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This podcast will discuss genealogy, linguistics, and history within the Creolophone world. I’m a native New Yorker of Louisiana Creole descent. I have a B.A. in French Linguistics w/ a 'concentrati... more
FAQs about Creole Explained:How many episodes does Creole Explained have?The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.
June 02, 2024Bounce Music: A New Orleans-style Dancehall??BOP IT. Here, I contextualize Bounce music from New Orleans as an afro-creole genre that diverges quite a bit from its Rap predecessor... so much so that it bare a number of similarities with caribbean genres such as Dancehall (Jamaica), Dennery Segment Lucian Soca (Saint Lucia), and Bouyon (Dominica). Regardless, Bounce Music is uniquely NOLA. It is one of a kind. It could have been only created given its intriguing cultural diversity....more29minPlay
May 03, 2024My missing 2nd ggf & Fake Thrulines via AncestryI'm sorry for the long absence. My studies were getting intense, but I have returned with a new episode where I discuss 1. My mysterious 2nd great grandfather2. Some genealogy tips, especially with dealing with endogamy....more29minPlay
February 27, 2024Creoles of Color Vs Afro-CreolesThis is an update to creoles of color vs black Francophones. I’m now realizing a better moniker for Louisiana’s “ black Francophones” really would have been Afro creoles. These are individuals who descended from recently freed enslaved people in Louisiana. Haitians are example of another Afro-Creole people...more18minPlay
February 22, 2024Is New Orleans Mardi Gras a fake Carnival?Here I discuss the Catholic and French connections to Carnival. I compare the carnivals throughout the Creole world....more33minPlay
January 22, 2024Your family’s from Louisiana, but they ain’t CreoleHere I discuss the complex Creole designation and go into our some people who were in the south Louisiana descended from non Creole families … even one of my ancestors!...more26minPlay
December 10, 2023Without French, There's NO CreoleHere I discuss learning French first vs learning Creole first. I also talk about anti-white agendas becoming anti-French at the expense of Creole heritage....more28minPlay
November 04, 2023Jamaica is Creole ( Intro)What do we think of when we hear Creole? France? French? Well, Creole is often not into expanded to English-based Creoles but to Anglo-derived cultures such as that of Jamaica...more19minPlay
August 27, 2023I found my 4th great grandfather's baptism! 😦After over 3 years of searching, I finally found my 4th great grandfather baptism from nearly 200 years ago!...more30minPlay
August 14, 2023The Creole Princess & The White Bum (Reaction)In this video, I react to Dr. Shirley Thompson's 2017 "Mon Cher Dupré"The articles illuminates the complicated "love" story between the Louisiana Creole FWOC Marie Boulard and her husband John Dupré.After Boulard dies, Dupré tries to tarnish her name and scam her kids using her "love" letters that she had written to him....more32minPlay
FAQs about Creole Explained:How many episodes does Creole Explained have?The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.