Hey, it's Anderson Cooper.

If you listened to episode one of the podcast last week, I want to say thank you.

And thanks for coming back to episode two.

I've gotten so many comments from you and direct messages on Instagram, which is pretty

much the only social media place I am anymore.

And it's been really beautiful to read them.

They're personal, they're intimate, they're deeply felt, except for the ones about buying

cryptocurrency, which I haven't because frankly, I don't really understand what it is.

But so many of you have been willing to share with me in the names of your loved ones who've

died and how you face and are still facing their loss and that sadness.

As isolating and lonely as grief can be, a sadness can be.

It's also something that links all of us together.

And I'm really grateful for that.

And I'm grateful for you for listening.

And this is your first time listening to the podcast.

I'm going through my mom's apartments, packing them up, going through all her things,

but in going through her things, I'm also coming across things that belonged to my brother

who died when I was 21.

He was 23 by suicide and things that belonged to my dad who died when I was 10 years old.

I keep opening up closets and boxes and finding new things and I'm still struggling to figure

out what to do with them all.

Turn on the lights.

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