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The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters Present

247 Episodes • By The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia • www.kitchensisters.org/present/...
The Kitchen Sisters Present… Stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. Deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music. From powerhouse NPR producers The Kitchen Sisters (The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens ...more
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Oprah, Kamala, and The New Orleans Four
There was a moment at the 2024 Democratic National C... more
Sep 3 2024 17m
Desegregation of New Orleans Schools
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Burning Man: Archiving the Ephemeral
On the night of Summer Solstice 1986, Larry Harvey a... more
Aug 20 2024 18m
Burning Man Art and History
Chapter 1 12 mins
Archiving Burning Man's Ephemeral History
Chapter 2 7 mins
Preserving Burning Man's Cultural History
Chapter 3 1 min
Preserving Burning Man's Origin Stories
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Henri Langlois and the Cinémathèque Française
In honor of the Paris Olympics and the astounding co... more
Aug 6 2024 24m
Zora Neale Hurston's Folklore Fieldwork
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Kitchen Sisters Present Archive Fever
Chapter 2 12 mins
Film Culture and Folklore Research
Chapter 3 1 min
Southern Food as American Sacrament
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Linda Ronstadt Day
San Francisco officially declared July 15th Linda Ro... more
Jul 15 2024 30m
Generational Sonoran Desert Project
Chapter 1 16 mins
Linda Ronstadt's Culinary Memoir
Chapter 2 11 mins
Exploring Motherhood and Music With Linda
Chapter 3 4 mins
Linda Ronstadt's Culinary Collaboration
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Traveling Route 66 — The Mother Road
Route 66—The Main Street of America— the first conti... more
Jul 2 2024 58m
Memories of a Historic Cave
Chapter 1 14 mins
Remembering Route 66
Chapter 2 11 mins
On the Road to Memories
Chapter 3 8 mins
Cadillac Ranch and Route 66
Chapter 4 18 mins
Life on Route 66
Chapter 5 8 mins
The Changing Landscape of Route 66
Chapter 6 1 min
Uncovering Route 66's Story
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Laying the Groundwork: Women in American Architecture, Spring 1977
In 1977, a cavernous, rarely used sculpture gallery ... more
Jun 18 2024 26m
Groundbreaking Women in American Architecture
Chapter 1 17 mins
Women in American Architecture
Chapter 2 12 mins
Women in American Architecture Exhibition
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A Floating City Vision - Mirabeau Water Garden, New Orleans
As this year's hurricane season ramps up, we go to N... more
Jun 4 2024 17m
Water Challenges in New Orleans
Chapter 1 12 mins
Water, Architecture, and Environmental Partnerships
Chapter 2 8 mins
Mirabeau Water Garden
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Dissident Kitchens
On February 16, 2024 Russian dissident Alexei Navaln... more
May 21 2024 15m
Chapter 1 16 mins
Dissident Kitchens
Chapter 2 2 mins
Moscow Kitchens
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Eleanor Coppola: Notes on a Life
On April 12, 2024, Eleanor Coppola, artist, filmmake... more
May 7 2024 52m
Life's Unexpected Blessings
Chapter 1 2 mins
Exploring Motherhood With Kitchen Sisters
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Cool Hair, Great Smile: Remembering Knox Phillips
Over the years, The Kitchen Sisters have zeroed in o... more
Apr 16 2024 40m
Musical Legacy of Memphis Recording Service
Chapter 1 12 mins
Life in Prison
Chapter 2 9 mins
Memphis Music Legends and History
Chapter 3 17 mins
The Evolution of Knox Phillips"
Chapter 4 2 mins
Remembering Knox Phillips and Memphis Music
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The Romance and Sex Life of the Date
In 1898, the United States Department of Agriculture... more
Apr 2 2024 15m
Early 20th Century Date Marketing Strategies
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Romance of Date Palm Trees
Chapter 2 3 mins
Dangers of Palm Tree Work
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Parsi New Year—First Day of Spring
Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with three ... more
Mar 19 2024 17m
Exotic Yet Accessible
Chapter 1 18 mins
Exploring Parsi Culinary Heritage
Chapter 2 1 min
Food and Music Collaboration Project
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Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects hosted by Frances McDormand
Little known stories of pioneering architects — Juli... more
Mar 5 2024 50m
Julia Morgan's Architectural Journey
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Black Chef, White House—African American Chefs in the President's Kitchen
A look at the President’s kitchen and some of the fi... more
Feb 20 2024 16m
Memories and Recommendations
Chapter 1 10 mins
Black Culinary History at White House
Chapter 2 9 mins
White House Cooking History and Cocktails
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The Mardi Gras Indians—Stories from New Orleans
Jelly Roll Morton talks of being a “Spy Boy” in the ... more
Feb 6 2024 22m
The Story of Chief Bo Dollas
Chapter 1 8 mins
Cold War Propaganda and Mardi Gras
Chapter 2 14 mins
Mardi Gras Indians
Chapter 3 1 min
Interview With Mardi Gras Queens
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230 - Architecture, Family Style – Sarah Harkness & Jean Fletcher
Sarah “Sally” Pillsbury and Jean B. Fletcher were bo... more
Jan 16 2024 44m
Building a Cooperative Housing Settlement
Chapter 1 14 mins
Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
Chapter 2 13 mins
Architects Collaborative and Sixth Moon Hill
Chapter 3 10 mins
Women in Architecture
Chapter 4 9 mins
Architecture Firm's Rise and Fall
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229 - The Pancake Years - For Lenny on Christmas Eve
For five years Davia’s father, Lenny Nelson, asked h... more
Dec 24 2023 22m
Honoring Lenny's World War II Journey
Chapter 1 8 mins
Searching for Lenny's Past in Rattleston
Chapter 2 13 mins
Rattlesden Airfield and World War II Memories
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Emily Dickinson's Hidden Kitchen—Black Cake
Deep in the hidden archives of Harvard’s Houghton Li... more
Dec 19 2023 30m
Feud Over Dickinson's Poetry Ownership
Chapter 1 15 mins
Radio Topia Fundraiser and Emily Dickinson's Kitchen
Chapter 2 17 mins
Emily Dickinson
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227 - Lou Reed's Tai Chi
Lou Reed, musician, rock icon, poet, leader of the l... more
Dec 5 2023 34m
Song and Tai Chi Connection Discovery
Chapter 1 12 mins
Lou Reed's Tai Chi Journey
Chapter 2 14 mins
Lou Reed's Connection to Tai Chi
Chapter 3 10 mins
Lou Reed and Ren's Impact on Tai Chi
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226 - Kimchi Diplomacy—Hidden Kitchens: War & Peace and Food
Late autumn is Kimjang season in the Republic of Kor... more
Nov 21 2023 20m
Life on the Border
Chapter 1 14 mins
Kimchi
Chapter 2 7 mins
Female Korean Astronaut's Journey
Chapter 3 1 min
Longing for Comfort in Familiar Flavors
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Architect Anna Wagner Keichline: The Legacy of Invention
Anna Wagner Keichline (1889–1943) was the first regi... more
Nov 7 2023 26m
Inspiration From Female Architect's Patents
Chapter 1 7 mins
Anna Wagner Keekline
Chapter 2 11 mins
Anna Keeklein
Chapter 3 7 mins
Gendered Bias in Patents and Architecture
Chapter 4 1 min
Pioneering Women in American Architecture
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224 - Make Coffee Black Again
In this episode, we borrow a cup of sound from the p... more
Oct 17 2023 23m
African Coffee Supply Chain Description
Chapter 1 13 mins
Exploring Coffee Black and African Contributions
Chapter 2 10 mins
The Intentional Coffee Supply Chain
Chapter 3 28 sec
Coffee Journey
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221 - Losing Lincoln
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 90 colleg... more
Oct 3 2023 22m
Discovering the Community of Lincoln
Chapter 1 10 mins
The Demise of Lincoln College
Chapter 2 9 mins
Closure and Aftermath of Lincoln College
Chapter 3 2 mins
Adapting to Change in the Lincoln
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Filmmaker Wim Wenders—The Entire Caboddle
Filmmaker Wim Wenders premiered two new films at Can... more
Sep 19 2023 17m
Vim Vendors
Chapter 1 19 mins
100th Episode and Vim Venders' Films
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217 - Lena Richard - America's Unknown Celebrity Chef
When Lena Richard cooked her first chicken on televi... more
Sep 5 2023 29m
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Kitchen Sisters Present
Chapter 2 16 mins
Lena Richard
Chapter 3 1 min
Talking About Race Portal Launched
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