If you love listening to podcasts when you are working, walking, or just going from place to place, this list is for you. In the last few months, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has had several of our sites and programs featured on podcasts. These conversations range from a discussion of expanding the designation of landmarks connected to women in Los Angeles, an engaging conversation on historic trades as HOPE Crew celebrates its 10th anniversary, and conversations around objects and a new book at National Trust Historic Sites.

And as a bonus we wanted to add to your regular rotation five podcasts from the National Trust family including Main Street America and National Trust Sites Montpelier, Filoli, President Lincoln’s Cottage, and the White House Historical Association (which operates Decatur House).

Check out the full list below.

Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservation (July 3, 2025)
For the Record: Reclaiming Women’s History

Of the more than 1,300 local landmarks in the City of Los Angeles, less than three percent—that’s right, three—reference the history or contributions of women.

In this episode from Save As, brought to you by the University of Southern California, listeners hear from some of the people working to change that by amending nominations for existing landmarks (known in L.A. as Historic-Cultural Monuments, or HCMs).

This includes USC students Mel James, Leslie Madrigal, and Evan McAvenia who discuss their research for an advanced documentation class, doctoral student Arabella Delgado who shares how she laid the groundwork for the class in an internship with the Los Angeles Conservancy (LAC), and Chris Morris of the National Trust for Historic Preservation talks about the role of the class in the ongoing Los Angeles Women’s Landmarks Project—a collaboration between the National Trust, LAC, and the City’s Office of Historic Resources that seeks to make Los Angeles a model of more equitable landmarking practice.

Tangible Remnants (July 22, 2025)
10th Anniversary Celebration of HOPE Crew

In May 2025, Tangible Remnants host Nakita Reed, was the emcee for a livestream celebration of the 10th Anniversary of HOPE (Hands-On-Preservation Experience) Crew. Since 2014, it has trained more than 802 young people and veterans, engaged over 3,000 volunteers in historic preservation trades through projects at sites like Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, Nina Simone's Childhood Home in Tryon, North Carolina, and Estate Little Princess in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

This is a condensed version of the livestream features a moderated conversation between Monica Rhodes, founding director of HOPE Crew and the president & founder of Rhodes Heritage Group, and Milan Jordan, current director of HOPE Crew; a reflection discussion with Molly Baker, one of the most senior tenured employees with the program, and snippets from three different panels. Those featured in this podcast are:

• Marie Walker, COO of the Corps Network
• Mike Muckle, Exec. Director of NJYC of Phillipsburg
• Shonto Greyeyes Program Director at the Conservation Legacy
• Alicia Spence, Founder of Spence Timber works

Massachusetts Historical Society: The Object of History (July 1, 2025)
"The Rock of Offense": Visiting the Liberator’s Imposing Stone at the Museum of African American History in Boston

On this episode of The Object of History, the Object of History podcast hosts visit an item from the Massachusetts Historical Society collection currently on loan to the Museum of African American History on Boston’s Beacon Hill. They examine the imposing stone that enabled the printing of William Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist publication, The Liberator, and learn more about the building’s importance to African American history in Boston as well as the Museum’s current exhibits.

US Modernist Radio (June 2025)
Authors Nora Wendl + Todd Gannon + Kevin Murphy + Mary Ann Hunting + Musical Guest Gabrielle Stravelli

Listen as the US Modernist Radio crew talks and laughs with fascinating people who own, sell, create, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most controversial houses and buildings in the world. In this episode author Nora Wendl shares the real story of Dr. Edith Farnsworth, the client behind Mies van der Rohe’s famous Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois.

Podcasts from the National Trust Family of Organizations

Main Street Business Insights
Main Street America

Each week, join host Matt Wagner, Ph.D., as he travels the country and takes a deep dive into the personal journeys of downtown and neighborhood entrepreneurs. The stories that far too often go unheard. Learn about the innovative ways that these Main Street businesses have overcome adversity, whether it’s starting a new enterprise or keeping a multi-generation business alive, and the advice they have for others on how to keep their businesses on track. Main Street Business Insights is powered by Main Street America.

Suggested Episode: Delta Dirt Distillery Co-Owner and CEO Harvey Williams (September 27, 2023)

Consider the Constitution Podcast
James Madison's Montpelier

Consider the Constitution is a podcast from the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier. The show provides insight into constitutional issues that directly affect every American. Hosted by Dr. Katie Crawford-Lackey the podcast features interviews with constitutional scholars, policy and subject matter experts, heritage professionals, and legal practitioners.

Suggested Episode: Beyond the Founders: How Ordinary American’s Built a Government (May 28, 2025)

Q&Abe
President Lincoln's Cottage

Every day at President Lincoln’s Cottage we engage with visitors in conversation on difficult topics, from slavery to grief to immigration. Visitors, young and old alike, come here from next door and from around the globe. And occasionally, we get asked a question on a tour that stops us in our tracks – one we wish we could spend a half hour answering. Some of these questions, on their face, were innocent or simple, but on a second look they contain a level of complexity that leaves us wanting to know more.

Q&Abe podcast that investigates real questions from visitors to the Cottage. Each episode, we’ll investigate a single real question a visitor asked us here.

Suggested Episode: “Wasn’t she crazy?” (Octobr 1, 2020)

Morning in the Garden
Filoli

Wish you could start your day in a garden? Join Willa Brock, the interim director of collections & interpretation, for Morning in the Garden as she wanders through Filoli’s ever-changing landscape, sharing seasonal highlights and chatting with horticultural staff about their plant passions and expert tips. Special “Garden Hopping” episodes take listeners outside Filoli's gates to explore other stunning gardens across California and beyond.

Suggested Episode: Forest Folk (June 25, 2025)