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    WINNETKA: A Memoir

    WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir created and produced by award-winning actress Jessica Harper, with original music. The podcast features the voices of the Harper family, who share in the telling of their remarkable story.

    WINNETKA tells of six Harper kids coming of age in Eisenhower’s post-war America, in a Chicago suburb called Winnetka. The siblings are buffeted by the rages of a father with PTSD, challenged by life in a big family, rocked by social change in the sixties, and ultimately stunned by a long held family secret.

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    10. Corrections Apr 01, 2019
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    While going through our father’s files after the funeral, Sam finds stunning information about Dad’s ancestry that bounces crazily off of our mother’s. But Dad had altered his legacy. Also, his overt appreciation of my daughters has a healing effect.


    Bonus Episode: A Preface To Revelation Mar 28, 2019
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    Dad's presence would be more keenly felt after the revelations that followed his funeral...


    9. The Ice Storm Mar 25, 2019
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    I regret missing Woodstock, and resolve to tune in, turn on and drop out. Soon, all but one of us have left or been expelled from school. Dad melts down, then rebounds and moves his family to New York, marking the end of our childhood.


    Bonus Story: Drug Reboot Mar 21, 2019
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    You really want to smoke pot? It's strong as f**k these days!


    8. Strange Land Mar 18, 2019
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    Just as Papa Harper dies of alcoholism, Dad gets promoted and moves his reluctant family to the east coast. Billy and Diana and I go to college, seeking sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, while the younger three are miserable in their new home.Just as Papa Harper dies of alcoholism, Dad gets promoted and moves his reluctant family to the east coast. Billy and Diana and I go to college, seeking sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, while the younger three are miserable in their new home.


    Bonus Story: What We Wore Mar 14, 2019
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    You could just hear their golf clubs rattle as their parents realized their daughters were sleeping with hippies.


    7. Faith Mar 11, 2019
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    JFK’s assassination in ‘62 marks a sea change. I lose faith, while big sister Diana finds it, and marches for civil rights. My brothers commit a string of petty crimes, and Billy becomes the first to push back against Dad’s anger.


    Bonus Story: Dancing School Mar 07, 2019
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    I had crossed a threshold, and Mom was on the other side.


    6. Survival Mar 04, 2019
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    By 1962, my little brothers emulate their father’s work ethic while they fear his unpredictable rages. But the Cuban Missile Crisis makes us aware of greater dangers in the world outside our home.


    Bonus Story: Colorado Feb 28, 2019
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    As was customary in our family, I opted out of confrontation in favor of the harbor-resentment-for-life plan.


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