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Love Sweetie Podcast

This is a podcast about a woman"s life in the latter half of the 20th century named Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham (a.k.a. Sweetie). The podcast reacts to and comments on the many letters chronicling her life. Check out more information at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com. Follow Sweetie on X at @lovesweetieshow

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All Episodes

62:09

Episode 52: Putting the Bee on the Blokes

Love Sweetie Podcast ·

2025/04/20

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 episode features two letters from January 1947. In both letters, Sweetie describes what Chr...

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53:05

Episode 51: Trying to Decide About Christmas

Love Sweetie Podcast ·

2025/04/13

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 episode features two letters from December 1946. In the first letter, Sweetie details some ...

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68:40

Episode 50: The Highlight of the Entire Trip

Love Sweetie Podcast ·

2025/04/06

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 episode features two letters from November 1946. The first, small letter, provides a brief ...

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71:29

Episode 49: This Little Graham Cracker Crumb of Ours

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2025/03/30

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 also notes that she's made some friends in her neighborhood (which she has fou...

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55:04

Episode 48: I Took My Foot In My Hand

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2025/03/23

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 son, Lewis, is sick at times, and she is in desperate need of a sewing machine. Meanw...

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66:06

Episode 47: On the Verge of Leaving

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2025/03/16

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 extremely difficult, as so many other families are attempting to do the same. ...

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Episode 46: Too Hard to Cover Their Sorrow

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2025/03/09

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 also major parts of these letters in which Sweetie is planning on finding a place of...

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57:31

Episode 45: To Say My Last Good Bye

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2025/03/02

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 or family. As indicated in the special introduction of this episode, i...

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51:02

Episode 44: I Fear I'll Have to Go Anyway

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2025/02/23

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 (who is writing to Sweetie from Kansas). Season One had ended with the remaining letter...

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47:33

Episode 43: I'll Send Her Two Dozen Red Roses

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2025/02/16

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 to be with Sweetie - he hopes to arrive before she gives birth to their first child.&nbs...

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84:34

Bonus Episode: Where Has the Coffee Gone? The Office...

Love Sweetie Podcast ·

2025/02/16

This is a special bonus episode in which Alison and Jamie discuss the history of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) which oversaw price ceilings for consumer goods and the rationing system during World War II. The top leadership of this federal government agency are reviewed, as well as the complex logistics that retailers were expected to follow to ensure the success of the rationing system in particular. Finally, historical documentation is shown indicating how coffee was ...

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Episode 42: The War May Be Over Soon

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2025/02/09

This is episode 42 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from July 1945, two from Sweetie, and the third from her father, Chester Demaree, M.D. Sweetie is staying with her parents during her pregnancy in Lacona, Iowa, and describes her day-to-day activities. She writes to her sister, Jeanne, regarding how much she appreciates her during this time. Dr. Demaree writes to Jeanne from Lacona, Iowa as well, providing medical advice about burn treatments...

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47:22

Episode 41: Land of Rain, Fog, Drizzle and Mist

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2025/02/02

This is episode 41 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from summer 1945, and the first letter is from Sweetie's husband, Lew, who is writing from England as he is stationed there as part of his service in the United States Navy during World War II. The other two letters are from Sweetie in Lacona, Iowa. She is staying with her parents during her pregnancy, and describes the day-to-day activities of what is occurring at home that summer and how sh...

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51:38

Episode 40: Jolly Old England

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2025/01/26

This is episode 40 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features four letters from summer 1945, and the first letter is from Sweetie's husband, Lew, who is writing from England as he is stationed there as part of his service in the United States Navy during World War II. The other three letters are all from Sweetie in Lacona, Iowa. She is staying with her parents during her pregnancy, and describes the day-to-day activities of what is occurring at home that summer and h...

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42:51

Episode 39: The Blare of the News Report

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2025/01/19

This is episode 39 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from late spring and early summer 1945, two of which Sweetie wrote to her sister Jeanne from New York and Iowa, and the third is from Sweetie's husband, Lew, who writes from England. While Sweetie plans to return with her brother, Bob, and his wife, Florence, as she intends to have her baby in Iowa (she is at this point four months pregnant), Lew indicates that he had a good trip to England. ...

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Episode 38: I Got the Best Graham of the Bunch

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2025/01/12

This is episode 38 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from spring 1945 that Sweetie wrote to her sister Jeanne from Pennsylvania and New York. Sweetie, who is now pregnant, is dealing with the reality that her husband, Lew, is about to be sent overseas during World War II. However, she is able to stay with him until the point of his departure, and meet up with other family members who are in New York.Additionally, some historical context is prov...

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36:14

Bonus Episode: Naval Air Station Hutchinson: A...

Love Sweetie Podcast ·

2025/01/11

This is a special bonus episode in which Alison and Jamie discuss the history of Naval Air Station (NAS) Hutchinson. This base was built in 1942 and was operational for World War II until 1946. (Lew served at this base from July 1944 - March 1945). There are some special stories from this base to tell, and we can see how the history can be pieced together to provide a good overview. The image of Jiminy Cricket in the plane was the official mascot image of NAS Hutchinso...

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53:47

Episode 37: I Want To Have This Baby Myself

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2025/01/05

This is episode 37 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features four letters from early 1945 that Sweetie wrote to her sister Jeanne from Hutchinson, Kansas. We get the revelation in these letters that Sweetie, who has recently visited her sister in Des Moines, is now pregnant, and also the news by the end of the episode that Lew is to be shipped out overseas (as he is serving in the United States Navy). As such, the two leave Hutchinson, Kansas for the East Coast.Addi...

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40:30

Episode 36: Drat It! Everybody's Having a Baby But Me

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2024/12/29

This is episode 36 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features the first three letters in the collection from January 1945, providing updates from both Sweetie and Lew who have returned to Hutchinson, Kansas from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the holiday season. In the New Year, Sweetie observes in the second of her two letters that many of the young couples she knows that have been married are having children, and wonders when she might become pregnant herself. T...

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53:18

Episode 35: Excuse Blots and Writing

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2024/12/22

This is episode 35 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features five pieces of correspondence from four individuals from December 1944. Sweetie sends a Christmas card and a letter to Jeanne, Lew (Sweetie's husband) sends information to Jeanne, Dr. Chester Demaree (Sweetie's father) writes to his son, Frank, who is at the front during World War II about Christmas 1944 in Iowa and how he has plans to purchase a farm, and Samuel Graham (Lew's father) sends a card to Jeanne, pro...

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