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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. Deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music. From powerhouse NPR producers The Kitchen Sisters (The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost & Found Sound, and Fugitive Waves). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. The Kitchen Sisters Present is produced in by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) 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.

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  • #294
    September 8 · 59 min

    The Sonic Memorial - 25th Anniversary of 9/11

    An intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of The World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood, through voices, sounds, stories, audio artifacts, voicemail messages and interviews.

  • #293
    September 1 · 53 min

    The Tom Luddy Connection: The Man, The Movies, The Rolodex

    Tom Luddy was a quiet titan of cinema. He presided over the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley for some 10 years, co-founded and directed the Telluride Film Festival for nearly 50 years, produced some 14 movies, match-made dozens of international love affairs, and foraged for the most beautiful, political, important, risky films and made sure there was a place for them to be seen in the world. And he made sure that the people making this powerful work were known and knew each other. Tom Luddy with his photographic memory, his infinite rolodex, his encyclopedic knowledge of global cinema and his catalytic ability to connect people, caused the most unusual of collaborations to come to be. Tom championed the French New Wave, the Czech New Wave, Brazilian cinema novo, dissident Soviet cinema, directors Francis Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Agnes Varda, Les Blank, Paul Schrader, Agnieszka Holland, Barry Jenkins, Laurie Anderson and countless others. Tom passed away on February 13, 2023. There’s a giant hole in the screen without him here. But his DNA is in the hundreds of filmmakers, musicians, writers and activists he nurtured and inspired. As film enthusiasts gather this weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, The Kitchen Sisters Present... The Tom Luddy Connection: The Man, The Movies, The Rolodex. Produced by Evan Jacoby and The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) in collaboration with Brandi Howell and Nathan Dalton. Mixed by Jim McKee.

  • #292
    August 18 · 51 min

    The Keepers - Archiving the Underground

    Stories of activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors and historians—guardians of history, large and small. Protectors of the free flow of information and ideas.

  • #289
    July 7 · 37 min

    Olivia Wilde: The Invite

    Olivia Wilde speaks about her new film The Invite which she directed and stars in alongside Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton and Seth Rogen

  • #288
    June 16 · 34 min

    Quilts as Monuments: Sew Their Names

    In Alabama, the Sew Their Names Project—some 20 quilters, a reverend, and a judge—are bringing unlikely collaborators together to embroider the names of hundreds of forgotten people who were once enslaved.

  • #287
    June 2 · 58 min

    100 years of Route 66

    The Kitchen Sisters Return to Route 66 as the Legendary Road Turns 100

  • #286
    May 19 · 25 min

    The Brave Heart Women’s Society

    Today we’re celebrating Faith Spotted Eagle, an Ihanktonwan Oyate elder and co-founder of the Brave Heart Women's Society, who has just received an honorary doctorate from South Dakota State University.

  • #285
    April 28 · 25 min

    Come Life, Shaker Life: From the Cradle to the Cradle

    Frances McDormand and artist Suzanne Bocanegra were invited by The Shaker Museum in Chatham, New York to create a pop-up exhibit curated from the museum’s archive of Shaker furniture, textiles and goods. They called their installation “Cradled.”

  • #284
    April 21 · 52 min

    Requiem for Larry Massett

    A tribute and sonic adventure honoring the late radio producer Larry Massett whose creativity, use of music, humor and unexpected narratives has influenced so many producers. Featuring remembrances from some of his legendary colleagues and excerpts from a sampling of his iconic works.

  • #283
    April 7 · 43 min

    Lutah Maria Riggs Designs the American Riviera

    Lutah Maria Riggs, one of Santa Barbara's most celebrated architects, helped define the indoor-outdoor, casual, one-story style identified with southern California today.

  • #280
    February 17 · 22 min

    Louis Jones - Activist Archivist, Detroit

    Voices from the 1967 Detroit uprising, the UAW, the United Farm Workers, the Civil Rights Movement, the LGBTQ Movement and more— Field Archivist Louis Jones takes us through largest labor archive in North America.

  • #278
    January 20 · 34 min

    The Giving Game: Andrew Carnegie and the Evils of Wealth

    One of the wealthiest men in history, Andrew Carnegie, built his fortune on the backs of low-paid workers, only to give it away, building libraries and universities around the country—earning him the nickname the Godfather of American Philanthropy.

  • #277
    January 6 · 21 min

    Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer

    Food writer, home cook, Fannie Farmer's new incarnation, James Beard’s sidekick, wizard of waffles, and treasured friend of The Kitchen Sisters. We sat down with Marion in 2003 and recorded a long conversation about her extraordinary life.

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