She wanted to see a dead body

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She wanted to see a dead body

Part one of a conversation on death and dying with National Funeral Museum CEO and President Genevieve Keeney Vasquez.

James A. Brown

Sep 23, 2023

This is episode one of Completing the Circle: Conversations on death and dying with the people who embrace it daily.

We begin with Genevieve Keeney Vasquez whose fascination with the dead began when she was a child and driven her career decisions.

Embracing death and understanding its impact on life. (0:00)

The realities of death after natural disasters. (3:15)

A 7-year-old's curiosity about death. (7:48)

Death and the human body. (15:01)

Death, cremation, and curiosity. (20:16)

Part One: She Wanted To See A Dead Body

Part Two: How I became a funeral director

Part Three: Where people are dying and no one admits it

How I became a funeral director

James A. Brown and Genevieve Keeney Vasquez

September 23, 2023

Listen now (27 mins) | This is part two of a series called Completing the circle. Its about death and dying and the people who embrace it everyday like today’s guest Genevieve Keeney Vasquez. She’s spent her whole life wanting to work in these fields centered on death and dying and those they leave behind and she has. She's worked a funeral director, an army medical officer,…

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