Bonus: Family by Mud
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Why revisit the stories from Under Yazoo Clay?
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Who is Noah Satterstrom and what is his connection to the asylum?
Today we're dropping a bonus episode of Under Yazoo Clay. The response to this series has been overwhelming, so as a way of saying thank you to all our listeners, we wanted to check back in with some of the people we interviewed back in April of 2024 to see how the last year has treated them. One of those is descendant Noah Satterstrom, the artist who told his great-grandfather's story in 183 different canvases. As it happens, Noah was the sort of entry point for this whole series. Back in 2023, I met up with Betsy Bradley, the director of the Mississippi Museum of Art. I'd just released a podcast that was about a skeleton in my own family's closet, so to speak, and she wanted to know if I'd be interested in talking to Noah. I was. I'd heard about the old asylum. I knew that thousands of unmarked graves had been discovered on its grounds and that the University of Mississippi Medical Center was at a crossroads for how to deal with them.
In the words of the Southern scholar, Mab Segrist, it had that Southern Gothic aura. I was instantly fascinated. But as Noah and I started talking, I realized that what grabbed me the most about his story weren't the details of Dr. Smith's life and this mysterious old asylum. It was Noah and how 100 years after Dr. Smith entered the old asylum, that trauma continued to shape Noah and his family. As we met with other descendants, I saw the same thing. Relatives they'd never met, and in some cases, like Wayne Lee, knew almost nothing about, were still present, telling them how to interact with the world, how to view themselves. But I also saw something else. A certain catharsis that comes with finally looking straight at that big thing that everyone had tried to hide.
We talked to Noah in April about what happens when, as he originally put it, the genie is let out of the bottle. How the reception to his exhibition last year has changed how he thinks about his great-grandfather, but also his own struggles with mental health. Oh, and in the meantime, Noah's also come across even more of his great-grandfather's medical records.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why revisit the stories from Under Yazoo Clay?
2:07–2:18
2
Who is Noah Satterstrom and what is his connection to the asylum?
2:18–5:05
3
What family discoveries has Noah Satterstrom made?
5:05–9:06
4
How does mental health history affect Noah Satterstrom?
9:06–22:28
5
Who is Kimberly Jackson and how does she keep her ancestor's memory alive?
22:28–27:29
6
What are the challenges and hopes for families dealing with mental health issues?
27:29–1:02:20