RU314: JOANNA EBENSTEIN ON MEMENTO MORI: THE ART OF CONTEMPLATING DEATH TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE http://www.renderingunconscious.org/jung/ru314-joanna-ebenstein-founder-of-morbid-anatomy-museum-on-memento-mori/

Rendering Unconscious episode 314.

Joanna Ebenstein is an author and the founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy Museum. https://www.morbidanatomy.org/

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Be sure to check out this previous episode:

RU76: JOANNA EBENSTEIN, CURATOR & AUTHOR OF MORBID ANATOMY

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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture by William Leach https://amzn.to/4eRDjbI

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