S4 E1. DINNER GUESTS – Stacy Hackner & Paul Cowdell

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Are you ready for an extra bite? In this bonus mini-season, Alix and Carmella invite some special dinner guests to the table.

Today, bioarchaeologist Stacy Hackner and folklorist Paul Cowdell join us to talk cannibal ballads, coprolites and the custom of the sea.

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CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With guest appearances from Stacy Hackner and Paul Cowdell, and special thanks to Chris Wilson of the London Sea Shanty Collective for vocals.

Stacy Hackner can be found on Twitter as @stacytg, or check out her drag projects on Instagram as @professor_q_cumber.

Paul Cowdell can be found on Twitter as @PaulCowdell, and on his blog: http://humphreywithhisflail.blogspot.com/. ‘Cannibal Ballads: not just a question of taste’ was first published in 2010 in the Folk Music Journal 9(5), pp. 723-747. Read it online here: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cannibal+ballads%3a+not+just+a+question+of+taste+…-a0213983185.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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S3 E13. SEA PART V – More Fun On Boats

January 20, 2022Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Finishing off the season, and indeed the entirety of Casting Lots (boo hoo!), Carmella and Alix present six quick-fire stories of survival cannibalism at sea.

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CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Barcia, M. (2017). ‘The real horrors of the transatlantic slave trade behind Taboo and Roots’, The Conversation, 1 March. Available at: https://theconversation.com/the-real-horrors-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-behind-taboo-and-roots-73568
Barcia, M. (2021). ‘White Cannibalism in the Illegal Slave Trade’, New West Indian Guide, 22 July. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/22134360-bja10002
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S3 E10. SEA PART II – The Invercauld

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Alix shares a shipwreck story with one hell of a plot twist in today’s episode on the Invercauld.

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CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aberdeen City Council. (2018). Invercauld. Available at: http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=1350&index=110961
Allen, M.F. (1997). Wake of the Invercauld. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
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S3 E2. LAND PART II – The Irish Potato Famine

November 4, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

This week, Alix takes us on a tour of famine in Irish history, culminating in the infamous 19th century potato famine.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brantlinger, P. (2004). ‘The Famine’, Victorian Literature and Culture, 32(1), pp. 193-207. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25058660?seq=1
Carmody, P. (2009). ‘The story of starvation’, Irish Times, 30 May. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-story-of-starvation-1.774061
Connolly, J. (1997). ‘An Irishman’s Diary’, Irish Times, 23 September. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.108966
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Coste, M. (2020). ‘New RTE documentary finds evidence of cannibalism in Ireland during Great Famine’, Clé, 1 December. Available at: http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/key-story/01-12-20-great-famine-cannibalism
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