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42 – Hidden World of Traveller Girls
Stories of young Irish Traveller women. Travellers—the people of walking. Sometimes called the gypsies of Ireland. They speak of non-Travellers as “t…
10 years, 3 months ago
41 – A Secret Civil Rights Kitchen: Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere
In the 1950s, a group of Montgomery, Alabama women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. Known as the Club from Nowhere the group was …
10 years, 4 months ago
40 – New Orleans—Cowboys, Indians, Broncos & Boudin
New Orleans stories from The Kitchen Sisters—including the world of unexpected, down home convict cooking at The Angola Prison Rodeo, an event that d…
10 years, 4 months ago
39 – One Big Self: The Hidden World of Deborah Luster & C. D. Wright
Our show today is in honor of the beloved poet C. D. Wright who unexpectedly passed away recently. We interviewed C. D. in 2009 as part of a story we…
10 years, 5 months ago
Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins
Episode 38
In 1948, Bill Hawkins became Cleveland’s first black disc jockey. He had a jiving, rhyming style. People gathered on the street to watch him broadcas…
10 years, 5 months ago
37 – Bone Music: A Collaboration with 99% Invisible
Before the availability of the tape recorder and during the 1950s, when vinyl was scarce, ingenious Russians began recording banned bootlegged jazz, …
10 years, 6 months ago
36 – Tupperware
“Somewhere in the world there’s a Tupperware Party starting every 10 seconds.” And we’re going to one with The Kitchen Sisters.
Parties. Rallies. Sal…
10 years, 6 months ago
35 – Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake
Nick Drake was a British singer songwriter from the early 1970s. His music has attracted a passionate, loyal following and influenced countless music…
10 years, 7 months ago
34 – The Vietnam Tapes of Michael A. Baronowski
Michael Baronowski was a 19-year-old Marine when he landed in Vietnam in 1966. He brought with him a reel-to-reel tape recorder and used it to record…
10 years, 7 months ago
33 – WHER: 1000 Beautiful Watts—The First All Girl Radio Station in the Nation—Part 2
When Sam Phillips sold Elvis’ contract in 1955 he used the money to start WHER, an all-girl radio station in Memphis, TN. In this episode we move fro…
10 years, 8 months ago