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Dying Laughing with Jessimae

Jessimae Peluso

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 “comedy death doula" and "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 by: Debbie Dellorso.🐿️

Podcast music: 🎵 "Consider Death" by Akira the Don

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.)


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

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  • #476
    June 9 · 32 min

    5 Conversations To Have Before It's Too Late | Jessimae Peluso

    EPISODE 31: 5 CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE | JESSIMAE PELUSO Dying Laughing with Jessimae Inspired by a New York Times article about conversations to have with aging parents, Jessimae explores the questions we often wait too long to ask. After polling listeners about what they wish they'd known before a loved one died, this episode expands beyond healthcare and end-of-life planning into something deeper: understanding the people we love while they're still here. From family stories and biggest regrets to childhood memories, life lessons, and unspoken dreams, 5 Conversations To Have Before It's Too Late is a practical and heartfelt guide to preserving connection before it becomes memory. Because one day, the answers disappear, but the questions stay with us forever. 💀 Subscribe, share, and call someone you love. 📖 NYT Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/well/aging-parents.html?nl=from-the-times&segment_id=216384 🎁 EMAIL US: ⁠JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com⁠ ☎️ CALL/TEXT US: 513-916-0930 Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Mix: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQ&pi=fzUNvYr0SP2oG⁠ 🎵 Outro music “Consider Death” by Akira The Don. 🖤 Follow @JessimaePeluso for more: YT: ⁠https://found.ee/jessimae-youtube⁠ TOUR: ⁠https://found.ee/jessimaetour⁠ FAN CLUB: ⁠https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  • #475
    May 26 · 50 min

    The Sound Of Grief | Guitar maker and Widower Micah Teruya

    EPISODE 30: THE SOUND OF GRIEF with Guitar maker and widower, Micah Teruya. Dying Laughing with Jessimae Micah Teruya joins Dying Laughing to discuss losing his wife after her 7-year battle with A.L.L. leukemia, and the extraordinary way he honored her memory by building a guitar containing her ashes and wedding ring. Together, they explore grief, caregiving, creativity after loss, and how pain can transform both art and identity. A moving conversation about love, resilience, and the unexpected gifts grief can leave behind. 💀 Subscribe, rate, and tag your griefiest friend. 🎁 EMAIL US: ⁠JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com⁠ ☎️ CALL/TEXT US: 513-916-0930 Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Mix: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQ&pi=fzUNvYr0SP2oG⁠ 🎵 Outro music “Consider Death” by Akira The Don. 🖤 Follow @JessimaePeluso for more: YT: ⁠https://found.ee/jessimae-youtube⁠ TOUR: ⁠https://found.ee/jessimaetour⁠ FAN CLUB: ⁠https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  • #474
    May 19 · 29 min

    The Art Of Going Silent | Jessimae Peluso

    EPISODE 29: THE ART OF GOING SILENT | Jessimae Peluso Dying Laughing with Jessimae After stepping away for three months to finish her first book, Jessimae returns with an honest, funny, and unexpectedly emotional conversation about grief, burnout, creativity, and what happens when you stop feeding the machine long enough to hear yourself again. In this episode, she talks about the challenges of creative exhaustion, self-motivation, learning how to focus and how to use that focus to your advantage when building something meaningful. She also opens up about unlearning and undoing parts of who she thought she was, her experience at the Hoffman Institute, and the emotional chaos of writing honestly about family, grief… and exes while somewhat sober. Jessimae reflects on disappearing from the internet, the pressure of constant visibility, the strange state of the world while she was gone, and how some healing and transformation can only happen in private. Raw, reflective, and darkly funny, this episode marks the beginning of a new chapter for Dying Laughing. 💀 Subscribe, rate, and tag your griefiest friend. 🎁 EMAIL US: JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com ☎️ CALL/TEXT US: 513-916-0930 Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQ&pi=fzUNvYr0SP2oG 🎵 Outro music “Consider Death” by Akira The Don. 🖤 Follow @JessimaePeluso for more: YT: https://found.ee/jessimae-youtube TOUR: https://found.ee/jessimaetour FAN CLUB: https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  • #473
    February 3 · 1 hr 5 min

    What Happens When We Die | Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden

    EPISODE 28: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE | Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden Dying Laughing with Jessimae Palliative care and hospice nurse Julie McFadden joins Dying Laughing for a calm, honest conversation about death, dying, and what actually matters at the end of life. Jess and Julie break down the real difference between palliative care and hospice, the biggest misconceptions around both, and why a comfortable death is often tied to privilege, access, and timing. They discuss what dying usually looks like in real life, how families can unintentionally make things harder, and what actually helps loved ones die with more dignity and grace. They also explore why death itself is often less scary than we imagine and close with a thoughtful reflection on what may happen to us on a spiritual level when we die. This episode is meant to reduce fear, offer clarity, and help listeners feel more prepared, not just for death, but for living. 💀 Subscribe, rate, and tag your griefiest friend. 🖤 Follow @JessimaePeluso for more. 🎁 Listener Prompt: What do you think happens when we die? (EMAIL US: JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com) Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQ&pi=fzUNvYr0SP2oG CALL or TEXT US: 513-916-0930 EMAIL: JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com Pod music: "Consider Death" by Akira The Don Edited by: Debbie Dellorso Follow JESSIMAE: YT: https://found.ee/jessimae-youtube TOUR: https://found.ee/jessimaetour FAN CLUB: https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  • #472
    January 28 · 52 min

    The Anger Stage Of Grief: Why Anger Isn't Random | Jessimae Peluso

    EPISODE 27: THE ANGER STAGE OF GRIEF EXPLAINED Dying Laughing with Jessimae Anger gets a bad reputation, but it’s usually trying to tell you something. In this episode, I dig into the anger stage of grief and why anger is rarely about what we think it’s about. We talk about how anger often comes from older, unprocessed pain, how it shows up as control, resentment, or “making deals with the universe,” and why ignoring it usually makes everything worse. I also break down famous angry pop culture characters, why we relate to them, and what they reveal about how society handles rage. Plus, I read listener submissions about the things that make them the most angry, from the deeply personal to the hilariously unhinged. This episode is honest, funny, and uncomfortable in the best way, because anger isn’t the problem. Avoiding it is. ALAN WATTS on ANGER: https://youtu.be/Jd-lUSbMJAA?si=-LmdLE4VxiMSHKfV 💀 Subscribe, rate, and tag your griefiest friend. 🖤 Follow @JessimaePeluso for more. 🎁 Listener Prompt: How do you process your anger? Who's your favorite angry character? (EMAIL US: JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com) Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQ&pi=fzUNvYr0SP2oG CALL/TEXT US: 513-916-0930 EMAIL: JessimaePelusoComedy@gmail.com Outro music "Breathe" by Tyler Labine & Adanac. Edited by: Debbie Dellorso Follow JESSIMAE: YT: https://found.ee/jessimae-youtube TOUR: https://found.ee/jessimaetour FAN CLUB: https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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