Trundlebed Tales
313 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTrundlebed Tales host Sarah S. Uthoff will look at Laura Ingalls Wilder and other classic children's literature and social history including historic foodways and one-room schools.
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Episodes
Travel Times Mankato Minnesota
July 02, 2012 19:00 - 30 minutes - 6.76 MBJoin host Sarah Uthoff as she talks with Larissa Mrozek and Christine Nessler of the Mankato Convention and Visitors Center as we check in on all the things to do in Mankato. Mankato will be the host city for the LauraPalooza conference in mid-July.
Ep 34 One-Room School
July 01, 2012 21:00 - 57 minutes - 13 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff and Julie Lang as they discuss Lang's one-room school program in Marshalltown, Iowa. One of the most historically correct one-room school programs in America, Lang designed most of it. Hear her views on one-room school museums and how their program works at her country school.
Ep 33 Adult Laura Ingalls Wilder Day
June 03, 2012 19:00 - 31 minutes - 6.94 MBFollowing up on the Laura Ingalls Wilder Patch episode, this time I'll talk about the Adult Laura Ingalls Wilder day we did as a follow up. I was very sorry we never got a chance to repeat it at Ushers Ferry, but everyone who attended enjoyed it so much that I wanted to share what it was like with everyone. I'll review what we did for set up and what sessions were held and what activities we offered people. Who knows maybe someone will be inspired to try an adult Laura day of their own.
Travel Times Living History Museum
May 20, 2012 19:00 - 31 minutes - 6.94 MBHave you ever been to a living history museum? Do you know how to act when someone in first person talks to you? Where can you find living history sites? How can you get involved with living history? Learn about the regional and national organizations that support living history (Association of Living History Farms and Musems and Midwest Open-air Museums Coordinating Council) Join host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks about her experiences with living history.
May Update
May 15, 2012 15:30 - 11 minutes - 2.48 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she gives a run down on what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month.
Ep 32 A Wilder Lane in San Francisco
May 06, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff and the lady who actually wrote the book about Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane's time in San Francisco, California, Trini Wenninger. Locations and descriptions of the places Rose lived, knew, and visited in and around San Francisco.
Ep 31 Laura Ingalls Wilder Patch
April 28, 2012 23:30 - 31 minutes - 6.91 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she explains about the Laura Ingalls Wilder patch and the event she designed to make sure Girl Scouts could earn it. Uthoff was co-chair of the patch event at Ushers Ferry Historic Village for 10 years.
April 2012 Update
April 18, 2012 22:30 - 12 minutes - 2.66 MBCheck in on what's going on in the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder this month. Also check in on Betsy-Tacy, L.M. Montgomery, and one-room schools.
Ep 30 A Rare Titanic Family with Jullie Williams
April 18, 2012 02:00 - 59 minutes - 13.5 MBIn honor of the centennial of the Titanic sinking join host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks with Julie Williams about her new book about her relatives who survived the Titanic sinking. "A Rare Titanic Family" chronicles the story of Albert and Sylvia Caldwell and their 10-month-old son, Alden who made it off the sinking ship in lucky lifeboat number 13. Regular listeners will remember Williams previous appearence talking about Carrie Ingalls press woman and I'm sure will be delighted that we're...
Travel Times Roller Derby
March 20, 2012 02:00 - 31 minutes - 6.98 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks with Robin Robinson about being involved in Roller Derby.
Read Aloud from Readers
March 08, 2012 20:00 - 31 minutes - 6.96 MBIn celebration of National Read Aloud Day, list to host Sarah S. Uthoff as she shares some selections from readers that were common in one-room schools, including the same type of reader Laura Ingalls Wilder used.
Ep 28 LauraPalooza 2012 Preview
February 24, 2012 03:00 - 1 hour - 14 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she and Prof. Amy Lauters of University of Minnesota-Mankato talk about the national Laura Ingalls Wilder conference that will be held in Mankato, Minnestoa this July. We'll talk a little bit about the 2010 conference and what will be different this time. We'll talk about the speakers and give you the behind the scenes information so you can start planning your trip this summer.
Travel Times Storm Chaser
February 22, 2012 03:00 - 32 minutes - 7.16 MBJoin host Sarah Uthoff as interviews Michelle Martin about the hobby of Storm Chasing. Learn about how storm chasers deal with tornadoes, how you can identify one might be coming, and how to safely deal with a storm.
Ep 27 Celebrate Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday On Air
February 08, 2012 02:30 - 31 minutes - 6.98 MBWelcome to our second annual on air birthday celebration for author and pioneer Laura Ingalls Wilder. Last year we talked about the history of celebrating birthdays, this year we want to talk about how Laura Ingalls Wilder effected our lives and our favorite Laura related memories and experiences.
Travel Times Historic Meals
January 20, 2012 21:30 - 31 minutes - 7.01 MBCome talk with host Sarah Uthoff as Travel Times talks going to a historic meal. Whether at a living history site or a historic restaurant, learn how to have a truly historic meal.
Ep 24 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom 2011
December 18, 2011 22:00 - 31 minutes - 6.95 MBJoin us as we review what went on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this year. We mark one year of Trundlebed Tales podcasts with this episode. Please look at it as an opportunity to check in with us. Think about calling in, commenting in the chatroom or sending me an e-mail with a comment before the broadcast.
Ep 7 Shelley Schultz Talks Amtrak
December 14, 2011 03:00 - 31 minutes - 6.93 MBJoin host Sarah Uthoff as this Travel Times episode focuses on Amtrak with Shelley Schultz. Schultz is a long time and frequent Amtrack passenger. She will give you the tricks of the trade on how to travel on Amtrack and share the best and worst of her experiences. All aboard to take a train trip.
Ep 23 Ingalls Wilder Cemetery Basics
December 11, 2011 19:00 - 31 minutes - 6.95 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks about the basic things to know about visiting the Ingalls and Wilder graves. She'll talk about Midwestern cemetery history. Basic Cemetery etiquette and were to find the main members of the Ingalls and Wilder family members are buried and how to find their graves.
December 2011 Update
December 10, 2011 22:30 - 15 minutes - 3.43 MBJoin us as we talk about what's coming up in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during December and January.
Episode 22 Laura Ingalls Wilder Celebrates Thanksgiving
November 25, 2011 16:00 - 30 minutes - 6.79 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks about how Laura Ingalls Wilder celebrated Thanksgiving and how slowly those pioneer traditions morphed into those we have today.
Ep 21 Julie Williams Talks Carrie Ingalls
November 23, 2011 03:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she interviews Prof. Julie Williams about Carrie Ingalls Swanzey and her life as a journalist on the frontier. Williams has done more work on this period of Swanzey's life than anyone else I've found and we're glad to bring her on to Trundlebed Tales.
November 2011 Update
November 13, 2011 01:00 - 13 minutes - 2.92 MBJoin us for an update of Laura Ingalls Wilder events in November 2011.
Travel Times Bed and Breakfast
November 10, 2011 03:00 - 30 minutes - 6.72 MBJoin host Sarah Uthoff as she interviews Sherrie Hansen author and keeper of the Blue Belle Inn Bed and Breakfast in St. Ansgar, Iowa. We'll talk about visiting bed and breakfasts, what to expect, and how to get the most out of the experience. The Blue Belle Inn features rooms decorated after favorite children's books including those by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Maude Hart Lovelace, and L.M. Montgomery.
Ep 20 Closing Up for Fall
October 29, 2011 21:00 - 25 minutes - 5.67 MBTonight we talk about how 19th Century people would adjust their houses as they move into a new season.
Ep 19 Spring Valley Wilder Connection
October 25, 2011 02:00 - 56 minutes - 12.8 MBJoin us as we talk about one of the less known Laura Ingalls Wilder sites, Spring Valley, Minnesota. We're going to talk about both the history of the connection and what you can see in Spring Valley today. We'll talk to Julie Mlinar and Mary Jo Dathe who literatlly wrote the book on Spring Valley.
October Update 2011
October 01, 2011 23:30 - 13 minutes - 2.83 MBAn update on what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during October 2011.
Ep 18 Paul Juhl on Lincoln's Iowa Connection
September 29, 2011 02:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBIowa historian and author Paul Juhl joins us as we talk about Abraham Lincoln's family connection to Iowa and the important role of Mt. Pleasant statesman James Harlan played in shaping this country.
Travel Times Professional Baseball Game
September 22, 2011 02:00 - 28 minutes - 6.41 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff as she interviews avid baseball fan and collector Jen Paulsen Uthoff about the hits and misses of attending a professional baseball game.
Pepin WI Roving Report Part 2
September 11, 2011 03:00 - 15 minutes - 3.28 MBDay 2 of my trip to Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in Pepin, Wisconsin.
Pepin WI Roving Report
September 10, 2011 03:00 - 16 minutes - 3.52 MBJoin our roving reporter Sarah S. Uthoff as she gets to Pepin, Wisconisn for Laura Ingalls Wilder Days.
September 2001 Update
August 31, 2011 19:00 - 16 minutes - 3.51 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff and we catch up on what's going on in Laura fandom in September.
Trundlebed Tales Ep 17 Kitty Latane of Pepin
August 23, 2011 02:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff and Kitty Latane as we talk about the upcoming Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in Pepin, Wisconsin.
Trundlebed Tales Ep 16 Apron Introduction
August 13, 2011 21:00 - 31 minutes - 6.88 MBI love it when two of my interests over lap and one way that historic clothing and historic foodways over lap is with the story of the apron. This is going to be a very basic introduction, but I urge everybody to share their favorite apron stories and to help me in my quest for dated apron photos.
August 2011 Update
August 11, 2011 18:30 - 15 minutes - 3.43 MBAn update of Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom around the country including Mansfield, Missouri, Spring Valley, Minnesota, Malone, New York and De Smet, South Dakota.
Travel Times Iowa State Fair
August 10, 2011 02:00 - 31 minutes - 6.95 MBJoin host Sarah Uthoff and special guest Susan Uthoff whose family has been attending the Iowa State Fair annually since the 1920s as they discuss how our state fair is a great state fair. We'll talk about the exhibits, fair food, the animals, and of course the butter cow.
De Smet Pageant Roving Reporter Part 3
July 29, 2011 21:30 - 31 minutes - 6.97 MBOur roving reporter and host, Sarah S. Uthoff, is home safe and sound, but she shares what happened on the last two days of her trip in De Smet, South Dakota and Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
Trundlebed Tales Ep 15 Pam Stover Music in One-Room Schools
July 29, 2011 02:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBJoin Pam Stover as she talks about the way music was incorporated into one-room schools over the years.
De Smet Roving Reporter Part 2
July 24, 2011 12:30 - 16 minutes - 3.49 MBA further update from on the scene in De Smet, South Dakota on pageant weekend.
De Smet Pageant Roving Report
July 23, 2011 13:00 - 15 minutes - 3.39 MBJoin Sarah Uthoff who in her role as roving reporter gives you the inside scoop on what's happening this weekend in De Smet, South Dakota
Travel Times Civil War
July 12, 2011 02:00 - 31 minutes - 6.97 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff and guest Ann Cejka as they discuss traveling back in time on your vacation to visit events during the Civil War. Whether you're interested in re-enacting or just visiting an event, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
July 2011 Update
July 02, 2011 21:00 - 14 minutes - 3.09 MBJoin host Sarah S. Uthoff for a 15 minute round up of what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom in July.
Report from Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum
June 26, 2011 23:00 - 16 minutes - 3.58 MBHost Sarah S. Uthoff serves as a roving reporter giving a first hand account of Laura Ingalls Wilder Days at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum in Burr Oak, Iowa.
Travel Times - Trekfest
June 15, 2011 02:00 - 32 minutes - 7.11 MBJoin us as we talk to force behind Trekfest the celebration of the future birth of James Tiberius Kirk in his hometown Riverside, Iowa. This long time Star Trek celebration in Iowa will once again be held this June.
Report from Little House on the Prairie Museum 2
June 12, 2011 03:00 - 15 minutes - 3.31 MBTonight show host Sarah Uthoff will serve as a roving reporter from the Little House on the Prairie Museum in Independence, Kansas. Get a full report from Prairie Days 2011.
Report from Little House on the Prairie Museum 1
June 11, 2011 03:00 - 11 minutes - 2.47 MBTonight show host Sarah Uthoff is serving as a roving reporter at the Little House on the Prairie Museum outside Independence, Kansas.
Trundlebed Tales Ep 14 Rob Uthoff Makes Hay
June 07, 2011 02:00 - 32 minutes - 7.15 MBJoin your host Sarah S. Uthoff as she interviews the best hay maker she knows, her brother Rob Uthoff who takes you through all the ins and outs of making hay, both in Laura Ingalls Wilder's time and today. When do you make hay? How do you store it? What's the difference between hay and straw? If you've always been puzzled about how and why the Ingalls family is making all that hay while the sun shines, find out tonight.
June 2011 Update
June 04, 2011 18:30 - 16 minutes - 3.52 MBJoin us for a quick round up of what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month.
Trundlebed Tales Ep 13 Barbara Lounsberry Talks Nancy Drew
May 26, 2011 02:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBHumanities Iowa Speaker Barbara Lounsberry will join host Sarah S. Uthoff to talk about Nancy Drew and her Iowa connection Mildred Wirt Benson.
Trundlebed Tales Ep 12 De Smet Pageant 40th Anniversary
May 19, 2011 02:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBJoin us as we start the celebration early for the 40th Anniversary of the De Smet pageant. The first Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant started we'll look at its interesting history, what it's like to attend today, and what special events they are planning for this year's celebration.
May 2011 Update
May 12, 2011 19:00 - 13 minutes - 2.9 MBCatch up on what's happening with Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month.