A common refrain we hear when there's betrayal of some kind is, did i even know who this person was? Yes. Because the minute you understand the duality in people and why they are the way they are,. I mean, is that right? Is it possible to have that duality and both are true? Even at my worst with my best friends and going, he was an ass hole. You dont because he wasn't. He was a guy who did feel profound struggles in his heart and in his brain and in his actions. It showed up again and again in his writing. Yeh. And so i go toward the danger, and i go toward what's difficult to understand
Susan Messing and Michael McCarthy were a beloved couple in the Chicago comedy scene. Michael passed away from cancer in 2020. As part of Susan’s grieving process, she began to sift through the 50 or so boxes of his writing that he had left behind for her. What followed was a complicated grief.
You can follow Maya @DrMayaShankar on Instagram.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.