Magic in the United States with Heather Freeman

Heather Freeman returns to the podcast to share her newest podcast project: Magic in the United States. Heather is a Professor of Digital Media at the U...

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First, WOOT! Magic in the U.S. made it to Apple podcasts browse carousel as "WE'RE LOVING" and I'm just *hearts and flowers*!

Next, episode 5 is out: Rootwork and the Great Migration! https://www.magicintheunitedstates.com/episode-5

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Episode 5 - Rootwork and the Great Migration — Magic in the United States

Hoodoo’s origin lies in resistance and survival. Developed by enslaved Black Americans during the antebellum South, Hoodoo, Rootwork, and Conjure practitioners provided medical care and protection. These practices continued to evolve under the continued injustices of Jim Crow and moved North with Bl

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In 1928 Nelson Rehmeyer was murdered. He was Pennsylvania Dutch and a powwower -- a traditional folk healer. But so were his killers, and the media circus around their trial nearly destroyed powwow.

Listen and learn more at https://www.magicintheunitedstates.com/episode-3

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Episode 3 - The Murder of Nelson D. Rehmeyer — Magic in the United States

Pennsylvania Dutch powwower Nelson D. Rehmeyer was murdered in 1928. The Philadelphia Record called the murder trial “the weirdest and most curiously fascinating [trial] in the history of modern jurisprudence.” Because Rehmeyer’s killers feared he was practicing witchcraft against them, the trial ca

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