1 Sealed Letter

1 Sealed Letter

Kathryn Hastings

Episodes 118
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (23)
Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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The legacy of letter writing and how to bring this beautiful art form into the 21st century

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Recent Episodes

Millennial Inheritance, Nick Fox on the Great Transfer of Clutter

Apr 15, 2026 44m

What happens when inheritance is not money, but cabinets, goblets, figurines, yearbooks, mystery boxes, and a thousand emotionally loaded objects no one quite knows what to do with?In this episode,…

116: The Sunday Letter Project with Rebecca McMillan

Apr 08, 2026 30m

In this episode, I’m joined by Rebecca McMillan, illustrator, mother, and co-founder of Wildflower Illustration Co., as well as the creator of The Sunday Letter Project.What began as a simple idea,…

115: Emma Hamilton: The Life They Dimmed

Apr 01, 2026 37m

Who was Lady Emma Hamilton before she was reduced to a scandal?In this episode of One Sealed Letter, I return to the archive to reconstruct a life that has too often been simplified. Emma Hamilton…

114: The Punctuation That Almost Was: Lost Symbols of Tone, Irony, and Emotion

Mar 11, 2026 30m

What if English had a punctuation mark for sarcasm?Or a symbol specifically for rhetorical questions?Or even a mark that meant love?For centuries, writers, printers, and philosophers have tried to…

113. Dicken’s Violated Letter

Dec 26, 2025 26m

In 1858, Charles Dickens wrote a private letter explaining the collapse of his marriage. It was meant to be shown, not published. Within months, it appeared in newspapers on both sides of the…

112. “My Soul, Not Just a Mother” – Paula Modersohn-Becker and the Art of Being Overwhelmed

Nov 05, 2025 34m

In this episode, we explore the life and letters of Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), one of the first women to paint herself nude and a pioneer of early Expressionism. Through her correspondence,…

111. A New Lease on Life: Dostoevsky’s Letter from the Edge of Death

Oct 15, 2025 1h 3m

In this episode of One Sealed Letter, we travel back to December 22, 1849, when the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky stood blindfolded before a firing squad. Moments before the command to fire, a…

110. God Save Benedict Arnold with Jack Kelly

Oct 01, 2025 50m

Jack Kelly is an award-winning author and historian. In his newest book God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America’s Most Hated Man, Jack offers a fresh exploration of Arnold’s paradoxical…

109. Felice Cohen: A Love Letter to Letters

Sep 17, 2025 40m

In this episode, I sit down with Felice Cohen, an author and professional organizer whose lifelong love of letter writing has become her newest creative frontier. Felice is in the midst of a yearlong…

108. Denis Diderot’s Leap into Love & Freedom

Sep 03, 2025 23m

In 1743, Denis Diderot, later famed as a co-founder of the Encyclopédie, risked everything for love. After being imprisoned in a monastery by his father to prevent an “unsuitable” marriage, Diderot…

107. Balloonomania: Benjamin Franklin’s Letters from Paris, 1783

Aug 27, 2025 1h 6m

In this episode of One Sealed Letter, we take to the skies with Benjamin Franklin as he witnesses the first balloon flights of 1783. From the gardens of Versailles to the Champs de Mars in Paris,…

106. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Early Letters: Becoming an Artist on Her Own Terms

Aug 20, 2025 33m

Georgia O’Keeffe’s early letters to Alfred Stieglitz (1916–1917) reveal her fierce independence, her longing for solitude, and her refusal to conform. In this episode of One Sealed Letter, we explore…

105. Gratitude in the Darkness: The Letters of Helen Keller

Aug 07, 2025 36m

What does it mean to focus on what you have, even when so much has been taken from you?In this episode of One Sealed Letter, we step into the world of Helen Keller through her personal letters, read…

104. This Way In: The Love Letter That Became a Gallery

Jul 30, 2025 27m

In 1913, American cartoonist Alfred Joseph Frueh sent his fiancée, Giuliette Fanciulli, a letter unlike any other. With a few careful cuts and folds, it transformed into a miniature art…

103. A Letter Always Feels Like Immortality: Emily Dickinson in June 1869

Jul 22, 2025 49m

In this episode, we step into the luminous world of Emily Dickinson through one of her most poignant letters, written in June 1869 to her longtime mentor and correspondent, Thomas Wentworth…

102. Kindred Spirits: The Letters of Bessie Rayner Parkes and Barbara Bodichon

Jul 16, 2025 34m

In this episode of One Sealed Letter, we travel to 1850s Britain to explore the powerful friendship between Bessie Rayner Parkes and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Through their handwritten letters,…

101. The Future of Wax Seals: Art, Ritual, and a Living Tradition

Jul 09, 2025 25m

In this companion to last week’s episode on the future of letter writing, artist and host Kathryn Hastings turns her attention to the luminous world of wax seals—objects that bridge the sacred and…

Ep. 100 🎉 — The Future of Letter Writing: Depth in an Age of Immediacy

Jul 02, 2025 35m

We’ve reached 100 episodes of One Sealed Letter, and rather than looking back, I’m looking ahead—to the future of letter writing.In this special milestone episode, I explore why letter writing…

99. Audrey Hepburn in her own words

Jun 18, 2025 18m

In this episode of One Sealed Letter, Kathryn Hastings reads from four deeply personal letters written by Audrey Hepburn—offering a rare glimpse into the woman behind the legend. Spanning from her…

98. Steal Away to Freedom: The Letters and Legacy of Robert Smalls

Jun 04, 2025 43m

In this episode of One Sealed Letter, we trace the extraordinary life of Robert Smalls through three of his letters—each one a window into a different chapter of his transformation from enslaved…

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