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Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

Jamal Jones & David McClain

27 episodes

6 days ago

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 22: For the People - A Conversation with our Community In this episode, Jamal and Dave step back from the mic to reflect on the journey so far—and to respond to you, the Getting Back Up community. Since launching, we’ve received love, critique, DMs, and real talk from people across the country. And today, we’re talking about it all. What’s landed. What we missed. What surprised us. And why your feedback—every b...

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Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 22: For the People - A Conversation with our Community In this episode, Jamal and Dave step back from the mic to reflect on the journey so far—and to respond to you, the Getting Back Up community. Since launching, we’ve received love, critique, DMs, and real talk from people across the country. And today, we’re talking about it all. What’s landed. What we missed. What surprised us. And why your feedback—every b...

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Episodes (20/27)

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

22: For the People - A Conversation with our Community

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 22: For the People - A Conversation with our Community In this episode, Jamal and Dave step back from the mic to reflect on the journey so far—and to respond to you, the Getting Back Up community. Since launching, we’ve received love, critique, DMs, and real talk from people across the country. And today, we’re talking about it all. What’s landed. What we missed. What surprised us. And why your feedback—every b...

1 week ago

46 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

21: A Son’s Reflection on Love, Loss, and Legacy with Russell Hornsby (Part 1)

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 21: A Son’s Reflection on Love, Loss, & Legacy with Russell Hornsby (Part 1) In this deeply personal conversation, Jamal and David sit down with acclaimed actor Russell Hornsby to talk about the kind of loss that doesn’t always make headlines—but leaves a lifelong imprint. Known for his roles in Fences, Grimm, The Hate U Give, BMF, and many more plays, movies, and tv shows, Russell opens up about him ...

2 weeks ago

48 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

A Thanksgiving Break

Send us a text Going into Thanksgiving and somewhat taking a break. We are thankful to our fans and listeners and grateful for this community. 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 mu...

3 weeks ago

3 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

20. Children and Grief with Kelly Medvin (LPC)

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 20: Children and Grief with Kelly Medvin (LPC) In this episode, Jamal and Dave sit down with Kelly Medvin, a licensed professional counselor from New Jersey whose work with grieving families began with her own story—losing her sister suddenly and stepping in to support her young nieces and nephews through unimaginable pain. That personal loss became the foundation for a career dedicated to helping children proc...

4 weeks ago

53 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

19: Life After Loss w/ Melody Rollins Downes (Part 2)

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 19: Life After Loss w/ Melody Rollins Downes (Part 2) In Part 2 of thier powerful conversation, Melody opens up about the final chapter of her husband’s life—the caregiving, the chaos, the clarity, and the quiet moments in between. This episode goes deeper into how they managed their marriage, family, and friendships while facing the unimaginable. David and Jamal accompany Melody as she shares what it meant to ...

1 month ago

46 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

18: Life After Loss w/ Melody Rollins Downes (Part 1)

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 18: Life After Loss w/ Melody Rollins Downes (Part 1) In this episode, Jamal and David sit down with Melody Rollins Downes, a close friend, mother, and widow, to explore the full story—not just the moment of loss, but the life that came before it. Melody opens up about her childhood, her marriage, and what it meant to love deeply—and then lose suddenly. She reflects on how grief shaped her—but didn’t define her...

1 month ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

17: The Holidays After Loss

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 17: The Holidays After Loss For anyone grieving, the holiday season doesn’t just bring lights and cheer—it brings shadows, silence, and reminders of what (and who) is missing. In this episode, Jamal and Dave get real about what it’s like to face your first holiday after losing someone you love—and every holiday after that. Through personal stories of their first holidays post-loss, from potlucks that kept grief...

1 month ago

42 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

16.5: Time Out - Still Getting Back Up

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 16.5: Time Out - Still Getting Back Up Ten episodes later, we’ve gone from the first morning alone to parenting through pain, rediscovering purpose, and opening our hearts to what comes next. In this reflection episode, Jamal and Dave look back at where they’ve been—from telling the kids, facing funerals, and handling solo parenting, to navigating new love. They share the lessons that stuck, the moments that su...

1 month ago

32 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

16. New Love on the Horizon

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 16: New Love On the Horizon Falling in love again after loss is layered. In this episode, Jamal and Dave reflect on what it means to move forward while still honoring the past. Jamal shares how his connection with Jordan grew organically—through friendship, life experiences, and timing—and how stepping into a new relationship challenged him to lead with honesty, emotional clarity, and self-awareness. Dave offer...

2 months ago

55 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

15. The DadMom - Taking Over the Solos

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 15: The DadMom - Taking Over the Solos Being a solo parent after loss isn’t just about logistics—it’s about stepping into the spotlight when the lead singer of the band is gone. In this episode, Jamal and Dave reflect on what it means to go from backup to front man when raising kids in the aftermath of losing their mothers. Then, in classic GBU fashion, they flip the script with the funny—and unexpectedl...

2 months ago

33 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

14. Dating again: What we learned. What you should know.

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 14: Dating again: What we learned. What you should know. Dating after loss is a different kind of game—and the playbook isn’t exactly handed to you. You’ve changed. The world has changed. And when it comes to love after grief… nobody teaches you how to try again. In this episode, Jamal and David lay out the dating truths they learned the hard way, and the tips they wish someone had told them before stepping ba...

2 months ago

20 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

13. We were ready to date. Or were we?

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 13: We were ready to date...Or were we? In this episode, Jamal and Dave talk about what it was like to start dating after months of loneliness. After all, they were single fathers trying to focus on their kids, also realizing that there was something missing. Besides the pressure to meet everyone else’s expectations, they had their own. Episode 13 covers some of the dating experiences, what th...

2 months ago

40 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

12: The Tough First Solo Decisions

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 12: The Tough First Solo Decisions From what to make for dinner… to how to fill out “Mother” on a school form—those first solo decisions hit harder than expected. In this episode, Jamal and Dave talk through the early choices that reminded them they were doing life without their partners. The fear, the guilt, the random breakdowns in grocery store aisles—it’s all on the table. This episode is for every single pa...

3 months ago

42 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

11. The Pressure to Move On...Or Just Move

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 11: The Pressure to Move On...or Just Move Everyone’s got opinions when you’re grieving—especially the folks who’ve never done it. In this episode, Jamal and Dave get real about the pressure to “move on” after losing a spouse. From advice that stings to silence that screams, they unpack what happens when society wants you to heal faster than you’re ready or slower than you need to. Getting Back Up: Finding...

3 months ago

42 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

10: When the Calls Stop Coming...It's just me.

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 10: When the Calls Stop Coming...It's just me. The food stops showing up. The texts stop buzzing. The people who promised to be there… vanish. In this episode, Jamal and Dave open up about the moment the crowd fades and the real loneliness begins. They share their own stories, call out the awkwardness, and break down what happens when grief and parenting becomes yours alone to carry. This one’s for anyone ...

3 months ago

56 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

9: Honoring A Life & Your Rite of Passage

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 9: Honoring A Life & Your Rite of Passage The church was full. Or maybe it was nearly empty. Either way, you stood there—grieving, performing, surviving. In this episode, Jamal and Dave reflect on the surreal experience of the services held for their late wives. From family pressure to what they wish they’d done differently, they unpack one of the hardest days in any widower’s life. Getting Back Up: Fi...

3 months ago

1 hour 18 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

8. How Do You Tell the Kids?

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 8: How Do You Tell the Kids? There’s no blueprint for this. No playbook. Just a heart that’s breaking—and a child looking to you for answers. In this episode, Jamal and Dave revisit the most painful part of early grief: telling their kids (and family) that their wives were gone. They share the words they used, the ones they couldn’t say, and the moments that shattered them. If you’ve ever had to deliver de...

3 months ago

35 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

7. The First Moments Alone...

Send us a text 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 sou...

4 months ago

38 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

6.5. Timeout: Let's Catch Our Breath

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 6.5: Timeout: Let's Catch Our Breath In this special episode, Jamal and Dave reflect on the first six episodes of Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death. From their origin stories to the passing of their wives, the journey so far has been raw, emotional, and deeply personal. But before diving into what comes next—those quiet moments, the loneliness, the pressure to move on—they’re taking a timeout...

4 months ago

11 minutes

Getting Back Up Podcast: Finding Life After Death

6. Til Death Do Us Part

Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 6: Til Death Do Us Part In this episode, we talk about the final days—what we remember, how we coped, and the moments that made us laugh and cry. Honest, raw, and full of love. This episode starts to tease the questions, "Is she really gone?" and "What the hell do I do next?" Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death is a podcast that explores the raw, unfiltered reality of surviving profound...

4 months ago

19 minutes