Goodbye to All This Podcast
鈥淚 still love him and I miss him.鈥� Losing the thing you are most sure of and coming out the other side - a story about life, love and loss. A 12-part memoir by Sophie Townsend.
Episodes to download
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12. Moving
Mon 28 Dec 2020
He鈥檚 still here all the time. Yet he鈥檚 not. And a diary has more in it than expected
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11. The shoe
Mon 21 Dec 2020
鈥淪he hates me going into her room鈥�. A pink, strappy, high-heeled shoe causes a big row
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10. Appointment
Mon 14 Dec 2020
The washing machine breaks. The bills are mounting. Sophie almost electrocutes herself
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9. Something new
Mon 7 Dec 2020
鈥淵ou鈥檒l never find anyone if you鈥檙e not online.鈥� Sophie is ready to start dating again
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8. Going under
Mon 30 Nov 2020
鈥淢ama, I can鈥檛 get to you!鈥� There鈥檚 unexpected danger on a family holiday
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7. Port in the storm
Mon 23 Nov 2020
鈥淗is death is nothing like the worst thing. The worst thing is now鈥�
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4. Crashing waves
Mon 2 Nov 2020
鈥淚鈥檓 sorry it鈥檚 not better news.鈥� A hospital appointment feels like a polite break-up
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3. Family portrait
Mon 26 Oct 2020
鈥淗old on, we think. Hold on.鈥� A photo and a moment captured, before it all begins
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2. The secret
Sun 18 Oct 2020
鈥淥f course you鈥檙e crying. You鈥檙e very, very frightened.鈥� And now nobody must know
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1. A shadow
Sun 11 Oct 2020
鈥淗e blows a kiss and I see it - exhaustion in his eyes. How didn鈥檛 I notice it before?鈥�
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Prologue
Thu 1 Oct 2020
鈥淚 don鈥檛 dream about him for weeks. And then, there he is, woven into my sleep.鈥�
Goodbye to All This on YouTube
See visualised versions of Sophie Townsend's memoir on the World Service YouTube channel
