A Daughter's Inheritance
A podcast that explores the complex, sometimes beautiful, sometimes painful relationships of mothers and daughters. Each episode host, Susan Seal, sits down with a daughter(s) whose mother has passed, and they explore the story of her mother as well as the complexities of their relationship and what it means to carry forward the inheritance that was passed down.
The podcast launched with 3 episodes the week of Mother's Day 2026. New episodes drop on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month.
Episodes
11 episodes
I Write Because She Couldn't
Donna Ladd was in the third grade when her mother sat her down and said the words she'd never forget: "I can't read or write. I'm gonna need you to help me do my business." In this episode, award-winning journalist and Mississippi F...
Two to Tango: Lorene “Allie” Wright Clevinger
In this episode of A Daughter's Inheritance, host Susan Seal talks with Dr. Donna Clevinger, professor and senior faculty fellow in Mississippi State's Shackouls Honors College, about the mother who shaped her life on and off the stage...
Mrs. Katherine, The Beauty Shop Counselor
This week on A Daughter's Inheritance, I'm joined by my colleague and friend Gail Miller, who works alongside me at the College of Professional and Continuing Studies. Gail shares the story of her mother, Mary Catherine Williams, known...
Playing the Hand You're Dealt
In this episode of A Daughter's Inheritance, Susan sits down with Kate Salter Gregory, Associate Professor and Director of the Mississippi Political Collections at Mississippi State University Libraries who has learned to make th...
Discovering Joy, A Restless Pioneer
She was impatient, restless, and by her own daughter's admission, a bit of a hot mess. But Joy Griner was also a pioneer, a woman who grew up in the hills of West Virginia in the 1930s and spent a lifetime pushing back against what the world to...
Recognizing Her Strength
In this episode, I sit down with Diana Eubanks, DVM for a moving conversation about her mother Diane, a woman who once confessed that "apple pie and motherhood" might not be her thing. Their relationship wasn't always the best, and Diana's dad ...
Fear Finds Faith
Rhonda DiBiase grew up a Mississippi Delta girl and lives 12 miles from the town where she was born. She was shaped by a mother who never claimed to have all the answers but somehow always knew just what to say. In this conversation, the ...
Absent, But Ever-Present
Losing a mother is difficult at any age but losing her as a toddler creates a longing that can shape an entire life.In this episode, Nina Rivenburgh opens up about what it means to grow up without her mother, who stepped in to nurture he...
The Hankins Girls Remember
The mother-daughter relationship is complicated enough on its own. Add siblings to the conversation, and things get really interesting.In this episode, Susan sits down with three of four sisters to explore how one woman shaped each of th...
Bobbie Seal, Where it Begins
In this first episode, Susan introduces the heart behind the podcast and the woman who inspired it, her mother, Bobbie Seal. Through conversation with her cousin Linda Weir, Susan begins to trace the outline of a life that shaped her own,...