020 -- Wade Davis' Hunt for Haitian Zombi Powder, Part One
We start a two part story about famed explorer, anthropologist and ethnobotanist Wade Davis’ 1982 expedition to Haiti to figure out what was in the mythical zombi powder. As the story progresses we realize that the real treasure is Davis’ insight into Haitian culture and the Haitian Vodou worldview.
Source List:
Davis, Wade. The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey Into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1985.
Davis, Wade. Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie. Chapel Hill & London: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.
Davis, Wade. One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1996.
“Pricing, Profits, and Technological Progress in the Pharmaceutical Industry”, by F.M. Scherer; Journal of Economic Perspectives-- Volume 7, Number 3-- Summer 1993.
Playlist:
Angel Dust -- Gil Scott Heron
Voodoo in You -- Johnny Jenkins
Ti Machine -- Les Animatuers
Run Through the Jungle -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sabata -- Los Belkings
Le Regret -- Prince Dgib’s
Cuarto Oscuro -- Los Zheros
La Fraicheur -- Ibo Combo
I Walk On Gilded Splinters -- Johnny Jenkins
