This episode includes recordings of three songs and their explanations sung and spoken by Zora Neale Hurston (recorded in Jacksonville, Florida on June 18, 1939). The recordings included are 1) "Ever Been Down" a blues song, 2) "Mama Don't Want No Peas, No Rice," a Bahaman song, and 3) "Tampa" a song Hurston says she learned as a child, each with its own explanation.