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Good Grief

Cheryl Espinosa-Jones

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview show focused on grief, loss, death, and personal transformation, typically featuring authors, poets, grief guides, and people with substantial lived experience. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors, grief counselors or educators, palliative-care professionals, and experts with compelling recovery or bereavement stories; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need meaningful subject expertise, a strong personal narrative, or a relevant book or body of work.

Metrics

Episodes: 562

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 951 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

hostservices@voiceamerica.com

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Host

Cheryl Espinosa-Jones - Cheryl Espinosa-Jones is the host of Good Grief and an author whose work explores grief, estrangement, LGBTQ+ experiences, illness, and end of life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, poets, grief educators, clinicians, or people with substantial and thoughtfully articulated personal experience of bereavement, trauma, illness, or other significant loss.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or poetry collections, Established expertise or recognized work related to grief, loss, trauma, illness, or end-of-life experiences

Recent Guest Discussions

Gail Marlene Schwartz - Anxiety, Suicide Loss, Queer Identity, Chosen Family, And Writing From Personal Experience

Mike Bernhardt - Widowhood, Poetry, Grief, Healing, And Supporting Other Grievers Through Poetry

Francis Weller - The Five Gates Of Grief, Ritual, Indigenous And Western Traditions, And Finding Meaning Through Loss

Sue William Silverman - Fear, Trauma, Mortality, Avoidance, And Learning To Face Painful Experiences

Recent Topics

Grief, Bereavement, Loss, Healing, Mortality

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Good Grief
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Falling

August 19, 2026

Audrey is a fictional character who resembles her author, Gail Marlene Schwartz. They both suffer from anxiety. They have both lost friends to suicide when they were young. And they are both queer women constructing the families they dream of, with the nuanced questions that implies. In writing the book, what did Gail rely on from her own experience? Did writing it contribute to a better understanding of herself? And what does she hope readers will learn from the story?

Grieving Hearts

August 12, 2026

When the unimaginable happens, each of us enters our own grief language, unique to our deepest selves. When Mike Bernhardt's wife died in 1991, poetry (both writing and reading it) connected him to his own pain and, over time, healing. As time went forward, he wanted to share the gift of poetry with other grievers and began collecting poems that spoke to him, resulting in a compilation; Voices of the Heart. 30 years later, during COVID, Mike is re-releasing the collection, adding poetry that ...

The Five Gates of Grief

August 05, 2026

Grief touches us at the outer reaches of our experience, challenging us to respond to new and unfamiliar terrain in our own souls. Finding rituals and pathways to carry us through the mysterious territory of loss encourages new ways to look at life and at ourselves. When we encounter a seasoned guide to walk with us through the unfamiliar terrain, grief can become a journey full of meaning. Francis Weller is such a guide, gently encouraging us towards new territory and integrating many Wester...

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Frequently asked questions

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Good Grief
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How do I get in touch with Good Grief?

Good Grief is hosted by Cheryl Espinosa-Jones. Its publicly listed email is hostservices@voiceamerica.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Good Grief?

The publicly listed email for Good Grief: hostservices@voiceamerica.com.

How many listeners does Good Grief have?

Podseeker estimates Good Grief reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Good Grief?

Good Grief typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Published authors, poets, grief educators, clinicians, or people with substantial and thoughtfully articulated personal experience of bereavement, trauma, illness, or other significant loss. Common among recent guests: Published books or poetry collections; Established expertise or recognized work related to grief, loss, trauma, illness, or end-of-life experiences. Recent guests include Gail Marlene Schwartz, Mike Bernhardt, and Francis Weller.

How hard is it to get booked on Good Grief?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Good Grief cover?

Recent episodes cover Grief, Bereavement, Loss, Healing, and Mortality. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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