Grave Matters (podcast)
BackStory, with the American History Guys (May 23, 2014)
This week the genius history podcast BackStory rebroadcasted their show “Grave Matters” in honor of Memorial Day.
Did you know that the term “funeral parlors” was a marketing riff on the Victorian parlor room of the home, the inevitable site of the wake and funeral? To kick the dour image of death, the parlor eventually morphed into the “living” room. BOOM!
https://soundcloud.com/backstory/grave-matters
Do check it out. Always informative and entertaining, BackStory is one my (Meg’s) favorite podcasts.