Wilder on the Prairie
Episodes
Episode 92 - BPC - Going to Church
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 92 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 24 "Going to Church" Join us this week as we discuss the Congregational Church, Edward Alden, shirring...
Episode 91 - BPC - Country Party
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 91 On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 23 "Country Party" Join us this week as we talk about vanity cakes, Ma's patience, the Ingalls' chick...
Episode 90 - BPC - Town Party
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 90 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 22 "Town Party" Join us this week as we discuss velocipedes, china dolls, talking dolls, and Mother Go...
Episode 89 - BPC - Nellie Oleson
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 89 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 21 "Nellie Oleson." Join us this week as we discuss the value of money to the Ingalls, the interaction...
Episode 88 - BPC - School
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 88 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 20 "School" Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "sprigged", which readers the girls woul...
Episode 87 - BPC - The Fish Trap
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 87 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 19 "The Fish Trap" Join us this week as we discuss crape, to "cipher", buffalo fish, pickerels, and bu...
Episode 86 - BPC - The Old Crab and the Bloodsuckers
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 86 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 18 "The Old Crab and the Bloodsuckers." Join us this week as we discuss boughten brooms, minnows, crabs/c...
Episode 85 - BPC - Moving In
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 85 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 17 "Moving In" Join us this week as we discuss Pa and Laura's secret, Pa's impulsiveness, curtains = a...
Episode 84 - BPC - The Wonderful House
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 84 On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 16 "The Wonderful House." Join us this week as we discuss Sam and David's names, harrowing, sorrel, the ...
Episode 83 - BPC - The Footbridge
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 83 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 15 "The Footbridge" Join us this week as we compare the text to the original "Pioneer Girl" book text.
Episode 82 - BPC - Spring Freshet
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 82 Chapter 14 of On the Banks of Plum Creek "Spring Freshet" Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "freshet", the origin of ...
Episode 81 - BPC - Merry Christmas
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 81 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 13 "Merry Christmas" Please join us this week as we discuss "Millbank", button strings, and the word "...
Episode 80 - BPC - The Christmas Horses
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 80 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 12 "The Christmas Horses" Join us this week as we discuss three (or five) grains of parched corn at Th...
Episode 79 - BPC - Runaway
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 79 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 11 "Runaway" Join us this week and we discuss chapter continuity, chapter illustrations, Ma's face tur...
Episode 78 - BPC - Cattle in the Hay
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 78 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 10 "Cattle in the Hay" Join us this week as we discuss Laura and Mary's ages in the prairieverse, us...
Episode 77 - BPC - Grasshopper Weather
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 77 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 9 "Grasshopper Weather" Join us this week as we discuss wanting candy for a good wheat crop, prunes vs...
Episode 76 - BPC - Straw Stack
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 76 On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 8 - "Straw Stack" Join us this week as we discuss scythes, threshing machines, chaff, straw vs. hay, ...
Episode 75 - BPC - Ox on the Roof
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 75 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 7 "Ox on the Roof" Join us this week as we discuss what makes bulls angry.
Episode 74 - BPC - Wreath of Roses
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 74 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 6, "Wreath of Roses" Join us this week as we discuss butterfly wings, Eleck Nelson, cud, milking cows,...
Episode 73 - BPC - The Strange Animal
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 73 "On the Banks of Plum Creek" ch 5 - "The Strange Animal" Join us this week as we discuss black-eyed Susans, goldenrod, badgers, and m...
Episode 72 - BPC - Deep Water
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 72 "On the Banks of Plums Creek" chapter 4 "Deep Water" Join us this week as we discuss thrift with clothing, plum thickets, and Laura's lo...
Episode 71 - BPC - Rushes and Flags
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 71 Chapter 3 On the Banks of Plum Creek "Flags and Rushes" Join us this week as we discuss rushes, blue flags (irises), bumble bees, dragon...
Episode 70 - BPC - The House in the Ground
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 70 On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 2 "The House in the Ground" Join us this week as we discuss the Ingalls' family self-sufficiency, willows, ...
Episode 69 - BPC - The Door in the Ground
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this week as we discuss the world in 1937 (the date of publication), the Ingalls' journey to Minnesota, and preemption claims.
Bonus Episode 1
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a discussion of the Ingalls family and the "Bloody Benders" of Kansas.
Episode 68 - LHOP - Going Out
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 68 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 26 "Going Out" Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "chirrup", capital punishment f...
Episode 67 - LHOP - Soliders
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 67 Little House on the Prairie chaper 25, "Soliders" Join us this week as we discuss curlews, kildeers, sandpipers, growing beans, Pa ge...
Episode 66 - LHOP - Indians Ride Away
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 66 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 24 "Indians Ride Away" Join us this week as we discuss what frogs really say, frogs native to Ka...
Episode 65 - LHOP - Indian War Cry
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 65 Little House on the Prairie chapter 23, "Indian War Cry" Join us this week as we discuss the chapter's tone, trimming dogs' nails, st...
Episode 64 - LHOP - The Prairie Fire
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 64 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 22 "The Prairie Fire" Join us this week as we discuss backfires, 13-lined ground squirrel/gopher...
Episode 63 - LHOP - Indian Jamobree
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 63 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 21 "Indian Jamboree Join us this week as we discuss hopscotch, Mary's age in the narrative, divi...
Episode 62 - LHOP - A Scream in the Night
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 62 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 20 "A Scream in the Night" Join us this week as we discuss "Patty Cake", "Hide the Thumble", "Be...
Episode 61 - LHOP - Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 61 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 19 "Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus" Join us this week as we discuss "to scrooge", Onion Creek, ra...
Episode 60 - LHOP - The Tall Indian
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 60 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 18 "The Tall Indian" Join us this week as we discuss northers, scalplocks, the origin of "how", ...
Episode 59 - LHOP - Pa Goes to Town
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 59 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 17 "Pa Goes to Town" Join us this week as we talk about picket-pins, the Dakota Wars, shutters, ...
Episode 58 - LHOP - Fire in the Chimney
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 58 Little House on the Prairie chapter 16, "Fire in the Chimney" Join us this week as we discuss buffalo grass, curing hay, geese flying...
Episode 57 - LHOP - Fever 'N Ague
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 57 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 15 "Fever n' Ague" Join us this week as we learn how to pronounce "ague" and what it means, when...
Episode 56 - LHOP - Indian Camp
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 56 Little House on the Prairie chapter 14, "Indian Camp" Join us this week as we discuss buckbrush, the definition of "ox-eyed", Osage l...
Episode 55 - LHOP - Texas Longhorns
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 55 Little House on the Prairie chapter 13 "Texas Longhorns" Join us this week as we talk about Fort Dodge, Kansas (or Iowa?), chaps, Tex...
Episode 54 - LHOP - Fresh Water to Drink
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 54 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 12 "Fresh Water to Drink" Join us this week as we talk about straw ticks, rope beds, goose feath...
Episode 53 - LHOP - Indians in the House
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 53 Little House on the Prairie chapter 11, "Indians in the House" Join us this week as we discuss dog eye colors, screaming in whispers,...
Episode 52 - LHOP - A Roof and a Floor
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Little House on the Prairie" Chapter 10 "A Roof and a Floor" Join us this week as we discuss garter snakes, Laura not wearing a sunbonnet, the ...
Episode 51 - LHOP - A Fire on the Hearth
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 51 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 9 "The Fire on the Hearth" Join us today as we discuss larkspur, poisonous snakes in Kansas, bea...
Episode 50 - LHOP - Two Stout Doors
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Little House on the Prairie Chapter 8, "Two Stout Doors" Join us this week as we discuss prairie chicken hash and building the doors.
Episode 49 - LHOP - The Wolf-Pack
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Little House on the Prairie Chapter 7 "The Wolf Pack" Join us this week as we talk about horse gestation, mules, grey wolves, wolf pack sizes, t...
Episode 48 - LHOP - Moving In
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 48 Little House on the Prairie Chapter 6 "Moving In" Join us this week as we talk about scalawgs, a puncheon floor, dimensions of the lo...
Episode 47 - LHOP - The House on the Prairie
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 47 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 5 "The House on the Prairie" Join us this week as we discuss the Verdigris River, Cuba (New York...
Episode 46 - LHOP - Prairie Day
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 46 Little House on the Prairie, Chapter 4 "Prairie Day" Join us this week as we discuss dickcissels, how far the Ingalls lived from Inde...
Episode 45 - LHOP - Camp on the High Prairie
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 45 Little House on the Prairie, Chapter 3 "Camp on the High Prairie" Join us this week as we discuss the high prairie, grinding coffee, ...
Episode 44 - LHOP - Crossing the Creek
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 44 Little House on the Prairie Chapter 2 "Crossing the Creek" Join us this week as we discuss fords, when fawning season is, why Laura had to ...
Episode 43 - LHOP - Going West
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 43 Chapter 1 "Going West" Join us this week as we discuss the Ingalls family in both Missouri and Kansas, Pa's Wisconsin land in 2022 dollars,...
Episode 42 - FB - Farmer Boy
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 42 Farmer Boy Chapter 29 "Farmer Boy" Join us this week as we discuss wheelwrights, apprenticeship in the 1800s, truckle, and Libertaria...
Episode 41 - FB - Mr. Thompson's Pocketbook
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 41 Farmer Boy Chapter 28 "Mr. Thompson's Pocket Book" In today's episode we discuss hay balers, capstans, money conversions, pocketbooks...
Episode 40 - FB - Wood-Hauling
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 40 Farmer Boy Chapter 27 "Wood Hauling" Join us this week as we discuss yearlings, Almanzo's age, feather stitching, cant poles, balky, swe...
Episode 39 - FB - Christmas
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 39 Farmer Boy Chapter 26 "Christmas" Join us as we discuss the extended Wilder Family, switches, scouring bricks, mince pies, dampers, h...
Episode 38 - FB - Threshing
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 38 Farmer Boy Chapter 25 "Threshing" Join us this week as we discuss flails, ironwood, fanning mills, eating wheat kernels, and how big ...
Episode 37 - FB - The Little Bobsled
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 37 Farmer Boy Chapter 24 "The Little Bobsled" Join us this week as we discuss bobsleds, a tree being 5" through, the definition of "hew", t...
Episode 36 - FB - Cobbler
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 36, Farmer Boy Chapter 23 "Cobbler" Join us this week as we discuss the Malone Academy, basting, boughten, carpetbags, husking pegs, lasts,...
Episode 35 - FB - Fall of the Year
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy chapter 22 "Fall of the Year" Join us this week as we discuss beechnuts, why snow is "poor man's fertilizer", banking walls, saltpeter, ...
Episode 34 - FB - County Fair
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy Chapter 21 "The County Fair" Join us this week as we discuss 1866 money values in 2022, thoroughbred horses, Belgian horses, mules, Ches...
Episode 33 - FB - Late Harvest
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy chapter 20, "Late Harvest" Join us this week as we discuss the harvest moon, the world's largest pumpkin, how big a hogshead is, the phy...
Episode 32 - FB - Early Harvest
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy Chapter 19 "Early Harvest" Join us this week as we talk about timothy grass, swath(e), the difference between eastern and western meadlo...
Episode 31 - FB - Keeping House
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 31 Farmer Boy Chapter 18, "Keeping House" Join us this week as we discuss Uncle Andrew Day, lap robes, how to pick a ripe melon, wabblin...
Episode 30 - FB - Summer-Time
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy Chapter 17 "Summer Time" Join us this week as we discuss growing big pumpkins, pig prices, why you fish when it rains, speckled trout, L...
Episode 29 - FB - Independence Day
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 29 Chapter 16 "Independence Day" Join us this week as we discuss French calico, the song "Yankee Doodle", downtown Malone, the "Star-Spangl...
Episode 28 - FB - Cold Snap
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 28 Farmer Boy Chapter 15 "Cold Snap" This week we will dicuss carding wool, dyeing wool, planting pumpkins in May, planting corn and pumpki...
Episode 27 - FB - Sheep-Shearing
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ch. 14 "Sheep Sheering" Join us this week as we talk about shearing sheep, sheep swimming, sheep butting, how long it takes to shear by hand, how o...
Episode 26 - FB - The Strange Dog
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a discussion of Chapter 13 of Farmer Boy, "The Strange Dog". Topics for this episode include Morgan horses, horses' teeth, $200 in 2022...
Episode 25 - FB - Tin-Peddler
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy Chapter 12 "The Tin Peddler" This week we talk about rubbing down horses with clean cloths, Saranac New York, working exclusively with t...
Episode 24 - FB - Springtime
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer Boy Chapter 11 "Springtime" Today we will discuss door sills, horse traces, furrows, the St. Lawrence River, pumphouses, lizards in New York...
Episode 23 - FB - The Turn of the Year
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 10 "The Turn of the Year" Today we discuss Scottish proverbs, winterberries, sugaring off, how big a bushel is, the railroad in Malone, how...
Episode 22 - FB - Breaking the Calves
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 9 "Breaking in the Calves" Join us as we discuss moosewood, gee and haw, oxen vs. cattle, Rocky Mountain oysters, augers, lynchpins, and sa...
Episode 21 - FB - Sunday
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 8 "Sunday" Join us this week as we discuss currycombs, fullcloth, broadcloth, stock ties, merino wool, Uncle Wesley and Cousin Frank, how t...
Episode 20 - FB - Saturday Night
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this week for chapter 7 of Farmer Boy entitled "Saturday Nights". We discuss donuts, the Comanche, soft soap, shirts, and underwaists.
Episode 19 - FB - Filling the Ice-House
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 6 "Filling the Ice House" Join us this week as we discuss the Trout River, the French-Canadian population of Franklin County in 1860, cross...
Episode 18 - FB - Birthday
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 5 "Birthday" Join us this week as we discuss Almanzo's true year of birth, yokes, barn jumpers, weaving, hanks of yarn, stanchions, and fre...
Episode 17 - FB - Surprise
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 4 "Surprise" This week's episode covers primers, schoolhouse entries, and whips.
Episode 16 - FB - Winter Night
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 3 "Winter Night" In this week's episode, we discuss tallow, pannikins, hossocks, popcorn, and the Wilder "dialect".
Episode 15 - FB - Winter Evening
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 2 "Winter Evening" Join us this week as we talk about threshing floors, fanning mils, sheep folds, haymows, James Wilder, hoop skirts, Ange...
Episode 14 - FB - School Days
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first chapter of "Farmer Boy", School Days! In this chapter we will talk about the Wilder family, fullcloth, and Hardscrabble Hill.
Episode 13 - LHBW - The Deer in the Wood
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Deer in the Wood" This week we discuss quilts, "O Susannah", and "Auld Lang Syne".
Episode 12 - LHBW - The Wonderful Machine
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The Wonderful Machine" This week's podcast discusses sumac, hubbard squash, hulled corn, threshing machines, and johnnycakes.
Episode 11 - LHBW - Harvest
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Harvest" This week we discuss Laura's cousin Charley, harvesting oats the old-fashioned way*, yellowjackets, and herbs for fevers.
Episode 10 - LHBW - Summertime
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 10 "Summertime" Come with us as we discuss Laura's Uncle Henry, her neighbors the Petersons, the Huleatts, the Godey's Ladies Book, Aunt Lo...
Episode 9 - LHBW - Going to Town
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Going to Town" Today our chapter covers hazel bushes, thimble flowers, grass flowers, jack knives, turkey red, galluses, the "Roses Are Red" poem,...
Episode 8 - LHBW - Dance at Grandpa's
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 8 "Dance at Grandpa's" Today's topics covered include much of Pa's family (his parents and some of his siblings), hasty pudding, undergarme...
Episode 7 - LHBW - The Sugar Snow
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The Sugar Snow" Today's podcast episode discusses maple syrup production, milkpans, delaine fabric, basques and whalebone structuring in garments,...
Episode 6 - LHBW - Two Bears
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The Two Big Bears" Today we talk bears, latched doors, shades of blue, bedtime prayers, and "My Sweet Kitty Wells".
Episode 5 - LHBW - Sundays
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this week for Chapter 5 from "Little House in the Big Woods," "Sundays." We will explore what Laura could and couldn't do on Sundays, the stor...
Episode 4 - LHBW - Christmas
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 4 of Little House in the Big Woods is "Christmas." Join us for a discussion on Christmas cooking, the Ingalls cousins, old-fashioned songs, ...
Episode 3 - LHBW - The Long Rifle
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 3 "The Long Rifle" Please join us this week as we discuss Pa cleaning his rifle, making bullets, and loading the rifle.
Episode 2 - LHBW - Winter Days and Winter Nights
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's podcast episode, we discuss bear meat, housekeeping in a log cabin, churning butter, patty pans, kerosene lanterns, and whether or not you ...
Episode 1 - LHBW - Little House in the Big Woods
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Wilder on the Prairie" is the only podcast to cover all things Laura Ingalls Wilder, one "Little House" book at a time. Join us this week as we...
Episode 0
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introductory episode to "Wilder on the Prairie" Podcast. Contains podcast mission and brief introduction from podcast host, Annie Kontor.