The Kitchen Sisters Present… Stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. The episodes tell deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music. From powerhouse producers The Kitchen Sisters (Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost & Found Sound, Fugitive Waves and coming soon… The Keepers). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. The Kitchen Sisters Present is produced 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.
http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 7 hours 19 minutes
Spotlight on Black-Owned Pet Businesses
Lick You Silly Dog Treats, Trill Paws ID tags, The Dog Father of Harlem's Doggie Day Care Spa — a journey into the creative and growing world of Black-Owned Pet Businesses.
Francis Coppola and North Beach Citizens—A Neighborhood Vision
Francis Ford Coppola talks about homelessness, life, friendship, neighborhoods, and his ideas about the future as he tells the remarkable story of North Beach Citizens, the volunteer organization he spearheaded twenty years ago to help grapple with the lives and needs of homeless and unhoused people living in his neighborhood in San Francisco.
Tales from Vietnamese Nail Shops in America
The voices and stories of Vietnamese manicurists working in salons in the US. In honor of Women's History Month and of Asian American women wherever they live, whatever their work. And in memory of the women who lost their lives in Atlanta.
The Osaka Ramones: The All-Girl Punk Band - Shonen Knife
The impact of Shonen Knife, the 1980s all-girl punk band from Osaka—a story of cultural exchange through the cassette tape and how it led to the group opening for Nirvana, one of the biggest musical acts of the 90s.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
In this lushly produced soundscape, Lawrence talks about his youth, reads his poetry, and muses with his friend Erik Bauersfeld about life, death and art. Produced in collaboration with sound designer Jim McKee who recorded Lawrence and chronicled his life and work for over 20 years.
160—Can Do: Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs-with Host Alfre Woodard
Hosted by Alfre Woodard—stories of Black pioneers, seekers and entrepreneurs - self-made men and self-taught women, neighborhood heroes and visionaries. People who said "yes we can" and then did. A compilation of stories produced by The Kitchen Sisters.
159 — Nomadland with Frances McDormand
Academy Award winning Frances McDormand talks about her latest film Nomadland coming to Hulu and select theaters and drive ins starting February 19, 2020. A story about people uprooted from their old jobs and neighborhoods now living in DIY customized vans, migrating for work with the seasons.
158 — A Plea for Peace: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Nixon, and the Music of the 1973 Inauguration
In January 1973, following the Christmas bombing of Vietnam, conductor Leonard Bernstein gathered an impromptu orchestra and choir to perform an "anti-inaugural concert" protesting Richard Nixon's official inaugural concert and his escalation of the Vietnam War.
157 — Chido Govera—The Mushroom Queen of Zimbabwe
A mushroom farmer, food activist, business entrepreneur, foster mother to more than a dozen girls— Chido Govera is a kitchen visionary in Zimbabwe—a pioneer in the cultivation of mushrooms throughout Africa and the world.
156 — The Amish Pandemic Sewing Frolic
It was April 2020. The pandemic was really starting to roar. PPE was scarce and supply chains were already breaking down. Every hospital was scrambling to find enough masks, gowns and face shields. It was already every state, every institution for itself. A headline caught our eye: “Abe Make a Sewing Frolic” — In Ohio The Amish Take on the Coronavirus...