Connecticut is a small state with big stories. GTN episodes include top-flight historians, compelling first-person stories and new voices in Connecticut history. Executive Producers Mary Donohue, Walt Woodward, and Natalie Belanger look at the people and places that have made a difference in CT history. New episodes every two weeks. A joint production of Connecticut Explored magazine and the CT State Historian Emeritus.
Grating the Nutmeg
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Connecticut is a small state with big stories. GTN episodes include top-flight historians, compelling first-person stories and new voices in Connecticut history. Executive Producers Mary Donohue, Walt Woodward, and Natalie Belanger look at the people and places that have made a difference in CT history. New episodes every two weeks. A joint production of Connecticut Explored magazine and the CT State Historian Emeritus.
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Recent Episodes
July 3, 2026
233. Rough Justice for Connecticut State Hero Nathan Hale (10th Anniversary Encore Release)
<p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/70037/GTN_233_Ad_sq_NO_TEXT_3000_x_3000_px.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="340" /></p> <p class="s9"><span class="s7">Happy 250</span><span class= "s8">th</span> <span class="s7">birthday to our nation and 10th anniversary to</span> <span class="s7">Grating the Nutmeg! In celebration of our 10</span><span class="s8">th</span><span class= "s7"> anniversary, we are bringing you a remastered edition of an episode recorded in 20</span><span class= "s7">20</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s7">with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cthistorian">Dr. Walter Woodward</a>, Connecticut State Historian Emeritus.</span></p> <p class="s12"><span class="s10">Dr.</span> <span class= "s10">Woodward takes a new look at the actions surrounding the Revolutionary War execution of</span> <span class= "s10">S</span><span class="s10">tate</span> <span class= "s10">H</span><span class="s10">ero Nathan Hale, and finds there are still some burning questions left to be answered about this hasty and irregular event. It's a story from Walt's book </span><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Connecticut-Critical-Moments-Shaped/dp/1493047027"><span class="s11">Creating Connecticut: Critical Moments That Shaped a Great State</span></a> <span class="s10"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Connecticut-Critical-Moments-Shaped/dp/1493047027"> </a>from Globe Pequot Press. As you'll soon hear, when looking for answers about the Rough Justice handed out to Nathan Hale by the British in New York in 1776, where there's smoke, there's fire...</span></p> <p class="s13"> </p> <p class="s13">------------------------</p> <p class="s9">Don't forget to subscribe to <a href= "https://www.ctexplored.org">Connecticut Explored</a> magazine today-our summer issue is a double-issue celebrating our nation's 250<span class="s14">th</span> birthday! And to celebrate Grating the Nutmeg's 10<span class="s14">th</span> anniversary, set up your $10 a month donation to Grating the Nutmeg at ctexplored.org</p> <p class="s16"><span class="s15">This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was</span> <span class="s15">originally</span> <span class= "s15">produced by</span> <span class="s15">Walt Woodward</span> <span class="s15">in 2020. Don't forget to f</span><span class= "s15">ollow G</span><span class="s15">rating the Nutmeg on Facebook and Instagram.</span></p> <p class="s16"><span class="s15">Follow executive producer Mary Donohue on Facebook and Instagram at West Hartford Town Historian. Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Thank you for listening!</span></p> <p> </p>
June 15, 2026
232. Guides for Black Travelers: New London's Green Book Sites
<p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/70037/GTN_232_Ad_sq_NO_TEXT_3000_x_3000_px.png" alt="" width="340" height="340" /></p> <p>What's the first thing you do when you want to take a trip? Look through Instagram to find things to do? Or Yelp for restaurants that serve local cuisine? Today travelers can follow social media influencers and websites that promise to give you an insider's look at places to stay or the best discounted hotel rates. But for Black travelers in the Jim Crow era through the 1960s, it wasn't easy to find places to eat or stay overnight. In this episode, we are going to talk about two national guides for Black travelers, both published beginning in the 1930s, and places that were included from New London, Connecticut. </p> <p>Our guests, Nicole Thomas and Tom Schuch, are part of the team that produced the New London Black Heritage Trail, designated as one of 20 Connecticut History Gamechangers by Connecticut Explored magazine in 2022. </p> <p>Nicole Thomas was born and raised in New London. She is the Assistant Site Administrator at the <a href= "https://ctlandmarks.org/properties/hempsted-houses/">Hempstead Houses Museum</a> for <a href="https://ctlandmarks.org">Connecticut Landmarks</a> and is instrumental in the interpretation of the life of Adm Jackson who was enslaved at the Hempstead Houses. You can hear that story on Grating the Nutmeg episode #175 Sleeping with the Ancestors with author Joe McGill. </p> <p>Tom Schuch is a New London native and a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He has a special interest in forgotten local history. This interest led to the discovery of several of the New London Green Book sites, as well as other sites that are now part of the New London Black Heritage Trail. Tom was featured on Grating the Nutmeg episode #149 New London and the Middle Passage.</p> <p> </p> <p>Be sure to go to the Connecticut Landmarks website to plan your visit to the Hempstead Houses. </p> <p> </p> <p>Learn about the mid-20th century Green Book guides that Black Americans used to find welcoming lodging and other services whether traveling for work or pleasure on Preservation Connecticut's website Architecture of the Green book in Connecticut:</p> <p><a href= "https://preservationct.org/architecture-of-the-green-book-in-connecticut" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://preservationct.org/architecture-of-the-green-book-in-connecticut&source=gmail&ust=1781636518777000&usg=AOvVaw1pEsYCo1eprTpGGaPzAVss"> https://preservationct.org/<wbr />architecture-of-the-green-<wbr />book-in-connecticut</a></p> <p> </p> <p>And find Tom Schuch's blog All Schuch Up on Substack.com</p> <p> </p> <p>To see the Green books, visit <a href= "https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/03/24/schomburg-treasures-green-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/03/24/schomburg-treasures-green-book&source=gmail&ust=1781636158542000&usg=AOvVaw30GS5rtFrQy8aYgRUMIUgC">https://www.nypl.org/blog/<wbr />2015/03/24/schomburg-<wbr />treasures-green-book</a></p> <p> </p> <p>To listen to Nicole and Tom's other Grating the Nutmeg episodes. Visit:</p> <p><a href= "https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/175-sleeping-with-the-ancestors-in-connecticut"> https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/175-sleeping-with-the-ancestors-in-connecticut</a></p> <p><a href= "https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/149-the-middle-passage-west-africa-to-connecticut"> https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/149-the-middle-passage-west-africa-to-connecticut</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Grating the Nutmeg is partnering with Preservation Connecticut to bring you summer and fall episodes on saving historic barns, New London sites found in the historic Green Book guide for black travelers, Mid-Century Modern architecture, and sites that reveal the state's LGBTQ+ history. Connecticut's historic places matter! Visit Preservation Connecticut's website to learnmore and become a member at <a href="https://preservationct.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://preservationct.org/&source=gmail&ust=1781636518777000&usg=AOvVaw3fFm9dyF_zTwwGQwj_T01m">https://preservationct.org/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>-----------------------</p> <p>This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at <a href= "https://www.highwattagemedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.highwattagemedia.com/&source=gmail&ust=1781636518777000&usg=AOvVaw3ua8VTa5EenA65SrHlGkRj">www.<wbr />highwattagemedia.com/</a> Follow Grating the Nutmeg on Facebook and Instagram.</p> <p>Follow executive producer Mary Donohue on Facebook and Instagram at West Hartford Town Historian. Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Thank you for listening!</p>
June 1, 2026
231. John Hooker: Hartford's Abolitionist Lawyer
<p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/70037/GTN_231_Hooker_Ad_SW_NO_TEXT_3000_x_3000_px.png" alt="" width="340" height="340" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In this episode, you'll be introduced to John Hooker, a Hartford lawyer, judge, and abolitionist as well as a reformer for women's rights. Hooker was the president of the anti-slavery committee in Hartford, published the Charter Oak anti-slavery newspaper with the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society of Hartford, and co-authored with his wife Isabella Beecher Hooker, the state bill in 1877 that gave married women more control of their property. Why isn't he better known? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Our guest for this episode is Erika Slocumb, Director of Interpretation & Visitor Experience at the <a href= "https://stowecenter.org">Stowe Center for Literary Activism</a>. Erika is a scholar of Black history. She received her BA in Social Justice Education, her MS in Labor Studies, and she expects her PhD in African American Studies in the fall of 2026—all from University of Massachusetts Amherst.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Be sure to go to the Stowe Center's website at <a href= "https://stowecenter.org/blog/">stowecenter.org/blog/</a> to read Erika's new blog post about John Hooker. Plan to attend the Nook Farm Lawn Party and Fourth of July events-all the info is on the Stowe Center website.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Grating the Nutmeg is partnering with Preservation Connecticut to bring you summer and fall episodes on saving historic barns, Connecticut sites found in the historic Green Book guide for black travelers, Mid-Century Modern architecture, and sites that reveal the state's LGBTQ+ history. Connecticut's historic places matter!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">------------------------------------------</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don't forget to subscribe to <a href= "https://www.ctexplored.org">Connecticut Explored</a> magazine today-our summer issue is a double-issue celebrating our nation's 250<sup>th</sup> birthday! And set up your monthly donation to Grating the Nutmeg at ctexplored.org</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink">This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at</span> <a href= "https://www.highwattagemedia.com/">https://www.highwattagemedia.com/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> Follow GTN on our socials-Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Follow executive producer Mary Donohue on Facebook and Instagram at West Hartford Town Historian. Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Thank you for listening!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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