Life is for the Living
Everyone has a story to tell, and in this podcast I sit down with a group of guests to learn about their childhoods, their marriages and children, the highs and low of their lives, and the stories that left them laughing or crying. And in so doing, show us a little bit of what it means to be human.Each season centers on a group of guests tied together with a common thread.
Season 1 focuses on 5 Quakers or ex-Quakers from the Las Cruces Friends Meeting, and I also ask them why they became Quakers, and if they left Quakerism, why.
In Season 2 I interview immigrants from around the world who all came to the New World to find a better life. I ask why they left, what immigration and integration was like for them, and what it means to be an immigrant.
Life is for the Living
4.9 - Race, Cemeteries and Death
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jennifer Blanks, also known on Instagram as The Cemetery Sista, about her work locating and documenting African American cemeteries in Texas and Louisiana, how race affects the experience of death, and how New Orleans does death right.
Dr Blank's Website: The Cemetery Sista LLC