The Kitchen Sisters
@kitchensisters.bsky.social
Peabody Award-winning radio producers of NPR's The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens and the Radiotopia podcast The Kitchen Sisters Present...
"My name is Henry Cordova. I'm calling about an old record...of my grandfather's voice. My grandfather was a professional orator, a reader, a lector, as they called him. He read to the cigar workers of Tampa, Florida, while they hand-rolled cigars."
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August 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"My name is Henry Cordova. I'm calling about an old record...of my grandfather's voice. My grandfather was a professional orator, a reader, a lector, as they called him. He read to the cigar workers of Tampa, Florida, while they hand-rolled cigars."
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Beautiful piece that came to me via @rumblestrip.bsky.social. Dunno why I waited two months to listen. I recommend especially if you remember anything about the 70’s or 80’s.
The Kitchen Sisters and Hearing Voices present: Requiem for Larry Massett
Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond.
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Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond.
Listen: kitchensisters.org/pod.../requi...
July 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Beautiful piece that came to me via @rumblestrip.bsky.social. Dunno why I waited two months to listen. I recommend especially if you remember anything about the 70’s or 80’s.
New on the podcast: Olivia Wilde / The Invite.
The Invite, Olivia Wilde's latest film, opens across the country this week. In April she came to see us in the studios of KQED just before the screening to talk about the movie and her path as a filmmaker.
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The Invite, Olivia Wilde's latest film, opens across the country this week. In April she came to see us in the studios of KQED just before the screening to talk about the movie and her path as a filmmaker.
Listen: mailchi.mp/kitchensiste...
July 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
New on the podcast: Olivia Wilde / The Invite.
The Invite, Olivia Wilde's latest film, opens across the country this week. In April she came to see us in the studios of KQED just before the screening to talk about the movie and her path as a filmmaker.
Listen: mailchi.mp/kitchensiste...
The Invite, Olivia Wilde's latest film, opens across the country this week. In April she came to see us in the studios of KQED just before the screening to talk about the movie and her path as a filmmaker.
Listen: mailchi.mp/kitchensiste...
Tonight in Berkeley! A special screening of the extraordinary documentary, The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane.
Davia will be moderating a Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening. See you there... www.hillsideclub.org/event-detail...
Davia will be moderating a Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening. See you there... www.hillsideclub.org/event-detail...
Documentary Film: The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane | HSC 2026
Includes a Q & A with the director, moderated by Davia Nelson of NPR's "Kitchen Sisters" .
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June 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Tonight in Berkeley! A special screening of the extraordinary documentary, The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane.
Davia will be moderating a Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening. See you there... www.hillsideclub.org/event-detail...
Davia will be moderating a Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening. See you there... www.hillsideclub.org/event-detail...
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Quilts as Monuments: Sew Their Names, the story of an unlikely collaboration between an Black preacher, a white judge and a group of rural Alabama quilters.
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June 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Quilts as Monuments: Sew Their Names, the story of an unlikely collaboration between an Black preacher, a white judge and a group of rural Alabama quilters.
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kitchensisters.org/podcast/quil...
The Kitchen Sisters and Hearing Voices present: Requiem for Larry Massett
Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond.
Listen: kitchensisters.org/pod.../requi...
Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond.
Listen: kitchensisters.org/pod.../requi...
April 21, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The Kitchen Sisters and Hearing Voices present: Requiem for Larry Massett
Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond.
Listen: kitchensisters.org/pod.../requi...
Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond.
Listen: kitchensisters.org/pod.../requi...
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Everyone's a Casting Director: The First-Ever Academy Award for Achievement in Casting with Host Frances McDormand
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March 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Everyone's a Casting Director: The First-Ever Academy Award for Achievement in Casting with Host Frances McDormand
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Well looky thar!
Sweet compilation of music from the @kitchensisters.bsky.social came today.
Can't wait to play tomorrow at the pottery studio.
Sweet compilation of music from the @kitchensisters.bsky.social came today.
Can't wait to play tomorrow at the pottery studio.
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Well looky thar!
Sweet compilation of music from the @kitchensisters.bsky.social came today.
Can't wait to play tomorrow at the pottery studio.
Sweet compilation of music from the @kitchensisters.bsky.social came today.
Can't wait to play tomorrow at the pottery studio.
On MLK Day, The Kitchen Sisters Present... "Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere"
In the 1950s, a group of women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. The group was led by Georgia Gilmore, one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights era.
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In the 1950s, a group of women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. The group was led by Georgia Gilmore, one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights era.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
On MLK Day, The Kitchen Sisters Present... "Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere"
In the 1950s, a group of women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. The group was led by Georgia Gilmore, one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights era.
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In the 1950s, a group of women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. The group was led by Georgia Gilmore, one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights era.
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Marion Cunningham picnicking with her friend and mentor, James Beard.
🎧 Listen to "Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer" at kitchensisters.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.
🎧 Listen to "Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer" at kitchensisters.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.
January 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Marion Cunningham picnicking with her friend and mentor, James Beard.
🎧 Listen to "Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer" at kitchensisters.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.
🎧 Listen to "Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer" at kitchensisters.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer
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January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Marion Cunningham: Late Bloomer, Agoraphobic, Food Pioneer
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Pablo Neruda gave this poem to the world in 1958. On Giving Tuesday we share it with you in thanks for the support and collaboration you have given us, now and across the decades...
Read "The Great Tablecloth (El Gran Mantel)"
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Read "The Great Tablecloth (El Gran Mantel)"
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December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Pablo Neruda gave this poem to the world in 1958. On Giving Tuesday we share it with you in thanks for the support and collaboration you have given us, now and across the decades...
Read "The Great Tablecloth (El Gran Mantel)"
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Read "The Great Tablecloth (El Gran Mantel)"
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Big news! The match is still lit!
There is still time to help us meet our $20K unexpected match. Your tax-deductible donation will keep the stories flowing and support our internship and mentoring program.
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Deep thanks to all!
There is still time to help us meet our $20K unexpected match. Your tax-deductible donation will keep the stories flowing and support our internship and mentoring program.
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Deep thanks to all!
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Big news! The match is still lit!
There is still time to help us meet our $20K unexpected match. Your tax-deductible donation will keep the stories flowing and support our internship and mentoring program.
kitchensisters.org/support/?giv...
Deep thanks to all!
There is still time to help us meet our $20K unexpected match. Your tax-deductible donation will keep the stories flowing and support our internship and mentoring program.
kitchensisters.org/support/?giv...
Deep thanks to all!
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Remembering Marcyliena Morgan (1950-2025), Keeper of the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard
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November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Kitchen Sisters Present... Remembering Marcyliena Morgan (1950-2025), Keeper of the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard
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It’s the last day to meet our match! Help us reach our $20K goal! We are so close... mailchi.mp/kitchensiste...
$upport the $tories! Help Meet Our Unexpected $20K Match!
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November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It’s the last day to meet our match! Help us reach our $20K goal! We are so close... mailchi.mp/kitchensiste...
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Support public media. Support meaningful & human storytelling . Support @kitchensisters.bsky.social ! If you’re able ❤️💙🪩💙🪩❤️❣️
There we were in The Kitchen Sisters office, working on our new podcast, when out of the blue, an anonymous donor—knowing that funding for public media and the arts has been stripped by the government—offered a $20K donation to our nonprofit if we can raise $20K to match it in the next 5 days!
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Support public media. Support meaningful & human storytelling . Support @kitchensisters.bsky.social ! If you’re able ❤️💙🪩💙🪩❤️❣️
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BOTD Henri Langlois!!!
More:
Menand: newyorker.com/magazine/200...
Great doc "Phantom of the Cinémathèque": nytimes.com/2005/10/12/m...
Godard & Truffaut to the rescue: youtube.com/watch?v=xJOq...
From Us: midcenturycinema.org/node/149
@kitchensisters.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2018/09/20/6...
More:
Menand: newyorker.com/magazine/200...
Great doc "Phantom of the Cinémathèque": nytimes.com/2005/10/12/m...
Godard & Truffaut to the rescue: youtube.com/watch?v=xJOq...
From Us: midcenturycinema.org/node/149
@kitchensisters.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2018/09/20/6...
'Savior Of Film,' Henri Langlois, Began Extensive Cinema Archive In His Bathtub
One of the most important figures in the history of filmmaking never made a film. Langlois created the Cinémathèque Française, where he preserved and exhibited movies from many countries and eras.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BOTD Henri Langlois!!!
More:
Menand: newyorker.com/magazine/200...
Great doc "Phantom of the Cinémathèque": nytimes.com/2005/10/12/m...
Godard & Truffaut to the rescue: youtube.com/watch?v=xJOq...
From Us: midcenturycinema.org/node/149
@kitchensisters.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2018/09/20/6...
More:
Menand: newyorker.com/magazine/200...
Great doc "Phantom of the Cinémathèque": nytimes.com/2005/10/12/m...
Godard & Truffaut to the rescue: youtube.com/watch?v=xJOq...
From Us: midcenturycinema.org/node/149
@kitchensisters.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2018/09/20/6...
There we were in The Kitchen Sisters office, working on our new podcast, when out of the blue, an anonymous donor—knowing that funding for public media and the arts has been stripped by the government—offered a $20K donation to our nonprofit if we can raise $20K to match it in the next 5 days!
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There we were in The Kitchen Sisters office, working on our new podcast, when out of the blue, an anonymous donor—knowing that funding for public media and the arts has been stripped by the government—offered a $20K donation to our nonprofit if we can raise $20K to match it in the next 5 days!
The Kitchen Sisters Present... The Birth of Rice-A-Roni.
The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this story of the San Francisco Treat.
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The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this story of the San Francisco Treat.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Kitchen Sisters Present... The Birth of Rice-A-Roni.
The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this story of the San Francisco Treat.
kitchensisters.org/podcast/the-...
The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this story of the San Francisco Treat.
kitchensisters.org/podcast/the-...
After the events of 9/11, we came together with other radio producers, artists, archivists and listeners to chronicle and commemorate the life and history of the World Trade Center and its neighborhood...
The Sonic Memorial—Remembering 9/11 with host Paul Auster | The Kitchen Sisters
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September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
After the events of 9/11, we came together with other radio producers, artists, archivists and listeners to chronicle and commemorate the life and history of the World Trade Center and its neighborhood...
The Kitchen Sisters Present… The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture.
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The Women's School of Planning and Architecture: Not Only Survive but Flourish
Podcast Episode · The Kitchen Sisters Present · 09/02/2025 · 28m
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September 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Kitchen Sisters Present… The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture.
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Listen to The Honesty Boxes of Scotland on @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/08/23/n...
How do Scottish honesty boxes work and who uses them?
The Kitchen Sisters production team takes a look into the long held Scottish tradition of honesty boxes - where you leave the money in the box and take what you need.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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