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A nonfiction history podcast hosted by Kendra Gaylord, telling the stories of people through touring their old homes.
Want to get an idea of the podcast? Listen to our latest episode on The Cayton-Revels House. Together Horace Cayton and Susie Revels Cayton owned, edited, and wrote the longest-running Black-owned newspaper at the turn of the century in Seattle. Susie was the daughter of Hiram Rhodes Revels the first Black United States Senator elected in 1870. Through the episode, you learn the Cayton-Revels family story and how it intertwines with this home and US history.
The first season included the following locations: Alice Austen House, Lewis Latimer House, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Pollock-Krasner House, Lyndhurst Mansion, Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Steepletop, and Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House.
Season 2 was recorded during COVID and focuses on homes that are no longer standing: Maudslay State Park, Woody Guthrie’s Mermaid Avenue Apartment, The Homes of Harriet Jacobs, Jack Kirby’s Lower East Side Tenement, Victoria Woodhull’s Murray Hill Mansion, and The Greenwood District in Tulsa, OK.
Season 3 includes the following locations: Theodate Pope Riddle’s Hill-Stead Museum, Henry Davis Sleeper’s Beauport, The House of the Seven Gables, The Rebecca Nurse Homestead, The Cayton-Revels House, and the Neely Mansion.
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Season 1, Ep 2: Lewis Latimer House
The home of Lewis Latimer in Queens, NY. He was an inventor and an electrical pioneer. He was African American and the son of enslaved people. Read about the episode here.
Season 1, Ep 8: Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
The home of Louisa May Alcott in Concord, Massachusetts where she wrote Little Women and countless other books. The real-life story of her sisters was not as simple as what was presented in Little Women, but just as compelling. Read more about the episode here.
Season 2, Ep 4: Jack Kirby’s Lower East Side Tenement
The tenement building lived in by the comic book creator, Jack Kirby. The tenement is no longer standing, but the characters he created over his decades in the comic book industry are still everywhere you look. Read more about the episode here.
Season 1, Ep 1: Alice Austen House
The home of Alice Austen on Staten Island. She was a photographer and lived in a loving relationship with another woman for 50 years. Read about the episode here.
