1. "Now is Now"

Wilder

Influential Media

Documentary, Books, Arts, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Host Glynnis MacNicol has loved Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books since she was a kid. She’s not alone in this, a lot of people have a strong devotion to Laura. Some travel miles to visit her houses and attend pageants dedicated to Laura and her books. But over the years, Laura, her work, and her legacy have become increasingly controversial. How do we reckon with the things we loved as a child? The stuff that made us who we are? Glynnis takes to the road to find out, driving across the midwest to all of Laura’s houses. First stop: Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Go Deeper:Visit Walnut Grove Keiko Satomi’s article, At The Library: Libraries put 'Little House' series in new light Dr. Debbie Reese’s blog, American Indians in Children’s Literature Follow us for behind the scenes content! @WilderPodcast on TikTok@Wilder_Podcast on Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:10.3	There are towns all over America you've never heard of.
0:14.6	Oh, welcome to Independence.
0:15.7	Oh, my God.
0:16.6	That sign just said that this is the...
0:18.6	It's not 20 miles.
0:23.6	They're not easy to get to. The nearest airports are almost always hours away by car.
0:27.6	Three hours away.
0:29.6	The roads wind through farmland, prairies, forests, mountains, desolate spaces.
0:35.6	So far this feels like the smallest.
0:38.3	Most remote place we've been.
0:41.3	But every year, the people come.
0:43.3	They arrive in droves.
0:46.3	It's like something out of field of dreams.
0:50.3	A dirt lot becomes a parking lot. A prairie becomes a stage.
0:55.2	There's so many cars here? You would think you were at a county fair.
0:59.5	What do you say, 500 cars? Families pile out of cars and costumes.
1:03.9	You guys look fantastic. Are you in there?
1:07.2	They're wearing dresses, aprons, bonnets.
1:11.8	And last summer, we joined the pilgrimage and came here too.
1:18.9	We arrived in the middle of vast fields to discover entire towns right out of the 1800s.
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