Hemlock Creatives

Love Letters to...

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A Podcast About Wonderful & Unexpected Things Want to listen to something nice for a change? Love Letters to... is a short burst of celebration, delivered to your phone twice a week. Alicia and Melissa shine their prodigious light on the most interesting and impactful people, events, and ideas throughout time.

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Muses and Makers: Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya 10.02.2022 13:03

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate a love story distorted by Soviet oppression. Writer and poet Boris Pasternak wrote his masterpiece, Doctor Zhivago, inspired in part by his mistress, Olga Ivinskaya. The only problem was that Soviet authorities had banned Doctor Zhivago, and to punish its maker, they took aim at his muse. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Muses and Makers: Edith Wharton and the Dollar Princesses 09.02.2022 14:14

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Edith Wharton, and her muses, the Dollar Princesses of the Gilded Age - with a special nod to Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jennie Jerome, and Frances Work. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Muses and Makers: Jacqueline Kennedy and Oleg Cassini 08.02.2022 11:58

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the fashion design genius of Oleg Cassini, and his muse and co-maker Jacqueline Kennedy, whose stunning style defined an administration. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Muses and Makers: Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton 07.02.2022 9:35

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Pattie Boyd, the muse of two legendary music men, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Muses and Makers: Hotel du Cap 04.02.2022 11:25

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the muse of artists and makers alike with the legendary Hotel du Cap, the French Riviera playground to the rich, famous, and talented too. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Muses and Makers: Eva Peron 03.02.2022 13:10

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the life, afterlife, and legacy of Eva Peron. In her short time here, she became a muse for her husband, Argentinian President Juan Peron, as well as to millions of ordinary Argentinians who benefited from the causes she championed. In death, she has become a muse for artists, actors, and musicians. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Muses and Makers: Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll 02.02.2022 10:56

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Alice Liddell, the real life inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, published in 1865 by Lewis Carroll, also known as Charles Dodgson. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Muses and Makers: Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy 01.02.2022 10:34

In today's Love Letters to... we begin our month of Muses and Makers with a love letter to the Maker, Jane Austen, and her muse, Tom Lefroy - the real life Mr. Darcy, and unrequited love of the beloved novelist. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

First Times: WWII Heroes, Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich 31.01.2022 13:01

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the incredible war time service of two of Hollywood's most legendary stars, Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: Making Sauerkraut, a Listener's Love Letter to... 28.01.2022 6:56

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate a First Time of our own, with our first listener-submitted story! Alicia's co-conspirator at Hemlock Creatives, Stacie, shares the story of the first time she made, and dared to taste, Sauerkraut, a dish that has since become both a hobby and a kitchen staple for her. Have a Love Letter you'd like to share? Reach out to loveletterstopodcast@gmail.com or l...

First Times: White House Weddings 27.01.2022 12:55

In today's Love Letters to… we pay tribute to America's most selective wedding venue, The White House, and meet some of the lucky couples who've been married there. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: Katharine Graham 26.01.2022 11:34

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, and the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: Liza Minnelli 25.01.2022 10:04

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Liza with a Z - the Academy Award winning daughter of two Academy Award winners, and a bona fide living legend. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: Nadia Comaneci, and the Perfect 10 24.01.2022 10:02

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci. She not only awed the world with Olympic Gymnastics' first Perfect 10, but then earned six more of them on her way to winning three gold medals at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

First Times: Penicillin, First of Antibiotics 21.01.2022 11:55

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the very first antibiotic, the wonder drug of the 20th century, Penicillin. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: Madeleine Carroll, The Original Alfred Hitchcock Blonde 20.01.2022 11:10

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Madeleine Carroll, the prototype for every Alfred Hitchcock Blonde. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: The Pyramid of Giza, and the Wonders of the Ancient World 19.01.2022 11:24

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the Great Pyramid of Giza, and well as share a little love with the other six additional Wonders of the Ancient World. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: Academy Awards 18.01.2022 11:25

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate a Hollywood first, and then the Hollywood firsts that followed. On May 16, 1929, a couple of hundred industry types gathered for the very first Academy Awards. Hosted by silent film legend Douglas Fairbanks, the event lasted about 15 minutes. It would be a decade before the statues themselves came be known as Oscars, and since then, the Oscars have herald...

First Times: Moses Fleetwood Walker 17.01.2022 11:14

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the man who first, if only briefly, broke baseball's color barrier, Moses Fleetwood Walker. His single season with the Toledo Bluestockings in 1884 was met with predictable resistance, even from his own teammates. He went on to lead a life notable for its achievements as well as its setbacks, but his trailblazing has been largely forgotten since his death...

First Times: Mr. Potato Head 14.01.2022 10:54

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate an iconic toy which pioneered a new approach to marketing: Mr. Potato Head. Hasbro hit a home run by advertising its new offering on television - a first - and directly to children - another first - to harness what has come to be known as "Pester Power." The toy market, and children's television, would never be the same. Advertise with us ! Learn more abo...

First Times: Mary Phelps (Caresse Crosby) and America's First Bra 13.01.2022 12:06

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the inventor of a notable first: Caresse Crosby (born Mary 'Polly' Phelps), the first person to patent the bra in the United States. This happened when Caresse was a young woman, and for most people, it would have been a crowning life achievement. Not Caresse though. Patenting the bra was the first of many extraordinary adventures in a life she lived enti...

First Times: Truman Capote's First Swan, Carol Saroyan Matthau 12.01.2022 14:37

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Carol Saroyan Matthau, also known as Carol Grace, the first and most enduring of Truman Capote's Swans. Was she the inspiration for his Holly Golightly character in Breakfast at Tiffany's? Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

First Times: Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics 11.01.2022 13:17

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the remarkable passion of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who, informed by the struggles of her sister, Rosemary Kennedy, founded the Special Olympics and helped change the world for millions of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

First Times: Beverly Johnson and the Cover of Vogue 10.01.2022 10:59

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Beverly Johnson, the first Black woman to grace the cover of Vogue and French Elle. Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

First Times: I Love Lucy 07.01.2022 11:41

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the television show I Love Lucy - filled with so many first times! Advertise with us ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .