The Podcast
Please find links below to each of the available episodes for Season 3 of the Love Sweetie Podcast, along with a brief description of each episode. Season 3 begins in 1951 with Episode 93. If you are new to the podcast, it is recommended that you listen to the Episode 0 "You, Me, and the Gatepost," which reviews the basics about this project - it is less than 15 minutes long. The link to that video on YouTube can be found here.
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If you would like to go to a list of episodes for Season 1 of the Love Sweetie Podcast (Episodes 1- 43, covering letters from 1941 - 1945), click this link instead. For Season 2 (Episodes 44 - 92, covering letters from 1946 - 1951), click this link instead. That being said, you can certainly start listening to Sweetie's story with any episode!
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All episodes can be viewed on the Love Sweetie Podcast YouTube channel. Episodes are also available in audio-only versions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast platforms!
Podcast Episodes
Episode 93: We Bought the Doorbell With It
July 26, 1951: Sweetie writes to family about having moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania (and accidentally getting into too much poison ivy), about the previous resident of her home that will be residing with the family (Miss Darst), and notes that Lewis will be starting public school for the first time in the fall.
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This episode also features basic information about the Darst family and about Doylestown, Pennsylvania in the 1950's.
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Episode 94: I'll Worry About That Tomorrow
August 4, 1951: Sweetie writes to Chester and Laura about taking Lewis to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia while Lew was away in Atlantic City
August 22, 1951: Sweetie writes to family about Miss Darst and how she treats other family members, and we hear about her cousin, Ella Wyckoff, as well as Brower Murphy's wife, Evelyn Murphy. Sweetie also writes about how Lewis is starting school (first grade) that fall.
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Episode 95: I Buy Cracked Eggs
September 25, 1951: Sweetie writes to Chester and Laura about going fishing on the Delaware River not far from her home in Doylestown, dealing with more poison ivy on her property, and about Lewis having started first grade at the Doylestown Public School. It is also noted that Sweetie's sister-in-law, Elizabeth, has had her third child, a baby girl.
November 5, 1951: Chester writes to Jeanne about his recent trip to see his son, Frank, near Chicago
November 19, 1951: Sweetie writes to Jeanne and Glen, thanking them for sending her a percolator for better coffee, and indicates that Lewis has been very sick, though the details are not mentioned at this time
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Episode 96: The Only Doctor I Love is Grandpa Demaree
November 25, 1951 - Sweetie writes to family about Lewis having been very sick that fall, and then writes much about her perspective of his experience of starting school with first grade at the Doylestown Public School
late November 1951 - Chester writes a brief note to Jeanne before the holiday season
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Episode 97: He'll Eat Most Anything If It Is Economical
Now Available!
November 30, 1951: Sweetie writes to Jeanne and Glen and hopes that Miss Darst will go to Georgia for the holidays
December 3, 1951 - Sweetie writes to family about Lewis being sick and his progress at school, and then writes about buying canned goods at sales at a good price
December 21, 1951 - Sweetie writes to family about plans for the Christmas holiday
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Episode 98: I Felt As Though I Had Been Pardoned
January 4, 1951: Sweetie writes to family a big letter about Christmas 1951 in Doylestown
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Episode 99: Miss Darst's Bookcase
Now Available!
January 17, 1952: Sweetie writes to family about her home life, and then notes that she has looked through a Price family genealogy book that belongs to Miss Darst, which provided more information about Miss Darst's maternal grandmother's family
January 25, 1952: Sweetie writes to family with general updates, including some information about her gardening work at home
January 25, 1952: Sweetie writes a secret letter to Jeanne at Jeanne's workplace, anxiously awaiting Jeanne's reply
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Episode 100: Tomorrow's A New Day
Available 03/29/2026
January 30, 1952: Chester to Margaret
January 31, 1952: Sweetie to Jeanne
Episode 101: I Am Just Not Ready to Give Him Up Myself
Available 04/05/2026
February 1, 1952: Sweetie to family
February 8, 1952: Sweetie to Jeanne and Glen
Episode 102: What the Duchess Said to the Duke
Available 04/12/2026
February 14, 1952: Sweetie to family
February 20, 1952: Sweetie to Jeanne and Glen
Episode 103: Another Stone On My Road to Hades
Available 04/19/2026
February 20, 1952: Sweetie to family
February 21, 1952: Sweetie to family
Episode 104: Aren't All Antiques Old Stuff?
Available 04/26/2026
February 24, 1952: Chester to Jeanne
March 5, 1952: Chester to Jeanne
March 6, 1952: Sweetie to family
Episode 105: I Could Just Hear the Neighbors Snickering
Available 05/03/2026
March 10, 1952: Sweetie to family
March 11, 1952: Sweetie to family