Another week, another famine. This episode, Alix looks at a modern case of famine-induced survival cannibalism in North Korea.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/11/18/s3-e4-land-part-iv---the-arduous-march/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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