39: Living in a Material World: Meet Samantha

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

With this episode, we go back to one of the original American Girl stories: Meet Samantha. Published in the age of Reaganomics, this AG asks a lot of questions from a place of tremendous privilege -- and we are along for the ride. Though she has every material comfort, Samantha, who was orphaned a few years prior, is lonely in the House of Grandmary. Apparently, money only gets her so far, and with this episode, we learn how she navigates new friendships (Nellie), rivalries (Eddie) and the interior lives of people who are employed at the house (Jessie, you deserve more). There may be a faux velvet hat on top of her head, but with a re-read of this book, we learn there's brains, too.

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0:54.9	new and fun and so I hope you have so much fun and you're able to have some kind of
0:59.3	a celebration. I know now during the pandemic it's crazy and we can't do the things we would like to do the way we want to do them
1:06.0	but hopefully you guys are able to celebrate in some way and please tell Allison I said thank you so much for asking me to send you this message especially now.
1:15.4	It's even more so of an honor.
1:18.1	But because of the occasion it's an honor too.
1:20.7	So enjoy yourselves.
1:22.4	Congratulations and Mary I hear that you call me
1:26.0	America's sweetheart so I want to say thank you very much that is really kind
1:29.9	and sweet. the American Girls, the podcast where we're reliving the American Girl series book by book.
1:44.7	I'm Mary.
1:46.3	I'm still Allison.
1:48.0	And you just heard the dulcet tones of one of America's sweethearts none other than Nancy Carrigan.
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