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 lo...
20 Jul 202358min
6. Outside the Little Houses
At her best, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books offer a door for readers to walk through to get the full picture of the world the Ingalls were living in. She may not tell you ev...
13 Jul 202346min
5. This American Life
One of the reasons the Little House books are so compelling is because Laura Ingalls was a real person. She lived the experiences she wrote about. These things actually happened. But also? She’s a rea...
6 Jul 20231h 3min
4. Daughter Dearest pt. 2: Politics and Rose
Who actually wrote the Little House books? For decades this question has loomed over the series. Was it Laura, a 65-year-old farm wife? Or her daughter Rose, one of the country's most successful freel...
29 Jun 202347min
3. Daughter Dearest pt. 1: The Hurricane
Behind the cozy wholesome sweetness of the Little House books, is a raging mother and daughter relationship that is the stuff of soap operas and tabloid talk shows. Laura Ingalls Wilder and her husban...
22 Jun 202347min
2. Heroine with a Thousand Faces
How do you convey how much you loved the things you loved as a child? For lots of people, that thing is the Little House books. For better or worse, the books have shaped children’s lives and influenc...
15 Jun 202343min
1. "Now is Now"
Host Glynnis MacNicol has loved Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books since she was a kid. She’s not alone in this, a lot of people have a strong devotion to Laura. Some travel miles to visi...
8 Jun 202342min
Introducing "Wilder"
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1 Jun 20232min
