Little Spouse on the Prairie
Airs Sundays at 8:35 a.m. CST (During Weekend Edition)
Each week, Valerie Brown-Kuchera brings us Little Spouse on the Prairie, the show where she pokes affectionate fun at her husband, her kids, her home and her rural life, even though she loves them all fiercely.
Little Spouse on the Prairie airs at this same time each week. It is a production of High Plains Public Radio. Written and voiced by Valerie Brown-Kuchera, with music by Kelly Werts, and produced by Ron Rohlf, with assistance from Angie Haflich.
More Little Spouse on the Prairie episodes can be found online at hppr.org.
Want to learn more about the show? Hear her interview with Jenny Inzerillo on High Plains Morning!
Latest Episodes
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I’m prefacing today’s sketch, “Fearful Symmetry,” with a couple of disclaimers.
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I am very, very lucky. Joel is rarely if ever, sick, and when he is, he actually retains most of his humanity
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Joel’s a saver to the point that he will continue to wear shoes until they are not much more than a few strips of worn leather clinging to a sole.
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I’m so glad there are people in the world that view cooking as an art because I do love to eat. My husband, given the opportunity, would enjoy experimenting in the kitchen.
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My teenaged daughter, despite regularly commenting on the utter hopelessness of my “old lady” wardrobe, sneaks into my dressing room and pilfers mascara, face cream, and hair accessories. Don’t even get me started on the criminal behavior that she exhibits now that she wears my shoe size.
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I never camped out as a kid. My parents weren’t campers. We didn’t even own a tent. At the time, I felt righteously indignant.
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To be honest, I may put on a show of indignation about my husband’s old-fashioned ways, but secretly, I am glad that Joel feels it is a “man’s job” to gas up the car, change the oil, and complete basic maintenance on our vehicles in preparation for family vacations.
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Other men swear they will never drive a minivan. Other men, as they add children to their lives, progress from a tough, extended-cab truck on to a four-wheel-drive SUV before succumbing to the humiliation of the dreaded van.
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We have trouble with pronouns in our house. Oh, we are past the pronoun – verb agreement issues that plagued our early courtship.