Mrs. Claus, 2024

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Episode, Minicast, Podcasts

As is our tradition, we’re sharing our coverage of the life of this unsung hero of the holidays. While the original portion of this was created in 2014 (TEN YEARS? Whoa!) over the years we’ve added to it so no two years are exactly the same! As always, if you have little ears, you may want to preview it so no secrets are spoiled.

This year, we talked a little about this charming ad for Boots stores!

If you would like the links to things talked about in this episode, head back to 2014 via this link: OG Mrs. Claus

Happiest of holidays to you all! Thank you for hanging out with us in 2024! xo Beckett and Susan

Episode 257: Katharine Graham

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Biography Episode, Podcasts

Katharine, 1976 by Trikosko, Marion S, Library of Congress

Katharine Meyer Graham was born on June 16, 1917, in New York City, the fourth child of Eugene Meyer and Agnes Ernst Meyer. She had a very upper-class upbringing thanks to her incredibly successful investor father who had a second career in politics and a third in newspaper publishing after he purchased the then-failing Washington Post. Katharine’s mother, Agnes, was a powerhouse art patron and philanthropist (with a spicy side of political activism) while maybe not the fuzziest of maternal figures, she was a product of her times and class.

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Episode 256: Paris 2024 Travelogue

by | Nov 13, 2024 | Episode, Field Trips, Podcasts

We went with fifty friends on our latest women’s history tour to the City of Light! From a private nighttime tour of Versailles to a luncheon at Veuve Clicquot, through pastries shaped like apples at A. LaCroix patisserie, and an ocean of glorious onion soup, we filled our suitcases with treasures and our hearts with joy.

But perhaps the best souvenirs we all brought home were the lifelong friends we made along the way.

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