The Good-Bye

The Good-Bye

by Moonpie Media
Mental HealthSociety & Culture
Season 1
Introducing: The Good-Bye
Trailer
Welcome to The Good-Bye, a new podcast from Anna Marie Precythe and Moon Pie Media. In this series, we explore the transformative power of grief and loss—how it breaks us, reshapes us, and what it eventually makes of us. Full episodes available now.
S1
Nov 18, 2025
1:05
The Good-Bye That Started It All | Michael Boffo Jr.
In the first episode of season one, host Anna Marie reflects on the month when her younger brother, Michael Boffo Jr., was given 30 days to live. For the first time since, she sits down with Michael's best friend, Zach Bonar, to revisit that month-long goodbye—part wake, part celebration—and explore how loss can break us open, shape us, and teach us to live with intention. For more information about Michael and The Good-Bye, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S1 · E1
Nov 5, 2025
30:14
A Wedding That Turned Into a Funeral: Sibling Loss and Finding Peace in Ghana | Megan Young
When life coach Megan Young lost her sister Courtney in a tragic accident, everything unraveled. Megan, who had been helping plan Courtney's wedding, now suddenly found herself planning a funeral instead. In this episode, Megan reflects on grief, healing, and the unexpected wisdom she found on a pilgrimage to Ghana—where death is honored with presence, ritual, and celebration. For more information about Megan and her work as a life coach, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S1 · E2
Nov 7, 2025
43:06
Open Heart Surgery at 32: A Tin Man's Journey Back to His Own Heart | James Hardin
When James Hardin was diagnosed with a rare heart condition at 32, it forced him to confront his mortality—and everything he believed about self-worth, love, and resilience. Two open-heart surgeries later, he’s still here, still healing, and finally learning to live with an open heart. James's story is about survival, transformation, and the courage to begin again. For more information on James and his journey, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S1 · E3
Nov 7, 2025
38:40
Widowed at 27: The Helicopter Crash That Changed Everything | Laurel Lewis
Explicit
Content warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide. After losing her husband in a tragic helicopter crash, Laurel Lewis’s life was shattered. But in the years that followed, grief became her greatest teacher. Through hospice work, spiritual study, and radical self-love, Laurel transformed pain into purpose. A story about healing, identity, and learning to live—truly live—after loss. For more information on Laurel, her journey, and her work, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S1 · E4
Nov 7, 2025
46:30
A Near-Death Experience That Ended 22 Years of Addiction | Betty Guadagno
Explicit
Content warning: this episode contains themes of suicide, drug use, and addiction. After surviving a traumatic childhood and years of addiction, Betty Guadagno died from an overdose—and came back transformed. In this extraordinary conversation, Betty shares her near-death experience, what she saw on the other side, and how it led her to healing, recovery, and a new sense of purpose. A story of spiritual awakening, radical self-forgiveness, and the long road home to self-worth. For more information on Betty's work, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S1 · E5
Nov 7, 2025
35:38
When Grief Comes Again | Natalie Street
In the final episode of season one, host Anna Marie sits down with her sister Natalie to reflect on the recent loss of their father, almost ten years after losing their brother, Michael. What began as a show about grief becomes a lived experience all over again. Together, they talk about anticipatory loss, sudden death, and the complicated ways grief shapes families over time. A raw and intimate conversation about love, legacy, and learning to stand without your anchor. For more information, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S1 · E6
Nov 7, 2025
36:14
Season 2
The Good-Bye Returns with Season 2: Stories of Grief, Loss, and Meaning
Trailer
Season 2 of The Good-Bye returns with six new conversations about loss, in all the forms it actually takes: a diagnosis, an addiction, a transplant, a trauma that changes who you thought you were. Each episode, host Anna Marie Precythe sits down with someone who has lived through it and rebuilt a life on the other side, often turning what broke them into the very thing they now use to help someone else. New episodes begin July 14.
S2
Jun 30, 2026
1:00
The Grief That Has No Name | Cole Imperi
Content warning: discussion of miscarriage and assault. Some losses come with a funeral, a death certificate, a community that gathers. And some losses happen in silence — without a name, without a ritual, without anyone to say: I see what you've lost. Cole Imperi has spent nearly two decades building language for that second kind. Cole is a thanatologist, researcher, and the originator of Shadow Loss Theory, the idea that the death of something, not someone, deserves the same recognition as any other grief. She's also the founder of the School of American Thanatology and a pioneer in Thanabotany, the study of how humans use plants to navigate death and loss. In this conversation, Cole talks about why grief isn't the enemy (the loss is), what composting can teach us about healing, and why she, a multi-credentialed grief expert, is still figuring it out herself, all these years later. Grief is the Way Home, Cole's forthcoming book, is available from Penguin in 2027. Learn more about her work at coleimperi.com or visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.
S2 · E1
Jul 14, 2026
38:34
Grieving the Life You Planned | Audrey Bellezza
Audrey Bellezza had just turned fifty when an ordinary check-in with her hip doctor led to an MRI, a biopsy, and three words that split her life in two: stage four cancer. A two-time Emmy Award–nominated television producer and novelist, Audrey had spent decades believing in narrative order: that if you did the right things, the story would make sense. ALK-positive lung cancer didn't care about that. In this conversation, Audrey talks about losing herself in the early weeks after diagnosis, learning to advocate for her own treatment, and how she went from feeling completely helpless to founding Love4Lungs, a nonprofit raising funds for a lung cancer vaccine trial at Johns Hopkins. She also talks about what fell away after the diagnosis, what came back, and what it means to build a life that's fully present while still inside the hardest thing you've ever faced. To learn more about Love4Lungs and support ALK-positive lung cancer research, visit love4lungs.org.
S2 · E2
Jul 21, 2026
30:44
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