From Dean of Black Twitter, Michael Harriot, comes a Black history podcast like you've never heard before. Using a recipe that includes detailed research, barbershop humor and a little seasoned salt, a parade of cookout-certified celebrity guests helps Michael Harriot serve up a compelling, hilarious and more accurate version of Black history that was conveniently whitewashed from your social studies book.
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The Many Beefs of Ida B. Wells (featuring Georgia Me and Karen Morrow) (00:34:00)
Arguably, best investigative journalist of her time, 19th-century trailblazer, anti lynching champion and a force to be reckoned with. From her days in the Deep South to her fearless exposés, we’re bringing you into the battle rap ring with the one and only Ida B. Wells!
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
This episode features:
Emailer 1 Janelle Brown
Ida Georgia Me
Special thanks to our voice actors:
MC/Dee Karen Morrow
DJ Rodrick Morrow
Announcer Janelle Brown
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Wangechi Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Music featured in this episode include:
0s and 1s by Ballpoint
Flavor by Ballpoint
First to Fall by Toby Tranter
Globular by _91nova
Outta my Way by APOLLO
Goodie Bags by Dylan Sitts
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Making Black AF History (featuring Pharrell Williams and John Legend) (00:40:07)
In this episode before the season finalé… Join Michael as he goes behind the scenes to meet the people who make the Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History podcast at the cast’s wrap party.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode features:
Pharrell Williams
John Legend
Michael Michael Harriot
Rod Rod Morrow
Noleca Blu Radway
Janicia Janicia Francis
JoAnn JoAnn DeLuna
Patricia Patricia Wangechi Kihoro
Danielle Danielle Solomon
Silas Charles Jouda
Moses Moses Soyoola
Security Homero Radway
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Taylor Le Melle, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Wangechi Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Music featured on this episode includes: Mint Condition by Margareta, Rain Trap by Majk Jutbo, Head Nod Supreme by Kommodity, Mad For by Nbhd Nick, Please Leave A Message by Harvio, On My Time by King Sis, Bluedreams by Xavy Rusan, Cash Machine by FLYIN, Final Parade by Jon Björk, Dinner in Oaxaca by Guustavv, Stima by Elsaphan Njora
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Mary Ellen Pleasant: Black Capitalist (featuring Touré, Diamond Stylz, and Jody Simms) (00:35:36)
Can you name the 19th century Black woman entrepreneur who funded hundreds of Black people to flee from slavery? Mary Ellen Pleasant reported in 1875 a net worth of 30 million US dollars. Which today would be worth just shy of one billion dollars. Join the students at Drapetomaniax Agricultural and Technical State University School as they learn all about this self-made millionaire abolitionist.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode features:
Professor MX Fa Rizzle Diamond
Black Billionaire Aspirant Guy Toure
City Girl Jody Simms
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Mary Ellen Pleasant Leila Gray or LaPorshe Thomas
Aunt April Ola Ronke
Aunt May Kim Baum
Aunt June Allegra White
Free person of color John Etienne
Quaker Friend David Easton
Marie Laveau Sabine Blaizin
Bank Teller Noleca Radway
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Taylor Le Melle, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Songs featured in this episode include: Wicked Cinema - Cold Case, Hitstreak - Michael Briguglio, Messages and Portraits - O Mio Babbino Caro, come to find out. - Le Melle, Ethos by Johannes Bornlof, Learn to Let Go - Ben Elson, El Baile del Barrio - El Equipo Del Norte, 80’s Horror Movie by DJ Denz The Rooster, and music by Chad Milner
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Woman Who Invented Rock & Roll (featuring Lynnée Denise and Reagan Gomez) (00:37:59)
Who really invented rock n roll? The facts are clear—it was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Black queer gospel-influenced rock and roll Beyoncé of the 1930s and ‘40s. Music legends like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash stole her musical style without proper acknowledgement or credit. In a renaissance of sound, celebrity and high drama we salute the legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode features:
Lynnée Lynnée Denise
Honey Reagan Gomez
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Juju Noleca Radway
Devon Danielle Solomon
Ballroom Commentator Ronie Rieves
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Music featured in this episode includes:
My Man and I - Sister Rosetta Tharp
This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharp
Plays Rock Me Growl - Sister Rosetta Tharp
Didn’t it Rain - Sister Rosetta Tharp
Tall Skinny Papa - Sister Rosetta Tharp
Strange Things Happening Every Day
Don’t Be Cruel -Elvis Presley
Getaway Rock - Elliot Holmes
Coconut Rock - Speedy The Spider
Almost Like Falling In Love - Kayla
NYFW - Blue Steel
Vogue - Blue Steel
Agents - Alex Dovo
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Twitter: @lynneedenise
Instagram: @lynneedenise
Radio Show The Black Atlantic/Black Fantastic https://1btn.fm/dj/the-black-atlantic-black-fantastic/
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Boley, Oklahoma: A Black Town In The American West (featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tiffany Cross, and OlaRonke Akinmowo) (00:31:53)
Have you heard about Boley, Oklahoma - the town that wished a motherfucker would? Boley was a thriving, black town founded by Abigail McCormick who had inherited the land where Boley was founded from her grandfather, a Creek Freedmen. This episode tells the story of how, in 1932, the entire town came together when a gang of white men decided to rob the bank because they thought it’d be easy. But they were in for a big surprise.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
This episode features:
Malcolm-Jamal Warner T.R. Ringe
Sheila Thompkins Tiffany Cross
Rashieda OlaRonke Akinmowo
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Ruby Jean Andrea O’Brien Vives
Groupchat 1 Jason Vives
Groupchat 2 Timil Jones
Movie Trailer Voice Guy Homero Radway
Robber 2 CC Patterson Geo Wyex
Robber 1 George Roderick Morrow
McCormick Homero Radway
Booker T Washington Rodrick Morrow
DJ Carvell Wallace
Mainline Operator Blu Radway
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Music featured in this episode include:
RnB Vibes by Grigoriy Nuzhny
At The Cross by Joyspring
The Magnetic Buzz by Spaghetti Dual
Cash Out by Nbhd Nick
Life of a Cowboy by Mac Taboel
Standoff by Nylonia
Rogue by Cody Martin
The News Tonight by Shimmer
Like N Subscribe by Work Brunch
Civil War Song- Battle Cry of Freedom
Tumbleweeds by Desert Dive
Dodge City by Christian Andersen
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For Us, By Us (00:33:05)
In this special behind the scenes episode, Drapetomaniax producers Gillianne, Janicia and Noleca answer some of our biggest listener questions, and discuss the politics behind making this groundbreaking Black History concept show.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
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Afeni Shakur On Trial: How To Get Away With Drapetomania (featuring MeLa Machinko) (00:33:43)
In the midst of the Black Power movement of the 1960’s, the US government launched a campaign of terror against the Black Panther Party. In 1969, the NYPD raided the homes of multiple members. Twenty-one people (The Panther 21) were arrested, including Afeni Shakur. The young, expectant mother with no formal legal background, decided to act as her own counsel and represent herself during trial. Our very own Negro News Network reports on the astonishing trial of Afeni Shakur.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
This episode features:
Afeni Shakur Mela Machinko
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Prosecutor Andrea O’Brien Vives
Trudy Black Patricia Wongeshi Kihoro
Baliff Nasheema Webster
Customer Noleca Radway
Advertisment VO Rodrick Morrow
Advertisment Ad-lib Sioban Anderson
Judge Jason Vives
Ralph White Charles Ouda
Drive-Thru Employee Janicia Francis
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Music featured in this episode include:
Presidential by El Flaco Collective
Metal Under Tension by Hampus Naeselius
Things that make you go Hmm by Roy Young
Slick City Cruising by John Runefelt
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Robert F. WIlliams and The Kissing Case (featuring Bob the Drag Queen) (00:32:33)
Live from the Drapetomaniax Library of Black History, in a special storytime episode, Michael is joined by Bob the Drag Queen to shed light on the harrowing tale of how civil rights leader and founder of the Black Armed Guard, Robert F. Williams, organized his city and galvanized the world to save two innocent children from a twenty-two year prison sentence.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode features:
Bob Bob the Drag Queen
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Mrs. Agnes Andrea O’Brien Vives
Keisha Jude Pijeaux
Brianna Hannan Pijeaux
Alex Moxie Radway
Kid 1 August Jervis-Spitzman
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Head Writer Silas Miami
Writers Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon, Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
This episode includes the songs Golden Crates” by Dusty Decks, Built For You” by Wanja Wohoro, Keys to the Castle by Salon Dijon, Vanished” by Wicked Cinema , Birdwatching” by Delbony as well as music by Chad Milner
Special thanks to StoryCorps for the audio of James Thompson from a conversation recorded and produced by StoryCorps. Originally aired April 11, 2011 on NPR's Morning Edition and made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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The Original 33: Why Everybody Ain’t Invited To The Cookout (featuring Roland Martin, Nina Hibbler Webster and Brian Forte) (00:31:43)
After the Civil War, so many newly freed African Americans registered to vote that Georgia elected 3 Black state senators and 30 Black state representatives. They were known as The Original 33. Southern white supremacists were so afraid when Black people exercised their right to vote that they started a race war. Representative Henry McNeal Turner aka DJ Freedman hosts this week's show live from the 1868 cookout that led to the Camilla Massacre.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
This episode features:
Sen Tunis Campbell Roland Martin
Rep. Henry McNeal Turner Brian Forte
Stacey Nina Hibbler Webster
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Commercial Voice Over Andrea O’Brien Vives
Black Voice 1 Blu Radway
Black Voice 2 Q Daily
Black Voice 3 Taylor Le Melle
Social Media Voice 2 Deborah Beete
Social Media Voice 1 Diamond Stylz
Essy Mae Davis Sabrina Harvey
Child Ryze Sparkman
Ad Libs Shalewa Mackal
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Head Writer Silas Miami
Writers Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon, Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
The music featured in this episode includes
Family and What by Walz
Operator by White Drift
Get off your feet by Margareta
Pico by Jobii
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Onesimus & The Great Vaccine Debate (featuring Damon Young and J-L Cauvin) (00:28:58)
In the midst of disease and death in the colonies, an enslaved man named Onesimus introduces America to the smallpox vaccine. But much like today, the concept of a vaccine sparked skepticism, concern, counter protests and rumors that the enslaved were trying to kill off white people.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode featured: Damon Young as Onesimus and J-L Cauvin as Cotton Mather and James Franklin
Special thanks to our voice actors
Reporter Andrea O’Brien Vives
Slave TicTok1 Moses Soyoola
Slave Tick Tok 2 Timil Jones
Slave Tick Tok 3 Jason Vives
Dr. Kizzmkia Corbett Sabrina Harvey Merritt
Ad Lib 1 Avron Roberts
Voice Susan Haynes
Voice Christopher Toppino
Voice Magnolia McKay
Ad lib 3 Gillianne Roberts-Atkinson
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Head Writer Silas Miami
Writers Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
This episode includes the songs “Demasked” and “Epicio” by Kevin servHis , “Thang Thang” by Tina Mina, ‘Tickety Tok’ by The New Fools, ‘Honourable Salute’ by Sage Oursler and music by Chad Milner.
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What is Drapetomania??? (00:14:11)
What is Drapetomania???
In a conversation with writer, comedian Roderick Morrow & Karen Morrow of ‘The Black Guy Who Tips’, Michael defines ‘drapetomania’ and explains how this subversive and comedic history podcast came to be. Together they discuss the importance of telling Black history through an inclusive Black lens and challenge the concept of ‘shame’ in both knowing and not knowing your history.
Listen to the full conversation here.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
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Diaspora Wars Part 2: The FIRST First 48 Investigates (featuring Yvette Nicole Brown and Roderick Morrow) (00:34:31)
Last week we heard from the enslaved Louisiana rebels who secretly organized the largest revolt in U.S. history. In this episode Michael enlists the help of Investigator Helena Crane to cut through history's white lies and get to the Black ass truth of the rebellion. They discover how the plan was enacted, who else was there, and why violence was the goal of that bloody German Coast uprising of 1811.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode featured:
Helena Crane Yvette Nicole Brown
Gustave Roderick Morrow
Voice of God Charlemagne tha God
Special thanks to our voice actors:
First, First 48 Narrator Homero Radway
Fantasia Butler Venny Linzo
Rasheeda Noleca Radway
Raheem Jason Vives
Constable Alex Newton Jenna Burton
Anna Bennett Andrea O'Brien Vives
Operator JoAnne DeLuna
Panicked White Woman Abby Wambaugh
Ad Lib 4 Avron Roberts
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Includes music from Rashad Moultrie and Epidemic Sound
Songs featured in this episode include:
“Beyond All Time” by Adrian Walter
“West” by Shimmer
“Feed Me” by Leila Gray
“Pyromaniac” by Ghost Beatz
“Landing” by Godmode -
“Dead Forest” by Brian Bolger
“Devils Organ” by Jimena Contreras
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Diaspora Wars Part 1: The Multicultural Revolt of 1811 (featuring W. Kamau Bell and Carvell Wallace) (00:35:45)
In 1811 after Haiti achieved the most successful slave revolt in history, the French were shook and their former colony of New Orleans was facing its own uprising. On the mainline with Black Heaven, Michael gets to the bottom of how a diverse population of Haitians, West Africans, and generational African-Americans secretly plotted and organized nearly 500 enslaved people to escape and kill their captors.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode featured:
Kwaku W. Kamau Bell
Charles Deslondes Carvell Wallace
Special thanks to our voice actors:
James Brown Jason Vives
Commercial VO Andrea O’Brien Vives
Kwamina Qianna Gamory-Pijeaux
Mainline Singer Blu Radway
Harry Kenner Moses Shyola
Black Twitter 1/Ad lib 1 Reginald Gardiner
Black Twitter 2/Ad lib 2 Dallas Rico
Black Twitter 3/Ad lib 3 Particia Kihoro
Black Twitter 4 Latoya McFarlane
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Ean Herrera
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Includes music from Epidemic Sound
Songs featured in this episode include:
“Where the Party At” by John Runefelt
“Welcome Party People” by John Runefelt
“Limbaka” by Omri Smadar
“Legendary Run” by River Lume
“Terems” by Amrit Sagie
“Wave Art” by Gal Lev
“Buss It” by Yarin Primak
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Who Was the First African American Part 2 (featuring Brandon Victor Dixon and Angelica Ross) (00:39:40)
Last week, Conquistador Juan Garrido helped Michael establish that Africans arrived in America as early as the 1500’s. But who was the first African American? This week we meet explorer Esteban The Moor (aka Black Steve), and a representative for The Collective of enslaved Africans who arrived and resisted.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode featured:
Spokesperson Angelica Ross
Voice of God Charlemagne tha God
Black Steve Brandon Victor Dixon
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Spokesperson Andrea O’Brien Vives
Juan Garrido Jason Vives
Game Show Host Panama Jackson
Red Carpet Host Noleca Radway
Contestant Danielle Solomon
Geraldo Roderick Morrow
Audience Member 1 Gillianne Roberts-Atkinson
Audience Member 2 JoAnn Deluna
Audience Member 3 Audrey Anderson
Native 1 David van Delden
Native 2 Dallas Rico
Diego Velasquez Andy Tarradath
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Timmhotep Aku
Music Supervisor Patricia Wangechi Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
This episode features Ninety6 by Black Noi$e, Bottled Drizzy Tears by Suzi Analogue, Sexy by Vallerie Muthoni and music by Humphrey Dennis, Chad Milner and Rashad Moultrie
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Who Was the First African American Part 1 (featuring Panama Jackson and Charlamagne tha God) (00:30:58)
Africans set foot on “American soil” as early as the 1500’s. But who was the first African American? In this historical game show episode Michael Harriot hears out Conquistador Juan Garrido, Esteban the Moor, and a group of enslaved Africans who found themselves in South Carolina.
Thanks to our special guests, Angelica Ross, Brandon Victor Dixon, Panama Jackson and Charlamagne tha God
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OTHERtone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Marcelino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Timmhotep Aku
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
This episode features Ninety6 by Black Noi$e, and music by Rashad Moultrie
Cast
Spokesperson Angelica Ross
Black Steve Brandon Victor Dixon
Game Show Host Panama Jackson
Geraldo Rodrick Morrow
Voice of God Charlemagne Tha God
Audience Child Glory Radway
Juan Garrido Jason Vives
Red Carpet Host Noleca Radway
Contestant Danielle Solomon
Audience Member 1 Gillianne Roberts-Atkinson
Audience Member 2 JoAnn DeLuna
Audience Member 3 Audrey Anderson
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Charley Case: The Original King of Comedy (featuring KevOnStage and Monét X Change) (00:43:37)
Humor in live performance has been around since the beginning of time. In the 1800s this kind of entertainment mostly showed up as live theater and minstrel shows filled with skits, costumes, singing, dancing, and yes, blackface. But performer Charley Case dared to do things differently. Without costume or props Charley Case simply stood there telling jokes and funny stories in the repeated cadence of a set-up, filler, and punchline - inventing what we now know as stand-up comedy.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OTHERtone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Sturdivant
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Timmhotep Aku
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
This episode features
“A Tale of Paris” - Billy Wiliams
“Saxophone Sobs” - Ernie Erdman, Rudy.Wiedoeft, and Pietro Frosini,
"The People's Court aka The Big One" - APM Music
“AB2YO” - Suzi Analogue
Cast:
Charlie Case KevOnStage
AI Jo Monét X Change
Vaudeville Announcer Roderick Morrow
Boss Noleca Radway
Judge Andrea O'Brien Vives
Announcer 1 Homero Radway
Prosecutor Jason Vives
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The Outlandish Forest Joe (featuring Roy Wood Jr. and Joy Reid) (00:32:52)
EP 1 - The Outlandish Forest Joe featuring Roy Wood Jr. and Joy Reid
The concept/definition of Drapetomania is introduced, which is a fictitious disease—devised by Dr. Samuel Adolphus Cartwright—that causes slaves to run away. We learn about Forest Joe, who escapes and gains a legendary reputation for evading capture. Joe creates the first known bullet proof vest. A group of vigilantes is created to hunt him and other escaped slaves, which evolves into modern day police associations.
Drapetomaniax is created by me, THE Michael Harriot. Drapetomaniax is a collaboration between OTHERtone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media. This podcast is produced by Noleca Radway and Moses Soyoola with support from Senior Producer Janicia Francis, Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna and Production Coordinator Homero Radway. Executive producers for this show are Pharrell Williams and Scott Vener. Our team includes Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow and Danielle Solomon. Special thanks to voice actors Glory Radway, Andrea O’Brien Vives, Jason Vives, and David Easton. Our sound engineer is Sam Bair. Our fact checker is LaPorsche Thomas. Music supervisor is Timmhotep Aku. The theme song is Freedom by Pharrell Williams. This episode features Knuck If You Buck by Crime Mob, and music by Humphrey Dennis.
This episode featured Roy Wood Jr. and Joy Reid.
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Drapetomaniax: A Miracle Cure (00:02:45)
A cure for those suffering from Drapetomania...
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