Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
This podcast is about my dad, and me, and our relationship. It's also about death, old age, care, love, history, change, mental health, science, medicine, art, dementia and friendship. It brings together memoir, clips from over 10 years of recordings of my father, sound design, and interviews with experts. It takes you on a journey down to a sunless sea.
This podcast includes content funded by the British Podcast Awards Fund and the Wellcome Trust.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 18
- Years Active
- 2020
Legacy
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: sex, assisted dying, war This episode is the last episode of the first (and possibly las…
The Box and the Jar
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Extra content note: grief, suicide, terminal illness, abuse, bereavement
In the final full episode of the podcast …
Waves
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: euthanasia/suicide But no matter what he forgets, it can’t take away the love we have sh…
Death is not something that can be kept at a distance
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Extra content note: bereavement, pain, terminal illness (including cancer) and the caste system In the seventh ful…
André Gorz Tweet
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: euthanasia/suicide
I realised that maybe our positions aren’t that different after all. A…
New answers to old questions
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Extra content note: operations, medical procedures, assisted dying, euthanasia In the sixth full episode of the po…
Hearts Breaking
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: war, medical operations, suicidal ideation
I’m still pretty terrified of my dad stopping …
Drink Sangria in the park
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Extra content note: PTSD, dependency/addiction, rape (touched on lightly, no descriptions) In the fifth full episo…
Friendship Part 2
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues This episode is about creating things: imaginary worlds, homes and friendship. It's also about walls: drawing on w…
We're not in uncharted territory
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Extra content note: Suicide, self-harm, bereavement, war, antisemitism, the Nazis, COVID19 In the fourth full epi…
Chivalry
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: sexism, misogyny, questionable behavior, power dynamics and age gaps within romantic and …
Friendship Part 1
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues It’s important to keep in mind that the story of my relationship with my dad is only one part of his life. It’s onl…
I don't want to die, but I'm dying
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Extra content note: Bereavement, suicide, disability, abortion, terminal illness In the third full episode of the…
Desire Paths
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
Memories are like desire paths: when you first walk down them, they are overgrown and full of details. The more you…
Old people are people
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
In the second full episode of the podcast using content funded by the British Podcast Awards and the Wellcome Trust…
We are all time travellers
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
Additional content note for this episode: Euthanasia, suicide
Time is the longest distance between two places. Even…
Comparing Notes
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
In the first full episode of the podcast using content funded by the British Podcast Awards and the Wellcome Trust …
Documenting
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues A document is a piece of evidence; a record; a proof of something. By this definition, we are all living documents…