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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 o…
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …
7 months 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 manufacturi…
7 months, 2 weeks 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 Mu…
8 months 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 factorie…
8 months, 2 weeks 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 wh…
9 months 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 out…
9 months, 2 weeks 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 Revoluti…
10 months 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…
10 months, 2 weeks 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…
11 months ago