About this episode

The episode discusses a local herbalist medicine man named Catfish from West Virginia and his rise to fame.

All medicine is local, and little is more local to Justin and Dr. Sydnee than a medicine man in their own West Virginia. Dr. Sydnee talks about a local character named Catfish who became a sort of herbalist medicine man and how he became a bit of a sensation. Catfish's recipes: https://shorturl.at/MCRrI Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Midwest Food Bank: https://midwestfoodbank.org/disaster-relief/

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy

Topics covered

• herbalism
• local medicine
• West Virginia
• medicine man
• sensation

Keywords

• herbalist
• medicine man
• West Virginia
• Catfish
• local character

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Midwest Food Bank, The Taxpayers

Books & works: Medicines

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