The Secret Life of Death Podcast: Episode 10: Neighborhood

Taphophiles are a very niche group of enthusiasts. And so, it stands to reason that podcasts that cater to a niche market are even more nichey. That’s okay. The little gang of cemetery podcasters out there feels warm and homey, even if we’re generally dealing with dead people.

Normally, dealing with dead people all day would be a fine thing but at the end of the past two pandemic-stricken years, even I am looking to have more interactions with the live variety of human. And what better way to bridge these two lands of cemetery podcasting and wanting to talk to a real person than to talk to a cemetery podcaster? So neat and tidy.

Episode 10: Neighborhood is an interview I did with fellow cemetery podcaster, Liz Clappin from TOMB WITH A VIEW PODCAST. We had a great time talking together - Liz is an urban planner for the city of Altanta, GA and takes her knowledge about culture, history and cemetery issues into the streets, if you will. She has some really interesting ideas about how to incorporate cemeteries into a modern and growing city as well as how to utilize historic burying grounds to revililize existing communities.

This episode is about making connections in this world - between cemetery podcasters; between communities and their history; and between the modern world and the world yet to come. We don’t have to repeat the mistakes of the past - and Liz has some ideas that could save us all.

Transcript

Special Thanks for this Episode:
Interviewee: Liz Clappin of TOMB WITH A VIEW PODCAST
Follow Liz’s work on Instagram @tombwithaviewpodcast
Music: provided with permission by Epidemic Sound, LLC
Playful Mischief by Josef Falkenskold
A Touch of You by Oakwood Station
In the Spirit of Cannes by The Flax
Bobby Swing by Baldverk

Sound Effect: PREL Drone 16
Wind Chimes 16