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Finding Favorites is where we learn about people’s favorite things and get recommendations without using an algorithm. Every other week, host Leah Jones sits down with a guest to learn about how they found their favorite thing, why they love it and why they think other people will fall in love, too.
Author/artist Jesi Bender joined Leah to talk about her novel Child of Light, available from Whiskey Tit press, and Victorian houses in Utica, New York.
Note from Leah: In this episode, I boldly say that there are no Victorian houses in Chicago, because they all burnt down in the Chicago fire. I couldn't have been more wrong.
Follow Jesi Bender online
https://www.jesibender.com/
https://www.jesibender.com/child-of-light.html
Show Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fountain-elms-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica,_New_York
https://oneidacountyhistory.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_House_(Georgetown,_New_York)
https://abandonedonline.net/location/spirit-house/
https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/lits/special-collections/college-archives
https://www.uticaod.com/picture-gallery/news/history/2025/01/18/photo-gallery-look-back-at-the-history-of-genesee-street-in-utica/77743355007/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica_Psychiatric_Center
https://inmatesofwillard.com/2012/09/08/1880-the-utica-crib/
Of course there are Victorian Homes in Chicago. I had amnesia.
https://www.zillow.com/chicago-il/victorian-style_att/
https://fortunerestoration.com/services/residential-painting/painted-ladies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Beverly_Randolph
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchmen/comments/npiyzq/did_the_hbo_show_influence_this_long_overdue/
https://www.cureddocumentary.com/
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Finding Favorites with Leah Jones
Finding Favorites is where we learn about people’s favorite things and get recommendations without using an algorithm. Every other week, host Leah Jones sits down with a guest to learn about how they found their favorite thing, why they love it and why they think other people will fall in love, too.
