Our conversation with author and children's book editor Wendy McClure includes her book The Wilder Life, the hilarity of 1970s Weight Watchers recipes, and encounters with Melissa Gilbert.
Historic interpreter Laura Keyes joins the podcast to talk about Little House fashion — dresses in particular — with a special emphasis on those in Little Town on the Prairie and These Happy Golden Years. Laura Keyes won the Mary Todd Lincoln Oratory Award at Kentucky's Lincoln Days in 2025.
Though they both live in the United States now, Brits Katy Bowman and Eddie Higgins grew up reading the Little House books in England, where the meaning of Laura Ingalls Wilder's words wasn't always straightforward. Join us as the two Brits trade stories about what might have gotten lost in translation. Voracious, indeed!
Blizzards and tornadoes and grasshopper weather ... the Little House® books are full of weather events. They're also based on real life, so did this weather really happen? Meteorologist and climatologist Barb Boustead talks about her just-published book, Wilder Weather, which connects the weather mentioned in the Little House® series with actual, historical weather events.
Anyone who's done any research beyond simply reading the Little House books knows the name William Anderson. But how did the preeminent biographer of Laura Ingalls Wilder get his start? Here it is, William Anderson's Little House origin story, in his own words.
What is Land of Laura? Why do we need another Little House podcast? In this premiere episode we'll tell you what this podcast is all about and let you know what you can expect in future episodes.