Jumbie: Colonized Monsters

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Jumbie: Colonized Monsters Podcast

Jumbie is a podcast all about the monsters that even colonialism couldn’t kill. On this podcast, we’re going to hear dark and haunting stories from local storytellers that are inspired by or about the spirits, monsters, and other cryptids that peoples surviving colonialism have used to process the horrors inflicted on their communities. So check your locks, look under your beds and in your closets, because you’re about to listen to Jumbie: Colonized Monsters

Episodes

  1. 01/18/2023

    Episode 6: Rolling Calf

    Horror writer W.H. Vigo shares the original story "Sunset Run" before exploring the roots of the story, the horrifying beauty of birth and pregnancy, storytelling and more. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRkZoYVzCw5HfCAXpDmjfgRo3UuluJB1/view?usp=share_link Find W. H. Vigo: Instagram: @whvigo Website: www.whvigo.com Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

    23 min

  2. 01/18/2023

    Episode 5: The Wendigo

    Rapper Wiidaaseh tells the original story "Big Moose" before diving into the story as well as the horrors of residential schools, intergenerational trauma, and alcoholism. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pm8Ye4M84n9wc73Ll6rtTGyHrV9O2I74/view?usp=share_link Find Wiidaaseh Website: wiidaaseh.com Instagram: @wiidaaseh Twitter: @wiidaasehz Tiktok: @wiidaaseh Stories: wiidaaseh.blogspot.com Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

    23 min

  3. 01/18/2023

    Episode 4 - Jonkonnu: Symbol of an Enduring Spirit in the Americas by Miss Tania Lou

    Miss Tania Lou (aka Tania Hernandez) dives into the jonkonnu celebrations of Jamaica and the Caribbean, resilience, and sharing ancestral stories. Transcript: https://indivisiblewriting.com/podcasts/jumbie/transcripts/episode-5-transcript/ Find Miss Tania Lou Facebook: tania.hernandez9440234 Twitter: @TaniaHe89799132 IG: @doraytee tanialhernandez.com Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

    28 min

  4. 01/18/2023

    Episode 3: The Exorcism by Joan Rupram

    Spiritual healer Joan Rupram joins us to talk about walking the spirit world, colonization, and storytelling. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x0SLEj54uVYwfG6Uvzn6Q8pOBZdWceFr/view?usp=share_link Find Joan Rupram IG: @joan.rupram Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

    30 min

  5. 01/18/2023

    Episode 2: Pasalubong by Patrick Salvani

    Patrick Salvani, aka Ms. Nookie Galore, tells the original story, Pasalubong. (Content note: Blood) Afterwards they dive into the colonial roots of superstitions, the importance of chosen family, and using horror to process our grief. For those who may need to skip the story, you can skip to the interview at 13:15. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tlcWJcPkun5wcqnw4lPMoDUqbqt_PZhb/view?usp=share_link Find Patrick Salvani/Ms. Nookie Galore @santotricks MsNookieGalore.com Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

    20 min

  6. 01/18/2023

    Episode 1: The Churile by Ryan Persadie aka Tifa Wine

    On this episode, academic and drag artist Ryan Persadie aka Tifa Wine talks about Caribbean feminisms, Coolie history, and the expansive possibilities of drag. (Content Note: discussions of arranged marriages, suicide, child death, abortion, etc.) Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o8sHa0pkdNeyFf2zV-Jj_Mwf3EDyJrYb/view?usp=share_link  Find Ryan Persadie/Tifa Wine IG: @tifa.wine Twitter: @rypersadie utoronto.academia.edu/RyanPersadie Coolie Woman: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo13393932.html Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

    22 min
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Jumbie is a podcast all about the monsters that even colonialism couldn’t kill. On this podcast, we’re going to hear dark and haunting stories from local storytellers that are inspired by or about the spirits, monsters, and other cryptids that peoples surviving colonialism have used to process the horrors inflicted on their communities. So check your locks, look under your beds and in your closets, because you’re about to listen to Jumbie: Colonized Monsters

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