Best C’t Magazin Podcasts (2025)

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209. Mary Hall and the Good Will Club 20:03

4d ago20:03

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In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the CT Museum of Culture and History tells the story of the Good Will Club, the forerunner of the youth club movement that got its start in Hartford. But the story of the club can't be separated from that of its founder, a woman who's an inductee of the CT Women's Hall of Fame for her barrier-breaking work in th…

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208. Saving Connecticut’s Mid-Century Modern Homes 40:34

18d ago40:34

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We’re celebrating May, Historic Preservation Month, with an episode on the Modern houses of the 1950s and 1960s. Could you live in a glass house? New Canaan, Connecticut’s Mid-Century Modern homes designed after the Second War are world famous. In addition to Philip Johnson’s Glass House, now a museum, New Canaan has homes designed by Marcel Breuer…

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207. Book and Dagger: Yale Professors Become Successful WWII Spies 40:36

1M ago40:36

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In her new book, Book and Dagger, How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of the World, Dr. Elyse Graham tells the story of academics, like Yale literature professor Joseph Curtis, who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents, and Sherman Kent, a Yale history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all…

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206. Hartford’s Rural Cemetery: Cedar Hill 30:58

2M ago30:58

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Last year in episode 186, we talked about Grove Street Cemetery’s pioneering role as the first planned cemetery in the country. The design of Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven in the 1790s used several of the features that became standard, like family plots and established walkways. Today, we’re going to move the clock forward and discuss the rura…

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205. Coffee — A Connecticut Story 34:01

2M ago34:01

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Coffee is more than a hot drink or a boost of caffeine. For Connecticans, it’s hundreds of years of history. It has fueled new ideas, social reform, and workers’ rights. It is comfort in wartime and connections across cultures. It is universal, yet distinctly local. In this episode, the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Natalie Belanger c…

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204. Artistry, Charm, and Whimsy: Connecticut’s Carousel Museum 34:28

3M ago34:28

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Carousels are marvels of brightly painted animals, mechanical excellence, music and lights. Located in a historic mill building in Bristol, the Carousel Museum houses well over 100 antique wooden carousel animals including white rabbits, pigs, lions and even an alligator. The museum has a full-size carousel inside the building complete with beautif…

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BCP#111 Four lessons from the Fanatics Premier Auction 24:33

3M ago24:33

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BCP#111 Four lessons from the Fanatics Premier Auction by adam grayBy adam gray

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203. Amistad Retold: New Haven and the 1839 Amistad Revolt 42:27

3M ago42:27

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The New Haven Museum staff and their community partners have reinterpreted the Amistad story in an exhibition that takes a new angle on the familiar story of the Amistad. The 1839 Amistad Revolt was led by 53 West African captives who were being trafficked from Havana’s slave markets on the schooner La Amistad after being kidnapped from their homel…

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202. Miss Crandall’s School for Black Women 56:17

4M ago56:17

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After a campaign initiated by schoolchildren, Prudence Crandall was designated the Connecticut State Heroine by the Connecticut General Assembly on Oct. 1, 1995. You may not know Connecticut has a state heroine, or you might have some inkling that Crandall was maybe a spinster Quaker schoolmarm, who had an unsuccessful school in the hinterlands of …

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BCP#110 The end of Basketball Card Fanatic magazine 41:02

4M ago41:02

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201. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir with Griffin Dunne 58:24

4M ago58:24

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In this episode, Host Mary Donohue talks to Griffin Dunne, actor, producer and director and now New York Times best-selling author about his family memoir The Friday Afternoon Club. His Hartford to Hollywood family includes generations of writers, movie producers, journalists, and actors including his father Dominick Dunne, uncle John Gregory Dunne…

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200. Erector Sets, Trains and New Haven’s Toymaker A.C. Gilbert 35:58

5M ago35:58

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We did it!! This is our 200th episode of Grating the Nutmeg! Thanks to our listeners, we have travelled across the state during every time period to bring you vivid, fascinating stories from our state’s history. Become a podcast subscriber to get notified every time there’s a new episode! During this holiday season, it seemed like the perfect time …

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199. G. Fox and Company Department Store and the Holidays 45:13

6M ago45:13

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In the mid-20th century, Hartford's G. Fox and Co. was one of the most successful family-owned department stores in the United States. Today, many Connecticans have fond memories of visiting G. Fox at the holiday season -- marvelling at the Christmas Village atop the marquee and meeting Santa in Toyland. In this episode, Natalie Belanger and Jen Bu…

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BCP#109 Fair or Foul - Ohtani Bowman Chrome Auto Wiped and RE-SIGNED 59:41

6M ago59:41

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BCP#109 Fair or Foul - Ohtani Bowman Chrome Auto Wiped and RE-SIGNED by adam grayBy adam gray

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198. Entwined: Black and Indigenous Maritime History 43:23

6M ago43:23

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We all know a little about New England and Connecticut’s European maritime history. Dutch traders came to North America to trade for beaver pelts and English colonists came to start new communities such as Hartford. But a new exhibition at the Mystic Seaport Museum doesn’t rehash this history - it looks to reveal African and Indigenous perspectives…

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197. Mark Twain and the American Presidents 43:56

7M ago43:56

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Early voting has already started in the 2024 presidential election and I just couldn’t resist the suggestion by my guests to explore what Samuel Clemens alias Mark Twain, Hartford’s greatest Gilded Age humorist, had to say about the United States presidents. Was Twain the John Stewart or John Oliver of his day? Known for his sharp wit and scathing …

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BCP#108 Weirdos, Learnings, And Basements 35:18

7M ago35:18

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BCP#108 Weirdos, Learnings, And Basements by adam grayBy adam gray

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196. Connecticut Body Snatchers: Merchandising the Dead in the 19th Century 43:00

7M ago43:00

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Have you got your Halloween costume ready? Been on any graveyard tours this month? Well, this story for you! I’d never thought of body snatching as having anything to do with Connecticut but as this episode proves, the disappearance of a young women’s body lead to a New Haven riot. I’ll get the details from Richard Ross author of the new book Ameri…

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BCP#107 - The $18,600 John Stockton 41:33

7M ago41:33

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195. George Griffin: Revealing the Life and Likeness of Mark Twain’s Butler 47:20

8M ago47:20

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Most people know something about Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens. After all, he wrote his most famous books while living in Hartford, Connecticut. His 25-room house on Farmington Avenue cost over $40,000 in 1874 dollars. Raised as a child in Missouri, he became world famous for his wit and humor both in print and on stage. But what if th…

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194. Revolutionary War Hero Lafayette Makes a Triumphal Return Tour 37:22

8M ago37:22

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In this episode, you'll hear about the remarkable life and legacy of the man that Lin-Manuel Miranda called "America's favorite fighting Frenchman," the Marquis de Lafayette. This month marks the 200th anniversary of Lafayette's visit to Connecticut, part of his so-called "Farewell Tour" of America in 1824. Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Museu…

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193. Radical Connecticut: Labor Strikes! 44:56

9M ago44:56

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Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strike…

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BCP#106 -CT Scanners And Sports Cards 51:13

9M ago51:13

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This is the interview that I discuss by Sports Card Madness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR1XeTMFEm4&t=137sBy adam gray

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192. More than Dinosaurs: The New Peabody Museum of Natural History 33:30

10M ago33:30

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Have you ever discovered that one of your favorite places is being renovated? Like your grandmother’s kitchen, your favorite restaurant, or even a museum, and you worry that the charm or the appeal of the place might be gone after the renovation? Podcast editor Patrick O’Sullivan and Producer Mary Donohue went to just such a place, the Peabody Muse…

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#105 The National. Plus crossing cards and a fake Exquisite case 36:58

10M ago36:58

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#105 The National. Plus crossing cards and a fake Exquisite case by adam grayBy adam gray

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191. The Hartford Circus Fire Tragedy 31:47

10M ago31:47

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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Hartford Circus Fire. In this episode of Grating the Nutmeg, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History tells the story of the deadliest man-made disaster in Connecticut history. On July 6, 1944, the Big Top of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus caught fire during a …

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190. Phyllis Zlotnick, Disability Rights Activist 46:26

11M ago46:26

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July 1990 marked the passing of a landmark piece of federal legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, known as the ADA. To recognize this event and to celebrate Disability Pride Month, we are uncovering the legacy of disability rights leader, Phyllis Zlotnick (1942-2011). Zlotnick was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at birth. Beginning in…

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189. Sherlock Holmes and William Gillette's Castle 42:14

11M ago42:14

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We love a Sherlock Holmes "who done it" whether it's Basil Rathbone from the 1940s, Benedict Cumberbacth from the 2000s, or Millie Bobby Brown as Sherlock's sister Enola Holmes from the 2020s. But it was a Hartford-born actor who gave Sherlock Holmes his signature look - his curved pipe, deerstalker cap and magnifying glass. William Gillette was bo…

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BCP#105 -The Best Michael Jordan Card In The World? 37:37

12M ago37:37

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BCP#105 -The Best Michael Jordan Card In The World? by adam grayBy adam gray

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209. Mary Hall and the Good Will Club 20:03

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208. Saving Connecticut’s Mid-Century Modern Homes 40:34

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207. Book and Dagger: Yale Professors Become Successful WWII Spies 40:36

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206. Hartford’s Rural Cemetery: Cedar Hill 30:58

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205. Coffee — A Connecticut Story 34:01

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204. Artistry, Charm, and Whimsy: Connecticut’s Carousel Museum 34:28

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BCP#111 Four lessons from the Fanatics Premier Auction 24:33

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203. Amistad Retold: New Haven and the 1839 Amistad Revolt 42:27

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202. Miss Crandall’s School for Black Women 56:17

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BCP#110 The end of Basketball Card Fanatic magazine 41:02

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201. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir with Griffin Dunne 58:24

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200. Erector Sets, Trains and New Haven’s Toymaker A.C. Gilbert 35:58

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199. G. Fox and Company Department Store and the Holidays 45:13

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BCP#109 Fair or Foul - Ohtani Bowman Chrome Auto Wiped and RE-SIGNED 59:41

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198. Entwined: Black and Indigenous Maritime History 43:23

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197. Mark Twain and the American Presidents 43:56

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BCP#108 Weirdos, Learnings, And Basements 35:18

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196. Connecticut Body Snatchers: Merchandising the Dead in the 19th Century 43:00

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BCP#107 - The $18,600 John Stockton 41:33

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195. George Griffin: Revealing the Life and Likeness of Mark Twain’s Butler 47:20

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194. Revolutionary War Hero Lafayette Makes a Triumphal Return Tour 37:22

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193. Radical Connecticut: Labor Strikes! 44:56

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BCP#106 -CT Scanners And Sports Cards 51:13

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192. More than Dinosaurs: The New Peabody Museum of Natural History 33:30

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#105 The National. Plus crossing cards and a fake Exquisite case 36:58

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191. The Hartford Circus Fire Tragedy 31:47

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190. Phyllis Zlotnick, Disability Rights Activist 46:26

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189. Sherlock Holmes and William Gillette's Castle 42:14

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BCP#105 -The Best Michael Jordan Card In The World? 37:37