Wilder20 Heinä 2023

7. The Problem of Laura

What is our responsibility to the things we loved the most? One answer is to be brutally honest about who and what we love. That’s what we’re doing in this episode. We’re going to take a long, hard look at the worst parts of Laura: the racism, the violence, and xenophobia present in the Little House series. There’s more than you might think. Even Glynnis, a person who thought she knew Laura all the way through, was surprised and sometimes shocked. We also talk about the harm the books have caused and investigate whether the Little House books should still have a place in our classrooms or even on our shelves. Go deeper: On Native American HistoryMni Sota Makoce: Land of the Dakota by Gwen Westerman and Bruce WhiteMean Spirit by Linda HoganMore on government operated boarding schools for Native children On Native representation and racism in the Little House books Little squatters on the Osage Diminished Reserve by Frances W. Kaye Lizzie Skurnick on Little House’s “Myth of White Self-Sufficiency” On Black prairie narrativesMore on Doctor George A. TannEra Bell Thompson: A North Dakota Daughter Alternate children’s book recommendations: Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue ParkBirchbark House by Louise ErdrichForever Cousins by Laurel GoodluckMore recommendations from Dr. Debbie Reese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Laura is BACK on Your TV!

Wilder is back in the Under the Influence feed. A brand new Little House on the Prairie just landed on Netflix and obviously Glynnis and I had thoughts. I talked to Executive Producer Joy Gorman Wett...

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A Little House 50th Anniversary Special!

We’re back for a very special episode! It’s been a year since you last heard from us and so much happened. Thousands of people have listened to the show and continue to keep the dialogue about Laura’s...

29 Elo 202441min

BONUS: "Oh, that Nellie Oleson!" with Alison Anrgrim

Surprise! We’re back to share our extended interview with Alison Arngrim, aka everyone’s favorite mean girl: Nellie Oleson. She’s a powerhouse when it comes to keeping the Little House legacy alive, f...

20 Loka 202345min

10. “It can never be a long time ago.”

As we talked about in our very first episode, the last line of Big Woods reads, “Now is now, it can never be a long time ago.” That line might be the most accurate description there is of the Little H...

31 Elo 20231h 1min

BONUS: Caroline Fraser’s Prairie Fires

In all of our research for this show, one of the scholars who has most influenced our thinking on Laura and her work is Caroline Fraser, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning biography, Prairie Fires: ...

17 Elo 202345min

BONUS: A chat with Melissa Gilbert

We’re nearing the end of our series, but before we go we have a surprise for you. Is it tin cups and peppermint sticks? A pig’s bladder? No! It’s our extended interview with the one and only Melissa G...

10 Elo 202356min

9. The Business of Laura

Laura Ingalls Wilder probably couldn’t have imagined the multi-million dollar media empire that would emerge from her books. From the television show to prairie chic dresses to dolls to tin cups beari...

3 Elo 202339min

8. Little Landon on the Prairie

This week, Little House goes to Hollywood. In the 1970s, the TV show Little House on the Prairie gave Laura’s books a whole new life. Tens of millions of people tuned in every week to spend time with ...

27 Heinä 20231h 4min