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Mattie On The Homefront

Mattie On The Homefront

By: Snowfall Studio
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 Mattie on the Homefront is a podcast about a father and a son discovering their family. After finding wartime letters from my great-grandmother to my grandfather, I get to read them aloud to my dad, bringing together four generations of our family, week-by-week, in an almost daily look at life in the Twin Cities during WWII.© Snowfall Studio, LLC Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Mattie Breaks Into Her Own House - [Sept 27 & 28, 1942]

    Mattie Breaks Into Her Own House - [Sept 27 & 28, 1942]
    Apr 14 2026

    A big, early snowstorm makes everyone remember the Armistice Day blizzard of 1940. Plus, a mouse gets loose in the cabin, and Mattie gets mad.

    Out west, Ken leaves the United States, and never got his watch.


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    Website: moth.family

    Contact us: mattieonthehomefront@gmail.com

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    Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.
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    39 mins
  • Mattie and Ken - [September 1 & 4, 1942]

    Mattie and Ken - [September 1 & 4, 1942]
    Apr 7 2026

    Mattie is fishing when she is interrupted by the arrival of a letter from Ken.


    We learn the state of the war, and the world, on Tuesday, September 1.


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    Website: moth.family

    Contact us: mattieonthehomefront@gmail.com

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    Links:

    • Fort Snelling (MNHS)
    • Fighting in Stalingrad video
    • Americans in Guadalcanal video
    • Japanese relocation to internment camps video

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    Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.
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    29 mins
  • Mattie's Record Fish, Ken's Departure - [Sept 14 & 20, 1942]

    Mattie's Record Fish, Ken's Departure - [Sept 14 & 20, 1942]
    Apr 7 2026

    Mattie turns 49! Does anyone celebrate? She also catches the biggest fish anyone in the family has yet caught.

    Ken leaves Minnesota for the West, and we learn about the wicked (?) neighbors.


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    Website: moth.family

    Contact us: mattieonthehomefront@gmail.com

    Get notified about new episodes


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    Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.
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    38 mins
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