Davia Nelson's guest appearances

Davia Nelson

Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing

Archives In Context

Full Expression

Jennifer Johnson

Bob Clark

Christine Weideman

Mary Caldera

Laura Millar

Peter Wosh

Anthony Cocciolo

Karen Trivette

Michelle Caswell

Cal Lee

Kathleen D. Roe

Teresa Brinati

Stacie Williams

Danna Bell

Trevor Owens

OwlTail

Davia Nelson is a radio producer, screen writer and casting director. She began in radio as a DJ in high school in Los Angeles. She later attended UC Santa Cruz and began documenting the community through a series of oral history pieces. With her partner, Nikki Silva, Davia founded “The Kitchen Sisters,” one of the most lasting and prolific public radio production teams in modern history. Their NPR series include “Hidden Kitchens,” “Lost and Found Sounds,” the “Sonic Memorial Project,” “The Hidden World of Girls” and “The Keepers.” They have won 2 James Beard Awards, 2 Peabody Awards and the DuPont Columbia Award among others. Davia has also worked in the film industry as a casting director for Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders and Wes Anderson, among others. She was a screenplay writer and producer of “Imaginary Crimes,” starring Harvey Keitel. In January 2022, the Library of Congress acquired The Kitchen Sisters' archive, includung more than 7,000 hours of audio recordings.  I spoke with Davia about her lifelong journey as a sonic detective, her tips for conducting a great interview and why she believes storytelling is one of our most vital necessities.  

Davia Nelson is a radio producer, screen writer and casting director. She began in radio as a DJ in high school in Los Angeles. She later attended UC Santa Cruz and began documenting the community through a series of oral history pieces. With her partner, Nikki Silva, Davia founded “The Kitchen Sisters,” one of the most lasting and prolific public radio production teams in modern history. Their NPR series include “Hidden Kitchens,” “Lost and Found Sounds,” the “Sonic Memorial Project,” “The Hidden World of Girls” and “The Keepers.” They have won 2 James Beard Awards, 2 Peabody Awards and the DuPont Columbia Award among others. Davia has also worked in the film industry as a casting director for Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders and Wes Anderson, among others. She was a screenplay writer and producer of “Imaginary Crimes,” starring Harvey Keitel. In January 2022, the Library of Congress acquired The Kitchen Sisters' archive, includung more than 7,000 hours of audio recordings.  I spoke with Davia about her lifelong journey as a sonic detective, her tips for conducting a great interview and why she believes storytelling is one of our most vital necessities.

Ep #17 — Davia Nelson – Kitchen Sisters Radio

In this bonus episode, we meet Davia Nelson (left), one half of The Kitchen Sisters along with Nikki Silva. Their podcast, The Keepers, spotlights activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors, historians and other keepers of culture. Because of their work, The Kitchen Sisters received SAA’s 2019 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award. Learn how The Keepers came to be and why The Kitchen Sisters revere archivists and the materials stewarded by archival repositories. https://archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/season-2-episode-4_kitchen-sisters.mp3   Episode Extras  Check out The Keepers podcast and learn more about The Kitchen Sisters’ work at www.kitchensisters.org. You can read excerpts from this conversation (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) on ArchivesAWARE!, the blog of SAA’s Committee on Public Awareness.

In this bonus episode, we meet Davia Nelson (left), one half of The Kitchen Sisters along with Nikki Silva. Their podcast, The Keepers, spotlights activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors, historians and other keepers of culture. Because of their work, The Kitchen Sisters received SAA’s <a href="https://www2.archivists.org/node/23743" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2019 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award</a>. Learn how The Keepers came to be and why The Kitchen Sisters revere archivists and the materials stewarded by archival repositories. <a href="https://archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/season-2-episode-4_kitchen-sisters.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/season-2-episode-4_kitchen-sisters.mp3</a> <h4>Episode Extras</h4> Check out <a href="http://www.kitchensisters.org/keepers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Keepers</a> podcast and learn more about The Kitchen Sisters’ work at <a href="http://www.kitchensisters.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kitchensisters.org</a>. You can read excerpts from this conversation (<a href="https://archivesaware.archivists.org/2019/02/21/weve-always-relied-on-the-kindness-of-archivists-a-conversation-with-davia-nelson-of-the-kitchen-sisters-part-1/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="https://archivesaware.archivists.org/2019/02/27/say-everything-out-loud-a-conversation-with-davia-nelson-of-the-kitchen-sisters-part-2/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, and <a href="https://archivesaware.archivists.org/2019/03/07/what-do-only-you-know-a-conversation-with-davia-nelson-of-the-kitchen-sisters-part-3/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Part 3</a>) on ArchivesAWARE!, the blog of SAA’s Committee on Public Awareness.

Season 2, Episode 4: Davia Nelson