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Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1)

Episode 7: The First Moments Alone

What happens when the chaos quiets down and you’re left alone? Just…you. And the silence. The first moments that you actually begin to process losing your spouse and flood of emotions, thoughts, and actions that follow.

In this episode, Jamal and Dave talk through the most emotionally raw day of all—the first morning and moments after losing their wives. The sounds, the stillness, the surreal moments. This is the part of grief no one prepares you for.

Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death is a podcast that explores the raw, unfiltered reality of surviving profound personal loss—and finding a way forward. The idea for the podcast was born after David and Jamal met in 2023. Both widowers, who had lost their wives to cancer, quickly found a deep connection through multiple conversations about pain, perseverance, and parenthood. They realized that while men often bond over music, sports, or TV, they rarely speak candidly about loss or emotional recovery. Getting Back Up was created to change that narrative—blending the everyday with the existential in a format that’s as relatable as it is real.

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Hosts: David McClain & Jamal Jones

Executive Directors: Marlon Jackson & Ted Winners (Like A Gazelle Productions)

Editing: Steve Senisi (Reel Media)

Music:

• Grenada, "Treasure"
• McDonald, Otis, "Phife for Life", http://www.otismacmusic.com

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