![🎙️ Episode 13: No to Mrs. Miniver, but Yes to Cranberry Salad and Chili - [Nov 23, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/06/Ep-13_Letter.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 13: No to Mrs. Miniver, but Yes to Cranberry Salad and Chili - [Nov 23, 1942]
It's only Monday, but the week of Thanksgiving is already busy with socializing, socializing, socializing. But not at the movies.
24 Jun 2026All episodes
![🎙️ Episode 12 - The Old Man and His Son and His Son and His Son - [Nov 18 & 20, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/06/Ep-12_Carl.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 12 - The Old Man and His Son and His Son and His Son - [Nov 18 & 20, 1942]
Ex-husband Carl makes his presence known for the first time.
17 Jun 2026![🎙️Episode 11: Until We Could Hardly Wiggle - Cousin Gwen & George's Wedding - [Nov 16, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/06/Ep-11_Gwen-George.jpg)
🎙️Episode 11: Until We Could Hardly Wiggle - Cousin Gwen & George's Wedding - [Nov 16, 1942]
Ken's cousin Gwen has married George, and only one person at the event got hit by a door! Mattie has the details.
10 Jun 2026![🎙️ Episode 10: The Scarlet Scourge - [Nov 9, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/06/Ep-10_Letter.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 10: The Scarlet Scourge - [Nov 9, 1942]
Family drama, the state of the war, and either a grammatical error or polygamy.
03 Jun 2026![🎙️ Episode 9: Cheap Spangles and All Very Skimpy - Fashion of 1942 - [Nov 4, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Ep-9_Fashion.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 9: Cheap Spangles and All Very Skimpy - Fashion of 1942 - [Nov 4, 1942]
Sewist Amy Kirpatrick helps us to interpret Mattie's letter about her clothes and sewing
26 May 2026![🎙️ Episode 8: We Had The Usual Amount of Good Time - [Nov 1, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Ep-8_Ruby-Moe.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 8: We Had The Usual Amount of Good Time - [Nov 1, 1942]
Mattie is volunteering, gambling and listening to football, but not all at the same time.
19 May 2026![🎙️ Episode 7: Put Away So Carefully We Couldn't Find It - [Oct 26, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Ep-7_Prince-Rupert_1940s.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 7: Put Away So Carefully We Couldn't Find It - [Oct 26, 1942]
Mattie is trying to sleuth out where Ken is stationed (spoiler: Prince Rupert - the rainiest city in Canada), and is pretty sure she's got it.
13 May 2026![🎙️ Episode 6: You too can look like this after 20 months in the Army - [Oct 20, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Ken-Oversize.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 6: You too can look like this after 20 months in the Army - [Oct 20, 1942]
Mattie responds to the fifth letter first, telling all about a funeral, a partridge, a watch, and a mouse.
06 May 2026![🎙️ Episode 5: You May Have Cousins That You Don't Know About - [Oct 8, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/Wes_Thumb.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 5: You May Have Cousins That You Don't Know About - [Oct 8, 1942]
Wes is such a mystery that there may be all sorts of cousins just roaming around out there!
28 Apr 2026![🎙️ Episode 4: Mattie Saves the Party - [Oct 5, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/October-5.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 4: Mattie Saves the Party - [Oct 5, 1942]
While writing, Matt sees a car accident in front of the house. Plus, we update ourselves about the state of the war, and Mattie hosts a progressive dinner.
22 Apr 2026![🎙️ Episode 3: Mattie Breaks Into Her Own House - [Sept 27 & 28, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/Sept-28.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 3: Mattie Breaks Into Her Own House - [Sept 27 & 28, 1942]
An early snowstorm, a mouse in the cabin, and missing the boys.
14 Apr 2026![🎙️ Episode 2: Mattie's Record Fish, Ken's Departure - [Sept 14 & 20, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/Sept-14.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 2: Mattie's Record Fish, Ken's Departure - [Sept 14 & 20, 1942]
A big moment in Mattie's world - Ken leaves for war. Plus, it's mid-September, and Mattie turns 49!
08 Apr 2026![🎙️ Episode 1: Mattie & Ken [Sept 1 & 4, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/Wept-1.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 1: Mattie & Ken [Sept 1 & 4, 1942]
Hans and Steve learn the state of the war, and the world. And we meet Mattie, who is fishing when she is interrupted by the arrival of a letter from Ken.
08 Apr 2026
🎙️ Trailer: Welcome
Hello and welcome! Who is Mattie? She is my great-grandmother. Who am I? Hans Buetow, producer and co-host with my dad, Steve. Each week we read through a letter that Mattie wrote to her son, who was in the Army in World War II. We get to know
08 Apr 2026