A podcast
about New Orleans’ Customs, Culture, & Curiosities.
The podcast contains interviews with those who bear witness every day to the traditions that make New Orleans uniquely vibrant in life and in death. We delve into the fascinating lives of grave diggers, burlesque dancers, Mardi Gras Indians, chefs, voodoo priestesses, and local characters. Some episodes focus on true crimes, passionate plots, and twisted tales, proving that truth is always stranger than fiction, especially in New Orleans.
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Sally Asher
Sally Asher, owner and operator of Red Sash Tours, is passionate about revealing the unusual, outrageous and untold stories of New Orleans. An award-winning writer and professional photographer, Asher believes history (especially in New Orleans) doesn’t have to be stuffy and isn’t about merely listing dates and facts, but the gentle collision of truth and narrative – scandals and all! Her goal with almost everything she does is to inform, educate, and entertain.
She is the author and photographer of Hope & New Orleans: A History of Crescent City Street Names (2014, History Press) and Stories from the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans (2015, History Press), co-author and photographer of 111 Places in New Orleans That You Must Not Miss (Emons, 2018) and author of the children’s’ books The Mermaids of New Orleans (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018) and The Mermaids’ Night Before Christmas (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2019). She also contributed chapters (and photographs) to two New Orleans tricentennial books: New Orleans: The First 300 Years (Pelican, 2017), and New Orleans & The World (Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2017).
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