Grating the Nutmeg

Mary Donohue

publisher@ctexplored.org

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Booking Overview

This is a Connecticut history interview podcast focused on the people, places, and preservation efforts that shaped the state, with guests including historians, preservation professionals, museum personnel, and local researchers. PR agencies could credibly pitch Connecticut historians, authors, architectural historians, museum and heritage-trail leaders, and experts on regional or African American history; booking difficulty is likely low because the show regularly features accessible professional experts rather than nationally prominent figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 255

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

publisher@ctexplored.org

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Host

Mary Donohue - Connecticut historian and executive producer associated with Connecticut Explored magazine and the Grating the Nutmeg podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Connecticut historians, architectural historians, preservation professionals, museum and historic-site administrators, authors, and researchers with expertise in regional or cultural history.
Required Achievements:  
Historic preservation projects, Museum or heritage-trail leadership, Published historical research or books

Recent Guest Discussions

Todd Levine - Connecticut's Historic Barns, Preservation Efforts, And The Development Of Preservation Connecticut's Statewide Barn Initiative.

Tom Schuch - New London's Green Book Sites, Forgotten Local History, And The New London Black Heritage Trail.

Nicole Thomas - The Green Book Sites Of New London And The History Of Black Travelers In Connecticut During The Jim Crow Era.

Recent Topics

Connecticut History, Historic Preservation, Local History, Public History, Black History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Grating the Nutmeg
:

234. Saving Connecticut's Historic Barns

July 15, 2026

  In 2006, Preservation Connecticut, then the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, realized that historic barns across the state were being demolished or allowed to fall down. What could be done to save them? Where were they? How many are there? How can we get people across the state to be interested in barns? All of this was unknown. My guest, Todd Levine, was hired to help answer those critical questions. Todd is currently the Environmental Review officer and Connecticut Freedom Tra...

233. Rough Justice for Connecticut State Hero Nathan Hale (10th Anniversary Encore Release)

July 03, 2026

Happy 250th birthday to our nation and 10th anniversary to Grating the Nutmeg! In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we are bringing you a remastered edition of an episode recorded in 2020 with Dr. Walter Woodward, Connecticut State Historian Emeritus. Dr. Woodward takes a new look at the actions surrounding the Revolutionary War execution of State Hero Nathan Hale, and finds there are still some burning questions left to be answered about this hasty and irregular event. It's a story from W...

232. Guides for Black Travelers: New London's Green Book Sites

June 15, 2026

What's the first thing you do when you want to take a trip? Look through Instagram to find things to do? Or Yelp for restaurants that serve local cuisine? Today travelers can follow social media influencers and websites that promise to give you an insider's look at places to stay or the best discounted hotel rates. But for Black travelers in the Jim Crow era through the 1960s, it wasn't easy to find places to eat or stay overnight. In this episode, we are going to talk about two national guid...

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