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We’re the podcast of Connecticut history! A production of #ConnecticutExplored magazine.
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Cabbage Patch Kids set every toy industry sales record for three years running from 1983-86. How did a Connecticut company produce the hottest toy of the 1980s - and then go broke? #podcast #retro #toys #cabbagepatch
Cabbage Patch Kids set every toy industry sales record for three years running from 1983-86. How did a Connecticut company produce the hottest toy of the 1980s - and then go broke? #podcast #retro #toys #cabbagepatch
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Cabbage Patch Kids set every toy industry sales record for three years running from 1983-86. How did a Connecticut company produce the hottest toy of the 1980s - and then go broke? #podcast #retro #toys #cabbagepatch
Cabbage Patch Kids set every toy industry sales record for three years running from 1983-86. How did a Connecticut company produce the hottest toy of the 1980s - and then go broke? #podcast #retro #toys #cabbagepatch
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November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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More than twenty thousand Hispanic Americans served in the Civil War. We chat with historian A.J. Schenkman, author of Hispanic Americans of the Civil War, which covers this often-overlooked aspect of Civil War history.
More than twenty thousand Hispanic Americans served in the Civil War. We chat with historian A.J. Schenkman, author of Hispanic Americans of the Civil War, which covers this often-overlooked aspect of Civil War history.
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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More than twenty thousand Hispanic Americans served in the Civil War. We chat with historian A.J. Schenkman, author of Hispanic Americans of the Civil War, which covers this often-overlooked aspect of Civil War history.
More than twenty thousand Hispanic Americans served in the Civil War. We chat with historian A.J. Schenkman, author of Hispanic Americans of the Civil War, which covers this often-overlooked aspect of Civil War history.
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Author and journalist Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) was born 100 years ago today in Hartford, Connecticut. He was best known for his coverage of high-profile court cases, beginning with the 1983 trial for the murder of his daughter, Dominique Dunne. He was with Vanity Fair magazine for 25 years.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Author and journalist Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) was born 100 years ago today in Hartford, Connecticut. He was best known for his coverage of high-profile court cases, beginning with the 1983 trial for the murder of his daughter, Dominique Dunne. He was with Vanity Fair magazine for 25 years.
In our latest GTN, we uncover the story of Dr. Alan L. Hart, a transgender medical doctor working on the forefront of an urgent public health crisis, tuberculosis, in Connecticut. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker.
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#Listen: ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/ & all apps 🎧 #ct #history #pride #podcast
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Show your love of #Connecticut history - our second annual #GTN online benefit auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast. Auction ends this Saturday, Oct. 18!
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In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
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Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
October 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
October 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
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Our #GratingtheNutmeg ad is in Lesbian Connection this month!
October 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our #GratingtheNutmeg ad is in Lesbian Connection this month!
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October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Your contribution helps us to continue bringing you CT's history podcast every two weeks.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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We love telling the stories of Connecticut’s past on GTN! We need your support - bid on some items in our annual online auction!
Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We love telling the stories of Connecticut’s past on GTN! We need your support - bid on some items in our annual online auction!
Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
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Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
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In our latest GTN, we chat with Leonard Raybon, who encountered two journals and other writings by Hannah Hadassah Hickok, the matriarch of the non-conformist Smith Family of #Glastonbury - and then composed an original mini-musical based on them!
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In our latest GTN, we chat with Leonard Raybon, who encountered two journals and other writings by Hannah Hadassah Hickok, the matriarch of the non-conformist Smith Family of #Glastonbury - and then composed an original mini-musical based on them!
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
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September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Support Grating the Nutmeg Podcast in our second annual online benefit auction and treat yourself and a friend to a show at award-winning professional theater Playhouse on Park Theatre in #WestHartford!
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Our second annual GTN online benefit auction is LIVE! Support the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast.
Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
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September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
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Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
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September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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In this brand new episode of #GTN, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s collection have inspired an exciting original work of music.
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
September 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In this brand new episode of #GTN, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s collection have inspired an exciting original work of music.
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
In this brand new episode of #GTN, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s collection have inspired an exciting original work of music.
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
September 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In this brand new episode of #GTN, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s collection have inspired an exciting original work of music.
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Celebrate #LaborDay with a brand new #GTN!
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Celebrate #LaborDay with a brand new #GTN!
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
In our latest #GTN, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
August 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In our latest #GTN, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
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In our latest Grating the Nutmeg Podcast, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
August 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In our latest Grating the Nutmeg Podcast, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/