THE CROWN is a fictional drama inspired by real events during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022) in the last half of the 20th century. Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley, author of “Transforming Conflict” joins us for a conversation about leadership portrayals of Queen Elizabeth II, PM Margaret Thatcher, and Diana, Princess of Wales in THE CROWN series.

Orchard House in Concord, MA, is where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set her iconic novel Little Women in 1868. In this podcast we talk with Jan Turnquist, executive director of Orchard House where visitors can go back in time to the world of the Alcott family as well as Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Recreations of Orchard House can be seen in recent adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women..

An exciting new season for PBS MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!  Executive producer SUSANNE SIMPSON returns to the podcast to talk about the 2nd season of MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE in addition to other exciting women detective mysteries and a preview of what’s coming in 2022 and 2023 on the award-winning PBS drama series.

We take a deep dive into The Woman King with depth psychologist, media scholar, and writer Sharon D. Johnson, Ph.D. The Women King, is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.

A League of Their Own, co-created by Abbi Jacobson (who plays Carson Shaw in the Amazon Prime series), and Will Graham, is inspired by the 1992 film directed by Penny Marshall, and the untold stories of Black women baseball players, and Latina and queer women who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in the 1940s. We talk with author and poet Toni Asante Lightfoot about the character Max Chapman (Chanté Adams), an African American player from Rockford (home of the Rockford Peaches), who is turned away from the AAGPBL tryouts because of her race. With the support of her family including her trans uncle Bertie, best friend Clance, and the African American community, Max must forge her own way to play the game she loves in a segregated world.

Episode 19 is devoted to fashion – past and present – inspired by the film MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS. Guest Shazia Saleem, fashion designer, sustainable fashion expert and founder of Pop London talks about luxury fashion and couture as a global phenomenon influenced by contemporary concerns about sustainability of people and planet; also how clothes help us recall special memories and can represent life changing adventures.

In season 8, of the PBS MASTERPIECE Mystery! series ENDEAVOUR, the year is 1971. We see the impact of events from season 7 where Endeavour Morse suffered a major loss that sets off a grieving process triggering self-doubt, alcohol abuse, and a cynic’s perspective that puts him at odds with his mentor, Fred Thursday. Preacher, teacher, counselor and activist Rev. Dr. Rob Hardies joins us for a conversation about the challenges of becoming an adult through Endeavour Morse's experiences. ENDEAVOUR is the prequel to the INSPECTOR MORSE television series inspired by characters in Colin Dexter’s detective novels.

The award-winning K-drama MR. SUNSHINE was released in 2018 and became the 6th highest ranking drama in South Korean cable history, and is still trending on Netflix in the US and around the globe. What makes MR. SUNSHINE a binge-worthy epic? Why are audiences outside South Korea connecting with this historical drama of love, revenge, and revolution. K-Drama blogger Kat Turner shares some insights on the MR. SUNSHINE and recent K-Drama phenomenon.

It’s been said that murder mysteries satisfy our need to feel that there is justice in the world and a moral order, which is expressed in the character of Agatha Christie’s genius detective Hercule Poirot. But does solving the murder really close the case especially for Poirot’s conscience? In episode 16 The Boston Sisters talk about three film/tv movie adaptations of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

Shondaland's Bridgerton (Netflix) presents a Regency Britain where people of diverse colors, races, and cultural backgrounds meet and mate through choreographed matchmaking in grand ballrooms and frollicking country estates of "the ton." Part 2 of our 2-part podcast about season 2 of Bridgerton and the entrance of the Sharma family from Bombay continues with special guest Durba Ghosh, professor of history at Cornell University and author of Sex and Family in Colonial India: The Making of Empire.

Shondaland's Bridgerton (Netflix) presents a Regency Britain where people of diverse colors, races, and cultural backgrounds meet and mate through choreographed matchmaking in grand ballrooms and frollicking country estates of "the ton." Part 1 of our 2-part podcast about season 2 of Bridgerton and the entrance of the Sharma family from Bombay with special guest Durba Ghosh, professor of history at Cornell University and author of Sex and Family in Colonial India: The Making of Empire.

Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters (ep. 3) Susanne Simpson, Executive Producer of the PBS drama series, MASTERPIECE, shares how this 50-year phenom is changing to bring more diversity to the stories, casts, and creative production of historical dramas, fiction adaptations, and mystery series set in the past with UK partners.

HBO Max's JULIA is inspired by Julia Child's extraordinary life and her long running public television series, The French Chef, which pioneered the modern cooking show. In this podcast, The Boston Sisters riff on impressions of the HBO Max series and Julia Child's impact on American cooks, public television, and our own palates with restaurant consultant and wine expert, Janet Cam, who was the co-owner of America’s first nouvelle cuisine restaurant, Le Pavillon.

Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters (ep. 3) Susanne Simpson, Executive Producer of the PBS drama series, MASTERPIECE, shares how this 50-year phenom is changing to bring more diversity to the stories, casts, and creative production of historical dramas, fiction adaptations, and mystery series set in the past with UK partners.

It was 50 years ago in March 1972 whenThe Godfather had its world premiere in New York City. We talk with Dan Moldea, an investigative journalist who specializes in organized crime about his work and the cultural impact of The Godfather film on real life and crime movies. And, inspired by one of the film’s most quoted lines, we’ve added a Special Edition: a conversation with Eater DC’s senior associate editor Tierney Plumb on where to find the best cannolis.

The Boston Sisters talk Jeannie Barbour, the Chickasaw Nation Productions Content Producer, about Chickasaw films focus on First American stories, historical films, and the Chickasaw Nation Productions feature films Te Ata and Montford: Chickasaw Rancher on Netflix.

Filmmaker and award-winning director, JULIE DASH directed two episodes in the recent ABC limited series Women of the Movement about Mamie Till Mobley’s attempts to get justice for the brutal murder of her 14-year old son Emmett Till in the Jim Crow South of 1955.

We will talk with Julie Dash about Her film and television work in historical drama, including Women of the Movement; the influence of Black women writers and cultural workers in her creative work; and the impact of bringing untold stories from history to the screen, particularly how we believe and remember history.

The artistic journey of Chadwick Boseman, best known for the iconic role T’Challah/Black Panther in the Marvel Universe films. The Boston Sisters talk with professor Vera J. Katz and classmate, director/playwright Psalmayene 24 about Boseman’s formation as a directing student at Howard University, his work creating hip hop theater with Howard classmates, and finally how his performance as Levee Green in the film adaptation of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom brings Chadwick Boseman’s artistic journey full circle.

Mary Poppins, who flew from the London skies into the lives of the Banks family, was the kind of disruption this family needed. We revisit the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins with coach and speaker Pete Cohen for a conversation on how disruptors like Mary Poppins can be motivational and help us grow.

The release of a new film production of West Side Story (directed by Steven Spielberg) sparked this conversation with Felix Sanchez, founder and co-chair of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, about representation of Latinos in film and dramatic series.