Latest Episodes
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Honoring a Life Lived Full Throttle: The Story Behind an Award-Winning Monument
What does it take to turn a life story into a lasting memorial? In this episode, the team at Harrison Monument share how they...
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More Than a Job: Training Monument Professionals
In this episode of Monument Matters, host Mike Johns talks with Troy Caldwell about the launch of Monument Builders Academy, MBNA’s new online education...
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From Shop Floor to President: Sean Longstreth, CM, AICA on Craftsmanship, Community, and the Future of Memorialization
New MBNA President Sean Longstreth, CM, AICA shares how growing up in a fifth-generation monument business shaped his passion for memorialization. In this conversation...
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Beyond Cremation: Why Families Still Want a Place to Remember
Despite rising cremation rates, many families still want a permanent place to remember their loved ones. In this episode of Monument Matters, Mike Johns...
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Cremation Isn’t the Whole Story: What Consumers Really Want in Disposition and Memorialization
Dr. Tanya Marsh joins Monument Matters to unpack what consumer research really reveals about cremation, burial and emerging options like green burial and human...
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The Stone Carver’s Apprentice: How CNC Technology Is Shaping the Future of Monument Craft
In Season 2, Episode 2 of Monument Matters, Ross Oglesby of Keystone Memorials and Dan Weeres of Coldspring discuss how CNC technology is reshaping...