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Great Grief

Great Grief

By: Nnenna Freelon
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A podcast about loving greatly through grief WITH NNENNA FREELON. Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon extends an invitation to improvise with loss in her award-winning podcast Great Grief. As a widow and self -described grief sojourner, Freelon uses tools she learned as a jazz musician to live with sorrow’s song.
Bearing witness to loss and change with musically supported storytelling, listen to Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon. Find it wherever you find your podcasts.2023 Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Season 3, Episode 7: Last Dream Home

    Season 3, Episode 7: Last Dream Home
    May 19 2026

    In this final episode of Season 3, I reflect on endings, beginnings, and the mystery of what it means to let go.

    Through story, song, and remembrance, I share the journey behind Last Dream Home — a song born from love, fear, grief, and the quiet unfolding of acceptance. Together, we sit with the unknown, with the tenderness of goodbye, and with the hope that peace may meet us on the other side of sorrow.

    Thank you for walking with me through this season of Great Grief. It has truly been a joy to be in community with you.
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    10 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 6: Love and Kindness Tea

    Season 3, Episode 6: Love and Kindness Tea
    Apr 14 2026

    In this episode, I share a reflection from my book Beneath the Skin of Sorrow—a poetic “recipe” for caring for ourselves in the midst of grief. Loving Kindness Tea invites us to slow down, breathe deeply, and return to gratitude, silence, and love.

    Through story, meditation, and a touch of ritual, we explore how healing can live in small, intentional moments—and how we can begin to live greatly through grief.
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    7 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 5: Window Woman

    Season 3, Episode 5: Window Woman
    Mar 31 2026

    After my husband’s passing, I found myself searching for language that could hold both my grief and my continued capacity to love. Then, a stranger offered me a new way of seeing.

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    10 mins
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