Diaspora Wars Part 2: The FIRST First 48 Investigates (featuring Yvette Nicole Brown and Roderick Morrow)
Drapetomaniax: Unshackled HistoryShow Notes
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
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