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North Words

NCPR: North Country Public Radio

It"s life in the North Country - everything from athletes, to artists, and great stories.

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28:50

Indigenous Artifacts are returning home thanks to...

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2025/10/31

(Oct 31, 2025) How Katherine Scott hopes her work will inspire others to rethink the objects in their collections.

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48:38

The man who built NYC's first subway in secret

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2025/10/24

(Oct 24, 2025) Matthew Algeo's new book chronicles the secret project to build New York City's first ever pneumatic subway system

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43:29

Math can be artistic and fun when you use cats to...

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2025/10/17

(Oct 17, 2025) Dan Look's new book "Math Cats" scratches the surface of complex mathematical concepts through fun cat puns

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50:58

North Words: The undead sound of Estonia: Puuluup’s...

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2025/10/02

(Oct 2, 2025) Puuluup brings the talharpa back from obscurity—with loops, punk, and even a dash of Eurovision.

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33:19

Writer Giles Blunt says the "Murder Muse" no longer...

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2025/09/05

(Sep 5, 2025) The Luisitania and the cure cottages of Saranac Lake collide in a new novel by the best-selling Canadian author of the "John Cardinal" series.

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59:16

Songs about Ukraine, a play about government, and a...

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2025/08/29

(Aug 29, 2025) A look back at conversations with singer, Vitalia, and playwright, Nina Kissinger. Plus Ethan and Mitch talk about a really weird conspiracy theory.

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17:18

Prison cooking, Beach Boys, and more on this season...

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2025/08/15

(Aug 15, 2025) Mitch Teich welcomes HOWL Podcast host Ethan Shantie into the studio to talk about the 4th season of the show.

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23:51

In a house that healed, a museum that remembers

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2025/08/01

(Aug 1, 2025) How Saranac Lake's cultural history is about more than tuberculosis patients.

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1:06:10

If it sounds good, it is good!

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2025/07/25

(Jul 25, 2025) Mitch and Ethan talk about musical revelations, The Ataris, Sugarhill Gang, Nickelback, and more as they revisit some of their favorite recent conversations.

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46:30

The Adirondacks are home to an anarchic cult in "The...

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2025/06/27

(Jun 27, 2025) Rocker Rob Benvie's new novel follows two girls who fall under the spell of a charismatic cult leader building his flock in the Adirondack High Peaks.

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37:10

North Words: The Pendragon Theater's curtain call at...

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2025/06/20

(Jun 20, 2025) The historic playhouse is renovating and adding to the former A&P building in Saranac Lake, which will allow them to host bigger productions.

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40:39

The quiet stories that outlive us

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2025/06/13

(Jun 13, 2025) Following the news of Harry Mitchell's death, we revisit our conversation with him. He tells us about managing Niagara Mohawk and his time in Korea.

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37:34

What this New York writer learned by driving an RV...

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2025/06/06

(Jun 6, 2025) Frank Berry traveled across the US on the 3,300 mile Lincoln Highway, talking to people along the way. He wanted to find out what holds the country together.

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42:37

People always ask this Ukranian-Canadian singer "Did...

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2025/05/23

(May 23, 2025) Vitalia is a jazz-pop singer who's using song-writing as therapy, but it's helping her audience, too. She recorded the song "Land of Black" when Ukraine was invaded.

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39:59

A book about a book about a book... Metafiction can...

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2025/05/02

(May 2, 2025) Jeff Kramer is a former journalist whose new book is about a journalist who is writing a book about a jouranlist.

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54:00

North Words: The April 2025 Radio Show

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2025/04/25

(Apr 25, 2025) For those of you who like your podcasts in longer chunks, here's the full episode of North Words - the radio show - that aired on April 25, 2025, featuring naturalist and writer Ed Kanze, and former MuchMusic VJ Bill Welychka.

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26:44

The composer behind "Get Out" brings music to ONNY

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2025/04/25

(Apr 25, 2025) ONNY Director Michael Colbrun tapped composer Michael Abels, who has worked with Jordan Peele, to compose new work for this season's Spring Concerts

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53:27

How to stay curious with Much Music VJ Bill Welychka

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2025/04/11

(Apr 11, 2025) The former video jockey has interviewed almost everyone under the sun, but always managed to stay curious. In the last few years, he has stepped out of the limelight.

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45:17

Radiolab's Lulu Miller is now a children's author

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2025/04/04

(Apr 4, 2025) Her book "Trucky Roads" feels like a Radiolab segment brought to life... except it's about cartoon trucks.

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31:15

You can hear stuff in the background of this new...

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2025/03/20

(Mar 20, 2025) Michael Shofi and Jake Slater recorded "The Tupper Tapes, Vol. 1" in a hunting cabin in Tupper Lake with rain clattering on the roof and a fire crackling in the fireplace.

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