In this episode, Nwayieze and Dani discuss the pathologizing of Black experiences and Black bodies by looking at the history of the Holmesburg Prison experiments. For more than twenty years, the Philadelphia county jail was the site of a myriad of human experiments performed on unknowing inmates. Author Allen Hornblum joins the hosts to discuss what he saw while he worked at Holmesburg and Adrianne Jones-Alston shares the story of her father, Leodus Jones, who was briefly incarcerated at Holmesburg and participated in these experiments. How did the University of Pennsylvania Medical School allow this to happen and why has there not been any REAL justice for those whose lives were forever altered by what happened? 

MUSIC

“Faster Bassier” (theme song) by DJ Fatha Julz

“Dreary Boots” by DJ Fatha Julz

“Releasing the Sculpture” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC

“The Gall” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC  

“Moodswing” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC

“The Confrontation” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC

“Refraction” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC