175 - Finding Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan, the first woman architect to be licensed in California, designed over 700 buildings in California including Hearst Castle in San Simeon....
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The Kitchen Sisters Present… Stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. The episodes tell deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music. From powerhouse producers The Kitchen Sisters (Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost & Found Sound, Fugitive Waves and coming soon… The Keepers). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. The Kitchen Sisters Present is produced in collaboration with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell and mixed by Jim McKee. A proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
174 - The Braveheart Grandmothers and Yankton Sioux Coming of Age Ceremony
The Braveheart Women’s Society, a group of Yankton Sioux grandmothers and tribal elders, have re-established an almost forgotten coming of age ritual ...
173 - Betty Reid Soskin, Celebrating the 100th Birthday of the Oldest Park Ranger in America
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation's oldest serving Park Ranger, works at the Rosie the Riveter Home Front World War II National Historical Park in Richmon...
172 - The Sonic Memorial—The 20th Anniversary of 9/11m], Narrated by Paul Auster
An intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of The World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood, through audio arti...
171—What Fire Reveals: Stories from the CZU August Lightning Fires in The Santa Cruz Mountains
In the early morning hours of August 16, 2020, 12,000 lightning strikes exploded across northern California, igniting more than 585 wildfires. In the ...
170—Route 66—The Mother Road
John Steinbeck called it the “Mother Road.” Songwriter Bobby Troup described it as the route to get your kicks on. And Mickey Mantle said, “If it hadn...
169—Cry Me A River
Today we’re thinking about Pack Creek Ranch in southern Utah and an incredible archive of material, gathered by river guide and environmental activist...
169-Gert McMullin—Sewing on the Frontline—From the AIDS Quilt to COVID-19 PPE
In 1985, Gert McMullin was one of the first San Franciscans to put a stitch on the AIDS Quilt, the quilt that began with one memorial square in honor ...
168-Soul to Soul at 50 — A Homecoming Festival in Ghana for African American Artists, 1971
Fifty years ago, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States — Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, Santana and mo...
166—Danni Washington and The Genius Generation
We’re excited about The Genius Generation, a new podcast hosted by Danni Washington, and we want you to get in on it. The Genius Generation — innovati...