Jumbie: Colonized Monsters

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

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

Miss Tania Lou (aka Tania Hernandez) dives into the jonkonnu celebrations of Jamaica and the Caribbean, resilience, and sharing ancestral stories.

 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.

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 

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