meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
The Kitchen Sisters Present

22 – War and Separation: Life on the Homefront During World War II

The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia

Society & Culture

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

For Memorial Day — a portrait of life on the homefront during World War II featuring 4 women’s stories, rare home recorded letters sent overseas to soldiers, archival audio, music and news broadcasts from the era.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Radio Topia. Welcome to the Kitchen Sisters Presently.

0:04.0

PRX.

0:05.0

We're the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nicki Silva.

0:09.0

Hi, this is Nicky of the Kitchen Sisters.

0:13.0

Thank you so much to everyone who's already donated to support Radiotopia and this show during our fall fundraiser.

0:19.0

Radiotopia from PRX is a non-profit public media company. The money we raise from this fundraiser

0:25.6

is split amongst all the shows in the network. This creates opportunity for emerging shows

0:31.3

or those that wouldn't be prioritized at other networks.

0:35.4

We love reading the comments that people leave when they donate.

0:38.4

Kelly says, keep the great creator-owned work coming. And Erica writes, I have been obsessed with every radiotopia

0:46.2

podcast I have listened to. I appreciate this collective so, so much and hope that these

0:51.7

amazing creators can keep making what they want to make in a world where many shows are being shut down.

0:58.0

We are coming to the end of the fundraiser, but we are still short of our goal. Not very short but short. If we reach our goal of a

1:05.9

thousand donors after the holidays we'll share a digital zine with everyone who

1:10.4

donated to help us get there. If you haven't donated yet, but you've been

1:14.3

thinking about it, we need your help now. Visit radiotopia.fm slash donate and add your name

1:21.5

to the list of listeners who support independent podcasts.

1:25.0

Thanks so much. Radiotopia.

1:28.0

FM slash donate. Today on the future waves, war and separation, life on the home front during World War II.

1:40.0

Most of the time Davy and I aren't working together in the same room. I live in

1:47.7

Santa Cruz and she lives in San Francisco and our office is in North Beach and

1:51.5

right now she's in LA so we work a lot by phone.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -3597 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.