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The Unmarked Graveyard: Noah Creshevsky

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

When Noah Creshevsky learned he was dying of bladder cancer two years ago, he decided to decline medical treatment. Soon, he and his husband David were faced with another decision: what would become of his body after he died?

This is episode two in our new series The Unmarked Graveyard, untangling mysteries from America’s largest public cemetery. Each week, we’re bringing you stories of how people ended up on Hart Island, the lives they lived and the people they left behind.

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0:00.0

I want to tell you about another podcast we love.

0:02.7

The folks at Brooklyn Public Library just launched a new podcast series called Barrowed

0:06.8

and Band.

0:08.3

Over seven episodes, the hosts tell the story of America's ideological war with its bookshelves.

0:14.0

The series explores how and why books are being removed from library shelves across the

0:18.0

country today, and what people are doing about it.

0:21.0

We hear from students, teachers, and librarians, and the writers whose books have become a political

0:26.2

battleground.

0:27.6

You can subscribe to Barrowed and Band wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.4

Radio to P.R.X.

0:43.7

Death is inevitable.

0:46.0

We don't get any choice in the matter, but we can have some say in what happens to our

0:50.3

body after we die.

0:52.6

Barrow and cremation are the traditional options.

0:55.9

Some people donate their body to science, green burial, and human composting are becoming

1:00.4

more common, and for those who can afford it, you can have your ashes launched into space

1:04.8

or turned into a diamond or a vinyl record.

1:09.2

What most people don't choose is to be buried on hard island.

1:16.0

More than a million people are buried on hard island.

1:18.8

In mass graves, with no headstones or plaques, it's commonly known as a potter's field.

1:24.5

Many people end up here because the city couldn't identify them or couldn't find their

1:28.1

families.

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