Object Obscura

In this episode we listen to a new type of sound and speak to the daughter of the man who created it. The radiola, a large sound system booth, is the most common way to play reggae music in the reggae capital of Brazil: São Luís, Maranhão. Listen to this journey to hear the stories from the oldest reggae DJ in the city, Serralheiro.

Thank you to Ademar Danilo from the Museum of Reggae Maranhense and Karlena Costa.

Episode written and translated by Thatcher Warrick Hess, Alessandra Medina, Aliane Miranda and Saylon Sousa.

Episode edited by Thatcher Warrick Hess and Saylon Sousa at the Radio Laboratory at UFMA.

Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Bateria Brasileira’ by Redeemin’ with other musical accompaniments from WILHELMINA.

Thanks to Epidemic Sound, YouTube Music Library and Anchor.fm for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: Mixed Up Moods by Jacob Miller (live radiola composition), There Must Be A way Out of Here by Bonnie Grace, Bateria Brasileira by Redeemin’, Odd Constructions by Taomito, Giza by Ebb & Flod, Redemption Army by Redemption & The Disciples, Mississippi by Cynthia Schloss (live radiola composition), Ocean Traveler by Calm Shores, General One by Freedom Trail Studio, A Summer Kinda Thing by One Drop Culture, Lemon Licka by Lou Ricard, Sadness by Carl Henriksson, Rabbit Reggae by Alexandra Woodward, Reggae Wah by Doug Maxwell and Media Right Productions, I’m Just A Man by Ronnie Davis (live radiola composition), Purificação by WILHELMINA, Trust Me by Mama Zula (Instrumental), Breeze of Change by Miles Avida and Derailed by At the End of Times, Nothing.

SFX and Archival credits:

1.) Serralheiro Virada Cultural 2011 →  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4K8WNkLmso&t=16s

2.) "A Jamaica Brasileira" [Part 1] by Gleyser Azevedo → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCljnC18H9g&t=1s , [Part 2] → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQO_qGsZWpk&t=328s , [Part 3] → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aveSmQXk_Wk&t=349s 

All pictures of this episode’s object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website and look at the episode gallery as well → object-obscura.com

Este episódio é um pouco diferente - estamos falando de uma empresa brasileira de refrigerantes que foi fundada há quase 100 anos. O refrigerante cor-de-rosa, chamado Guaraná Jesus, tem o nome do farmacêutico que o criou. Viajando de Belém a São Paulo, percorreremos o Brasil para descobrir a verdade sobre o passado sombrio dessa bebida e finalmente responder à pergunta “por que Jesus foi preso?”

Obrigado a Vagner do Vale do Museu de Gastronomia de São Luís, Cristiane Muniz Thiago, Elir Gomes, Zezé Gomes e Lídia Nicolau.

Agradecimentos adicionais: Victor Galvão, Saylon Sousa, Luís Felipe D'Oliveira, Tera Warn, Geovanna Campos, Ben Hess, Naiara Santos, Pedro Salim Rosa, Flávia Feitosa e o Programa do Fulbright.

A música tema de Object Obscura é 'Bateria Brasileira' de Redeemin'.

Obrigado a Epidemic Sound e Anchor.fm pela maior parte da música, SFX e distribuição. Música em ordem de apresentação: Cobwebs In the Sky de They Dream By Day, Bateria Brasileira de Redeemin', The King of Thieves de Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, Enter the Night 3 de Fredrik Ekstrom, Knee-Deep de Charles Holme, Carimbó de Orquestra do Estado do Mato Grosso, Outra Primavera Virá por A Sight of Wonders, In This Haven por David Celeste, Moonlight Mystery por Alexandra Woodward, Life In Color por Philip Ayers, Suavemente por Alysha Sheldon, In Continuum por Dream Cave, Unspoken por Silver Maple , Moonlight Fever de Placidic, A Common Memory de Trevor Kovalski, Don't Leave Me Hanging de Christian Andersen, Ankomst de Strom, Big World for a Minnow de Trevor Kowalski, Refined Enlightenment de Howard Harper-Barnes, Absinthe-Minded de Damon Greene , Progressive Progress de Howard Harper-Barnes e Courage Endures de Trevor Kowalski.

Créditos SFX e Arquivo:

1.) Comercial Guaraná Jesus [2013] (Campanha São João) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_P2QtJLALQ

2.) Orquestra do Estado do Mato Grosso - Carimbó (Áudio) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iahvRnvjyHU

Todas as fotos do objeto deste episódio estão no Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura e Twitter @objectobscura. Acesse nosso site e veja também a galeria de episódios → object-obscura.com

This episode is a little different - we’re talking about a Brazilian soda drink that was founded almost 100 years ago. The pink soda, called Guaraná Jesus, is named after the pharmacist who created it. Traveling from Belém to São Paulo, we’ll trek across Brazil to find the truth about this drink’s dark past and finally answer the question “why was Jesus put in Jail?”

Thank you to Vagner do Vale from the Museum of Gastronomy in São Luís, Cristiane Muniz Thiago, Elir Gomes, Zezé Gomes and Lídia Nicolau.

Additional thanks to: Victor Galvão, Saylon Sousa, Luís Felipe D'Oliveira, Tera Warn, Geovanna Campos, Ben Hess, Naiara Santos, Pedro Salim Rosa, Flávia Feitosa and the Fulbright Scholarship Program.

Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Bateria Brasileira’ by Redeemin’.

Thanks to Epidemic Sound and Anchor.fm for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: Cobwebs In the Sky by They Dream By Day, Bateria Brasileira by Redeemin’, The King of Thieves by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, Enter the Night 3 by Fredrik Ekstrom, Knee-Deep by Charles Holme, Carimbó by Orquestra do Estado do Mato Grosso, Another Spring Will Come by A Sight of Wonders, In This Haven by David Celeste, Moonlight Mystery by Alexandra Woodward, Life In Color by Philip Ayers, Suavemente by Alysha Sheldon, In Continuum by Dream Cave, Unspoken by Silver Maple, Moonlight Fever by Placidic, A Common Memory by Trevor Kovalski, Don’t Leave Me Hanging by Christian Andersen, Ankomst by Strom, Big World for a Minnow by Trevor Kowalski, Refined Enlightenment by Howard Harper-Barnes, Absinthe-Minded by Damon Greene, Progressive Progress by Howard Harper-Barnes and Courage Endures by Trevor Kowalski.

SFX and Archival credits:

1.) Commercial Guaraná Jesus [2013] (Campanha São João) →  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_P2QtJLALQ

2.) Orquestra do Estado do Mato Grosso - Carimbó (Audio) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iahvRnvjyHU

All pictures of this episode’s object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website and look at the episode gallery as well → object-obscura.com

A 3ª TEMPORADA ESTÁ AQUI! Estamos descobrindo a história um objeto de cada vez. Este é o podcast investigativo histórico sobre pessoas, objetos e suas histórias.

O primeiro episódio sai em duas semanas na sexta-feira, 4 de novembro! Os episódios seguintes desta temporada serão lançados a cada duas sextas-feiras.

Ouça o trailer completo no Apple Podcasts, Spotify ou onde quer que você ouça podcasts. Confira tudo também em nosso site: object-obscura.com

Obrigado a quem ajudou com a dublagem e o apoio tecnológico: Saylon Sousa.

SEASON 3 IS HERE! We are uncovering history one object at a time. This is the historical investigative podcast about people, objects and their stories.

The first episode comes out in two weeks on Friday, November 4th! The following episodes in this season will come out every other Friday.

Listen to the full trailer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out everything on our website as well: object-obscura.com

Thank you to those who helped with voice overs: Luis Felipe D’Oliveira, Victor Galvão, Ben Hess, Jeremy Tarbutton and Geovanna Campos.

In this episode I have a metal film canister - and inside is an acetate film reel of a 1990s Indian film. We’ll go on a roller coaster adventure to learn about the movie inside and all of the drama surrounding it. Thank you to Anthony L’Abbate from the George Eastman Museum, Tejaswini Ganti and Ramesh Talwar from the IPTA.

Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Behind the Walls’ by Nathanie

Thanks to Epidemic Sound, Chosic and Anchor.fm for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: Informed and Prudent by Yi Nantiro, Santoor and Tabla by Samuel Corwin, Behind the Walls by Nathanie, Living a Fantasy by Pulsed, Dreams of India by Sight of Wonders, Singular Mind by Anthony Earls, Bansuri Yeh Bansuri Nahin by Shiv-Hari, Lady In Black by Farrell Wooten, Gnomon by Marten Moses, Azoic by Max Anson, Espionage by Uncaria, Sahibaan Meri Sahibaan by Shiv-Hari, Aging Carefully by Martin Klem, Absence of Light by Prozody, Tu Kya Pyar Karega by Shiv-Hari, Ray of Hope by JayJen, Main Botal Nahin by Shiv-Hari, Intervention by Gabriel Parker, Contraband by Lovren, Distant Dawn by Christan Andersen, Dark Seas by Michael Rothery, Maharadjan Wishes by Jhukane Bada, Pachisi by Taomito, The World Is a Smaller Place Now by Craft Case, Dark Woods by Phoenix Tail, Back to Bollywood by Jhukane Bada, Solids by Ethan Sloan, The Annual Rain by Saira Ridley, You Want Dark Tunes by Ave Air, In Continuum by Dream Cave and The Pyramide by Edgar Hopp.

SFX and Archival credits:

1.) Digitized trailer → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiSh8dErfQs

2.) The movie Sahibaan → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVwTOEyJx0&t=4578s. You can watch it with English subtitles on Amazon in some countries

3.) Sanjay Dutt Gets Out of Jail (2016) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrlS3Wfhh6Y

4.) 1993 Bomb Blasts: True Justice Still Elusive → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xBvlNsgphI&t=68s

5.) Sanjay Dutt walks out of Pune’s Yerwada Jail after 42 Months → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxtsngl8aU&t=31s

6.) Sanjay Dutt Gets Five Years → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whl-M39_Pek

All pictures of this episode’s object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website as well object-obscura.com

In this episode I have an Army songbook from WWI. I track down the great niece of the soldier who had it in battle over 100 years ago. Thank you to Jari Villanueva → tapsbugler.com and tapsforveterans.org, The National WWI Museum and Marleen Grass.

Voice of John Pfuelb by Robert Anthony Peters

Voice of Leo T. McCabe by Ben Hess

Picture credits by Korina McNair

Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Behind the Walls’ by Nathanie

Thanks to Epidemic Sound and Anchor for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: How To Fall by Anthony Earls, Behind the Walls by Nathanie, Going Home by Jari Villanueva, Nobody Knows and Nobody Seems to Care by Irving Berlin, Where the Lights Is by Howard Harper-Barnes, American Waltz by the Columbia School Band, Goodbye Broadway, Hello France by Billy Baskette, Sudden Change of Pace by Trailer Worx, Conspiracy Inc. by Alec Slayne, Memphis Blues by James Reese Europe, Over There by George M. Cohan, Vindication by Charles Holme, Kiriume by Arden Forest, Dark Mind by Wendel Scherer, Enter the Night 3 by Fredrick Ekstrom, In this Haven by David Celeste, Light Through a Prism by Deep Inside, Battlefield Flashbacks by Jon Sumner, Climbing the Fence by Arthur Benson, Was It Worth It by Bonn Fields, Save Her by Jon Bjork, Angeli by Bonn Fields, Residuum by Silver Maple and Origo by Bonn Fields.

Extra link: Listen to recorded music from WWI → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YAFdFVeufg&t=1941s

All pictures of this episode’s object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website as well object-obscura.com

In this episode I have a WWII flight report log book. We investigate the book’s pages and hear many unexpected stories from the soldier's daughter. Thank you to Pilot Dave and Ellen Rhinehart.

Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Behind the Walls’ by Nathanie

Thanks to Epidemic Sound and Anchor.fm for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: Time Pressure by Max Anson, Behind the Walls by Nathanie, Closed Book by Dream Cave, Tension 5 by Erik Ekstrom, Where No Man Has Gone Before by Dream Cave, Lost Stories by Aias Conor, Monograph by Johannes Bornlof, Missing Pieces by Dream Cave, Across the Waters by Dream Cave, Extinction Path by John Sumner, Atomic Numbers 1 by August Wilhelmsson, The Last Disaster by Howard Harper-Barnes, Returning Memories by Erasmus Talbot, In Ruins by Synthetic Tides and New Dimensions by Reynard Seidel.

SFX and Archival credits:

1.) “Attention Young Men” (1947) from FedFlix on YouTube

2.) “Charlie Sweeney - Interview After Nagasaki Bomb Drop” (1945) from CriticalPast

All pictures of this episode’s object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website as well object-obscura.com

Second update for season 2 of the podcast. The last three episodes will come out every other Friday, starting next week, November 3. So the schedule is EP 13 - Friday, November 3, EP 14 - Friday, November 19, EP 15 - Friday, December. Stay tuned - tell your friends and family about the show.