Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode:
- Three stories about the Jim Crow era that felt special enough to share but had to be cut from the last episode
- The ethics of paying documentary subjects
- Why I hate the phrase "kill your darlings"
- Plus I go on a journey with some tea biscuits
Resources mentioned (and others that were used): Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 by Taylor Branch
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tonya Bolden
Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster
Paris is Burning Instagram ellie@buttoutbaby.com
Music by Claire Whitehead
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