

Yes, There’s More To Maine Than Stephen King (Ft. Carrie, A Summer Place, and Wet Hot American Summer)
Explicit
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
S1 · E11
Sep 13, 2025
01:15:43
Episode notes
In the second of our Hometown episodes, Lauren and Christine head Down East to the great state of Maine. Like Philadelphia, the Pine Tree State has its class issues. Unlike Philly cheesesteaks, its lobster rolls contain mayo. But if it is so beautiful, why is it so creepy?
Book recommendations:
Carol F. Karlsen, The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
Edna St Vincent Millay, Collected Poems
Keywords
adultery
class
first love
beach
Maine
Stephen King
Carrie
Sissy Spacek
In the Bedroom
Todd Field
Pine Tree State
A Summer Place
Grease
teenagers
Wet Hot American Summer
Bradley Cooper
Michael Showalter
Sandra Dee
lobster
summer camp
Puritans
Salem
witchcraft
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Troy Donahue
The Dead Zone
Salem’s Lot
Molly Shannon
Paul Rudd
Amy Poehler