The Kitchen Sisters Present podcast

The Kitchen Sisters Present

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). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. [The Kitchen Sisters Present] (http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/) is produced in by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) in collaboration with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell and mixed by Jim McKee. A proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at [radiotopia.fm] (http://radiotopia.fm/) .

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). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. [The Kitchen Sisters Present] (http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/) is produced in by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) in collaboration with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell and mixed by Jim McKee. A proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at [radiotopia.fm] (http://radiotopia.fm/) .

 

#277

The Keepers—With Host Frances McDormand

The Keepers, from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winning actress Fra... more

02 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:16

02 Dec 2025


#276

Remembering Marcyliena Morgan - Keeper of the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard

Today, we're thinking about Marcyliena Morgan, a keeper extraordinaire, a linguistic anthr... more

18 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:09

18 Nov 2025


#275

The Birth of Rice-A-Roni

The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-ol... more

04 Nov 2025

17 MINS

17:59

04 Nov 2025


#274

Bone Music - A Collaboration with 99% Invisible

In the 1950s, some ingenious Russians, hungry for jazz, boogie woogie, rock n roll, and ot... more

21 Oct 2025

20 MINS

20:21

21 Oct 2025


#273

Aggie & Walter Murch — Family, Farming & Filmmaking

Muriel "Aggie" Murch and her husband, Academy Award winning film editor and sound designer... more

07 Oct 2025

33 MINS

33:58

07 Oct 2025


#272

The Real Ambassadors — A Jazz Opera for Louis Armstrong by Dave & Iola Brubeck

The Real Ambassadors is a poignant tale of cultural exchange, anti-racism, and jazz histor... more

16 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:15

16 Sep 2025


#271

The Women's School of Planning and Architecture: Not Only Survive but Flourish

The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture, popularly known as WSPA, ran for four sum... more

02 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:05

02 Sep 2025


#270

Kibbe at the Crossroads - Lebanese Immigrants and Cooking in the Mississippi Delta

We travel to the Mississippi Delta and the world of Lebanese immigrants, where barbecue an... more

19 Aug 2025

19 MINS

19:34

19 Aug 2025


#269

The Honesty Boxes of Scotland

“Some people might think that honesty boxes are from the past, from a different age, a sim... more

05 Aug 2025

25 MINS

25:36

05 Aug 2025


#268

Hidden Kitchens Texas — Hosted by Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson and Dallas-born actress Robin Wright, along with some wild and extraordinary... more

15 Jul 2025

58 MINS

58:47

15 Jul 2025


#267

America Eats - 1930s WPA Chronicle of Food, Ritual and Celebration at The Library of Congress

Fish Fries, political BBQs, family reunions — during the 1930s writers were paid by the go... more

01 Jul 2025

16 MINS

16:40

01 Jul 2025


#266

The National Archives – The What and the Why

“From the very beginning the intent was that the American people needed to be able to acce... more

17 Jun 2025

28 MINS

28:40

17 Jun 2025


#265

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial - The Worst Video Game Ever?

Deep within the National Museum of American History’s vaults is a battered Atari case cont... more

03 Jun 2025

26 MINS

26:17

03 Jun 2025


#264

Radio Pacific - A New Show From KALW San Francisco

The Kitchen Sisters are excited to share the first episode of Radio Pacific, a new monthly... more

20 May 2025

52 MINS

52:26

20 May 2025


#263

Plessy AND Ferguson—Activism and the Fight for Justice and Equal Rights

In 1892, Homer Plessy, a mixed race shoemaker in New Orleans, was arrested, convicted and ... more

06 May 2025

15 MINS

15:52

06 May 2025


#262

Pie Down Here: Listening Back—Alabama Sharecroppers and Communist Organizers, 1930s

Pie Down Here — Produced by Signal Hill In the 1980s, when Robin D.G. Kelley was 24 years ... more

15 Apr 2025

37 MINS

37:43

15 Apr 2025


#261

A Tribute to George Foreman: An Unexpected Kitchen—The George Foreman Grill

In 2004, we opened up a phone line on NPR asking people to tell us about their Hidden Kitc... more

01 Apr 2025

22 MINS

22:38

01 Apr 2025