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Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant: The Promise and Peril of Nuclear Energy
Season 4 Episode 220
The Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant was one of the earliest commercial nuclear reactors in New England. Though it was dismantled at the turn of the 21st century, its legacy remains, both for …
Published on 1 day, 2 hours ago
Transgender History and Connecticut Transgender Pioneer Dr. Alan L. Hart
Season 4 Episode 219
The transgender community has struggled to receive recognition and equality. In this episode, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker an…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Connecticut in the Industrial Revolution: Making Buttons in Cheshire
Season 4 Episode 218
A button sounds like a very ordinary thing. But button production in Cheshire was part of Connecticut's pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. According…
Published on 1 month ago
The Smith Family of Glastonbury: Hannah and Her Daughters
Season 217 Episode 4
In this episode of Grating the Nutmeg, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's collection have ins…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Brewing Community: Labor, Alcohol, and Unrest in Industrial New Britain
Season 4 Episode 216
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain, Connecticut at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city's factories turning out tools and hardware. Their weekly rou…
Published on 2 months ago
Connecticut's Wild Visionary: Children's Author Maurice Sendak
Season 4 Episode 215
Artist and author Maurice Sendak was able to achieve significant and enduring success in art and children's literature during his lifetime. But what secrets did he had to keep from his family, pub…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Monstrous: The Business of Whaling
Season 4 Episode 214
Whaling was big business. Connecticut and her sister New England states built ships, forged cast iron tools, produced wooden storage casks and outfitted sailors. Stonington, Mystic, New London, an…
Published on 3 months ago
When the Continental Army Camped in Connecticut
Season 4 Episode 213
The Redding Encampment, Connecticut's first State Archaeological Preserve, is located in Putnam Memorial State Park. Understanding of the Revolutionary War has emphasized the battles, maneuvers, a…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
212. Ingredients for Revolution: Feminist Restaurants featuring Bloodroot Restaurant
Season 4 Episode 212
Connecticut Explored and our podcast, Grating the Nutmeg, have featured many of the heritage trails that mark the important histories and sites of Connecticut's people. Preservation Connecticut ha…
Published on 4 months ago
Leviathan: New Englanders and the History of Whaling
Season 4 Episode 211
American whale oil lit the world. The Industrial Revolution couldn't have happened without it. Connecticut was part of the whaling industry of the nineteenth century that sent thousands of America…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago