Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast
Join hosts Carmella and Alix as they explore real-life cases of survival cannibalism in this true history podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Season 3 Trailer
Coming 31 October 2021: Season 3 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.
Join Alix and Carmella for 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism across time and around the world.
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S2 E11. SEA PART II – Charlesfort
Religious turmoil. Espionage. Mutiny. Bad accents. This is the story of Charlesfort – an early French attempt to establish a colony in North America.
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S2 E10. SEA PART I – The SS Rooseboom
This week we return to the Pacific theatre of WWII, where Dutch steam-ship Rooseboom is in the process of evacuating 500 passengers from Padang to Ceylon.
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S2 E9. LAND PART VII – The First Crusade
1098. Frankish knights reach the city of Ma’arra. As the crusaders surround the city walls, in an unusual reversal of convention, this time it’s the besiegers who find themselves desperate fo…
S2 E7. LAND PART V – Count Ugolino
Did you know that there’s survival cannibalism in Dante’s Divine Comedy? And it’s based on a true story? This week, we look at the infamous ‘Cannibal Count’, Ugolino della Gherardesca.
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S2 E6. LAND PART IV – The Great 14th Century Famine
Climate change, food shortages, calls for Scottish independence and plague on the doorstep… The 14th century was a very different time.
This week, Alix looks at the Great Famine that struc…
S2 E5. LAND PART III – The Flatters Expedition
This week, we journey to the Sahara for a tale of railways, misadventure and betrayal in Colonial Algeria.
CREDITS
Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.
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S2 E4. LAND PART II – Chinese Cannibalism 101
Famine, war, siege and political upheaval: Alix takes us on a tour of almost 2,500 years of survival cannibalism history in China.
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Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn …
S2 E3. LAND PART I – The Pacific War
When Japanese supply lines to New Guinea get cut off, the troops are left to fend for themselves in the midst of World War II.
CREDITS
Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and …
Season 2 Trailer
Coming next week: Season 2 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.
Join hosts Alix and Carmella for 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism history, starting with a very familiar …
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Season 2 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast is on the way!
Join hosts Alix and Carmella in 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism history, coming December 2020.
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