Personal stories about keepsakes as containers of memories, emotions, and human connection.
Mementos is a member of Hub & Spoke Audio Collective. www.hubspokeaudio.org
Mementos is a member of Hub & Spoke (www.hubspokeaudio.org), a nonprofit collective of independent audio essayists dedicated to helping one another shine. Today, for Valentine's Day, we're sharing an episode of the Hub & Spoke Radio Hour. It highlights the work of four Hub & Spoke podcasts focused on the same theme: love. Join Mementos creator Lori Mortimer as she hosts the Radio Hour and shares all the love, Hub & Spoke style.
15 Dec 2021
Liz's Nonni
Liz Sumner and her husband wanted to move to Italy, but they had no family there and no Italian heritage, so Liz was worried that they'd have trouble feeling like they belonged. She joins us to tell us about a memento they found in Italy that helped her put those worries aside.
24 Nov 2021
Jeff's Rum Bottle
Jeff keeps an empty rum bottle from the day of his best friend's funeral 20 years ago. The bottle is a snapshot in time, but Jeff has a more "ethereal" memento from his friend that has ebbed and flowed with the changes in Jeff's life.
29 Oct 2021
Bonus: Ruth's poem "Halloween"
Here's a treat for Halloween! My guest Bréjean reads her grandmother Ruth's poem, "Halloween," written in 1932, when Ruth was 11 years old.
27 Oct 2021
Ruth's Poetry
Bréjean finds a folder of her deceased grandmother's poetry tucked away in a closet and learns that she has a lot more in common with her "prim and proper" grandmother than she thought.
20 Oct 2021
October update: More episodes are coming soon
Additional new Mementos episodes are coming this fall. The next episode will drop next Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
6 Oct 2021
Jared's Flock
Jared meets his match in an aggressive little Senegal parrot named Cricket, who ultimately charms Jared and changes his life for the better. Jared keeps a large scarlet macaw feather as a memento of the relationships in his life that led to his becoming a "flock leader."
22 Sept 2021
Cherie's Letters
Cherie inherits a stack of 33 letters, written by her grandfather, who died during the Korean War, and who Cherie's family never talked about. Before receiving the letters, she knew almost nothing about him. She hadn't even seen a picture of him. But the letters unveil who he was and the fateful decisions he made that affected not only his life but also still affect her life today.
8 Sept 2021
Crystal's Hymn
Crystal Chandler finds the perfect memento of her grandfather, a former Seventh Day Adventist preacher, to bring with her when she moves to New York.
25 Jul 2021
Coming back in September!
Mementos is coming back! New episodes start dropping this September, just after Labor Day (2021).
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28 Oct 2019
1.2 A T-Shirt Hug from Dad
Interdisciplinary artist Karen Krolak tells us about the t-shirt she hand-stitched for her father and why it's so important that she hold on to it.
21 Oct 2019
1.1 Whose Memento Is It?
Host Lori Mortimer tells the origin story of Mementos podcast. It's a story about a mother, a daughter, and a surprising object that connects them now that Mom is gone.
30 Sept 2019
0.0 Welcome to Mementos
An introduction to Mementos and the stories and voices you'll hear in Season 1.
Welcome to Mementos, a podcast about the stories behind the objects that evoke memories, connections, emotions. What turns an ordinary object -- a necklace, a t-shirt, a letter -- into a memento? Well, let's talk to people and find out.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
18 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
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