Flower in the River: A Family Tale Finally Told
"Flower in the River" podcast, inspired by my book of the same name, explores the 1915 Eastland Disaster in Chicago and its enduring impact, particularly on my family's history. We'll explore the intertwining narratives of others impacted by this tragedy as well, and we'll dive into writing and genealogy and uncover the surprising supernatural elements that surface in family history research. Come along with me on this journey of discovery.
Podcasting since 2023 • 144 episodes
Flower in the River: A Family Tale Finally Told
Latest Episodes
A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family’s Story
A forgotten headline. A crowded dock. A father who turns back to a capsized ship and pulls a family friend through a porthole. In this episode, we follow the Rabe family—Fred, Delia, Grace, and Kenneth—from a terrifying morning on the Chi...
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Season 4
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Episode 143
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31:58
Fissures in the Archive: Behind the Curtain of the Eastland Disaster
Some histories don’t fracture because records vanished; they fracture because we stopped asking questions. In this episode, we look at the Eastland Disaster through a different lens — not just what happened in 1915, but how its story has been c...
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Season 4
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Episode 142
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33:44
Capsized. Kicked. Survived.
A photographer’s byline led me straight into another long-overlooked Eastland story — the 1965 Chicago Tribune interview with survivor Anna Meinert, one of the many accounts from this event that were well documented but seldom r...
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Season 4
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Episode 141
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28:03
The Rosetta Stone of the Eastland Disaster
Tracing the Eastland story back to the people who first preserved it online.This week, I’m pulling back the curtain on how, in the late 1990s, the Eastland Disaster story was rediscovered, shaped, reshaped, and carried onto the ea...
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Season 4
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Episode 140
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44:37
She Stayed on the Line: From the Eastland Disaster to the Front Lines of France
Sirens, floodwater, shattering glass, and a calm voice saying, “Just a moment, please.” We revisit the women who turned raw noise into order—telephone operators whose steady hands and quick minds kept cities connected and, in wartime, helped sa...
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Season 4
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Episode 139
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38:58
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