A few years back we were given a tour of the Queen’s beehives at Royal Park in London by Mike Gill, one of the Queen’s beekeepers. Justine Thieriot, who has been interning with The Kitchen Sisters these past months took over the tape and has created her first-ever radio story, The Queen’s Beekeeper. On Giving Tuesday we are proud to give it to you.
Also, on Giving Tuesday we ask you to give to The Kitchen Sisters to help support our intern and mentoring program and expand this vital part of our mission– to share our skills with the next generation of journalists, podcasters and public radio storytellers.
Justine is just the tip of the sonic iceberg here at The Kitchen Sisters. This year seven interns have worked with us – Kenny Gong, Mikayla McVey, Laura Klivans, Max Levenson Savage, Anne Hoffman, Eliza Smith… all new voices to watch out for. Some have gone on to journalism school, some are starting their first professional reporting jobs, one started an experimental folk band that toured the west coast in a school bus. All created startling new works while here.
The support you give The Kitchen Sisters makes our stories, workshops and documentary work possible and makes it possible for us to keep our intern and mentorship program alive and thriving. Your contribution will go a long way in helping cover the costs of running the program — office rental, computers, ProTools, recording field kits… Our production equipment is getting a little long in the tooth and needs some serious refreshing. It’s amazing what our interns are doing with the jalopies we have for them to work on now. It’s time for an upgrade.
Thank you for your generous support and for being a part of the ever-expanding Kitchen Sisterhood. We hope you enjoy Justine’s story as much as we do.
Mike Gill is no longer tending the Queen’s bees, but here’s what he had to say when he was.
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All best,
Davia & Nikki