S4 E1. DINNER GUESTS – Stacy Hackner & Paul Cowdell

About this episode

In this episode, Alix and Carmella invite bioarchaeologist Stacy Hackner and folklorist Paul Cowdell to discuss cannibal ballads and related topics.

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. Did you know Casting Lots now has merch? Find us on Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/CastingLotsPod/shop TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/10/31/s4-e1-dinner-guests-stacy-hackner-amp-paul-cowdell/ 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alix Penn, Carmella Lowkis

Guests: Stacy Hackner, Paul Cowdell

Topics covered

• cannibalism
• bioarchaeology
• folklore
• cannibal ballads
• coprolites
• sea customs

Keywords

• bonus mini-season
• merch
• Redbubble

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