Nantucket Atheneum Podcast
The Nantucket Atheneum Podcast covers stories and topics about our local library, Nantucket history and libraries in general.
Podcasting since 2021 • 52 episodes
Nantucket Atheneum Podcast
Latest Episodes
Japan-Nantucket (Rashomon): BONUS - Lafcadio Hearn: The more you learn, the more mysterious he becomes.
Jim and Janet are back with a bonus episode about Lafcadio Hearn, a curious character that was among the Americans who became enamored with Japanese culture. He is a man of many worlds and many cultures, who found his true identity in Japan.
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Season 6
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20:10
Japan-Nantucket (Rashomon): Episode 9 - [UNCUT] The Great Wave: The Asthetes
In this final episode of season 6, Jim and I invite our colleague James Grieder to join us to discuss The Great Wave by Christopher Banfey. James has personal connection to one of the characters featured in Banfey's book.This is the las...
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Season 6
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58:59
Japan-Nantucket (Rashomon): Episode 9 - The Great Wave: The Asthetes
In this final episode of season 6, Jim and I invite our colleague James Grieder to join us to discuss The Great Wave by Christopher Banfey. James has personal connection to one of the characters featured in Banfey's book.This is the las...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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27:59
Japan-Nantucket (Rashomon): Episode 8 - The Daughters of the Samurai: A Ten-Year Experiment
This week we discuss another book that added context and a new perspective to our story of Nantucket expats in Japan was Daughter's of the Samurai by Janice Nimura.This is a production of the Nantucket Atheneum. It is hosted and edited ...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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31:54
Japan-Nantucket (Rashomon): Episode 7 - Hen Frigates: Life was precarious.
Jim spent more than a year researching the Nantucket diaspora in Japan, so a lot was left on the cutting room floor. There were a few books that we couldn’t quite fit into the main story line that we’re going the discuss in a bit more detail.
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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23:39