Diaspora Podcast

In this deeply personal episode of Diaspora , Marie sits down with her producer and “little brother,” Juming Delmas , founder of Juming Delmas Studios , for a powerful conversation about identity, tragedy, Haitian heritage, and reclaiming your own story. Marie and Juming first connected through LinkedIn, but what stood out to Marie was his last name: Delmas , a name tied to a well-known area in Po...

In this episode of Diaspora: The Soul of a People | Haitian Soul , host Marie offers a historical and cultural correction that has been owed for a long time: the word is not “voodoo.” The word is Vodou . For generations, Haitian Vodou has been distorted by movies, colonial narratives, early anthropology, and popular culture. It has been portrayed as evil, frightening, primitive, or superstitious —...

In this episode of Diaspora: The Soul of a People , Marie Stuppard reflects on the meaning of Haitian Flag Day , a celebration rooted not only in national pride, but in revolution, memory, sacrifice, and identity. Observed every year on May 18 , Haitian Flag Day marks the creation of the Haitian flag in 1803 during the Haitian Revolution, when the people of Saint-Domingue were moving toward the bi...

In this episode of Diaspora: The Soul of a People , Marie Stuppard turns to one of Haiti’s quietest yet most enduring staples: mayi moulen, the ground corn dish that has nourished generations without glamour, prestige, or fanfare. Rather than treating it as a simple recipe, Marie uses maïmoulin as an entry point into a much deeper story about memory, survival, dignity, and the foods that sustain p...

In this episode of Diaspora: The Soul of a People, Marie Stuppard explores the long history behind charcoal in Haiti and asks listeners to rethink one of the country’s most misunderstood environmental stories. “Chabon: Smoke, Soil, and Survival” begins before colonization, in Aiti — the Taíno “land of high mountains” — where fire was already part of cultivation, cooking, and artistic expression. F...