One phone call on a spring night and Marie's life exploded. Her journey to understand and live with the events that followed that night is the basis of Sweet Bitters. In this introduction to the podcast series, Marie and Sue give the short version of Marie's story and talk about the philosophy behind the podcast.
In this introductory episode Marie tells us the broad strokes of the events that blew her world apart, from the night that her husband and two sons were arrested on murder charges to the verdict in the courtroom almost two years later.
Sue and Marie talk about how a podcast about one woman's story came to be a podcast about talking about emotional pain. Marie really wanted the story to mean something, to help someone in some way. And Marie's story is so relevant in these difficult times from the injustice of the justice system to living under intense media scrutiny.
You'll also get to know a little more about Sue and Marie. They're clear that neither of them is a counsellor. They are not offering any advice and they don't advocate any particular therapy but they do believe that talking about the events that cause us pain almost always helps with healing. They will tell you a little bit more about their backgrounds and what they bring to the podcast.