Grating the Nutmeg

201. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir with Griffin Dunne

Jan 15, 2025

In this episode, Host Mary Donohue talks to Griffin Dunne, actor, producer and director and now New York Times best-selling author about his family memoir The Friday Afternoon Club. His Hartford to Hollywood family includes generations of writers, movie producers, journalists, and actors including his father Dominick...

ENCORE: Our Top 10 Most Streamed GTN Episodes

Jan 1, 2025

ENCORE:

Our Top 10 Most Streamed GTN Episodes!

Have you explored all these amazing Connecticut stories?

#1. https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/93-connecticut-and-the-pandemic-of-1918

#2. https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/77-the-delicious-history-of-pizza-in-new-haven

200. Erector Sets, Trains and New Haven’s Toymaker A.C. Gilbert

Dec 19, 2024

We did it!! This is our 200^th episode of Grating the Nutmeg! Thanks to our listeners, we have travelled across the state during every time period to bring you vivid, fascinating stories from our state’s history. Become a podcast subscriber to get notified every time there’s a new episode!

During this holiday...

TOP 5 of 2024!

Dec 15, 2024

TOP 5 DOWNLOADED EPISODES FOR 2024

Don’t miss these episodes!

#1. https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/180-colonial-connecticut-sugar-slavery-and-connections-to-the-west-indies

#2.https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/179-connecticuts-benedict-arnold-americas-most-hated-man

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199. G. Fox and Company Department Store and the Holidays

Dec 1, 2024

In the mid-20th century, Hartford's G. Fox and Co. was one of the most successful family-owned department stores in the United States. Today, many Connecticans have fond memories of visiting G. Fox at the holiday season -- marvelling at the Christmas Village atop the marquee and meeting Santa in Toyland. In this...