Gate City Blues

This is the longest episode to date, and it's jam-packed full of fun content for your listening pleasure. It includes a song I wrote with my friend Marigold, an interview with Marigold (the very first guest star of this podcast), and Lucius Jones' write up of his party at Sunset Casino that he's been advertising for the past few weeks!Follow Marigold @reverent_marigoldFind me elsewhere at:WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1B803QV1LJFXJ?refPATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotherETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodmother?TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

Let's learn more about Prohibition In Atlanta, featuring: my brand new microphone!Follow my friend Lucas Ryan @lucasryanimatedFind me elsewhere at:WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1B803QV1LJFXJ?refETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodmother?TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotheINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

This week is all about the history prohibition in Atlanta- "blind tigers," the Wet party, and jug trains. Content warning for discussions of racial violence and discrimination surrounding the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906.Lucius Jones loses a bet to his old friend Shep Turner in this week's Society Slants. What was the bet about? Who knows, but it leads Lucius to give us the expression "I'd be wearing an automobile top for a hat," so it must have been worth it.Fine me elsewhere at:WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1B803QV1LJFXJ?refETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodmother?TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotheINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

This episode we do some Real Talk about writers' block and fear of failure, but we also do a deep dive into the history of black radio and the Madam C. J. Walker museum!This week's Society Slants tells us all about the Morehouse/Spelman joint production of Macbeth, and we have a real Troy Bolton on our hands.The Madam C. J. Walker museum:https://www.madamcjwalkermuseum.com/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/madam-cj-walker-museum-werd-radioFine me elsewhere at:WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1B803QV1LJFXJ?refETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodmother?TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotheINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

This week I talk about how it's ok to be bad at things & how my neurodivergence effects my creative process. I also discuss parental trauma and racial trauma, through the lens of the books Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, by Lindsay C. Gibson, and The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter. In this week's Society Slants, Lucius Jones finally delivers on his promise to tell us all about Geraldine Mitchell's "gay little breakfast affair."Fine me elsewhere at:WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1B803QV1LJFXJ?refETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodmother?TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotheINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

This week I contrast two very different books about the history of Vaudeville, and read our very first full-length Society Slants! You'll never believe who band leader Jimmy Mitchell was making eyes at at Sunset Casino last Saturday NightFine me elsewhere at:ETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodmother?WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1B803QV1LJFXJ?ref=wlshareTIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotheINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

This episode is all about the story I’m working on, that I hope to one day turn into a podcast of its own.Fine me elsewhere at:TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeNsmHPP/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheWoodmotheINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodmother/?hl=enYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/TheWoodmother

Come along with me as I teach myself how to make a podcast!