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Eat, Drink, and Be Buried
by Sally Asher
Today: #104 in History on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | #104 | #96 | #95 |
| Oct 4 | #121 | #112 | — |
About the show
Eat, Drink, & Be Buried is a podcast about New Orleans’ culture, customs, & curiosities.
Eat, Drink, & Be Buried is hosted by photographer and award-winning writer Sally Asher, author of Hope & New Orleans: A History of Crescent City Street Names, Stories from the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans , 111 Places in New Orleans That You Must Not Miss, The Mermaids of New Orleans, and The Mermaids’ Night Before Christmas. Her articles have appeared in over a dozen magazines and anthologies. Asher is an in-demand lecturer and has spoken at multiple institutions, such as the Louisiana State Museum, Old U.S. Mint, Louisiana State Capital, the New Orleans Art Museum, the Cabildo, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the Hermann-Grima/Gallier House, Tulane University, Loyola University, the 1850 House, the Beauregard-Keyes House, and New Orleans Public Libraries, among others.
Asher is the owner and operator of Red Sash Tours.
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