Episode 131: LIVE from Jacksonville State University

In this episode…

Patrice, Marleah and Courtney drink Strawberry Mint Lemonade Punch and talk jazz zombies, clown panics and meowing nuns!

Episode 131: LIVE from Jacksonville State University

Jelly Roll Morton //

Jelly Roll Morton was a lot of things: an extremely talented jazz pianist, a musical innovator, a popular composer and band leader, raunchy, arrogant as the day is long, and … a zombie? Let’s discuss!

• Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston

• The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Rebellion, and Living Death, by Sarah J. Lauro

• Mister Jelly Roll by Alan Lomax

• 10 Things We Learned About Zombies from a New Orleans Voodoo Expert, Dallas Morning News

• What Happened When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Voodoo in Haiti?

• Transcripts of Alan Lomax’s Interviews with Jelly Roll Morton

• Jelly Roll Morton Plays the Library of Congress, NPR

“Mary Margaret McBride show interview with Zora Neale Hurston discussing Zombies. 1943.”

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Mass Hysteria //

• Ergot poisoning: History, causes, symptoms, and more

• 7 Mysterious Mass Illnesses That Defied Explanation

• 10 Bizarre Episodes of Mass Hysteria in World’s History | by Mariana Vargas

• Mass psychogenic illness and the social network: is it changing the pattern of outbreaks

• 59 Things to Love About Alabama: The Crichton Leprechaun – Roll ‘Bama Roll

• List of mass hysteria cases

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