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Sam Irving
Season 8, Ep. 155
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This week Cariad talks to improviser and actor Sam Irving (Spontaneous Sherlock & Spontaneous Potter) about his experience of the Dunblane School massacre. Sam was a pupil at the Dunblane Primary school when the massacre occurred in 1996. As ever we talk grief, processing trauma after many years + Bob Dylan.
Here is the list of organisations that Sam mentions in the show:
- Change The Ref - empowering young people to enact societal change, particularly around gun regulation and the NRA. Founded by the parents of one of the Parkland victims.
- Newtown Action Alliance - founded by Newtown residents after the Sandy Hook massacre. Pushing for legislative and cultural change to reduce gun violence.
https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/
- March For Our Lives - a student-led volunteer group campaigning for an end to gun violence
- Gun Control Network - UK-based non-profit founded after the Dunblane massacre, pushing for further gun control measures in the UK.
http://gun-control-network.org/gun-control-network
You can follow Sam's improv troupe @thespontplayers on Twitter or for more info head to:
https://www.thespontaneousplayers.com/
You can follow the Griefcast on Twitter + Instagram @thegriefcast
Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios (or Cariad's living room in lockdown), artwork is by Jayde Perkin and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.
Rose D'or Nominee 2019, Podcast of the Year 2018, Best Podcast ARIA's 2018.
Apple Podcast Spotlight pick for October 2021
"the pandemic's most important podcast" Telegraph
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