Podcast Episodes

Aggie & Walter Murch — Family, Farming & Filmmaking

Episode 271

Muriel "Aggie" Murch and her husband, Academy Award winning film editor and sound designer Walter Murch, have lived on Blackberry Farm in Bolinas for some five decades, along with their children, chi…

Published on 10 hours ago

The Real Ambassadors — A Jazz Opera for Louis Armstrong by Dave & Iola Brubeck

The Real Ambassadors is a poignant tale of cultural exchange, anti-racism, and jazz history. And it's a love story — between life-long husband and wife partners, Iola & Dave Brubeck and their vision …

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Women's School of Planning and Architecture: Not Only Survive but Flourish

The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture, popularly known as WSPA, ran for four summers from 1974 to 1979.    
You could learn woodworking in the morning and feminist theory in the afternoon, a…

Published on 1 month ago

Kibbe at the Crossroads - Lebanese Immigrants and Cooking in the Mississippi Delta

Episode 269

We travel to the Mississippi Delta and the world of Lebanese immigrants, where barbecue and the blues meet kibbe, a kind of traditional Lebanese raw meatloaf. Lebanese immigrants began arriving in th…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Honesty Boxes of Scotland

Episode 268

“Some people might think that honesty boxes are from the past, from a different age, a simpler age, a more honest age, but I would say they're a future thing as well.” – Mark Cousins

Throughout the is…

Published on 2 months ago

Hidden Kitchens Texas — Hosted by Willie Nelson

Episode 267

Willie Nelson and Dallas-born actress Robin Wright, along with some wild and extraordinary tellers, take us across Texas and share some of their Hidden Kitchen stories. Gas station tacos, ice houses,…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

America Eats - 1930s WPA Chronicle of Food, Ritual and Celebration at The Library of Congress

Episode 266

Fish Fries, political BBQs, family reunions — during the 1930s writers were paid by the government to chronicle local food, eating customs and recipes across the United States. America Eats, a WPA pr…

Published on 3 months ago

The National Archives – The What and the Why

Episode 264

“From the very beginning the intent was that the American people needed to be able to access the records so that we would be able to hold the government accountable for its actions.” - David Ferriero…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial - The Worst Video Game Ever?

Episode 263

Deep within the National Museum of American History’s vaults is a battered Atari case containing what’s known as “the worst video game of all time.” The game is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and it was…

Published on 4 months ago

Radio Pacific - A New Show From KALW San Francisco

Episode 262

The Kitchen Sisters are excited to share the first episode of Radio Pacific, a new monthly show from KALW in San Francisco that takes a deep and creative look at the issues facing California and the …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago