The Podcast
Please find links below to each of the available episodes for Season 2 of the Love Sweetie Podcast, along with a brief description of each episode. Season 2 begins in 1946 with Episode 44. Also, if you are new to the podcast, it is recommended that you listen to the Episode 0 "You, Me, and the Gatepost," which reviews 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. 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 44: I Fear I'll Have to Go Anyway
January 22, 1946: Florence writes to Sweetie from Hope, Kansas, showing that their relationship as sisters-in-law has grown since they lived together in late spring 1945
February 24, 1946: Lew writes to Sweetie from Pennsylvania, and notes that he is applying for jobs since World War II has ended, asking Sweetie to join him in Collingdale
March 4, 1946: Sweetie writes a note to Jeanne about Lewis from Lacona, Iowa
March 4, 1946: Sweetie writes a note to Jeanne about Lewis from Lacona, Iowa
March 6, 1946: Sweetie writes a note from Lacona, Iowa to Jeanne about trying to visit her in Des Moines soon
March 8, 1946: Lew writes to Jeanne from Collingdale, Pennsylvania, reflecting back on his decisions in the new year, showing some slight frustration that Sweetie has yet to arrive in Pennsylvania
March 12, 1946: Sweetie writes from Lacona, Iowa to Jeanne about a plane reservation, indicating that she is planning on traveling to Pennsylvania soon
March 21, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne from Lacona, Iowa about some more of her plans, but is also concerned that Jeanne might be sick
March 26, 1946: Sweetie writes a note to Jeanne from Chicago, finally starting her journey with her baby, Lewis, so that she may join her husband, Lew, in Collingdale, Pennsylvania
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Episode 45: To Say My Last Good Bye
April 8, 1946: Sweetie writes to Chester Demaree, M.D. and Laura, documenting her shock at the news that her older brother, Bob, has died in a plane crash just south of Albuquerque, New Mexico
April 9, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne, seeking more information about what happened to her brother, and trying to determine if she can return to her family in Iowa
April 15, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne, indicating what she did the morning of her brother Bob's funeral, and how she hopes to soon have a place of her own for her family in Pennsylvania
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Episode 46: Too Hard to Cover Their Sorrow
April 17, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne, noting that she has written to Florence, and mentions her other siblings. She then notes that they are hoping for a house.
April 22, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne, Chester Demaree, M.D. and Laura, commenting on what she is hoping for (and providing a diagram of the house she wants to get), and also notes some updates about her son, Lewis, who is about 7 months old at this point
May 1, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne​, noting her concerns about their parents, and notes that Jeanne may be starting a new job in Des Moines soon
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Episode 47: On the Verge of Leaving
April 24, 1946: Sweetie writes to Laura, Chester Demaree, M.D. and Jeanne with her hopes for a house and describes some purchases she has made to prepare for a new home. She also indicates that her son, Lewis, is not feeling well
​May 27, 1946: Sweetie writes to Laura and Chester Demaree, M.D., and notes that she has met the parents of the WAVE who was one of the crew on the plane that crashed (the same plane crash which had resulted in the death of her brother, Bob)
May 27, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne a letter that she hides from Lew, indicating that she cannot stay at Collingdale much longer if things do not improve
May 31, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne about Memorial Day weekend in 1946, noting that the house the family was hoping to get has gone to someone else. While she is quite depressed, she clings to hope that her situation still might improve. Lew, in the hopes of helping her, obtains a typewriter for her to use for her letters.
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Episode 48: I Took My Foot in My Hand
June 24, 1946: Chester Demaree, M.D. writes to Jeanne, noting that he has received word that Sweetie has a new home in Pennsylvania
late June 1946: Sweetie writes to Laura and Chester Demaree, M.D. about moving to her new home at 37 S. Love Lane in Norwood, Pennsylvania, and notes that her son, Lewis, is sick
July 10, 1946: Chester Demaree, M.D. writes to Sweetie, providing updates on his work on his farm and about family having visited recently. He provides some advice on how she might visit them in Iowa in the fall.
July 22, 1946: Sweetie to writes to family with more information about the house, another concern regarding Lewis, and how her radio is not working well
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Episode 49: This Little Graham Cracker Crumb of Ours
July 25, 1946: Sweetie writes to family about the people in her neighborhood, but does become friends with one of them and we also learn more about some of Sweetie's cousins on the Demaree side
July 30, 1946: Sweetie writes to family about Lewis' progress and figures out that there are many mosquitoes near her home due to a creek nearby, and also notes that Lew is now working in a machine shop for the Navy
August 9, 1946: Sweetie writes to family about Lew's work for the Navy and provides more updates on Lewis
August 16, 1946: Sweetie to writes family of her happiness to hear wonderful family news from Iowa, and concludes her letter with the news that she and Lew have bought a car for the first time
August 19, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne​ with an update on Lewis that Jeanne is to keep secret until she visits her family in Iowa
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Episode 50: The Highlight of the Entire Trip
Now Available
November 23, 1946: Sweetie writes to Jeanne regarding a few basic updates, and indicates that she has returned from a trip
November 24, 1946: Sweetie writes to family a big letter in which she reviews the road trip home to Pennsylvania that she took with Lew and Lewis, describes the Pennsylvania Turnpike in great detail, and discusses her activities at home right before Thanksgiving 1946
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Episode 51: Trying to Decide About Christmas
Available 04/13/2025
December 1, 1946: Sweetie to family
December 20, 1946: Sweetie to family
Episode 52: Putting the Bee on the Blokes
Available 04/20/2025
January 19, 1947: Sweetie to family
January 20, 1947: Sweetie to family
Episode 53: Sittin' Here With My Nose In My Hands
Available 04/27/2025
February 17, 1947: Sweetie to family
April 5, 1947: Sweetie to family
Episode 54: Mamma Hang-On-To-Me-The-Nurses-Might-Be-Lookin'
Available 05/04/2025
April 11, 1947: Sweetie to family
April 18, 1947: Sweetie to family
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Episode 55: The Honeymoon
Available 05/11/2025
August 11, 1947: Sweetie to family
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Episode 56: It Was Christened Mamma's Nice, or Lewis's Second Birthday
Available 05/18/2025
September 29, 1947: Sweetie to Jeanne
September 30, 1947: Laura to Jeanne
November 5, 1947: Sweetie to family
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Episode 57: She's Expecting a Ring for Christmas
Available 05/25/2025
November 5, 1947: Sweetie to Jeanne
November 6, 1947: Sweetie to Jeanne
December 1, 1947: Sweetie to Jeanne
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Episode 58: Worry Worry Worry
Available 06/01/2025
December 9, 1947: Sweetie to family
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Episode 59: She Had Hoped for a Bigger Diamond
Available 06/08/2025
January 7, 1948: Sweetie to family
January 21, 1948: Sweetie to family
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Episode 60: I'll Jump Right Into the Trouble
Available 06/15/2025
February 8, 1948: Sweetie to family
February 9, 1948: Sweetie to Jeanne
February 13, 1948: Sweetie to Jeanne
March 20, 1948: Sweetie to Laura and Chester Demaree, M.D. with added note from Chester
May 13, 1948: Sweetie to Jeanne
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