Having lost his father on 9/11 when he was 12, the host of Dead Talks, David Ferrugio, learned the importance of discussion and sharing stories. His mission is “to help people that have lost, that are grieving, and those that haven’t faced death yet through the words of my guests.”
To normalize the conversation of death and grief, David has captured conversations on his podcast with individuals who have vastly different experiences and worldviews but are tethered together through our deeply human experience of loss. Recent guests include skateboarder Tony Hawk, therapist and author Claire Bidwell Smith, ex-combat Veteran Noah Galloway, hip-hop artist Lil Xan, TV host Megan Pormer, comedian Gary Leli, grief coach and TED Talks speaker Phil Cohen, photographer and TEDx conference speaker Angelo Merendino, and many others.
The Dead Talks website features podcast episodes organized by theme, including death, grief, crime, letting go, self-help, and other pertinent categories. It also features pages for videos and links to grief resources. What is clear within each of the conversations David conducts is that the insights that are shared through storytelling are more than just an approach to grief—they’re an approach to living.