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What does transformative justice look like and where did it come from? Join us for a journey across local communities as we explore the last 25 years of building community accountability, transformative justice and abolitionist practice. Through the Stories for Power podcast, hosted by Deana Lewis, we trace the work of some of the architects and radical organizers of this current wave of work. This podcast is part of the relaunch of STOP – the StoryTelling & Organizing Project – presented by ...
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For over four decades, This Old House has been America’s most trusted source for home improvement, craftsmanship, and restoration. Now, we’re bringing that same expertise to the airwaves with This Old House Radio Hour—a weekly deep dive into the art, science, and soul of home building. Hosted by This Old House editor Jenn Largesse and featuring all your favorite TOH experts, each episode blends practical advice with rich storytelling. Whether you’re tackling a DIY project, renovating a histo ...
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Deana Lewis talks with Valli Kalei Kanuha, Mimi Kim and Andrea Ritchie, whose entry into the feminist of color movement spans the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s. Together, they weave a long view of the abolitionist feminist movement that crosses generations, geographic expanses from Hawaii to Minnesota to Toronto and movements including HIV AIDS, anti-i…
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The Ultimate DIY Cleaning Solution + Peter Sagal’s House from Hell!
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This week on This Old House Radio Hour, we’re scrubbing deep, digging trenches, and pulling back the curtain on the emotional side of homeownership. We open the episode with Brandon Pleshek—aka “Clean That Up”—who shares his go-to DIY vinegar-based cleaner, why it works, and where you should never use it. Then it’s onto the phones, starting with a …
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Is Your Parents Home Safe + DIY Weed Killer + The Right Way to Refinish Butcher Block
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This week on This Old House Radio Hour, we’re making your home smarter, safer, and more soulful—whatever your age, stage, or style. Rick Cantino from Operation Independence joins us with essential advice for aging in place, from grab bars to threshold-free showers to stair lifts that won’t kill your curb appeal. Then we take your calls: a fireplace…
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Deana Lewis talks with Mariame Kaba, Erica Meiners, and Shira Hassan - three abolitionist feminists who discuss the work they created and built in Chicago from the early 2000’s through the early 2010’s. They reflect on their path from witnessing the failures of the mainstream anti-violence movement especially for survivors, young people, formerly i…
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Our host, Deana Lewis, chats with Theryn Kigvamasudvashti, Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby whose early community accountability work in Seattle rippled throughout the country. Their feminist abolitionist work inside and outside the evolving local domestic and sexual violence non-profit context in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s innovated s…
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The Ultimate Home Organization Method + How to Drill Safely into Walls
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This week on This Old House Radio Hour, we’re helping you bring order to the chaos—starting with the junk drawer. The founders of the Neat Method join us to share their ultimate organizing approach: no label maker required. Then, we roll up our sleeves for practical fixes around the house, including how to repaint a metal garage door, treat cedar b…
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Join our host Deana Lewis as she interviews Esteban Kelly and Jenna Peters-Golden who were core collective members of Philly Stands Up that worked to restore trust and justice within the Philadelphia punk community starting in the early 2000’s. Philly Stands Up developed essential frameworks and practices for supporting accountability and change fo…
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Modern Feng Shui Tips + Restoring Rusted Chrome Fixtures + How to Stop Paint from Peeling
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This week on This Old House Radio Hour, we’re shifting the energy—literally. Architect and modern feng shui expert Cliff Tan joins us to share how simple design changes can create more harmony, balance, and positive flow in your home. From furniture placement to room orientation, Cliff breaks down the ancient principles of feng shui with a fresh, a…
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Deana Lewis chats with Cara Page and Mia Mingus about their work in Atlanta during the early to mid 2000’s. They discuss the building of the Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative whose critical work intersected with the beginnings of the frameworks of healing justice and disability justice and the burgeoning reproductive justice movement. Mi…
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Tips for Keeping Pests Out of Your Home This Spring, Plus: Actor William H. Macy Restores Two Cabins in "My Old Home"
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Spring is in full swing, and so are pests and critters. The Bug Boys join us to help prevent infestations in and around your home, wherever you live! In “My Old House,” actor William H. Macy takes us on a personal tour of his Vermont cabin complex, which he has personally built over three decades; the ups and downs of his building have mirrored the…
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Join Deana Lewis as she speaks with our guests Rachel Herzing, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Mimi Kim about the essential organizing they were a part of to end violence without police, prisons and other carceral systems during the early to mid-2000’s in Oakland and San Francisco. They discuss the impact of the events of September 11, ongoin…
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Sound Proofing Your Bathroom + How To Paint Your Garage Door + Walter Mosley’s Los Angeles
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This week on This Old House Radio Hour, we meet Bo Petterson—a 66-year-old dad, DIYer, and unexpected TikTok sensation. Known to millions as @DadAdviceFromBo, Bo began posting home repair videos with his daughter Emily as a way to help her recover from a traumatic brain injury. What started as a private act of love has grown into a viral force for …
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Host Deana Lewis speaks with abolitionist feminists kai lumumba barrow, Paula X. Rojas, and Ejeris Dixon about organizing in New York City during the late 90’s and early to mid 2000’s. Their work to end police violence was spurred by police murders of Black and Brown people in New York City, sexual violence by police that targeted young people in B…
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Designing for Disaster: How Los Angeles Builds Back Smarter + Saving The Outsider’s House + Four DIY Fixes: Chimneys, Circuits, Ceilings, and Steam
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This week on This Old House Radio Hour—what does it mean to rebuild not just homes, but entire communities? Sunset Magazine editor-in-chief Hugh Garvey joins us to discuss the magazine’s special issue devoted to the rebuilding of Altadena and Pacific Palisades in the wake of January’s devastating wildfires. Sunset, a voice in California architectur…
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In this episode, our host Deana Lewis, speaks with three Black feminist abolitionist organizers from Durham’s SpiritHouse. Nia Wilson, Mya Hunter and Alexis Pauline Gumbs discuss the Black and Brown survivor led group they formed called Ubuntu as a response to the Duke lacrosse rape case that led to the creation of one of the first Harm-Free Zones …
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Fixing Knob and Tube Wiring + Patching Moldy Dry Wall + Alessandro Nivola's Brooklyn Row House
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This week, we meet writer Patrick Hutchinson who bought a $7,500 off-the grid, moss-covered Craigslist cabin—and taught himself to fix it with YouTube and trial and error. How he went from clueless to carpenter and changed his life. Actor Alessandro Nivola shares how his Brooklyn row house became a living tribute to Brutalism, family, and art histo…
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In this episode, host Deana Lewis talks with micah hobbes frazier and Morgan Bassichis, two trans/nonbinary leaders of the transformative justice/prison abolition movement emerging out of radical organizing in queer/trans spaces in the early to mid-2000’s. micah, in his role at generationFIVE and in the harm reduction movement, and Morgan, formerly…
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Farm to Table Architecture, Soundproofing your Bedroom, Plus Our DIY Experts Answer Your Home Improvement Questions
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On this week’s This Old House Radio Hour, architects Jack Becker and Andrew Linn of BLDUS in Washington, D.C. explain how they’re turning the sustainable food movement into a sustainable building movement with their “Farm-to-Shelter” philosophy—drawing inspiration from Chef’s Table and using regional, regenerative materials to create homes that are…
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Welcome to Stories for Power! Creative Interventions and Just Practice Collaborative joined forces to re-launch the StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP) project to document and collect histories and stories about how we have been working to respond to violence without the use of prisons, police and other carceral systems. Deana Lewis, our podca…
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MythBusters Adam Savage, Roseanne Cash's Steampunk Meets Jane Austen Town House + DIY and Home Improvement Answers
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Adam Savage—former MythBuster and maker movement icon—joins us to talk about the philosophy of tools, the joy of failure, and building a 200-hour replica of Hellboy’s revolver. Then we visit Charleston to uncover the truth behind those sideways-facing row houses (spoiler: it’s not about taxes). Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash invites us into her lov…
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“How Much Do You Pay in Rent" with Caleb Simpson + Home Improvement Q&A + Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
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On this episode of This Old House Radio Hour, we sit down with viral sensation Caleb Simpson, the TikTok star who’s made a name asking one simple question: “How much do you pay in rent?” Caleb shares what 500+ home tours have taught him about housing, design, and what our spaces say about who we are. Then, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kea…
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What does transformative justice look like and where did it come from? Join us for a journey across local communities as we explore the last 25 years of building community accountability, transformative justice and abolitionist practice. Through the Stories for Power podcast, hosted by Deana Lewis, we trace the work of some of the architects and ra…
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Ken Burns Shows Us, His Creative Shangri-La, Sarah Susanka On Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better and a Blue Print for Rebuilding Los Angeles
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On this week’s episode, we rethink the meaning of home—from the scale of a single room to the soul of a sprawling city. First, visionary architect and best-selling author Sarah Susanka joins us to reflect on the enduring appeal of her groundbreaking book The Not So Big House. She unpacks power of designing for quality over quantity, how smarter, sm…
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American Picker Mike Wolfe’s Main Street Revival, Historic Homes Under $1,000, and 60-Second Fixes for Everyday Problems!
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Welcome to the Premiere of This Old House Radio Hour! Join us for an hour of expert-driven DIY and home improvement, where craftsmanship, history, and hands-on know-how come together. Master carpenter Callum Robinson reads from his bestselling memoir, Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman, and shares with host Jenn Largesse the deep joy of woodworki…
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This Old House has been America’s most trusted source for home improvement for over four decades. Now, we’re bringing that same expertise to the airwaves with This Old House Radio Hour. Each week we answer your DIY and renovation questions. Plus, we dive into the latest trends from building science to design with an ear for great storytelling about…
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