Grating the Nutmeg
@gratingthenutmeg.bsky.social
We’re the podcast of Connecticut history! A production of #ConnecticutExplored magazine.
In our latest GTN, we uncover the story of Dr. Alan L. Hart, a transgender medical doctor working on the forefront of an urgent public health crisis, tuberculosis, in Connecticut. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker.
#Listen: ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/ & all apps 🎧 #ct #history #pride #podcast
#Listen: ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/ & all apps 🎧 #ct #history #pride #podcast
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Show your love of #Connecticut history - our second annual #GTN online benefit auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast. Auction ends this Saturday, Oct. 18!
See all the amazing deals: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/
See all the amazing deals: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Show your love of #Connecticut history - our second annual #GTN online benefit auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast. Auction ends this Saturday, Oct. 18!
See all the amazing deals: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/
See all the amazing deals: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/
New GTN! Listen: ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/
In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New GTN! Listen: ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/
In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
In our brand new #GTN, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Root of Today’s Revolution, published in 2017. #ct #history #podcast
Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
October 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/buttonsincheshirepod/
Do you love historic buildings, sites & landscapes in Connecticut?
Bid here on this wonderful historic preservation package: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/509730
Your contribution helps us to continue bringing you CT's history podcast every two weeks.
Bid here on this wonderful historic preservation package: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/509730
Your contribution helps us to continue bringing you CT's history podcast every two weeks.
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Do you love historic buildings, sites & landscapes in Connecticut?
Bid here on this wonderful historic preservation package: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/509730
Your contribution helps us to continue bringing you CT's history podcast every two weeks.
Bid here on this wonderful historic preservation package: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/509730
Your contribution helps us to continue bringing you CT's history podcast every two weeks.
Treat yourself to something beautiful and help a great cause in our Grating the Nutmeg Podcast online benefit auction!
Bid here on this bedazzling piece from Beckers Diamonds and Fine Jewelry, West Hartford Center:
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Bid here on this bedazzling piece from Beckers Diamonds and Fine Jewelry, West Hartford Center:
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October 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Treat yourself to something beautiful and help a great cause in our Grating the Nutmeg Podcast online benefit auction!
Bid here on this bedazzling piece from Beckers Diamonds and Fine Jewelry, West Hartford Center:
secure.qgiv.com/event/connec...
Bid here on this bedazzling piece from Beckers Diamonds and Fine Jewelry, West Hartford Center:
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We love telling the stories of Connecticut’s past on GTN! We need your support - bid on some items in our annual online auction!
Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
Bid here: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508674
Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
Bid here: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508674
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We love telling the stories of Connecticut’s past on GTN! We need your support - bid on some items in our annual online auction!
Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
Bid here: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508674
Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.
Bid here: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508674
In our latest GTN, we chat with Leonard Raybon, who encountered two journals and other writings by Hannah Hadassah Hickok, the matriarch of the non-conformist Smith Family of #Glastonbury - and then composed an original mini-musical based on them!
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In our latest GTN, we chat with Leonard Raybon, who encountered two journals and other writings by Hannah Hadassah Hickok, the matriarch of the non-conformist Smith Family of #Glastonbury - and then composed an original mini-musical based on them!
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Support Grating the Nutmeg Podcast in our second annual online benefit auction and treat yourself and a friend to a show at award-winning professional theater Playhouse on Park Theatre in #WestHartford!
Bid now and help a great cause: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/507639
Bid now and help a great cause: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/507639
September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Support Grating the Nutmeg Podcast in our second annual online benefit auction and treat yourself and a friend to a show at award-winning professional theater Playhouse on Park Theatre in #WestHartford!
Bid now and help a great cause: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/507639
Bid now and help a great cause: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/507639
Our second annual GTN online benefit auction is LIVE! Support the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast.
Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
Bid now: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508678
Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
Bid now: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508678
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our second annual GTN online benefit auction is LIVE! Support the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast.
Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
Bid now: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508678
Show your love of CT history with this bevy of beauties from #Connecticut Explored!
Bid now: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/508678
Support us in our second annual online benefit auction! The auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast.
Win this beautiful package from #LitchfieldDistillery now!
Bid: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/498268
Win this beautiful package from #LitchfieldDistillery now!
Bid: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/498268
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Support us in our second annual online benefit auction! The auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast.
Win this beautiful package from #LitchfieldDistillery now!
Bid: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/498268
Win this beautiful package from #LitchfieldDistillery now!
Bid: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/498268
In this brand new episode of #GTN, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s collection have inspired an exciting original work of music.
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
September 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In this brand new episode of #GTN, Natalie Belanger tells us about how two journals kept by a Revolutionary War-era girl in the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s collection have inspired an exciting original work of music.
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Listen: ctexplored.org/hannahsmithpod/
Celebrate #LaborDay with a brand new #GTN!
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Celebrate #LaborDay with a brand new #GTN!
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories, but major upheavals in American society were happening at the time…
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/brewingcommunitypod/
In our latest #GTN, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
August 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In our latest #GTN, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
In our latest Grating the Nutmeg Podcast, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
August 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In our latest Grating the Nutmeg Podcast, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
New Episode! www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
Artist / author Maurice Sendak was able to achieve significant and enduring success in art and children’s literature during his lifetime. We chat with Dr. Golan Moskowitz, author of Wild Visionary, Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context, published in 2021.
Artist / author Maurice Sendak was able to achieve significant and enduring success in art and children’s literature during his lifetime. We chat with Dr. Golan Moskowitz, author of Wild Visionary, Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context, published in 2021.
August 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New Episode! www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/
Artist / author Maurice Sendak was able to achieve significant and enduring success in art and children’s literature during his lifetime. We chat with Dr. Golan Moskowitz, author of Wild Visionary, Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context, published in 2021.
Artist / author Maurice Sendak was able to achieve significant and enduring success in art and children’s literature during his lifetime. We chat with Dr. Golan Moskowitz, author of Wild Visionary, Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context, published in 2021.
Whaling was a brutal trade, but it was also big business for #Connecticut and her sister New England states. In our latest GTN, we’ll visit Mystic Seaport Museum’s new exhibition on whaling with curator Mike Dyer. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/monstrouswhalingpod/ #history #whaling #Manufacturing #ct
August 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Whaling was a brutal trade, but it was also big business for #Connecticut and her sister New England states. In our latest GTN, we’ll visit Mystic Seaport Museum’s new exhibition on whaling with curator Mike Dyer. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/monstrouswhalingpod/ #history #whaling #Manufacturing #ct
New Episode!
Whaling was big business for #Connecticut and her sister New England states.
In this episode, we’ll visit Mystic Seaport Museum’s new exhibition “Monstrous: Whaling and Its Colossal Impact” with curator Mike Dyer.
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/monstrouswhalingpod/
Whaling was big business for #Connecticut and her sister New England states.
In this episode, we’ll visit Mystic Seaport Museum’s new exhibition “Monstrous: Whaling and Its Colossal Impact” with curator Mike Dyer.
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/monstrouswhalingpod/
August 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New Episode!
Whaling was big business for #Connecticut and her sister New England states.
In this episode, we’ll visit Mystic Seaport Museum’s new exhibition “Monstrous: Whaling and Its Colossal Impact” with curator Mike Dyer.
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/monstrouswhalingpod/
Whaling was big business for #Connecticut and her sister New England states.
In this episode, we’ll visit Mystic Seaport Museum’s new exhibition “Monstrous: Whaling and Its Colossal Impact” with curator Mike Dyer.
Listen: www.ctexplored.org/monstrouswhalingpod/
In our latest Grating the Nutmeg Podcast, Dr. Kathy Hermes chats with Ellery Leary, the official park historian of Putnam Memorial State Park, to discuss the Redding Encampment of the Revolutionary War and more! Listen: ctexplored.org/contarmycampedpod/
July 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In our latest Grating the Nutmeg Podcast, Dr. Kathy Hermes chats with Ellery Leary, the official park historian of Putnam Memorial State Park, to discuss the Redding Encampment of the Revolutionary War and more! Listen: ctexplored.org/contarmycampedpod/
Listen to #GTN for amazing places to go this summer!
In this episode, we discover more about one of the most beautiful places to visit in Connecticut - the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/107-miss-florences-boardinghouse-and-american-impressionism
In this episode, we discover more about one of the most beautiful places to visit in Connecticut - the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/107-miss-florences-boardinghouse-and-american-impressionism
July 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Listen to #GTN for amazing places to go this summer!
In this episode, we discover more about one of the most beautiful places to visit in Connecticut - the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/107-miss-florences-boardinghouse-and-american-impressionism
In this episode, we discover more about one of the most beautiful places to visit in Connecticut - the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/107-miss-florences-boardinghouse-and-american-impressionism
In this episode of #GTN, Dr. Alex Ketchum reveals the history of women-owned restaurants in the 1970s and 1980s that had a feminist mission. Stream: ctexplored.org/ingforrevpod/ #ct #history #podcast #nowstreaming #nowplaying #bridgeport
July 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In this episode of #GTN, Dr. Alex Ketchum reveals the history of women-owned restaurants in the 1970s and 1980s that had a feminist mission. Stream: ctexplored.org/ingforrevpod/ #ct #history #podcast #nowstreaming #nowplaying #bridgeport
Brand New Episode!
Our publisher Dr. Kathy Hermes chats with Ellery Leary, the official park historian of Putnam Memorial State Park, to discuss the Redding Encampment of the Revolutionary War and the importance of the Park today as a historical site.
Listen: ctexplored.org/contarmycampedpod/
Our publisher Dr. Kathy Hermes chats with Ellery Leary, the official park historian of Putnam Memorial State Park, to discuss the Redding Encampment of the Revolutionary War and the importance of the Park today as a historical site.
Listen: ctexplored.org/contarmycampedpod/
July 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Brand New Episode!
Our publisher Dr. Kathy Hermes chats with Ellery Leary, the official park historian of Putnam Memorial State Park, to discuss the Redding Encampment of the Revolutionary War and the importance of the Park today as a historical site.
Listen: ctexplored.org/contarmycampedpod/
Our publisher Dr. Kathy Hermes chats with Ellery Leary, the official park historian of Putnam Memorial State Park, to discuss the Redding Encampment of the Revolutionary War and the importance of the Park today as a historical site.
Listen: ctexplored.org/contarmycampedpod/
Discover places to go this summer with #GTN!
How did Elizabeth Park become the public park it is today? Mary Donohue interviews Elizabeth Park’s Rosarian Stephen Scanniello about all things roses.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/115-americas-first-public-rose-garden-elizabeth-park
How did Elizabeth Park become the public park it is today? Mary Donohue interviews Elizabeth Park’s Rosarian Stephen Scanniello about all things roses.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/115-americas-first-public-rose-garden-elizabeth-park
July 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Discover places to go this summer with #GTN!
How did Elizabeth Park become the public park it is today? Mary Donohue interviews Elizabeth Park’s Rosarian Stephen Scanniello about all things roses.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/115-americas-first-public-rose-garden-elizabeth-park
How did Elizabeth Park become the public park it is today? Mary Donohue interviews Elizabeth Park’s Rosarian Stephen Scanniello about all things roses.
Listen: gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/115-americas-first-public-rose-garden-elizabeth-park
New Episode out now! Dr. Alex Ketchum reveals the history of women-owned restaurants in the 1970s and 1980s that had a feminist mission.
Stream: ctexplored.org/ingforrevpod/
Stream: ctexplored.org/ingforrevpod/
July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New Episode out now! Dr. Alex Ketchum reveals the history of women-owned restaurants in the 1970s and 1980s that had a feminist mission.
Stream: ctexplored.org/ingforrevpod/
Stream: ctexplored.org/ingforrevpod/
Start your list of places to go this summer with GTN!
Have you visited the newly-reopened Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven yet? We discover more with our guest David Skelly, Director of the Museum.
Listen: ctexplored.org/more-than-dinosaurs-the-new-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/
Have you visited the newly-reopened Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven yet? We discover more with our guest David Skelly, Director of the Museum.
Listen: ctexplored.org/more-than-dinosaurs-the-new-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/
June 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Start your list of places to go this summer with GTN!
Have you visited the newly-reopened Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven yet? We discover more with our guest David Skelly, Director of the Museum.
Listen: ctexplored.org/more-than-dinosaurs-the-new-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/
Have you visited the newly-reopened Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven yet? We discover more with our guest David Skelly, Director of the Museum.
Listen: ctexplored.org/more-than-dinosaurs-the-new-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/