Monday, April 21, 2025

RoguesCulture Podcast – Still, they laughed

TThe RoguesCulture Podcast – Still, they laughed. Through centuries of oppression, contradiction, and change, Caribbean people held on to something unbreakable—their humour, music, and rogue spirit. RoguesCulture is more than a podcast. It's a bold blend of cultural commentary, history, and lived experience, exploring how identity is shaped not by power, but by resistance, expression, and joy. From colonial relics to modern rebels, we uncover the soul of a people through music, humour, poetry, art, and storytelling. Each episode brings radical insight into how culture survives, evolves, and speaks back—on its own terms. 🎧 Listen in. This is rogue history—loud, lyrical, and unapologetically alive.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Molten Memories: A Visual Journey into Barbados’ Sugar Past

 

In Molten Memories Barbados’ sugar story comes alive as a powerful visual experience.
 From boiling kettles and slavery to cultural survival and modern rebirth—witness the legacy, the loss, and the resilience.

Molten Memories is no ordinary podcast—it’s a hybrid storytelling experience of Barbados’ sugar legacy with sound, narrative, and rich animation. 

https://roguesinparadise.com/molten-memories-the-animated-podcast-experience/

This animated episode of Rogues Culture, explores how Barbados became Britain’s wealthiest colony through sugar—and the brutal realities of the enslaved Africans who built that wealth. From cast iron kettles to the collapse of the plantation economy, this visual journey dives deep into a legacy of pain, resilience, and transformation.