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The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia
Civil Rights Movement
Route 66
Organic Farming
New Orleans
Architecture
California
Soviet Union
World War II
Vietnam War
Mafia
Tom Luddy
Manzanar
Plessy V. Ferguson
Culinary Arts
Japanese Internment Camps
ET the Extra-Terrestrial
Commmon Kitchens
San Francisco
NPR
Tupperware

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). "T... more

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In this evocative, sound rich, audio essay, writer Lou Cornum and Signal Hill producers bring to life the synchronicity and deep parallels of two historic US events that happened within days of each other—the landing of men on the moon, and the occup... more

Noah Adams, the longtime host of NPR’s All Things Considered, died on October 16 at his home in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was 84.

A postman’s son from Kentucky, Noah was the host of ATC for some 18 years. His quiet Appalachian baritone, the warmth of... more

Eleanor Raymond  (1887-1989), was a pioneering architect and historian of architecture and design. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she was an enthusiastic student at the first women's college of architecture, the Cambridge School of Architecture an... more

Producer Zoe Kurland's father, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland, talks about designing the iconic push up bra for actress Julia Roberts for the film Erin Brockovich. Zoe follows the story interviewing the real Erin Brockovich and examining her own re... more

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Recent Guests

Jessica Raymond
Architect Eleanor Raymond's distant cousin and keeper of her family archives
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Doris Cole
Licensed architect, artist, and author
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Nancy Gruskin
Architectural historian who wrote her doctoral dissertation on Eleanor Raymond
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Alice Friedman
Architectural historian who taught at Wellesley College for 42 years
Wellesley College
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Sonya Falkovskaia
Architect and design studio owner who researched the Cambridge School
Falcon
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Maryanne Hunting
Independent scholar and co-author of Women Architects at Work: Making American Modernism
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Anthony Denzer
University of Wyoming professor and architectural historian
University of Wyoming
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Andrew Nemethy
Former resident of the Dover Sun House
Episode: Eleanor Raymond and the Modern House: The Old Girls' Network
Erin Brockovich
Real-life subject of the Erin Brockovich story
Self (interview subject)
Episode: Signal Hill — Push Up Contest

Hosts

Davia Nelson
NPR producer and co-founder of The Kitchen Sisters
Nikki Silva
NPR producer and co-founder of The Kitchen Sisters
Frances McDormand
Actor who hosts stories about archives and film

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 1.6k ratings
  • Always a Golden Listen

    From the FANTASTIC “Everyone is a Casting Director” episode, to all the other beautifully crafted audio that N. and D. have created together over the years, The Kitchen Sisters are cultural icons in my book. (I have no connection to them—am just a longtime true fan)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Curlyfish 3000
    United States8 months ago
  • A Winner

    Hidden Kitchens episode is so delicious and soulful Thank you kitchen sisters

    Linda Ronstadt Day So very excellent !

    Gracias Kitchen Sisters Clare

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    CLiebhardt
    United States2 years ago
  • Beautiful words and melodies

    My favourite part of their work is that it doesn’t sound like any other work. It’s a mille-feuille of soundscapes, melodies, rhythms. It’s the podcaster’s wall of sound. The non-narrated scripting is orchestral. When the execution is at its most perfect pitch, you’re swallowed up in a 3-D world that you can smell. You’re made to feel alive, while you dine on an audio feast. Afterwards, you’re full.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    dswdrff
    Canada3 years ago
  • Love the audio collections. Such a variety in story trelling.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    c-tal
    3 years ago
  • Nothing else like this

    Always something you would not hear about anywhere else. The Kitchen Sisters don’t disappoint in providing extra interesting topics and people who you will want to research further . I often think how have I never heard about this person after an episode.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    eg portland
    United States3 years ago

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Some listeners find the music or source audio distracting, and a few object when the hosts' presence interrupts the story.
Listeners praise the unusual subjects and the discovery of people and histories they had not encountered before.
The layered sound design, music, editing, and oral-history approach are frequent highlights.
The hosts' storytelling is often described as warm, skilled, and distinctive, with stories that make subjects feel vivid and human.

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The Giving Game: Andrew Carnegie and the Evils of Wealth
Q: Why exploit your workers to make all this money so you can give it away?
This question reflects the criticism of Carnegie's philanthropic approach amid exploiting his workers' conditions.
Hidden Kitchens World—With Host Frances McDormand
Q: What was the significance of the kitchens during the Stalin era?
Kitchens were seen as politicized spaces where people's private lives intersected with social observation and state control.
The Keepers—With Host Frances McDormand
Q: How does the word keeper resonate with you?
David Ferriero expresses that keeping is about access and the responsibility of the archivist to ensure public access to historical records.
Aggie & Walter Murch — Family, Farming & Filmmaking
Q: Walter, I want to bring you in here. Suddenly Something Clicked. I love that title, the languages of film editing and sound design. Where does that title come from?
Walter explains that the title comes from an article that Maxim Gorky wrote in 1896 about his experience with motion pictures.
Aggie & Walter Murch — Family, Farming & Filmmaking
Q: Aggie, your book is about so many things. It's about farming. It's about animals. It's about people. It's about filmmaking. Why is soil the place you start?
Aggie reflects on her upbringing and how it shaped her perspective on farming and life.

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Layered documentary storytelling brings overlooked people, places, and cultural histories to life through interviews, archival recordings, field sound, music, and oral history. Stories range across architecture, film, archives, labor, community memory, and the arts, often connecting an individual life to a wider social history. The format is carefully produced and sound-rich, with interviews and archival voices woven into an atmospheric narrative rather than presented as a conventional studio conversation.

Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson are the recurring guides, with Frances McDormand appearing as host for selected stories. Guests include artists, historians, archivists, activists, filmmakers, and people with firsthand ties to the subjects. ... more

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2. Doris Cole
3. Nancy Gruskin
4. Alice Friedman
5. Sonya Falkovskaia
6. Maryanne Hunting
7. Anthony Denzer
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