Wilder on the Prairie

Episode 72

"On the Banks of Plums Creek" chapter 4 "Deep Water"

Join us this week as we discuss thrift with clothing, plum thickets, and Laura's love of danger.

Episode 71

Chapter 3 On the Banks of Plum Creek "Flags and Rushes"

Join us this week as we discuss rushes, blue flags (irises), bumble bees, dragonflys, and water striders.

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.