Epilogue Podcast Project
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -Epilogue is a storytelling project about people experiencing mental illness, addiction, trauma, and suicide loss. It was created by Producer Galen McCaw after losing his dad to suicide, with the intent of sharing stories that often go untold because of the stigma surrounding mental health and suicide. The project is in development, and our mission is to produce a series of stories like our pilot.
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Episodes
Brie
April 22, 2020 08:00 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBAfter his dad took his own life in 2018, Galen McCaw began interviewing people who'd lost loved ones to suicide. He hoped others could find moments of peace in the act of sharing their stories. When his friend Hannah reached out, he learned that she’d lost her sister Brie the same way six months earlier. Their first conversation about Brie spurred a year-long series of interviews with Hannah and her family, uncovering an intergenerational story of trauma, mental illness, addiction, and ult...
Trailer - Pilot
April 08, 2020 09:00 - 2 minutes - 4.02 MBOn July 2, 2017, Brie became one of 1,327 Arizonans to die by suicide that year. We follow Brie’s sister Hannah, and her family, in the wake of that loss, and trace Brie’s story across family lines and generations. This trailer contains references to suicide and may not be appropriate for all audiences. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
Crowdfunding Trailer
January 13, 2020 17:00 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBOn January 2nd, 2018, Producer Galen McCaw's dad Joseph took his own life. In the months following, our project formed with the intention of telling stories about those left behind when someone they love dies by suicide. Before long, we began to understand that suicide can't be talked about in a meaningful way without considering mental illness, trauma, and addiction, and the project's scope widened. We made this trailer for the initial crowdfunding campaign which funded our pilot episode...
Crowdfunding Trailer - The Pilot
January 13, 2020 17:00 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBAn introductory trailer made during the early stages of development of the project. We started out interviewing people who had lost loved ones to suicide to learn a little bit about the ways different people process grief and loss. One of those people was Hannah, who we ended up doing six interviews with over the course of a year. Her family's story became the subject of our pilot audio documentary, coming soon. Stay tuned! Support the show (https://epiloguepodcastproject.org)