The Know Your Caribbean Podcast

Your Roots Are Your Remedy: The Psychology of Knowing Your Caribbean

What if the key to your mental health wasn't found in a therapist's office, but in the pages of your nation's history? In this powerful bonus episode, host connects with Audrey Augustave, LPC, LCADC, NCC — psychotherapist, Gottman-trained couples therapist, and practice owner of A Nurtured Life Psychotherapy — for a conversation that bridges Caribbean heritage and psychological healing. Audrey breaks down how colonial history, political landscapes, and generational trauma live inside our family dynamics, our behavioral patterns, and our sense of self — and why understanding where we come from may be the most radical act of liberation available to Caribbean people today. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The difference between Slavery in the USA and the Caribbean

In this episode of the Know Your Caribbean podcast, host Fiona Compton explores the history and structure of slavery in the Caribbean and the United States. Drawing from Caribbean historical perspectives, the conversation examines how plantation economies, colonial systems, and resistance shaped life across the region. From the scale of plantation societies to the cultural survival and rebellion of enslaved Africans, the episode unpacks how different colonial environments produced distinct historical experiences—while still being connected through the wider system of the transatlantic slave trade. Through clear historical context and reflection, Fiona Compton of Know Your Caribbean invites listeners to think more deeply about how these histories shaped the societies we live in today, and why understanding them matters for conversations about identity, memory, and justice in the present. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

90 Seconds into Oblivion - The Mount Pelée Eruption in Martinique

In this episode, we dive into the devastating 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on the Caribbean island of Martinique—a disaster that obliterated the thriving city of Saint-Pierre in minutes. Through eyewitness accounts and historical insight, we explore how warning signs were missed, how a deadly pyroclastic surge changed volcanic science forever, and why this eruption remains one of the most catastrophic in recorded history. Hosted by Fiona Compto, founder of Know Your Caribbean ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The First Moko Jumbie

In this episode we explore the first written record of a Moko Jumbie - a stilt walker - in the Caribbean. Through the exploration of the record we cover the arrival of 3 Slave ships from 3 different parts of Africa, life of the Kalinago and Garifuna people as their land is slowly yet violently being taken away, African music and masquerade, and how 440 African children were separated from their families and sent to Saint Vincent. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Obeah, Murder, and Prostitution in the Post Emancipation Caribbean

In 1840's Saint Lucia the tides have turned for Black women on the island. Abandoning the plantations that enslaved them, they took to the streets as sex workers taking agency over their bodies. White priests ventured not into the depths of the countryside to indoctrinate the Christian faith, and so in the enclaves of the countryside, African spirituality prevails. Here we uncover an obsessive man who seeks the help of an Obeah man to conquer an infatuation, which leads to murder. Mid episode music by the people of Oleon, Deanery Saint Lucia, near Mabouya Valley ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.