Communist Plot

For lack of better content, here's an episode that's mostly a powerpoint presentation on goth fashion I did in grad school. Listen and follow along! The presentation is here. Consider following us on our Patreon ! Other links: Nashville Scene Death Issue The Three Nashville Cemeteries You Can Not Miss by L.A. History Girl Pictures of Midway Plantation Slave Cemetery

Elizabeth is here to talk about people being scared to death and then read you a ghost story! Happy Halloween! Resources: Scared to Death: Emotional Stress Causing Fatal Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries in Women Scared to Death: Fatal Encounters with Ghosts The Cemetery and the Fear of the Dead

A brief overview of space burials--who's up there already, how can you join them, and all the ethical dilemmas you may want to consider. References and Further Reading: Ethical Dilemmas of Space Memorial Services by Zhanna L. Malekos Smith Biden Administration to Consult with Navajo About Human Remains on the Moon By Marcia Smith This Texas company has sent remains of 'Star Trek' actor...

⁠Help Moutaz and His Family in Gaza⁠ Catching up on some things we've been up to this past year, recapping a few summer cemeteries, and getting back into the swing of things. New episodes coming at you on Saturdays this season. Check out pictures of the cemeteries we're talking about on our Patreon or Instagram .

The TL;DR of this is we're still on the struggle bus this year, but hopefully we'll have some episodes for you soon. <3

Hey, we're not going to be putting out new episodes for a bit. Elizabeth is out of commission and could use any dollars you might have if you want to throw them her way via our Ko-fi. Link to our Ko-Fi Link to our Patreon

This week we're discussing Rosicrucianism and the ethics of displaying mummies in museums with only a tangent or two about musical theater. (Hope you're a fan of us having a rambling conversation because I only had time to make one pass on the edit.) Pictures I took at Rosicrucian Park are here . References: Rosicrucian Park Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum The least problematic human remains? by Angel...

Elizabeth is taken by the Odinsleep so it's just Phoebe telling you about some cemeteries for like 15 minutes. Pictures of them are here. Amelia White and Talbird are Gullah cemeteries in Hilton Head, SC. Colonial Park Cemetery is in Savannah, GA. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery is in Santa Rosa, CA.   Reference and links:  Advocates seek to protect Black burial grounds in Goose Creek, Hilton Head by Ad...

Season 5 kicks off with some info about what's been going on with us and talking about a few cemeteries. Pictures of Oak Hill and Bluff City cemeteries can be found here . Links: Gaza relief: https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Hurricane relief: https://www.colaborativalamilpa.org/donate https://heleneaid.com/ References: Mountain Home National Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery Facebook Page Bluff City Cemet...

Here's our exceedingly brief and vague promo for our next season that begins October 2nd.

Phoebe's long-awaited review of Hollywood Forever and Elizabeth talks about recent developments in Gaza. For pictures from Hollywood Forever and other content, please check us out on Patreon ! References: Russians Are Dying to Be Buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery Celebrating the Dead Is No Grave Undertaking Burial Plots The Untold Truth Of Hollywood Forever Cemetery Dying man scammed out of...

Phoebe visited Los Gatos Memorial Park and reports back to Elizabeth about the experience, telling her about Moshe Menuhin and Fremont Older, two cool dudes who are buried there, and then proceeds to be very inarticulate about why this cemetery felt weird despite being pretty nice. Also, we just launched a new merch store via Threadless And, as always, you can subscribe to our Patreon for good vib...

Surprise! Here's an episode about some cemeteries we visited in December. We hope to settle on something like a schedule soon and you'll be the first to know! References: Historic marker placed at Owen-Moore Cemetery in Brentwood Little-known Hardscuffle community vital to Brentwood history Nashville Historical Newsletter: Woodlawn Memorial Park

Talking about the various intersections of dying and climate change. --- This episode starts off with a note about Gaza. A good comrade put together this link tree that has places to donate, ways to find rallies near you, and scripts & links for contacting your reps. Check out CeasefireToday.com . One of Elizabeth's Palestinian friends sent her links to some Palestinian artists and encoura...

Part 2 of Elizabeth exploring her options for becoming a tree after death. This one is mostly about mushrooms. References: Infinity Burial's Instagram 4 Things to Know About Fungi Climate Warriors How the Mushroom Death Suit Will Change the Way We Die Mycoremediation: How Fungi Can Repair Our Land Mushrooms and Their Relationship with Trees Ep. 119 of Undertaking The Podcast The Mushrooms That Ate...

Elizabeth looks into how she can make her dream a reality and become a tree after she dies. References: The Appalachian Son Instagram reel that started this journey Return Home Terramation responds to Steve-O Australian Academy of Science, "Deadly secrets—the science of decomposition" ⁠⁠New Scientist article, "Grave soil whispers time of death tip-off"⁠⁠ TW: Pics of deceased pi...

Welcome to season 4! In this episode we briefly catch up on what's been happening in our lives since last year, followed by Phoebe talking about the three cemeteries she visited over the summer: Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery in Hilton Head, SC; the Illinois State Training School cemetery in Geneva, IL; and Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, IL. References: Heritage Library site about Zion Cha...

Here we come with a 4th season of Communist Plot! We're launching a Patreon for this season AND a Ko-fi shop! For $3 you get a bonus mini-episode each week in October and a discount code for the shop. Both will launch October 1st. And new episodes start on October 4th! Patreon @ patreon.com/CommunistPlot Ko-fi @ ko-fi.com/communistplot

In our final episode of the season we cover some more Appalachian death customs and superstitions. Then Elizabeth tells us about all the horror movies she's watched (as of October 28th). Thanks for listening to us ramble for another season! We might come at you with some random mini-episodes here and there. Be sure to follow our Instagram account so you don't miss a single compelling moment! Refer...

We hope everyone had a great Halloween! This is our next to the last episode, where we start our discussion of Appalachian death customs. Enjoy! References/Further Reading Burial Practices in Southern Appalachia by Donna W. Stansberry How To Create a Family Cemetery: A Step By Step Guide

I'm flying solo with this episode about three area cemeteries I've been to and a few interesting historical figures buried in each one! The three cemeteries are Madronia Cemetery (I keep saying "Madrona" in the episode), Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, and Oak Hill Memorial Park. Here’s the link to the gofundme I’m running for Elizabeth. Some further reading: Pushing Up Daisies: Why Grave Garde...

In this episode we discuss the need for alternative burial options and take a look at a few green burial options including human composting, aquamation, and natural burial. The sound quality on this one is not fantastic and we go majorly off topic in the last 20 minutes, so there’s a lot to look forward to in this episode! Articles mentioned/further reading: COVID-19 is overcrowding cemeteries and...

Part II of our exploration of goth origins gets into the history of the term "goth" and brings us up through the ages to the birth of the contemporary goth subculture.  Elizabeth would like to direct you to The Ghoul Guides for more in depth goth history and information. If you aren't following us on Instagram yet please do! I'm going to be posting some pics to go along with our episodes and...

To start off our new season we're talking about our own goth origin stories. There is a lot of death talk in this one (my dad passed away earlier this year and we talk about that a bit), though nothing graphic, but skip if you need to.  I foolishly thought this wasn't going to be a two parter but Elizabeth called it. Next week's part II will be about the goth subculture's origins.

Get hyped! A new season of Communist Plot is coming soon! I'll have a new episode edited and coming at your ears this Wednesday (if I remember how to edit audio files)!