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Wilder on the Prairie
by Annie Kontor
The only podcast that talks about all things Laura Ingalls Wilder, one "Little House" book at a time.
Episodes
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Episode 200 - THGY - Laura Leaves Home
Episode 200 Ch. 1 of These Happy Golden Years, "Laura Leaves Home." Join us this week as we discuss Lib Brewster and John Brewster and the year 1943 in context.
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Bonus Episode 4
Bonus Episode 4 Join us this week as we play my 5 favorite LHOP songs: Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid Rock Me to Sleep Mother Roll the Old Chariot The Bluebonnets Comin' Through the Rye
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Episode 199 - LTOP - Unexpected in December
Episode 199 Ch. 25 of Little Town on the Prairie "Unexpected in December". Join us this week as we discuss Louis Bouchie (Mr. Brewster), $40 in today's money, Marc Antony's oration on the death of Caesar, "to wheel", date of 12/24/1883, and the different levels of teaching certificates.
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Episode 198 - LTOP - The School Exhibition
Episode 198 Ch. 24 of Little Town on the Prairie, "The School Exhibition". Join us this week as we discuss "to parse", Patrick's Henry speech, "Chisel in Hand", Raleigh's lost colony, "despotism", George Washington's defeat at Fort Duquesne, and what a cutter is.
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Episode 197 - LTPO - Schooltime Begins again
Epiosde 197 Ch. 27 of the Little Town on the Prairie, "Schooltime Begins Again" Join us this week as we discuss cats hunting, Mr. V.S.L. Owens, the Western Reserve, revival meetings, "The Ninety and the Nine", "Sewing the Seed by the Dawn Light Fair", and Spring Valley, MN.
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Episode 196 - LTOP - Unexpected in April
Episode 196 Ch. 22 of Little Town on the Prairie, "Unexpected in April". Join us this week as we discuss the definition of a blizzard, static electricity in cats, and where Ma taught.
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Episode 195 - LTOP - The Madcap Days
Episode 195 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 21 "The Madcap Days". Join us this week as we discuss "Lost between sunrise and sunset...", minstrelsy on the prairie, "Skidmore Guard", the history of blackface, and a Jew's/jaw harp.
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Episode 194 - LTOP - The Birthday Party
Episode 194 Ch. 20 of Little Town on the Prairie, "The Birthday Party". Join us this week as we discuss 1882 in its historical context, the poem "Maud", a Grecian nose, Jim Woodworth, Quaker meetings, castors, double contractions, drop the handkerchief, and blind man's b(l)uff.
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Episode 193 - LTOP - Whirl of Gaiety
Episode 193 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 19 "Whirl of Gaiety" Join us this week as we discuss Commentators on the Acts, to be on one's mettle, "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," "The Good Old Way," a New England Supper, graham bread, 50 cents in today's money, $5 to Mary, Braille writing, German…
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Episode 192 - LTOP - Literaries
Episode 192 Ch. 18 of Little Town on the Prairie "Literaries" Join us this week as we discuss hoarfrost, what a literary society is, Pa's opinion on organzing groups, the history of spelling bees, who is Mr. Barclay?, mimosaceous, xanthophyll, and grecophil(e).
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Episode 191 - LTOP - The Sociable
Episode 191 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 17 "The Sociable" Join us this week as we discuss how much a dime is worth, what a sociable is, Mrs. Addie Tinkham, princess style dresses, the history of bangs/fringes, pinked edges of fabric, Mr. Timothy Johnson, Mrs. Susan Johnson, dotted Swiss...
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Episode 190 - LTOP - Name Cards
Episode 190 Little House on the Prairie ch. 16 "Name Cards" Join us this week as we discuss Mr. Clewett, Frank Gilbert, the autographs in Laura's book, the history of name cards, Jake Hopp, how much twenty-five cents is, what is the greenie?, bobolinks, cornflowers, and the origin of Almanzo's name.
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Episode 189 - LTOP - The School Board's Visit
Episode 189 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 15 "The School Board's Visit" Join us this week as we discuss Matthew 23: 25-26, taking care of lice in the 19th century, Lazy, Lousy, Lizy Jane, Willie Oleson, what a "nubia" is, the definition of "impudent", "a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a...
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Episode 188 - LTOP - Sent Home from School
Episode 188 Ch. 14 of Little Town on the Prairie, "Sent Home from School" Join us this week as we discuss "spindly", who are Clarence and Alfred?, coal hods, the exports of Brazil, "peaked", and the picture depicting Laura's braids.
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Episode 187 - LTOP - School Days
Episode 187 Ch. 13 Little Town on the Prairie "School Days" Join us this week as we discuss the game anteover, Charley Power, buggies, the etiquette of bowing when a man raises a hat, "set a cap" for somebody, and Eliza Jane's homesteading.
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Episode 186 - LTOP - Snug for the Winter
Episode 186 Ch. 12 of Little Town on the Prairie "Snug for the Winter" Join us as we discuss groundcherries, husk tomatoes, Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Lotos Eaters", and Carrie's health.
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Episode 185 - LTOP - Miss Wilder Teaches School
Episode 185 Ch. 11 of Little House on the Prairie, "Miss Wilder Teaches School". Join us this week as we discuss Eliza Jane Wilder, Ida Wright Brown, Rev. Edward Brown, Genevieve Masters, what a "polonaise" is, a jabot of lace, "With double a ruffle round her neck", "The Whip-Poor-Will's Song"…
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Episode 184 - LTOP - Mary Goes to College
Episode 184 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 10 "Mary Goes to College" Join us this week as we discuss fall housecleaning, we revisit straw ticks, Brookins vs. Brookings, sprinkling curtains, the Iowa College for the Blind and Vinton, IA, what month Mary started college, "valise", and a…
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Episode 183 - LTOP - Blackbirds
Episode 183 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 9 "Blackbirds" Join us this week as we dicuss how much Pa earned in the spring, Spanish needle grass, "to scrabble", cashmere, hoop skirts in the 1870s/1880s, catch-stitching, a "gored" skirt, "shirred", yellow-headed blackbirds, "Sing a Song of…
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Episode 182 - LTOP - Fourth of July
Episode 182 Ch. 8 of Little Town on the Prairie "Fourth of July" Join us this week as we discuss "The Star Spangled Banner", "Marching through Georgia", union suits, Laura pinning her braids vs. the chapter illustrations, Fort Ticonderoga, Lawyer Visscher Barnes, Laura and Rose's politics...
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Episode 181 - LTOP - Nine Dollars
Episode 181 Ch. 7 of Little Town on the Prairie, "Nine Dollars." Join us this week as we discuss how much $9 is, what fryers are, a reminder of what laths are, bran mash well peppered, was the Ingalls stable made of sod or wood?, to contrive, college and manual training.
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Episode 180 - LTOP - The Month of Roses
Episode 180 Ch. 6 in Little Town on the Prairie, "The Month of Roses." Join us this week as we discuss Laura's wages, saloons, Laura's gratitude, Charles H. Tinkham, who Brown was who owned the saloon, "Pull for the Shore", Thomas Power, and Bill O'Dowd/William O'Connell.
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Episode 179 - LTOP - Working in Town
Episode 179 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 5 "Working in Town". Join us this week as we discuss Mr. Clancy/Clayson, definition of "dry goods", the history of sewing machines, Mrs. White, 25 cents a day, thunderpumpers, going "Indian file", basting, bias facings, and a "shanty Irishman".
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Episode 178 - LTOP - The Happy Days
Episode 178 Little Town on the Prairie, ch. 4 "The Happy Days" Join us as we discuss organizing the Congregational Church, why Laura wasn't a charter member of founding the church, skim-milk cottage cheese, setting a hen, what a pullet is, what a cockerel is, and when it is too old to be laying...
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Episode 177 - LTOP - The Necessary Cat
Episode 177 Ch. 3 of Little Town on the Prairie, "The Necessary Cat" Join us this week as we discuss Dakota Territory, the use of italicized words in the chapter, Pa losing his hair, Kingsbury County, what counties do, Amos Whiting, when cats' eyes open, and the cost of a cat.
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Episode 176 - LTOP - Springtime on the Claim
Episode 176 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 2 "Springtime on the Claim" Join us this week as we discuss who is the calf's father? How to skim milk. What a poll is. Laura wearing her hair up or down? What is a rolling coulter or mold board? Mary quoting Jeremiah and Job and Psalm 23. Pa mellows the...
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Episode 175 - LTOP - Surprise
Episode 175 Ch. 1 of Little Town on the Prairie, "Surprise". Join us this week as we discuss Laura working in a hotel, a little of the Ingalls' time in Burr Oak, 1941 in the context of Newbery Honor books and famous people born in 1941.
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Episode 174 - LW - Christmas in May
Episode 174 Ch. 33 of The Long Winter, "Christmas in May". Join us this week as we discuss the tablecloth sitch, yeast cakes/sponge/light bread, seedless raisins, cream of tartar, how far the Boasts' claim was from town, a dripping pan, ways to mash potatoes, the Boasts' winter on their claim,...
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Episode 173 - LW - The Christmas Barrel
Episode 173 Ch. 32 of The Long Winter, "The Christmas Barrel". Join us this week as we discuss whaleboned basques, fascinators, what "dove colored" is, Laura's jealousy about the Christmas barrel, talking turkey, and the presence of Mr. Boast.
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Episode 172 - LW - Waiting for the Train
Episode 172 Ch. 31 of The Long Winter "Waiting for the Train" Join us this week as we discuss King Nebuchadnezzar, "The May Queen", positive stereotypes of people of Scottish descent, why the Ingalls air the bedding, what an emigrant car is, and Pa not caring about taking items from the railroad...
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Episode 171 - LW - It Can't Beat Us
Episode 171 Ch. 30 of The Long Winter, "It Can't Beat Us". Join us this week as we discuss Carrie not helping with chores (?), no more lessons, Pa not singing his trouble song, Laura's light within her, the Chinook winds, and "beauty is only skin deep".
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Episode 170 - LW - The Last Mile
Episode 170 Ch. 29 of The Long Winter, "The Last Mile". Join us this week as we discuss how Almanzo treats Prince, what a neckyoke is, what "tugs" are, "Is that the best you can do?", Laura clarifying the timeline of the narrative, what Loftus charges for the wheat, the physcial description of Pa...
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Episode 169 - LW - Four Days' Blizzard
Episode 169 Ch. of The Long Winter "Four Days' Blizzard" Join us this week as we discuss Pa yelling at the wind, "Song of the Freed Men/We Are All Here", "It Will Never Do to Give (It) up So", "Great Is the Lord/And Greatly to Be Prais'd", "When I Can Read My Title Clear", chilblained definition,...
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Episode 168 - LW - For Daily Bread
Episode 168 Ch. 27 of The Long Winter "For Daily Bread". Join us this week as we discuss the challenges Cap and Almanzo faced, the morning star (Venus), a buckskin horse, Cap and Almanzo's ages, Lake Henry and Lake Thompson, a "swell", "zenith", the identity of Anderson, wheat prices, "a bird in...
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Episode 167 - LW - Breathing Spell
Episode 167 Ch. 26 of The Long Winter, "Breathing Spell". Join us this week as we discuss Ma's state of mind about the weather, Ma twisting hay, "gee whillikins", elephant nose lengths, Pa's checker-playing abilities.
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Episode 166 - LW - Free and Independent
Episode 166 Ch. 25 of The Long Winter, "Free and Independent" Join us this week as we discuss the fact there are no Ingalls present in the narration, whittling, tintypes, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead", "Better safe than sorry", "Free, white, and 21".
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Episode 165 - LW - Not Really Hungry
Episode 165 Ch. 24 of the Long Winter "Not Really Hungry". Join us this week as we discuss potato skins, codfish, "chirk", and Laura mentioning Carrie's health.
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Episode 164 - LW - Wheat in the Wall
Episode 164 Ch. 23 of The Long Winter "Wheat in the Wall". Join us this week as we discuss always being grateful for what you have, Ma putting her foot down and Pa not hunting for the wheat, pouring tea into the saucer to cool it, Pa with his good eye finding the wheat in the wall, and the price…
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Episode 163 - LW - Cold and Dark
Episode 163 Ch. 22 of The Long Winter, Cold and Dark. Join us this week as we discuss patching coats, Ma allowing them to dip their bread in their tea, "The Speech of Regulus", "Old Tubal Cain", "Mary Had a Little Lamb", "Little Bo Peep", "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Romance of the Swan's Nest",...
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Episode 162 - LW - The Hard Winter
Episode 162 Ch. 21 of The Long Winter, "The Hard Winter". Join us this week as we discuss the price of beef, searing meat, a recipe for pot roast, Ma losing her temper, "the dickens", "pride goes before a fall", the core message if The Long Winter, "Canaan Together Let Us Sweetly Live"/"On…
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Episode 161 - LW - Antelope!
Episode 161 Ch. 20 of the Long Winter "Antelope!" Join us this week as we discuss pronghorn, cartridges for Pa's rifle, "counting your chickens before they hatch", sawing on the bit, tender-mouthed horses, "You're a mighty hunter before the Lord", Spirit Lake, Almanzo's sense of direction, Lady…
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Episode 160 - LW - Where There's a Will
Episode 160 Ch. 19 of The Long Winter "Where There's a Will". Join us this week as we discuss twisting hay, Laura wearing Pa's old overcoat, Mary's collge money, the telegraph, the high cost of flour, grist mills, coffee mill dimensions, axle grease, a sourdough bread recipe, and a snapshot of…
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Episode 159 - LW - Merry Christmas
Episode 159 Ch. 18 of the Long Winter, "Merry Christmas" Join us this week as we discuss Youth's Companions, The Advance, The Pioneer Press, Banker Thomas Ruth, the bluing bag, boiling the starch, what superintendents are responsible for, 25 cents for a pound of flour and for suspenders, the...
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Episode 158 - LW - Seed Wheat
Episode 158 Ch. 17 of The Long Winter "Seed Wheat" Join us this week as we discuss heifers, the reappearance of "The Blue Bonnets", fatmeat, shifts in the narrative, 125-pound sacks of wheat, "a daisy", and the phrase "nothing is certain but death and taxes".
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Episode 157 - LW - Fair Weather
Episode 157 Ch. 16 of The Long Winter, "Fair Weather". Join us this week as we discuss igloos, the word "Eskimos", how old an "old" horse is, roller towels, "to rassle", David Allison Gilbert, and (Lake) Preston, SD.
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Episode 156 - LW - No Trains
Episode 156 Ch. 15 in The Long Winter, "No Trains". Join us this week as we discuss the fact that there was a whole heater I wasn't paying attention to, Ma's little red Morocco pocketbook, mother-of-pearl, kerosene, Charles Ely, what "per thousand" means in terms of lumber, the Chicago…
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Episode 155 - LW - One Bright Day
Episode 155 Ch. 14 of the Long Winter "One Bright Day." Join us this week as we discuss Laura pinning up her braids, the origin of the word "Sol", wild chokecherries, what an awl is, how salt works, and a recipe for rich tomato preserves.
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Episode 154 - LW - We'll Weather the Blast
Episode 154 Ch. 13 of The Long Winter, "We'll Weather the Blast" Join us this week as we discuss Jerusalem crickets/potato bugs, "humdinger", how tall an average door is, why Laura sets the chairs to the table in the morning, the heater footrest, dinner vs. lunch, the coldest temperature ever...
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Episode 153 - LW - Alone
Episode 153 The Long Winter ch. 11 "Alone" Join us this week as we discuss the Masters family who boarded with the Ingalls during the Long Winter, knitting lace, "the Lord helps those who help themselves", the origin of "lickety-split", "gosh all hemlock!", "Little Annie Rooney", "Old Grey Mare…
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Episode 152 - LW - Pa Goes to Volga
Episode 152 Ch. 11 of the Long Winter, "Pa Goes to Volga." Join us this week as we discuss the big cut near Tracy, Volga, South Dakota, the reappearance of Mr. Hinz, "let 'er go, Gallagher!", "Roll the Old Chariot Along", "to dandle", and currency conversion for the chapter - selling livestock…
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The only podcast that talks about all things Laura Ingalls Wilder, one "Little House" book at a time.
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Wilder on the Prairie is created and hosted by Annie Kontor.
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