Why Hannah East Talks About Her Loss on Stage

About this episode

Giovanna Fletcher interviews comedian Hannah East about her parenting journey and experiences with loss.

In this episode, Gi sits down with comedian Hannah East to talk about the chaos of parenting three children. Hannah shares her unique career journey, from competing on Gladiators (where she met her husband) to presenting at the 2012 Olympics. She also opens up about her fertility struggles and two miscarriages, and how her experiences with grief inspired her to create a stand-up show to help others feel less alone. Buy tickets to Hannah's tour here ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gi

Guest: Hannah East

Topics covered

• parenting
• grief
• fertility
• comedy

Keywords

• miscarriage
• stand-up
• Olympics
• Gladiators

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Hannah's comedy tour

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