In this episode: Is La Bamba a kind of car? La Bamba's origins according to the internet. A deadly drunken knife fight. The long, strange trip of an Italian friar in Mexico. El Chuchumbé. The Holy Inquisition.

Credits:

Musicians/bands: Los Cojolites and Natalia Lafourcade - Sembrando Flores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emTLbk7jd8E

Mono Blanco - El Chuchumbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkD06spFxFM

Scoring: Eduardo "Lalo" Merodio - jarana Ted Siefer - guitar and production

Research assistance: Sofía Hernández Jessica Gottfried

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