Kevin Toolis is a BAFTA winning film maker and writer of the acclaimed death guide My Father’s Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die. Toolis has reported on famines, wars and plagues all over the world for The New York Times and The Guardian. As a documentary maker he has filmed in the middle east and directed the Emmy-nominated Cult of the Suicide Bomber television history series. He is also producer/ director of a compelling new stage work Wonders of the Wake that revives the lost art of Irish keening and celebrates the ancient rite of the Irish Wake.
In this episode we talk all about the Irish Wake, the death of his brother and father, grief dreams in the Irish culture, grief dreams in families of suicide bombers, and his own grief dreams of those he reports on.
You can find more about Kevin at www.myfatherswake.com or on Twitter @KevinToolis
Here is his BBC video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALT8zbjnjkY
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E227 - 2023 Grief Dream Recaps
E226 - Roberta Kuriloff - Framing a Life
E225 - Nikki Wilson - Guest Update
E224 - Kathy Wagner - Here With You
E223 - Colin Campbell - Finding the Words
E222 - Emily Bevan - The Diary of Losing Dad
E221 - Cathy Sosnowsky - Poems for Alex
E220 - Krishma Arora - From Ash to Ashes
E219 - Dr. Donna Stoneham - Catch Me When I Fall
E218 - Fiona Tinwei Lam - The Rainbow Rocket
E217 - Suzanne Falter - Free Spirited - Guest Update
E216 - Dr. Kathy Belicki - A Love of Dreams
E215 - 2022 Grief Dream Recaps
E214 - Rebecca Soffer – Grieving Through the Holidays
E213 - Addison Brasil - Joining the Grief Club
E212 - Parvati Markus - Whisper in the Heart
E211 - Dr. Raymond Moody - Near-Death Experiences
E210 - Update with Joshua and Jade
E209 - 2021 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 2
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