"Voodoo dolls are the one thing I'm always on my high horse about."In this episode, Joanna is joined by author, filmmaker, anthropologist and initiated New Orleans Voodoo priestess Lilith Dorsey for a…
"I don't keep the most valuable things. I keep the things that sing to me." — Evan Michelson What makes an object into a portal for memory, grief, beauty, and the sacred? This week, Joanna Ebenstein…
Grave dirt makes the best mud pies… Leila Taylor, writer, designer, cultural critic and Creative Director of Brooklyn Public Library, joins Joanna Ebenstein for a rich, wide-ranging conversation about…
What Does It Mean to Become Someone Else? Award-winning actor and producer Paul Giamatti joins Joanna Ebenstein for a wide-ranging, eerie, and often amusing conversation about monsters, performance,…
"It's the death of organisms that creates the fertility of the soil." When a storm in Mexico forces a last-minute change of plans, host Joanna Ebenstein is joined by Memento Morbid's Series Producer,…
What happens when the project that defined your life suddenly no longer belongs to you? This week, Joanna Ebenstein is joined by her longtime friend Dylan Thuras, co-founder of Atlas Obscura, to…
What if the dead are not gone at all, but woven into the fabric of everyday life?Historian, scholar of religion and Black studies, and Sinners consultant Yvonne Chireau joins Joanna Ebenstein for a…
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lee Unkrich—director of Coco, Toy Story 3, and longtime Pixar creative—joins Joanna Ebenstein for a deeply personal conversation about collecting, mortality, and the…
What if mediumship and creativity trace back to the same roots?In this episode of Memento Morbid, Joanna Ebenstein is joined by medium, researcher, educator and author Tiffany Hopkins for a…
What happens when a lifelong fascination with mortality leads you into crypts, catacombs, pet cemeteries, and skull festivals across the world?Photographer, writer, and art historian Paul Koudounaris…
