Love Sweetie Podcast

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This episode features four documents, including letters and postcards.  In these commu...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This episode features seven documents, including letters and postcards.  In these docu...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This is the third of three episodes which feature letters from Sweetie's husband,...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters fro...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This is the first of three episodes which feature letters exclusively from Sweetie&apo...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This episode features ten documents, including letters and postcards, which are the on...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This episode features five documents from Sweetie in the spring and early summer of 19...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).   This episode features Sweetie's first two letters from January 1948.  Sweetie rec...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The letters have been transcribed based on the original documents - as such, incorrect...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The letters, as displayed on the screen, have been transcribed based on the original do...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The letters, as displayed on the screen, have been transcribed based on the original do...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The letters, as displayed on the screen, have been transcribed based on the original do...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The letters, as displayed on the screen, have been transcribed based on the original do...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The Love Sweetie Podcast is currently in its second season - this is episode 53. This e...

This video shows some of the highlights of Jamie and myself attending the Evolutions by Podcast Movement 2025 conference in Chicago, IL that occurred March 31, 2025 - April 3, 2025!  This was the first podcast conference that Jamie and I have attended, and we wanted to review our experience attending that event, but also provide some notes on what we saw in Chicago, Illinois (including the Chicago...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The Love Sweetie Podcast is currently in its second season - this is episode 52. This e...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The Love Sweetie Podcast is currently in its second season - this is episode 51. This e...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  The Love Sweetie Podcast is currently in its second season - this is episode 50. This e...

This is Episode 49 of the Love Sweetie Podcast.  This episode features four letters from late summer 1946.  In this episode, Sweetie details life in her new house on Love Lane in Norwood, Pennsylvania.  She goes into some details about her son, Lewis, who is almost a year old, and answers questions that family have about whether or not she will be able to visit them in Iowa in the fall.  Sweetie a...

This is Episode 48 of the Love Sweetie Podcast.  This episode features four letters from summer 1946.  In this episode, it's revealed that Sweetie finally has found a house for herself, Lew, and Lewis in southeast Pennsylvania on a street named "Love Lane."  Sweetie describes what it was like to move into their new home, hoping that their experience there will be good.  However, her...

This is Episode 47 of the Love Sweetie Podcast.  This episode features four letters that were written by Sweetie in April and May 1946.  Some of the content of these letters is Sweetie reflecting on the recent family tragedy, but much of the letters show her focus on wanting to find a new home for herself, her husband, Lew, and her son, Lewis.  Unfortunately, the housing market in early 1946 is ex...

This is Episode 46 of the Love Sweetie Podcast.  This episode features three letters that were written by Sweetie in the second half of April 1946.  Some of the content of these letters is Sweetie reflecting on the recent family tragedy - that her older brother, Bob, passed away (this content was reviewed directly in the previous letters that were the subject of Episode 45).  However, there are al...

This is Episode 45 of the Love Sweetie Podcast.  Please note that this episode deals with letters recounting the loss of a loved one.  The Demaree family experienced a tragic loss in early April 1946.  There are three letters in this episode, all from Sweetie to either her parents, or her sister, Jeanne, in Iowa, or both.   My heart goes out to all those who are grieving the loss of close friends...

This is Episode 44 of the Love Sweetie Podcast!  This episode is the Season Two premiere of the podcast, and features nine documents from January - March 1946.  Six of the documents are from Sweetie, herself (most of which were written in Lacona, Iowa), two of the letters are from her husband, Lew (who is writing from Pennsylvania), and one letter is from Sweetie's sister-in-law, Florence (wh...

This is episode 43 of the Love Sweetie Podcast!  This episode is the Season One finale of the podcast, and features four letters from late summer and early fall 1945.  Three of the four letters are from Sweetie's husband, Lew Graham, and the other letter is the last letter that survives from the end of 1945 from Sweetie herself.  At this point in the story, Lew is hoping to get back to Iowa t...