Dying Laughing with Jessimae

Dying Laughing with Jessimae

Welcome to Dying Laughing — the comedy podcast that explores grief in all its messy, magical, and mortifying glory. Hosted by stand-up comedian, Netflix host, and professional grief reliever Jessimae Peluso aka your favorite “griefluencer” — this show dares to laugh in the face of death, because if you’re not laughing, you’re crying in a Marshall’s fitting room while listening to Fleetwood Mac on repeat. You’re going to lose a lot in this life: your loved ones, your job, your dog (way harder than your ex), your relationship, your mind, your appetite and yes, your favorite necklace that your dad gave you (which your toxic ex absolutely kept). While all of that sounds brutal, it can also be beautiful. I call it brutiful. Each week, I invite you into real, raw, and ridiculously funny conversations about how we survive loss, reclaim joy, and sometimes ugly-cry in public. Everything deserves a proper burial - even our dignity. Welcome to Dying Laughing with Jessimae. 💀🖤 Editing and promos by: Debbie Dellorso.🐿️ New show. New name. Same Jessimae. Follow @JessimaePeluso + subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts. 💀🎤 Join our Patreon fan club to get exclusive podcast videos and episodes: https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon Contact us: Email: JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com Text/Voicemail: 513-916-0930 (Call and leave us a VM to be played on the podcast.) Podcast music: "Breathe" by Tyler Labine. FOLLOW JESSIMAE FOR MORE FUN IN YOUR LIFE: 🎧SUBSCRIBE TO THE DYING LAUGHING POD: https://found.ee/DyingLaughing 💗SUPPORT THE FAN CLUB: https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon 🎟️SEE JESSIMAE LIVE: https://found.ee/jessimaetour ⭐️CHECK OUT JESSIMAE’S WEBSITE: https://found.ee/Jessimae 📺FOLLOW JESSIMAE ON IG: https://found.ee/InstaJess 📹BOOK A CAMEO: https://found.ee/cameo-with-jessimae Alzheimer's Disease resources: Hilarity For Charity: ⁠⁠https://wearehfc.org⁠⁠ Alzheimer's Association: ⁠⁠https://www.alz.org/socal⁠⁠

Episodes

DYING LAUGHING'S HOLIDAY SURVIVAL: THANKSGIVING EDITION

November 26, 2025 • 29 mins
EPISODE 22: DYING LAUGHING'S HOLIDAY SURVIVAL — THANKSGIVING EDITION Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this special Thanksgiving episode, Jessimae Peluso returns to her hometown of Syracuse, NY to share a comedic and heartfelt Holiday Survival Guide. From family dynamics and childhood nostalgia to managing grief during the holidays, this episode blends humor, honesty, and practical emotional tools. Jessimae covers micro-joys, boun...
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Fear & Loafing — How Grief Consumes You | Dying Laughing with Jessimae

November 21, 2025 • 37 mins
EPISODE 21: FEAR & LOAFING — HOW GRIEF CONSUMES YOU Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this rereleased episode,  (Part 6 of Grief Survival Guide miniseries) Fear & Loafing: How Grief Consumes You, Jessimae opens up about the ways she coped after losing both of her parents — from emotional eating and drinking to feeling unmotivated, inconsistent, and overwhelmed by fear. She explores how indulgence can become both a comfort and a cos...
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The Language Of Loss | Jessimae Peluso

November 11, 2025 • 30 mins
EPISODE 20: THE LANGUAGE OF LOSS Dying Laughing with Jessimae This episode is about the hardest gift we ever give — letting go. Jessimae shares what she learned from planning her dog Carlin’s last day: how she knew it was time, the choice between home or hospital, and how even grief has its own language. It’s tender, funny, and full of love because that’s what Carlin gave her every single day. 💀 Subscribe, share, and hug your ...
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The Stages Of Grief: Hunger & Jealousy (How Grief Eats at You) | Jessimae Peluso

November 8, 2025 • 57 mins
EPISODE 19: HUNGER & JEALOUSY — HOW GRIEF EATS AT YOU Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this rereleased episode from The Stages of Grief series, Jessimae dives into the emotional appetite of loss — that weird, hollow feeling that’s part sadness, part starvation. She explores how grief can make you feel insatiable, jealous, and constantly searching for something to fill the space that loss leaves behind. From emotional eating to en...
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Life Lessons From My Pitbull | Jessimae Peluso

October 25, 2025 • 47 mins
EPISODE 18: LIFE LESSONS FROM MY PITBULL : SAYING GOODBYE TO A PET Dying Laughing with Jessimae This episode is a love letter to my dog, Carlin Joseph Peluso, the happiest pitbull on Earth and the longest relationship I’ve ever had. As I prepare to say goodbye, I reflect on the weird, beautiful process of anticipatory grief and the lessons he’s taught me about loyalty, joy, and letting go. It’s funny, raw, and full of love becau...
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Max Lugavere on Dementia, Brain Health & the Science of Healing | Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso

October 7, 2025 • 66 mins
EPISODE 17: MAX LUGAVERE ON DEMENTIA, DIET & THE SCIENCE OF HEALING Dying Laughing with Jessimae (rereleased episode from December 2020) Max shares his deeply personal journey through his mother’s diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia, how it changed his family, and the relentless reality of caring for someone with a degenerative disease. Together, they unpack the emotional toll of dementia, the beauty and pain of end-of-life preparati...
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Celebrating Your Dead Dad's Birthday | Jessimae Peluso

September 30, 2025 • 29 mins
EPISODE 16: MY DEAD DAD’S BIRTHDAY: CHICKEN RIGGIES & FLATULENCE Dying Laughing with Jessimae Today would’ve been my dad’s birthday, and instead of ignoring the day—or crying into a store-bought cupcake—I decided to celebrate him the best way I know how: by telling stories, roasting his quirks, and making chicken riggies for my family. It's an Upstate thing! In this episode, I share memories of my dad and reflect on the weirdn...
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The Stages Of Grief: Sadness and Shopping | Jessimae Peluso

September 22, 2025 • 53 mins
EPISODE 15: THE STAGES OF GRIEF: SADNESS & SHOPPING  Dying Laughing with Jessimae (Rereleased episode from 2020) In this rereleased episode—recorded just weeks after my mom passed—I tried to make sense of the unthinkable by doing what any grieving comedian-slash-daughter might do: I put the fun in orphan. This is one of the first raw reflections I recorded post-loss, and it’s full of emotional spirals, weird shopping habits, an...
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The Birthday Grief Guide | Jessimae Peluso

September 16, 2025 • 41 mins
EPISODE 14: THE BIRTHDAY GRIEF GUIDE Dying Laughing with Jessimae What happens when your birthday rolls around… and your parents aren’t here to call, guilt-trip, or send a check? In this episode, Jessimae offers a brutally honest and hilarious guide to aging while grieving. From the Ghosts of Birthdays Past (Chuck E. Cheese, roulette, and Champagne from Truffle Shuffle), to Aging While Orphaned (no backup, no birthday boxes, no ...
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The Stages of Grief: Pain and Guilt | Jessimae Peluso

September 9, 2025 • 40 mins
EPISODE 13: THE STAGES OF GRIEF: PAIN & GUILT Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this episode of Dying Laughing, Jessimae unpacks one of the heaviest stages of grief: pain and guilt. Recording from her sister’s garage, she reflects on her own guilt around not being there when either of her parents passed, and the obsessive cycle of woulda’s, coulda’s, and shoulda’s that so often follow us through this stage of grief after loss. She...
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The Struggle Is Real | Jessimae Peluso

September 2, 2025 • 39 mins
EPISODE 12: THE STRUGGLE IS REAL Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this episode of Dying Laughing, Jessimae takes on the messy, universal theme of struggle and proves it doesn’t have to define us. She answers fan-submitted questions about everything from navigating suicide loss, to the challenges of single parenting, to what it feels like to believe you’re unworthy of love. Jessimae also opens up about her own battles with acne, l...
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The Stages of Grief: Day Drinking | Jessimae Peluso

August 26, 2025 • 45 mins
EPISODE 11: THE STAGES OF GRIEF: DAY DRINKING In this throwback episode, I'm taking you back to 2020, just weeks after my mom died. I recorded this in my sister’s backyard with a Yeti cup full of red wine, a little weed, and a whole lot of shock and anger. I talk about what it felt like to face my mom’s birthday after losing her, the fog of grief brain, how we distract ourselves from pain, and the strange mix of heartbreak and...
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The Deaths We Don’t Bury | Kyle Creek (aka The Captain)

August 19, 2025 • 68 mins
EPISODE 10: THE DEATHS WE DON'T BURY | KYLE CREEK (aka The Captain) Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso Not all grief comes with a casket. In this episode, Jessimae sits down with writer and provocateur Kyle Creek. better known as The Captain to talk about the invisible deaths we carry: identity shifts, old selves, broken dreams, and relationships that died without closure.  We also discuss the death of parts of the self in ord...
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Denial Is a River | Jessimae Peluso

August 17, 2025 • 59 mins
BONUS EPISODE 9: DENIAL (from GRIEF SURVIVAL GUIDE MINISERIES) Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this bonus throwback episode from Jessimae’s Sharp Tongue's Grief Survival Guide miniseries, we dig into the first stage of grief: Denial. Recorded shortly after losing her mom, Jessimae reflects on what it feels like when reality just won’t sink in...the suspended state of disbelief, the way grief slows you down, and how talking about...
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The Stages of Grief: Denial | Jessimae Peluso

August 12, 2025 • 29 mins
EPISODE 8: THE STAGES OF GRIEF: DENIAL Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso We’re kicking off the first stage of grief...Denial. You know… that magical headspace where you tell yourself everything’s fine, even when your 15-year-old dog is basically applying for Social Security. In this episode of Dying Laughing, I share how denial has shown up in my life (spoiler: a lot), why dogs are little time capsules, and I read submission...
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How To Heal After Loss | Sarah Barthel (Phantogram)

August 5, 2025 • 58 mins
EPISODE 7: HOW TO HEAL AFTER LOSS | SARAH BARTHEL (Phantogram) Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso In this powerful continuation of our conversation, Sarah Barthel opens up about how grief reshaped her relationship with her mother, and how a life-altering session with a medium helped her entire family process their loss in a deeply emotional and unexpected way. We also answer questions from listeners about navigating heartbreak...
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How Art Heals Grief | Sarah Barthel Pt. 1

July 29, 2025 • 57 mins
EPISODE 6: HOW ART HEALS GRIEF | SARAH BARTHEL (Phantogram) Pt. 1  Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso In this deeply personal episode of Dying Laughing, Jessimae sits down with her dear friend and musical powerhouse, Sarah Barthel lead singer of Phantogram and one of the most beautiful souls on the planet. The two reflect on how they met during a USO Christmas tour, both navigating fresh grief, and how that shared heartbreak tu...
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The Stages Of Grief | Jessimae Peluso

July 22, 2025 • 29 mins
EPISODE 5: THE STAGES OF GRIEF Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso In this episode, I’m diving into the five stages of grief or as I like to call them, the emotional group chat from hell. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance sound great on paper... but in real life? They’re messy, unpredictable, and rarely show up in order. I’m sharing how each stage actually unfolded for me, with stories pulled from my Grief Sur...
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If You Would Have Told Me | John Stamos Pt. 2

July 15, 2025 • 96 mins
EPISODE 4: JOHN STAMOS | IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME (Part 2) Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso Part two with Stamos, baby! We go even deeper in this one. We recorded before the recent passing of Brian Wilson’s wife, Melinda so the conversation around his work with The Beach Boys hits even harder now. We talk about how music helps us survive grief, the real behind-the-scenes magic of Full House, and how our mutual friend Jeff Ros...
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If You Would Have Told Me | John Stamos Pt. 1

July 8, 2025 • 53 mins
EPISODE 3: JOHN STAMOS | IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME (Pt. 1) Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso You think you know John Stamos. But do you know what his biggest grief was? Or why he secretly relates to all of us who’ve lost someone and can’t quite let them go? In Part One of this two-parter, I sit down with John Stamos not just as a celebrity, but as a human being who’s lived through major loss, public pressure, and Full House-le...
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