Patrick Jean-Baptiste
Black Women Are Not Ministries of Rehabilitation
There is no force more stubborn than the love we give to a project—especially when that project is a person. Not a home renovation,...
Miguel Díaz
A Spaniard living in Hispaniola, Miguel Díaz’s tale is often entwined with romantic lore. He was reportedly involved with Queen Cayacoa, and through this...
Who Owns the Noise? We Built the Court, But Not the...
In every American neighborhood, behind every manicured hedge and faux-iron gate, there is a truth we would rather not speak. That the lawn is...
Timeline of Haitian History
“Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and...
Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti & Jamaica After Emancipation
Ep. #84 - Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti & Jamaica After Emancipation
Summary
A great conversation with historian Matthew Smith, who discusses the connected histories of Haiti and...
Killing the Elites: Haiti, 1964
Summary
Like my guest today, I’ve never found it particularly useful to cast François Duvalier as some frothing, otherworldly monster. That story is too easy....
Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism
Key Research Terms —Baron de Vastey —Noel Colombel —Haiti’s Isolation —Regeneration —Haiti’s Kingdom vs. Haiti the Republic —Edouard Glissant’s Theory of Opacity —The Unmediated...
Awakening the Ashes
Episode Outline
Intro- ToC - Her Most Haitian Book - On the Title - Restorative Justice for Haiti - Our Ancestors had the Receipts! -...
Food, Ego, and Failure: The Harsh Truth About Haitian Restaurants in...
The Minimum Viable Plate: How Vanity Kills Haitian Restaurants Before They Even Open
There is a kind of romance to the idea of owning a...
Shibboleths and Passports: The Marks of Empire
My wife is in transit, crossing borders, navigating spaces that recognize her, and spaces that do not. She sends me a text from the...
