the letters and things

the letters and things
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A treasure trove of old letters tells the story of an American family through multiple generations, with a memorable cast of characters commenting on everything from the mundane of daily life to monumental, sometimes forgotten, moments in history.

  1. 6h ago

    135. Samantha and Samantha

    In this episode, Samantha does a deep dive on Samantha Parkington, American Girl, which is why my Google history now has "samantha parkington's dead parents". It is the final Lynn letters, also an American girl, and I don't think anyone will be sad about it, just like Samantha Parkington's dead parents.

    46 min

  2. May 21

    134. fun, silly princess

    In this episode, we read the birthday cards of Grandma Mickey, one of which contained none other than stickers! We also discover that Sam hates adhesive. Manette is shook by this revelation.

    37 min

  3. May 14

    133. *presidential episode* get that lobotomy!

    In this episode, we cover the Taurus presidents. These guys aren't as bad as some of the others and one of them we even kind of like. We've got two James, two guys with an S in their middle name, and some eye stuff. In addition to four presidents, we have a teaser and world premier of the new hit song Celsius inspired by the energy drink Celsius.

    1h 16m

  4. May 7

    132. HONEY, IT'S MOTHERS DAY!

    In this episode, we celebrate US Mother's Day and Thai Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day with Grandma's Mother's Day cards. Confused? So are we! All the time! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, Mothers, and mom-like figures, but only if you read the podcast episode descriptions. ; 0 ) This one's for you!

    31 min

  5. Apr 30

    131. JFK in Mexico

    In this episode, we continue reading through the 1960s letters belonging to Lynn, who was a pre teen girl. Many questions arise like why JFK is on a Mexican stamp and what is a bushel basket? Lots of questions, zero answers, and at least one US President, though he's in Mexico? Unclear.

    31 min

  6. Apr 23

    130. apologies to Puerto Rico

    In this episode, we read some letters to Lynn, grandpas second eldest daughter (of three), but in reality all we really want to talk about is unincorporated territories of America, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Supreme Court case that I don't think the Founding Fathers would be too happy about.

    44 min

  7. Apr 16

    129. *presidential episode* two bad dudes from Virginia

    In this episode, we go over the Aries presidents - Thomas Jefferson and John Tyler. One is considered the worst president in history and the other one of the greatest, but take it from us - they both really suck. In this episode we get a long list of wrongs both to humankind and to the nation.

    54 min

  8. Apr 9

    128. la biblioteca

    In this episode, we continue reading through the pre-teen mail of aunt Lynn, the second daughter of dear old grandpa. An emerging theme is Lynn is a absent correspondent. A "valentine" promoting big pharma and some letters from Mexico. Relatively uneventful and wholesome and free of dead presidents.

    19 min
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A treasure trove of old letters tells the story of an American family through multiple generations, with a memorable cast of characters commenting on everything from the mundane of daily life to monumental, sometimes forgotten, moments in history.

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  • Creator
    the letters and things
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    135
  • Rating
    Explicit
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