WEBVTT - Introducing "Wilder"

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<v Speaker 1>She's a Hollywood Western. She's Jack Kerouac, but in a

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<v Speaker 1>nap dress with braids.

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<v Speaker 2>She is one of the most important American children's authors

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<v Speaker 2>of the twentieth century.

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<v Speaker 1>She's the basis for a television show still watched around

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<v Speaker 1>the world. I literally wake up in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the night and go somebody somewhere is watched Little as

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<v Speaker 1>of their.

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<v Speaker 2>Women will come up to me, cry and saying, my

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<v Speaker 2>childhood was miserable. In Little House in the Prairie was

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<v Speaker 2>my escape.

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<v Speaker 1>She's been called a hero, a racist, a feminist, and

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<v Speaker 1>a propagandist.

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<v Speaker 3>Consider a Native child in their classroom reading it aloud,

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<v Speaker 3>and they come to that sentence, the only good Indian

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<v Speaker 3>is a dead Indian.

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<v Speaker 4>She is Laura Ingalls Wilder. Did you know she was

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<v Speaker 4>a real person.

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<v Speaker 1>In the nineteen thirties, Laura Ingles Wilder wrote the nine

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<v Speaker 1>Little House on the Prairie books, based on her childhood

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<v Speaker 1>on the American frontier. One way or another, She's been

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<v Speaker 1>with us ever since.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, I love I loved that.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved Little House on the Prairie.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just a perfect book.

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<v Speaker 1>I've loved Laura for as long as I can remember.

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<v Speaker 1>As a kid, I used to map out her travels

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<v Speaker 1>on my parents Atlas, and I'm not alone. Every summer,

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of people from around the world pilgrimage to her

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<v Speaker 1>little houses in tiny towns in.

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<v Speaker 4>The middle of the country. Now I'm going too. We're

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<v Speaker 4>literally on the Perry. I went in search of Laura,

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<v Speaker 4>the real Laura. Who is this person I love so much?

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<v Speaker 4>Should I love her?

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<v Speaker 1>The story of Laura is just as complicated as the

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<v Speaker 1>story of America, because she is America for better and worse.

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<v Speaker 2>As if we pretend the past was not as controversial

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<v Speaker 2>and difficult and racist as it was, then how are

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<v Speaker 2>we going to deal with the racist issues we're grappling

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<v Speaker 2>with today in.

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<v Speaker 1>A country currently at odds with itself and its history.

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<v Speaker 1>Could there be a better time for this exploration? There's

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<v Speaker 1>never been a better time than now.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm Glennis McNichol, and this is Wilder.

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<v Speaker 1>Wilder launches June Nate's Listen on the iHeartRadio app or

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<v Speaker 1>wherever you get your podcasts.