What Next - One Year 1942: The Year Everyone Got Married
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🗓️ 26 December 2022
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Summary
As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.
There were 1.8 million weddings in 1942, the most that had ever been recorded in a single year in American history. But how many of them would last? 98-year-old Millie Summergrad tells the story of one that did: her own. And a pair of brothers explain what it was like to grow up inside the busiest chapel in Yuma, Arizona—the wedding capital of the United States.
One Year is produced by Evan Chung, Sophie Summergrad, Sam Kim, and Josh Levin.
Derek John is senior supervising producer of narrative podcasts and Merritt Jacob is senior technical director.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what next, listener? |
| 0:03.4 | Instead of the regular show today, I've got a little holiday treat. |
| 0:06.5 | An episode of another Slate podcast you really should check out. |
| 0:09.8 | It's called One Year. |
| 0:11.2 | One Year looks at the people and struggles that changed America. |
| 0:14.0 | One Year at a time. |
| 0:15.4 | Their latest season goes all the way back to 1942. |
| 0:18.2 | A tumultuous year, with a lot of surprising parallels to the present. |
| 0:22.8 | In 1942, there were 1.8 million weddings. |
| 0:26.4 | Most that had ever been recorded in a single year in American history. |
| 0:30.8 | Most involved men who were about to ship off to war. |
| 0:33.8 | In this episode, you're going to hear the story of one of these marriages, |
| 0:36.8 | between a young couple and the Bronx. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm going to be back with new episodes of what next next week. |
| 0:42.6 | In the meantime, I hope you'll subscribe to One Year wherever you listen. |
| 0:46.3 | Now, here's host Josh Levine with the episode The Year Everyone Got Married. |
| 0:52.2 | In this season of One Year, we're focusing on 1942. |
| 0:56.7 | Telling stories about the home front during the most tumultuous year in US history. |
| 1:02.5 | The best way to understand what it was like in America 80 years ago is to talk to someone |
| 1:07.9 | who actually lived through 1942. |
| 1:11.3 | So we sent our producer Sophie Summagrad to interview a very special guest. |
| 1:17.4 | Baba, can you tell me your name and how you're related to me? |
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