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Rev Radio- Payshence and Tangee talk with Denise Alvarado and learn more about hot to make a voodoo doll. Denise is a New Orleans born, native Creole raised in the unique culture of New Orleans, Louisiana and has studied indigenous healing traditions from a personal and academic perspective for over four decades. She has an M.S. in Professional Psychology from Walden University and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Northern Arizona University. An independent researcher, Denise is founder of the American Rootwork Association and a member of the American Anthropological Association and the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists as well as several special interest groups. She is Editor in Chief of Hoodoo & Conjure magazine, the Hoodoo Almanacs, Gumbo Ya Ya and the Journal Of American Rootwork, as well as a series of books that focus on folk magic traditions from the American South. Denise lives the life she writes about and researches, giving her a unique participant observation perspective to her work