The Kitchen Sisters Present

Nikki Silva, Davia Nelson

Booking Overview

Narrative documentary interview show focused on overlooked histories, cultural preservation, film, activism, and the people who safeguard important stories, with external interviews woven into deeply produced episodes. Credible pitches include acclaimed filmmakers, archivists, historians, cultural-institution leaders, artists, and activists with firsthand connections to significant but underdocumented subjects; booking is likely high difficulty because of the show's selective editorial fit and track record with prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 296

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

maggie.gourville@prx.org

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Host

Nikki Silva - NPR producer and co-creator of The Kitchen Sisters, known for deeply reported audio documentaries including The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost...

Davia Nelson - NPR producer and co-creator of The Kitchen Sisters, known for deeply reported audio documentaries including The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Recognized filmmakers, artists, archivists, historians, activists, cultural scholars, and leaders of significant cultural institutions with firsthand knowledge of overlooked histories, preservation efforts, or influential creative movements.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led major archives, memorials, festivals, or cultural institutions, Produced influential creative work or earned substantial recognition in film, music, or scholarship, Played a documented role in important social movements or cultural history, Built or preserved collections of lasting historical significance

Recent Guest Discussions

Kitty Bruce - The Creation And Preservation Of The Lenny Bruce Archive.

Brewster Kahle - Digital Preservation, Archives, And Civic Access To Information.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Literary History, Cultural Preservation, And The Keepers Special.

Patrick Douthit - Hip-hop History And Standards For The Hip-hop Canon.

Marcyliena Morgan - Hip-hop History, Archival Preservation, And The Creation Of The Hip Hop Archive.

Recent Topics

Archives, Film, History, Activism, Music

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Sonic Memorial - 25th Anniversary of 9/11

September 08, 2026

To mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we present the Peabody Award winning Sonic Memorial Project with a post script recorded on the 10th Anniversary by our narrator, Paul Auster. The Sonic Memorial Project began in October 2001 as part of the Lost & Found Sound series. We opened a phone line on NPR for listeners to call in with their stories and audio artifacts relating to the September 11 attacks and the history of the World Trade Center.Hundreds of people called with testimonies and re...

The Tom Luddy Connection: The Man, The Movies, The Rolodex

September 01, 2026

Tom Luddy was a quiet titan of cinema. He presided over the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley for some 10 years, co-founded and directed the Telluride Film Festival for nearly 50 years, produced some 14 movies, match-made dozens of international love affairs, and foraged for the most beautiful, political, important, risky films and made sure there was a place for them to be seen in the world. And he made sure that the people making this powerful work were known and knew each other. Tom Luddy w...

The Keepers - Archiving the Underground

August 18, 2026

The Hip Hop Archive at Harvard, the Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky, the Lenny Bruce Archive, the Internet Archive and more surprising stories of preservation and civic life. With host, Academy Award-winning actress, Frances McDormand. The Kitchen Sisters Present Archiving the Underground, hour one of our two-part Keepers special. Stories of activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors and historians. Guardians of history, large and small. Protectors of the free flow ...

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