Wendell looks at Trinidad Carnival through the lens of spectator mas, an artform that saw an evolutionary leap in the 80's and 90's. He also chats with Kevin Crosby of Kinetic Mas about what spectator mas looks like today, and what it takes to run a carnival band throughout the year, and on the road on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. 

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Wendell gives an oral account of his experiences playing mas in Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, and he explores the personal, emotional, and spiritual journey of wearing costumes and ‘jumping up’ on the road on Monday and Tuesday. 

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Wendell reflects on his first two pets back in Trinidad and Tobago, and explores the nature of pet ownership in America and how it differs from when he was growing up in the Caribbean. 

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Wendell sits down with Miranda Restovic, President and Executive Director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the Executive Director of PRIME TIME, Inc. 

Miranda tells her story of coming to America at the age of eleven from Dubrovnik, Croatia, and discusses her work in the Humanities, what the word "home" means, and what it's like revisiting the place where you grew up when you live in another country. 

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Wendell sits down with British-born Dr. Helen Taylor, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at LSU Shreveport to discuss living in America, the importance of expanding one's horizons, raising American kids, and the difficulties of ordering at restaurants with an accent in the South.  

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Wendell shares his journey as an expatriate- from his early days as a young boy growing up next to Green Corner in Port-of-Spain Trinidad, to living in Baltimore, Southwest Virginia, and now Shreveport, Louisiana, and how those stops along the way shaped who he is today. This introductory episode sets the table for the Freshwater Yankee series. 

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