Wilder

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Laura is BACK on Your TV!

Wilder is back in the Under the Influence feed. A brand new Little House on the Prairie just landed on Netflix and obviously Glynnis and I had thoughts. I talked to Execu

Jul 8
1 h 01 min

A Little House 50th Anniversary Special!

We’re back for a very special episode! It’s been a year since you last heard from us and so much happened. Thousands of people have listened to the show and continue to k

Aug 29 2024
41 min

BONUS: "Oh, that Nellie Oleson!" with Alison Anrgrim

Surprise! We’re back to share our extended interview with Alison Arngrim, aka everyone’s favorite mean girl: Nellie Oleson. She’s a powerhouse when it comes to keeping th

Oct 20 2023
45 min

10. “It can never be a long time ago.”

As we talked about in our very first episode, the last line of Big Woods reads, “Now is now, it can never be a long time ago.” That line might be the most accurate descri

Aug 31 2023
1 h 01 min

BONUS: Caroline Fraser’s Prairie Fires

In all of our research for this show, one of the scholars who has most influenced our thinking on Laura and her work is Caroline Fraser, author of the Pulitzer Prize winn

Aug 17 2023
45 min

BONUS: A chat with Melissa Gilbert

We’re nearing the end of our series, but before we go we have a surprise for you. Is it tin cups and peppermint sticks? A pig’s bladder? No! It’s our extended interview w

Aug 10 2023
56 min

9. The Business of Laura

Laura Ingalls Wilder probably couldn’t have imagined the multi-million dollar media empire that would emerge from her books. From the television show to prairie chic dres

Aug 3 2023
39 min

8. Little Landon on the Prairie

This week, Little House goes to Hollywood. In the 1970s, the TV show Little House on the Prairie gave Laura’s books a whole new life. Tens of millions of people tuned in

Jul 27 2023
1 h 04 min

7. The Problem of Laura

What is our responsibility to the things we loved the most? One answer is to be brutally honest about who and what we love. That’s what we’re doing in this episode. We’re

Jul 20 2023
58 min

6. Outside the Little Houses

At her best, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books offer a door for readers to walk through to get the full picture of the world the Ingalls were livi

Jul 13 2023
46 min

5. This American Life

One of the reasons the Little House books are so compelling is because Laura Ingalls was a real person. She lived the experiences she wrote about. These things actually h

Jul 6 2023
1 h 03 min

4. Daughter Dearest pt. 2: Politics and Rose

Who actually wrote the Little House books? For decades this question has loomed over the series. Was it Laura, a 65-year-old farm wife? Or her daughter Rose, one of the c

Jun 29 2023
47 min

3. Daughter Dearest pt. 1: The Hurricane

Behind the cozy wholesome sweetness of the Little House books, is a raging mother and daughter relationship that is the stuff of soap operas and tabloid talk shows. Laura

Jun 22 2023
47 min

2. Heroine with a Thousand Faces

How do you convey how much you loved the things you loved as a child? For lots of people, that thing is the Little House books. For better or worse, the books have shaped

Jun 15 2023
43 min

1. "Now is Now"

Host Glynnis MacNicol has loved Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books since she was a kid. She’s not alone in this, a lot of people have a strong devotion to La

Jun 8 2023
42 min

Introducing "Wilder"

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Jun 1 2023
2 min

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Where Wilder ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 21, 2026).

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

You don’t have to be a LH fanatic to love this. Really interesting look at American history, the Wilders, and the responsibility of the modern reader.

Brd0042 · Apr 2025

I never read any of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and barely watched Little House on the Prairie, but I will definitely be listening to this entire podcast series. What a fascinating look at this iconic book series. Love how they are looking at every aspect of LIW and her daughter and the writing of the books, their place in history and current issues with the book series. I’m enjoying this immensely.

Jpg112233 · Nov 2024

The podcast shares some fascinating information and offers interesting perspectives that make you think about history and consider how your own world views are shaped. But after about the fifth or sixth episode, it starts getting repetitive in its ideas and themes, and getting through it becomes about as laborious as the Ingalls family’s trek across the prairie. Also, listeners should play a drinking game and take a shot every time the host or her friends use the word “problematic.”

IndGeorge · Feb 2024

I did very much enjoy this podcast. I enjoyed hearing from so many experts on Laura and their take on her as an author, woman, and mother. I also found the information on racism interesting and eye opening. It’s obvious the authors of this podcast took care in how they presented the information to their listeners. In the end, I was disappointed that in all the exploration of how the Ingalls family fits into the modern world nothing was ever mentioned about families and families staying together. We heard endless hours on racism and whether or not the books should be banned because of it. However, nothing was mentioned about how this family portrays staying together in spite of hardships. This conversation is just as applicable to today’s world, as is racism. Countless children grow up without in-tact families, absent parents, and Laura instills hope in millions of children by portraying a loving and healthy family. I think this was a missed opportunity within the conversation of Laura and her relevance to todays world.

RSWray · Oct 2023

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