Episode 4 - The Fourth Episode

About this episode

Charles seeks help with his family history from Vanessa Holmes, but faces personal setbacks.

Send a text Charles gets help untangling family history from Vanessa Holmes, author of the definitive biography of the Putnam Family, Blood Pudding. Unfortunately, Vanessa and Estelle are on sour terms, and when Estelle catches wind, she throws him out of her AirBnB. Charles’s fortunes take another hit as his girlfriend, Amy, has stopped answering his texts. We learn about the life of Amanda Putnam-Hart, from her time in Berlin as a pioneering pudding-based performance artist, to her tenure a...

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Satow, Jack Canfora

Guest: Vanessa Holmes

Topics covered

• family history
• biography
• performance art
• relationships
• conflict

Keywords

• family history
• Putnam Family
• Vanessa Holmes
• performance art
• Blood Pudding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Putnam Family

Books & works: Blood Pudding

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