WINNETKA: A Memoir

Brian Conlan

4.3 (225)
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WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir created and produced by award-winning actress Jessica Harper, with original music. The podcast features the voices of the Harper family, who share in the telling of their remarkable story. WINNETKA tells of six Harper kids coming of age in Eisenhower’s post-war America, in a Chicago suburb called Winnetka. The siblings are buffeted by the rages of a father with PTSD, challenged by life in a big family, rocked by social change in the sixties, and ultimately stunned by a long held family secret.

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4.3

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225 Ratings

Thank you

12/26/2019

Freddyapple

I really liked the home spun honestly; I also loved the music.
Self indulgent

01/24/2020

Oopppl

This podcast is completely self-indulgent. I can’t believe that I wasted my time listening to the whole thing. The big “reveal” in the end was not earth-shattering like the listener is led to believe. This podcast might be interesting for the family, but it’s not that interesting for everyone else.
Just Lovely!

11/29/2019

the modern medusa

Perfectly done. I am enjoying your story, your telling of it and especially the writing. ❤️
The Music!!

09/06/2019

Lucygoosey65

I love the music !! It’s intoxicating I love hearing your mom How special to have her recorded Mom do you want to do a Podcast? I don’t even know what a Podcast is.... I love ‘The Pod’ i guess i only said that cause We’re doing a Podcast’ Loving this piece Thank You

WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir created and produced by award-winning actress Jessica Harper, with original music. The podcast features the voices of the Harper family, who share in the telling of their remarkable story. WINNETKA tells of six Harper kids coming of age in Eisenhower’s post-war America, in a Chicago suburb called Winnetka. The siblings are buffeted by the rages of a father with PTSD, challenged by life in a big family, rocked by social change in the sixties, and ultimately stunned by a long held family secret.