Zombies have roots most fans have never heard of. In Haitian Vodou, being zombified meant being enslaved even in death. B.A. Parker talks to Maya Annik Bedward, director of the new documentary Black Zombie, about how a spiritual metaphor for slavery was repackaged by Hollywood an ...Show more
The shady deals behind data centers
Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues, has been losing people, jobs, and businesses for years. Now land there has been rezoned to make room for a hyperscale data center, a process that got underway before anyone even put the words “data center” in writing. Capital ...Show more
In the pilot episode of Debt Heads, revealing the truth about our finances leads to connections with strangers and catharsis with family relations.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTube. Credits: Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster Th ...Show more
They say, when you’re up, your friends know who you are, but when you’re down you know who your friends are. The burden of being the one who made it is heavy, and in this episode, the Ellises talk about what it’s like to carry the weight. Dead ass. Learn more about your ad-choice ...Show more
You owe this one a listen. In episode 94 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss everything debt, from student loans and bank bailouts to the importance of honoring one’s intellectual forebears. Did Shakespeare’s Antonio really pay Shylock with “a pound of flesh”? Why does Nietzsch ...Show more
Family names bind one generation to the next. But what if that name is lost? In this episode, a grieving family learns their legacy is being kept alive by a stranger from far away.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship an ...Show more