Nat Turner Podcast Josh Harraway

Nat Turner led the most famous slave rebellion in American history, yet how much do you actually know about him? How many of Nat Turner's 6 initial soldiers can you name? What were Nat Turner's motivations? What were the motivations of his men? Just how violent did the revolt actually get?
After listening to the Nat Turner podcast you'll be able to answer all of these questions and much more. Follow Josh Harraway on a journey back in time as he uses sound effects and a full cast of actors to recreate the fateful events of the Southampton Insurrection of 1831.
Unlike other versions of the Nat Turner story this time nothing is left out no matter how gruesome, no matter how controversial. No whitewashing! Josh Harraway gives you the full true story of the revolt as it happened, based on meticulous research, using countless authentic historical documents.
Chapter 1 of the Nat Turner Podcast presents a dramatization of the Sunday August 21st meeting between Nat and his 6 co-conspirators. Listen in as Nat and his men prepare for battle!
 

The Nat Turner Podcast uses the techniques of Radio Drama, sound effects and a full cast of actors to recreate the most successful slave rebellion in U.S. History. Using sounds and dialogue alone Josh Harraway takes you on a wild ride of imagination back in time, to the days of American slavery.
What did the slaves really sound like? How did people from the past really interact with one another? Forget what you've seen in the movies and forget everything you thought you knew about American slavery. Based on numerous slave narratives The Nat Turner Podcast lets you hear the rich and authentic dialects of early 19th century slaves. These were real people with real dreams, complex personalities, relationships, emotions, strengths and weaknesses.

In chapter 2 Nat Turner and his men begin their wholesale slaughter of the slave masters in Southampton County, Virginia. One of the main reasons why Nat Turner's revolt has always remained controversial is that white women and white children were not excluded from this violence. Listen to it happening as if you were actually there yourself. You may be surprised by the way it makes you feel. What would you have done if you were a slave living in 1831?

The Nat Turner Podcast was the result of a time traveling microphone sent back to 1831, Southampton County Virginia, set to record absolutely everything without judgement and without censorship. Can you handle it?
Josh Harraway uses the techniques of 20th century Audio Drama, sound effects and dialogue, to tell the 19th century story of Nat Turner's quest for Freedom. With painstaking attention to detail and historical accuracy Josh Harraway tells the full story of Nat Turner's revolt. A controversial story that has been repeatedly whitewashed and censored.
In chapter 3 of the Nat Turner Podcast we begin to meet more of the white slave owners as they are mercilessly destroyed one by one. How did most whites find out that the revolt was happening? How did whites react to the news of the violence? We also begin to see the differences in the motivations of the original conspirators. As in any diverse community opinions vary.

Hollywood and literature have never done justice to the true story of Nat Turner's slave revolt. This gruesome story is often whitewashed in an attempt to make it more palatable to a broad audience. But not this time! Through the means of Audio Drama the real story of Nat Turner can finally be told. 
Andrew Jackson, a man responsible for countless Native American deaths, remains on the 20 dollar bill. While his black contemporary Nat Turner, a slave fighting an alternative revolutionary war for freedom, remains buried in relative anonymity. Why is this still the case even today? What did Nat Turner actually believe? Were Nat Turner and his soldiers all actually fighting for the same concept of freedom? What meaning does this have for people living today?
In chapter 4 of the Nat Turner Podcast we begin to see divisions in Nat Turner's army. The spirit of alcoholism begins to dominate and internecine conflicts between the slave rebels themselves threaten to distract Nat Turner from his mission to reach Jerusalem. Can Nat Turner hold his army together? Listen to find out!