Surprise! We’re back to share our extended interview with Alison Arngrim, aka everyone’s favorite mean girl: Nellie Oleson. She’s a... more

As we talked about in our very first episode, the last line of Big Woods reads, “Now is now, it... more

In all of our research for this show, one of the scholars who has most influenced our thinking on Laura... more

We’re nearing the end of our series, but before we go we have a surprise for you. Is it tin... more

Laura Ingalls Wilder probably couldn’t have imagined the multi-million dollar media empire that would emerge from her books. From the... more

This week, Little House goes to Hollywood. In the 1970s, the TV show Little House on the Prairie gave Laura’s... more

What is our responsibility to the things we loved the most? One answer is to be brutally honest about who... more

At her best, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books offer a door for readers to walk through... more

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

Who actually wrote the Little House books? For decades this question has loomed over the series. Was it Laura, a... more

Behind the cozy wholesome sweetness of the Little House books, is a raging mother and daughter relationship that is the... more

How do you convey how much you loved the things you loved as a child? For lots of people, that... more

Host Glynnis MacNicol has loved Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books since she was a kid. She’s not... more

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