Grating the Nutmeg Podcast
1) HOLIDAY EPISODES
What better way to spend the holidays than curled up next to the fireplace with a mug of hot chocolate and your favorite Grating the Nutmeg episode! To celebrate, we're spreading history cheer for all...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) TOP 5 MOST STREAMED - 2025
2025 is almost GONE! Don't miss our TOP FIVE most streamed episodes of the year! 206. Hartford's Rural Cemetery: Cedar Hill 208. Saving Connecticut's Mid-Century Modern Homes 211. Leviathan: New...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) 222. Cabbage Patch Kids and West Hartford's Toymaker Coleco
During this holiday season, it seems like the perfect time to bring you the story of one of the bestselling toys ever - Cabbage Patch Kids! Inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2023, Cabbage Patch Ki...Show More
4) 221. New Haven's Lt. Augusto Rodríguez, First Civil War Soldier from Puerto Rico
More than twenty thousand Hispanic Americans served in the Civil War. When Cuban-born Loreta Velázquez's husband would not allow her to join him on the battlefield, she assumed the role of First Lieut...Show More
5) 220. Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant: The Promise and Peril of Nuclear Energy
The Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant was one of the earliest commercial nuclear reactors in New England. Though it was dismantled at the turn of the 21st century, its legacy remains, both for th...Show More
6) 219. Transgender History and Connecticut Transgender Pioneer Dr. Alan L. Hart
The transgender community has struggled to receive recognition and equality. In this episode, we explore the history of the transgender community over the last 100 years with Dr. Susan St...Show More
7) 216. Brewing Community: Labor, Alcohol, and Unrest in Industrial New Britain
Immigrants from Lithuania who made their way to New Britain, Connecticut at the beginning of the twentieth century found work in the city’s factories turning out tools and hardware. Their weekly routi...Show More
8) 206. Hartford’s Rural Cemetery: Cedar Hill
Last year in episode 186, we talked about Grove Street Cemetery’s pioneering role as the first planned cemetery in the country. The design of Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven in the 1790s used sever...Show More
9) 205. Coffee — A Connecticut Story
Coffee is more than a hot drink or a boost of caffeine. For Connecticans, it’s hundreds of years of history. It has fueled new ideas, social reform, and workers’ rights. It is comfort in wartime and c...Show More
10) 204. Artistry, Charm, and Whimsy: Connecticut’s Carousel Museum
Carousels are marvels of brightly painted animals, mechanical excellence, music and lights. Located in a historic mill building in Bristol, the Carousel Museum houses well over 100 antique wooden car...Show More