Society And Culture
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Manny's: A Civic Gathering Place
As elections loom, we need to get involved, step up to the civic plate, take part in discourse. And that’s what Manny Yekutiel has been driven to do since 2018. He’s created a communi... Sep 17, 2024
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Linda Ronstadt Day
San Francisco officially declared July 15th Linda Ronstadt Day. In her honor, The Kitchen Sisters Present this story about her book "Linda Ronstadt: Feels Like Home, about her family... Jul 15, 2024
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Parsi New Year—First Day of Spring
Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with three kitchens. She prowls through six farmer’s markets a week in search of unusual greens, roots, seeds, and traditional food plants fro... Mar 19, 2024
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Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects hosted by Frances McDormand
Little known stories of pioneering architects — Julia Morgan, the first accredited female architect in California, who designed Hearst Castle and was nearly written out of the histor... Mar 5, 2024
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The Mardi Gras Indians—Stories from New Orleans
Jelly Roll Morton talks of being a “Spy Boy” in the Mardi Gras Indian parades of his youth. Bo Dollis, of the Wild Magnolias, tells of sewing his suit of feathers and beads all night ... Feb 6, 2024
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Architect Anna Wagner Keichline: The Legacy of Invention
Anna Wagner Keichline (1889–1943) was the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania and was among the first registered women architects in the United States. During her long ca... Nov 7, 2023
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TRAILER: The Unmarked Graveyard
On September 28th, we’re launching a new series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island. Hart Island is America’s largest public cemetery—sometimes known as a “potter’s fi... Sep 21, 2023
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221 - Lena Richard - America's Unknown Celebrity Chef
When Lena Richard cooked her first chicken on television, she beat Julia Child to the screen by over a decade. At a time when most African American women cooks worked behind swinging ... Sep 5, 2023
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220 - Archiving the Underground — Hip Hop at Harvard & Cornell
We delve into the story of the founding of the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard by Dr. Marcyliena Morgan, Professor of African and African American Studies and Profess... Aug 15, 2023
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218 - Remembering "The Day After Trinity - J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb"
In 1981, The Kitchen Sisters interviewed filmmaker Jon Else about his Academy Award nominated documentary, The Day After Trinity, a deeply moving film about J. Robert Oppenheimer and ... Jul 18, 2023