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 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

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

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

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

 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

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

Clif sits down virtually with Miss Tania Lou (aka Tania Hernandez) to dive into the jonkonnu celebrations of Jamaica and the Caribbean, resilience, and sharing ancestral stories.  Transcript: https://indivisiblewriting.com/podcasts/jumbie/transcripts/episode-5-transcript/ Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe. You can find us on social media using @JumbiePod Find Miss Tania Lou Facebook: tania.hernandez9440234 Twitter: @TaniaHe89799132 IG: @doraytee tanialhernandez.com Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Hosted by Clif Knight Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Clif Knight @Cliffy_So_Funny eztree.com/cliffy_so_funny Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

Dev and Clif are joined by spiritual healer Joan Rupram to talk about walking the spirit world, colonization, and storytelling.  Transcript: https://indivisiblewriting.com/podcasts/jumbie/transcripts/episode-4-transcript/ Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe. You can find us on social media using @JumbiePod Find Joan Rupram IG: @joan.rupram Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Hosted by Clif Knight Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Clif Knight @Cliffy_So_Funny eztree.com/cliffy_so_funny Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

Dev and Clif are joined by academic and drag artist Ryan Persadie aka Tifa Wine to talk about Caribbean feminisms, Coolie history, and the expansive possibilities of drag. (Content Note: discussions of arranged marriages, suicide, child death, abortion, etc.) Transcript: https://indivisiblewriting.com/jumbie-episode-3---ryan-persadie-tifa-wine/ Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe. You can find us on social media using @JumbiePod Find Ryan Persadie/Tifa Wine IG: @tifa.wine Twitter: @rypersadie utoronto.academia.edu/RyanPersadie WOY!: A Caribbean Drag Brunch: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/woy-a-caribbean-drag-brunch-tickets-213369031517 Drag Diasporas registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcemvqD4iHNY7q4KO5H2pY9fwx71hnsd3 Reflections on Antiman: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2021/10/11/features/in-the-diaspora/reflections-on-antiman-rajiv-mohabir-and-fragments-of-the-queer-indo-caribbean/ Coolie Woman: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo13393932.html Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Hosted by Clif Knight Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Clif Knight @Cliffy_So_Funny eztree.com/cliffy_so_funny Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com 

Dev and Clif are joined by Patrick Salvani, aka Ms. Nookie Galore, to tell 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 12:45. Transcript: https://indivisiblewriting.com/podcasts/jumbie/transcripts/jumbie-episode-2-patrick-transcript/ Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe. You can find us on social media using @JumbiePod Find Patrick Salvani/Ms. Nookie Galore @santotricks MsNookieGalore.com Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Hosted by Clif Knight Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Clif Knight @Cliffy_So_Funny eztree.com/cliffy_so_funny Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

On the first episode of Jumbie, Clif Knight sets the stage with his own version of a modern jumbie story. Then he’ll sit down with Dev Ramsawakh to talk about his relationship with storytelling, why he wanted to start Jumbie, and why it’s important to keep telling our cultural stories in the diaspora. Transcript here: https://indivisiblewriting.com/episode-one-transcript/ Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe. You can find us on social media using @JumbiePod Produced by Dev Ramsawakh Hosted by Clif Knight Music by Zee Thompson Sounds from FreeSound.org. Clif Knight @Cliffy_So_Funny eztree.com/cliffy_so_funny Dev Ramsawakh IG: @merkyy_waters Twitter and TikTok: @merkyywaters IndivisibleWriting.com

Hosted by Clif Knight and Dev Ramsawakh On Jumbie we’re going to hear dark and haunting stories from local storytellers that are inspired or about the spirits, monsters, and other cryptids from colonized places. We’ll be releasing episodes bi-weekly starting October 27. Be sure to find us and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Transcript: shorturl.at/yRY07