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Millennial Inheritance, Nick Fox on the Great Transfer of Clutter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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