Ben Stiller: Facing His Past
12/10/202534 min
Ben Stiller spent the last few years going through boxes of photos, letters, and recordings that his parents, the famous comedy duo known as "Stiller and Meara," left behind. He shares with Anderson the parallels he discovered between his parents and himself and how it has made him re-think his past and his own parenting.
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Host: Anderson Cooper
Showrunner: Haley Thomas
Producers: Chuck Hadad, Grace Walker, Emily Williams
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First 90 secondsAnderson Cooper· Host0:01
Welcome to All There Is. I've been listening to voicemails and videos we've received over the last few weeks. They're deeply moving, and I'll be putting together a special episode of the podcast soon which is made up of them. You can record a video and email it to us if you want. The address is allthereis@cnn.com. You can also message the videos to us on Instagram at allthereis, and you can leave us voicemails at 404-827-1805. We'd love to hear from you. I wanna play you a message I heard just this morning.
Grace0:31
[somber music] My name is Grace. One thing I've learned in my grief, now being almost five years since my mom died by suicide, I've learned, especially as we're approaching the holidays [laughs], that the best place to be on a holiday for me is where there's no expectations of me and where I don't put expectations on myself because I think I have to make a good impression or I think I'm bringing the mood down. And it took me [laughs] a four and a half years in to find it, but I did. She was my high school chemistry teacher, and I've been babysitting her kids. And I go to birthday parties [laughs], and I go to Thanksgivings and Christmases. And if I wanna talk about my mom, they listen. And if I wanna cancel at the last minute, I won't hurt anyone's feelings. By choosing you in your grief on holidays, you may ruffle feathers [laughs] like I do with my blood family. But for me, on holidays, I feel like those are the