Someone Lived Here is a non-fiction podcast that tells the stories of cool people by exploring their homes. The host, Kendra Gaylord, walks you through homes, mansions, gardens, and ruins of former homes while telling you the complicated lives of the women and men who lived there. The podcast has been ranked in the top 20 on Apple Podcast history chart.
The show has had three seasons so far. The first focused on homes around New York. The second season recorded during COVID focused on homes that are no longer standing. A third season has episodes released every few months and is ongoing.
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 has been recorded as travel allows: Theodate Pope’s Hill-Stead, Henry Davis Sleeper’s Beauport, The House of the Seven Gables, and The Rebecca Nurse Homestead.
About the host
Kendra Gaylord is the host, creator, and producer of Someone Lived Here.
After countless tours of historic homes, Kendra wanted to let more people know about places we walk by every day.
Kendra is a digital strategist who has worked for media institutions like Boston Globe Media and Complex Magazine. She went to Salem State University for Communications and wants to make history more accurate and accessible. Kendra is also the co-host of a podcast called, Two Degrees of Peri Gilpin with Ken Williams. If you want to see more of Kendra’s face you can follow her on TikTok and YouTube.
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How to support the show?
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