ours wasn’t originally a part of the plan,... more
Grief is your shape-shifting step-sister. While she wasn't originally part of the plan, now she is coming with—no choice there.... more