Zelda's Peaches & Biscuits Podcast
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Exploring All Things Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald!
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Zelda Essays Discussion
November 15, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 186 MBMaire and Alaina discuss Zelda's various essays and what it meant to be a Flapper.
Does a Moment of Revolt Come Sometimes to Every Married Man?
November 13, 2023 23:30 - 3 minutes - 8.46 MB"Does a Moment of Revolt Come Sometimes to Every Married Man?" by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald First published in March 1924. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Additonal Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
What Became of the Flappers
November 12, 2023 11:30 - 7 minutes - 17.6 MB"What Became of the Flappers" by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald First published in McCalls Magazine in October 1925. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Eulogy of the Flapper
November 11, 2023 12:30 - 7 minutes - 18.2 MB"Eulogy of the Flapper" by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald First published in Metropolitan Magazine in June 1922. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Additional Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Friend Husband's Latest
November 10, 2023 12:30 - 8 minutes - 19.4 MB"Friend Husband's Latest" by Zelda Sayre (Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald) First published on 2 April 1922 in the New York Tribune. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Additional Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax T his is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Zelda at Lanier High School
October 28, 2020 05:01 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda's high school days at Sidney Lanier High School.
Zelda Learns to Swim and Dive
October 20, 2020 01:07 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda learning to swim and dive from Annette Kellerman's books but also wearing the infamous flesh colored Kellerman bathing suit.
Zelda, Judge Sayre, and Lobo the Wolf in Oak Park
September 07, 2020 20:46 - 56 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this episode Alaina and Maire discuss the history of Oak Park, a pivotal location in Zelda's life, along with the discovery of Judge Sayre's friendship with Lobo the Wolf.
Zelda's Early Dance Training
August 15, 2020 18:47 - 52 minutes - 43.8 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda's early dance training and the influence of Vernon and Irene Castle on dance and fashion in the early 1900s.
Zelda's Early Party Days
August 07, 2020 04:12 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda's early party experiences and the lavish nature of Montgomery's social scene in the early 1900s.
Zelda and the Sayre Street School
July 30, 2020 04:59 - 46 minutes - 38.8 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda's first school, the Sayre Street School, and the surrounding neighborhood where Zelda grew up.
Zelda's Fortune
July 22, 2020 03:02 - 51 minutes - 42.5 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda's namesake the Victorian novel Zelda's Fortune along with some of her favorite childhood novels including Surry of Eagle's Nest.
Zelda's Childhood Adventures
July 14, 2020 01:40 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBAlaina and Maire discuss Zelda's various childhood pranks and adventures with Sara Mayfield and Tallulah Bankhead.
6 Pleasant Ave - Zelda's Childhood Home
April 22, 2020 23:51 - 56 minutes - 47.9 MBIn this episode Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's childhood home and neighborhood at 6 Pleasant Ave. in Montgomery, Alabama. Zelda opens her semi-autobiographical novel Save Me the Waltz at the Pleasant Ave., and Alaina and Maire give details and insights into the home she describes. The episode also covers the efforts of the Fitzgeralds' daughter Scottie Fitzgerald Smith's attempt to save the home in the early 1970s and what the Cottage Hill neighborhood is like today.
The Sayre Sisters: Marjorie, Clotilde, and Rosalind
April 09, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 37.4 MBIn this episode Alaina and Maire discuss the varying personalities and talents of Zelda's three older sisters, Marjorie, Rosalind, and Clotilde and find them to be extremely talented and independent beauties who were trailblazers for a young Zelda.
The Sayre Sisters Marjorie, Clotilde, and Rosalind
April 09, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 37.4 MBAlaina and Maire discuss the varying personalities and talents of Zelda's three older sisters, Marjorie, Rosalind, and Clotilde and find them to be extremely talented and independent beauties who were trailblazers for a young Zelda.
On This Day: 3 April 1920
April 03, 2020 22:57 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBJoin us in celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's marriage! Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's departure, from Montgomery, Alabama to New York City, their marriage at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the legacy and influence of their marriage today.
Minnie Machen Sayre and the Honey Bees
March 31, 2020 05:00 - 59 minutes - 45.9 MBIn this episode Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's mother Minnie Machen Sayre and her co-founding a literary and music society called the Honey Bees in 1903.
On This Day: 26 March 1911 and 1920
March 24, 2020 20:57 - 1 hour - 57 MBMarch 26, 1920 was the publication date of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel This Side of Paradise. March 26, 1911 was the first significant appearance of Zelda Sayre in the Montgomery Advertiser. To begin the Zelda's Peaches and Biscuits Podcast, we are using March 26 as our launch date in exploring the first two phases of all things Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. First Zelda's life in Montgomery, Alabama before meeting Scott Fitzgerald, and then their courtship from the Summer of 1918 and marriage...
Zelda's Induction into the Alabama Writer's Hall of Fame
March 23, 2020 02:30 - 15 minutes - 15.5 MBAlaina and Maire recap attending Zelda's Induction into the Alabama's Writer's Hall of Fame at the University of Alabama on March 9, 2020.
Welcome to Zelda's Peaches and Biscuits Podcast!
March 23, 2020 01:44 - 24 minutes - 20.7 MBDr. Alaina Doten (Executive Director of The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum) and Maire Martello (Author, Playwright and Zelda researcher) welcome you to a journey of all things Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald! Alaina and Maire discuss how they first became fascinated with Zelda, the various Zelda biographies that they will be referencing, and a little taste of new research and information they've uncovered not contained in the biographies. Recommended Biographies: Exiles from Paradise by Sara Mayfie...