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Mary Swander"s Buggy Land

Mary Swander"s Buggy Land, hosted by Mary Swander, explores life among the Amish and the arts and agriculture in the wider rural community.

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Season #3, Episode #44: Down in the Mines

Mary Swander"s Buggy Land ·

2023/02/15

Callers to the KLUU Radio Call-in Catastrophe show voice their concern about sink holes and the state legislature proposal to lift child labor and safety laws, allowing children to work in the meat packing plants and in the mines. Swander explores the use of manners in communal societies, then an Amish "greasy hand" gives tips on keeping an old Maytag washer running with vaseline.Connect with us on our new Substack pages where you will see photos and extras from the podcast:Mary Swander's

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38:18

Season #3, Episode #43: Liver and Walleye

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2023/01/30

In response to Mary Swander's Amish home butchering stories, Buggy Land listeners tell their own tales of procuring and butchering meat and fish. Rebecca Hawkins Valadez, Denny Coon, Larry Harris and Gene Zdrazil take center stage, connecting their stories to home, food, family and community.Connect with us on our new Substack pages where you will see photos and extras from the podcast:Mary Swander's Buggy Land: maryswander.substack.comAnd Mary Swander's Emerging Voices, showcasing young,

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22:35

Season #2, Episode #42: Home Butchering

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2023/01/06

It's home butchering time in Buggyland. Mary Swander visits her Amish neighbors, remembering the butcher shops of her youth, the making of braunschweiger, and the lost community of families working together to put up their own meat-all lost arts that stand in contrast to the practices of our modern food system. A four-legged furry creature comes to the party.Connect with us on our new Substack pages where you will see photos and extras from the podcast:Mary Swander's Buggy

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23:36

Season #2, Episode #41: Christmas Card from Buggy Land

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2022/12/14

Mary Swander writes of her Christmas with her Amish neighbors in Buggy Land, from attending their celebration in their one-room school, to singing carols with them on her porch. Music by the South East Iowa Symphony Orchestra and Iowa Wesleyan University Choir.Connect with us on our new Substack pages where you will see photos and extras from the podcast:Mary Swander's Buggy Landmaryswander.substack.comAnd Mary Swander's Emerging Voices, showcasing young, diverse writers on current

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45:42

Season #2, Episode 40: Watershed

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2022/11/29

Host Mary Swander interviews Ranae Lenor Hanson about her new book: Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress. A personal health crisis, stories from environmental refugees, and our climate in danger prompt a meditation on intimate connections between the health of the body and the health of the ecosystem.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to bonus interviews, books, postcards, poetry critiques and have Mary join you and a small group for a

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23:52

Season #2, Episode #39: A Nail Pulling Party

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2022/10/05

Host Mary Swander puts out a call to listeners for critter stories and gives instructions to make a pitch on the website: www. agarts.org. Swander tells the story of Old Order Amish neighbor Abram Yutzy demolishing a damaged room with just a hammer. Eventually, his large family joins him to pull the nails from the boards and romp with Swander's puppy. Reflections on waste, co-operation and living in a communal society. Ask Ruby segment on "Amish Paradise" and harmonica bands.Become a

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46:32

Season #2, Episode 38: Finding Turtle Farm: an...

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2022/09/22

Host Mary Swander interviews Angela Tedesco, author of the new book Finding Turtle Farm: My Twenty-Acre Adventure in Community-Supported Agriculture. (University of Minnesota Press). Tedesco traces her life as a vegetable farmer, from accessing land, to developing a viable CSA business, to transitioning her property at the end of her career. She discusses the nuts and bolts of a CSA, the organic methods she used and the way she improved her soil, the research she conducted, and how she

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28:22

Season #2, Episode #37: The Ballad of the Freemartin...

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2022/09/08

Farmer Levi Lyle tells of a visit from a crop inspector surveying hail damage. Lyle learns of the inspector's service as a Navy Seal, and reflects on the healing of wounds, both in the flesh and in the soil. Host Mary Swander tells of Freemartin Town's problems retaining a postmaster who can keep the names of the residents straight. With only 20 surnames with multiple spellings, it's hard to keep the Schlabaughs and Schabachs, the Bontrager and Borntragers, and the Hostetler and

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33:21

Season #2, Episode #36: The Reveal: The Great...

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2022/08/24

Host Mary Swander interviews textiles and clothing expert Susan Strawn, Ph.D., discussing the history and impact of potholders and how they reflect the time, interests, biases, and culture of their makers. Strawn then reveals the winners of our contest and the reasons for their selections. Slide show exhibits of both Strawn's personal potholder collection and of our contestant entries can be found on our website: www.agarts.org.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and

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35:55

Season #2, Episode #35: Scott Eickman, Farmer Sculptor

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2022/08/03

AgArts from Horse & Buggy Land travels to Manning, Iowa, this week to interview Scott Eickman, a farmer and metal sculptor. Eickman discusses the pieces that he makes in his garage from nuts, bolts, combine chairs and other farm implements. His latest work is a huge sculpture of a soldier carrying his wounded buddy out of a combat zone, reflecting Eickman's experiences in the Marine Corps in in Afghanistan and Iraq. Music by Robert Stone. Photos on the website by Annie Chapman

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32:42

Season #2, Episode #34: Lost and Found Dogs

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2022/07/08

Milo, Iowa duck farmer Phrakhounmany "Air" Philavanh tells a story of the Laotian Water Festival, cooling down the Buddha, and losing his dog in Thailand. Host Mary Swander tells of three different dogs she has had, all found in Amishland. Grossmommie Ruby provides a recipe for hot dog hash and gives her opinion on the latest Supreme Court ruling.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to bonus interviews, books, postcards, poetry critiques and have Mary

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47:10

Season #2, Episode #33: Taylor Brorby's Boys and Oil

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2022/06/22

Host Mary Swander interviews Taylor Brorby about his new memoir Boys and Oil (Norton): Growing up Gay in a Fractured Land, about his life in rural North Dakota in the middle of the fracking boom. Brorby discusses how, as a child, he coped with bullying through his exploration of the prairie and through the arts. He describes the Bakken Oil Boom, his political activism, his disability , and his grounding in his identity as a gay man.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land

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46:13

Season #2, Episode #32: Aparajita Sengupta:...

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2022/06/03

Through the help of a Cynipid grant, host Mary Swander interviews Fulbright Scholar Aparajita Sengupta who is presently in residence at the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky. Sengupta is writing a book about women farmers both in the U.S. and aboard. She tells of establishing a CSA, learning the science of permaculture, and rejuvenating a small farm near Calcutta, India.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to bonus interviews, books,

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30:38

Season #2, Episode #31: Into the Cosmos

Mary Swander"s Buggy Land ·

2022/05/18

In this episode we're looking back and reflecting on the last two years-how we survived, what we learned, how we grieved, and how we're recovering. Farmer Cathy Lafrenz of Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff, recounts the death of her husband and the efforts of her community to support her through this difficult time. Host Mary Swander spins a tale of the night sky and all it took in-from the loss of a friend, to home haircuts, to Amish wash on the line, to the Roman candles the

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25:43

Season #2, Episode #30: Two Beginning Farmers

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2022/05/04

Host Mary Swander interviews two young beginning farmers-Colton Anderson and Hannah Breckbill. They each tell how dedicated they are to farming and how fulfilling they find the job. After graduation from Central College, Colton Anderson will be returning to his 4,000 acre family farm where he will go into business with his father and grandfather. Hannah Breckbill, in contrast, had no family land but found a unique way to start her 25 acre vegetable farm through a land co-op.Become a premium

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40:24

Season #2, Episode #29: Ask Ruby

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2022/04/20

"Ruby, why do Amish men shave off their mustaches but still have beards? Do the Amish vote? Do they use binoculars? What are their favorite foods? What is Rumspringa? Can the Amish use solar panels? How do they observe Ascension Thursday?" Find answers to these and other winning questions in the "Ask Ruby Contest" with host Mary Swander and questioners from Iowa to New Mexico to Alaska. Music by Robert Stone.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to

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30:54

Season #2, Episode #28: Springtime in Freemartin Town

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2022/04/07

Potholes are the first sign of spring in Freemartin Town and host Mary Swander describes how they are repaired in her neighborhood. Practical Farmer of Iowa members Maya and Carmen Black tell the story of going through the derecho on their farm, living 7 days without electricity. Swander reads her poem "Scheherazade" about hiding from storms in her cellar. And in the final segment of the podcast, the Call-in Catastrophe Show at KLUU (Get a clue) Radio features derecho nomenclature and how

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33:33

Season #2, Episode 27: Behind the Scenes

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2022/03/24

Producer Rick Brewer interviews host Mary Swander about the origins of "AgArts from Horse & Buggy Land." Swander explains how the impetus for the show came from the owner of the local General Store. She tells how she created a recording studio, then during the pandemic, how she had to adapt the show to the circumstances. Ultimately, Swander created a fictional town (Freemartin Town) for the podcast and populated it with characters like Ruby, the grossmommie, reminding the listeners of

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23:56

Season #2 Episode #26: Grossmommies and Omas-Iowa to...

Mary Swander"s Buggy Land ·

2022/03/10

Host Mary Swander highlights stories of Ukraine from Annette Matjucha-Hovland, a listener in Muscatine, Iowa. Matjucha-Hovland tells how she learned to bake paska and cherry varenysky, traditional Ukrainian foods, from her grandmother, or oma. Swander recounts stories of Amish and Ukrainian grandmothers, then reminds the audience of the "Ask Ruby, the grossmommie" contest with a deadline of April 1, 2022.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to bonus

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27:21

Season #2, Episode #25: River House on the Prairie

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2022/02/23

Host Mary Swander interviews hornist Annie Chapman Brewer about her composition River House on the Prairie. This beautiful piece-a sound journal-- arose from Chapman's AgArts Farm-to-Artist residency at the Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids, Iowa. In her composition, Chapman responds to and answers the sounds that surround her at Whiterock-including red wing black birds, spring peepers, cardinals, and barred owls.Become a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain

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