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Episodes

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... more

29 Aug 2024 · 41 minutes
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... more

20 Oct 2023 · 45 minutes
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... more

31 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
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... more

17 Aug 2023 · 45 minutes
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... more

10 Aug 2023 · 56 minutes
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... more

03 Aug 2023 · 39 minutes
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... more

27 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
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... more

20 Jul 2023 · 58 minutes
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... more

13 Jul 2023 · 46 minutes
5. This American Life

One of the reasons the Little House books are so compelling is because Laura Ingalls was a real person. She... more

06 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
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... more

29 Jun 2023 · 47 minutes
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... more

22 Jun 2023 · 47 minutes
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... more

15 Jun 2023 · 43 minutes
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... more

08 Jun 2023 · 42 minutes
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Host Glynnis MacNicol has loved Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books since she was a kid. She’s not alone in... more