Wilder on the Prairie

Episode 70 On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 2 "The House in the Ground" Join us this week as we discuss the Ingalls' family self-sufficiency, willows, morning glories, the dimensions of the dugout, Ma's insistence on domesticity, and sod houses.

Join us this week as we discuss the world in 1937 (the date of publication), the Ingalls' journey to Minnesota, and preemption claims. 

Join us for a discussion of the Ingalls family and the "Bloody Benders" of Kansas.

Episode 68   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 26 "Going Out"   Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "chirrup", capital punishment for stealing horses, the definition of "tenderfeet", why Laura included the couple whose horses were stolen, "O Susanna", "Dixie", "Battle Cry of Freedom", "Gumtree Canoe", and the upcoming season hiatus. 

Episode 67   Little House on the Prairie chaper 25, "Soliders"   Join us this week as we discuss curlews, kildeers, sandpipers, growing beans, Pa getting angry, the real reason the Ingalls left Kansas, how big the calf would have been, and "there is no great loss without some small gain."

Episode 66   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 24 "Indians Ride Away"   Join us this week as we discuss what frogs really say, frogs native to Kansas, Pa disciplining Jack, bay-colored horses, and Laura wanting the baby in the basket.

Episode 65   Little House on the Prairie chapter 23, "Indian War Cry"   Join us this week as we discuss the chapter's tone, trimming dogs' nails, stockades, and the identity of Soldat du Chêne.

Episode 64   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 22 "The Prairie Fire"   Join us this week as we discuss backfires, 13-lined ground squirrel/gopher holes, the definition of "devilment", Fort Gibson (OK), and buffalo movement patterns.

Episode 63   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 21 "Indian Jamboree   Join us this week as we discuss hopscotch, Mary's age in the narrative, division of chores between Laura and Mary, seed potatoes, blouses, headbands, plows, and watermelon seeds.

Episode 62   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 20 "A Scream in the Night"   Join us this week as we discuss "Patty Cake", "Hide the Thumble", "Bean Porridge Hot", strap-ears, panthers in Kansas, and bootjacks.

Episode 61   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 19 "Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus"   Join us this week as we discuss "to scrooge", Onion Creek, razorbacks, and cornshuck beds.

Episode 60   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 18 "The Tall Indian"   Join us this week as we discuss northers, scalplocks, the origin of "how", speaking to someone whose language you don't understand, the Osage experience with French, mink, and "The Blue Junaita".

Episode 59   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 17 "Pa Goes to Town"   Join us this week as we talk about picket-pins, the Dakota Wars, shutters, and "There Is a Happy Land".

Episode 58   Little House on the Prairie chapter 16, "Fire in the Chimney"   Join us this week as we discuss buffalo grass, curing hay, geese flying in Vs, "Bye Baby Bunting", and "Green Grow the Laurels".

Episode 57   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 15 "Fever n' Ague"   Join us this week as we learn how to pronounce "ague" and what it means, when blackberries are ripe, Laura crying, Dr. George Tann, watermelons, the phrase "since Hector was a pup", quinine, and Ma's gold pin.

Episode 56   Little House on the Prairie chapter 14, "Indian Camp"   Join us this week as we discuss buckbrush, the definition of "ox-eyed", Osage lodges, and what Osage women wore.

Episode 55   Little House on the Prairie chapter 13 "Texas Longhorns"   Join us this week as we talk about Fort Dodge, Kansas (or Iowa?), chaps, Texas longhorns, "by the Great Horned Spoon", and whippoorwills.

Episode 54   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 12 "Fresh Water to Drink"   Join us this week as we talk about straw ticks, rope beds, goose feather pillows, spades, the (un)strong language of Mr. Scott, the dichotomy of Laura and Mary, windlasses, a rare time when Ma cries, carbon monoxide, and towsacks.

Episode 53   Little House on the Prairie chapter 11, "Indians in the House"   Join us this week as we discuss dog eye colors, screaming in whispers, active Laura vs. passive Mary, skunks, cornbread, and the Osage Nation.

"Little House on the Prairie"   Chapter 10 "A Roof and a Floor"   Join us this week as we discuss garter snakes, Laura not wearing a sunbonnet, the shepherdess as home, and what was hanging in the windows before glass windows?

Episode 51   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 9 "The Fire on the Hearth"   Join us today as we discuss larkspur, poisonous snakes in Kansas, bear grease in Pa's hair, stick-and-daub, and the little china shepherdess.

Little House on the Prairie   Chapter 8, "Two Stout Doors"   Join us this week as we discuss prairie chicken hash and building the doors.

Little House on the Prairie   Chapter 7 "The Wolf Pack"   Join us this week as we talk about horse gestation, mules, grey wolves, wolf pack sizes, the Scott family, pioneer cabin sizes, Great Plains (buffalo) wolves, and the word "scringe".

Episode 48   Little House on the Prairie Chapter 6 "Moving In"   Join us this week as we talk about scalawgs, a puncheon floor, dimensions of the log cabin, "Roll on Silver Moon".

Episode 47   Little House on the Prairie, chapter 5 "The House on the Prairie"   Join us this week as we discuss the Verdigris River, Cuba (New York) and the Seneca tribe, to chink cracks, Mr. Edwards, "I Am a Gypsy King", "The Devil's Hornpipe",  "Old Dan Tucker", and nightingales.