The Grand Project

Welcome to the Grand Project, a podcast where you'll hear from grandparents about growing up and growing old.

A Home Run with Kathryn Johnston 02/11/2021

A Home Run with Kathryn Johnston Recognized as the first girl to ever play on a Little League baseball team, Kathryn Johnston tells American Timelines host Joe Hunsaker about her adoption of the nickname "Tubby" and the struggles she faced as a female player on an all male team. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/17905613

Determination to Succeed with Grandad Steve Snyder 01/15/2021

Determination to Succeed with Grandad Steve Snyder Steve Snyder details his many careers from chicken processing as a kid to 5 years in the Army and later restaurant management, fatherhood, cooking turkey in Turkey and business. He gives insight into finding and losing love, including his foray into online dating. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/17549552

Grand Times with the Janvrin Siblings 12/31/2020

Grand Times with the Janvrin Siblings The Grand Project host Kitty and her brothers Brice and Win Janvrin revisit memories of Grandma Pat Janvrin, who passed in August 2020. They chat during a return to their childhood home, a moment filled with strange remembrances, love and music. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/17375225

Grand Times with Elizabeth: A Special Holiday Series 12/10/2020

Grand Times with Elizabeth: A Special Holiday Series Elizabeth Rosa Houck talks about their Abuelita Lilia Rivas Gandulla and their Gram Betty Bollinger through a discussion about love, memory and identity. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/17130344

Grand Times with Rachel: A Special Holiday Series 11/30/2020

Grand Times with Rachel: A Special Holiday Series In the first Grand Times special episode, Rachel Prychodko remembers her Nana and Pa, Nancy and John Peterson, and her Grandma, Lena Lopez. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/17006978

Learning from the Past with Oma 10/22/2020

Learning from the Past with Oma Oma Ingeborg Müller-Hobbs has a lot of wisdom to share from her experiences growing up in post-WWII Germany and Poland, working in the medical industry in a new country, and finding internal fortitude. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/16507205

"I Still Think Young" 10/01/2020

"I Still Think Young" Mr. William Ellen, known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren as Pop, shares his experiences from World War II, where he served in the Air Force, stories of going barefoot to school and falling in love with his wife, Mott. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/16232396

Hardworking History with Grandmommy 09/24/2020

Hardworking History with Grandmommy Grandmommy shares her "whole life" with her granddaughter, Kitty: how she and her siblings entertained themselves as children on the farm, being the first in her family to go to college, her daddy's ghost stories, and raising her own family. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/16144730

Meet Doc: MVP 09/17/2020

Meet Doc: MVP In the inaugural episode, host Kitty Janvrin interviews her grandfather Doc about life during WWII and now a pandemic, being named MVP of his high school basketball team, and his scandalous dating history. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/16056725

The Grand Project Trailer 09/08/2020

The Grand Project Trailer Welcome to the Grand Project, a podcast where grandparents share their stories about growing up and growing old. Prepare your ears: the Boomers (and older) are taking hold of the boom mic to share their narratives and maybe some words of wisdom. /episode/index/show/thegrandproject/id/15926813

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