The Mortals
The Mortals
Nathan Morris
The Chair | The Mortals w/ Nathan Morris #226
54 minutes Posted May 7, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Cold open — why I'm doing this3:30 First inaugural live: who this room is for8:45 The smell of a funeral home, and what it means14:20 The widow and her husband's chair (the story)22:10 Grief lives in the small things, not the flowers28:00 Q&A — what would you say to someone you've lost?33:40 Why I write songs from this work40:15 Acoustic performance — Feel Anything50:00 Closing: kindness wins. Be slow to judge.——Some grief doesn't come with flowers. It comes with a chair that nobody sits in anymore.Tonight I'm telling a story from my years as a funeral director — one I've never shared publicly, about a widow who said seven words that I've never forgotten.Drop the name in the chat tonight of someone you've lost.Tuesdays at 7pm EST.Listen to 'Feel Anything': https://tr.ee/rOCca3Connect with Nathan: https://laylo.com/nathanmorris
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0:00 Cold open — why I'm doing this3:30 First inaugural live: who this room is for8:45 The smell of a funeral home, and what it means14:20 The widow and her husband's chair (the story)22:10 Grief lives in the small things, not the flowers28:00 Q&A — what would you say to someone you've lost?33:40 Why I write songs from this work40:15 Acoustic performance — Feel Anything50:00 Closing: kindness wins. Be slow to judge.——Some grief doesn't come with flowers. It comes with a chair that nobody sits in anymore.Tonight I'm telling a story from my years as a funeral director — one I've never shared publicly, about a widow who said seven words that I've never forgotten.Drop the name in the chat tonight of someone you've lost.Tuesdays at 7pm EST.Listen to 'Feel Anything': https://tr.ee/rOCca3Connect with Nathan: https://laylo.com/nathanmorris