The Alluvion on the second floor of Traverse City’s Commongrounds Building will host “The Afterlife of a Massacre: A Live Podcast Event About Rediscovering Family and History” on Friday, May 8, from 6:30-8:30 pm. The conversation will feature Traverse City resident Isiah Smith and Orice Jenkins, long-lost cousins reconnecting through a shared journey of genealogy, history, and identity. Their individual family stories converge around one common thread: uncovering the past to move forward. Glen Arbor Sun editor Jacob Wheeler will moderate the live conversation. This one-time live podcast explores the complex intersection of race, genealogy, and family history. Smith and Jenkins connect through a shared past, including a powerful artifact, Smith’s great-grandfather’s Bill of Sale, and the story of an ancestor freed from slavery in Georgia.