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00:05:43

The 17 Dollar Tomato

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2014/06/10

Welcome to The Mud Room, a joint commentary project of Rumble Strip Vermont and The Dooryard. In this first commentary we bring you Walt Amses, a writer and former educator in North Calais, Vermont. The essay is called The 17 Dollar Tomato, and it welcomes us to the special tyranny of gardening season in Vermont. Send us your tired and poor We want to hear your stories of gardens past and present. Your failed attempts, your bolted greens. Tell us about your woodchuck problems, your canning burns,

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00:11:23

The Milk Bowl

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2014/05/02

For generations of Vermonters, Thursday nights in the summer have meant one thing….Thunder Road. This quarter mile short track opened in 1960 and it’s home to some of the most passionate drivers and fans you’re likely to find anywhere. In this show, owner Tom Curley talks about the culminating race of the season, the Milk Bowl.

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00:10:11

Boring Man

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2014/04/01

Everyone’s heard about Burning Man, the counter-cultural festival held every summer in Black Rock City Nevada. Sex, drugs, monumental installations….you know all about it. But you may not know about Boring Man, the counter-counter-cultural festival that’s sort of a mirror image of Burning Man. Here’s Larry Massett with a report from last year’s Boring Man.

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00:13:32

Woodstove

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2014/03/27

I went to a friend’s house the other night and she led me into her den where her best wood stove was and she sighed and said, ‘And this is where I live.’ It’s been a long winter and a lot of us have spent the better part of four months huddled around our stoves. I walked around Calais and asked people to talk about their firebuilding methods, their stoves, and their moods.

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00:10:59

Dry Wall

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2014/02/05

A dry wall is built with no mortar. The stones are carefully selected and they interlock and gravity holds them in place. The Great Wall of China was built this way. Scott Carrier’s wall was built this way too. Here is his story.

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00:24:13

Mortality Tales

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2014/01/20

For the last year I’ve been conducting interviews about death and dying for The Wake Up to Dying Project–a project that encourages people to think, and talk about death and dying. The goal is to help people be a little more prepared, both practically and emotionally, for our own deaths, and the deaths of loved ones. Today’s show features segments from an interview with Tim Kasten of Middlesex, VT. Tim has experienced more death in his family than many of us and he has significant medical

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00:10:26

Jack’s Buck

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2013/11/28

Here is one final deer story, recorded this year after youth hunting weekend. Jack Fannon, 12, went out hunting on his parents’ land in Calais, with friend, mentor, and hunter safety instructor Bob Raskevitz. Here’s what happened….

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00:39:34

Alan LePage

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2013/10/09

Alan LePage has been an organic vegetable gardener in central Vermont for over thirty years–long before anyone cared much about organic farming–long, long before words like ‘sustainable’, ‘local’, ‘artisinal’ started being used, ad nauseam. His family has farmed the same piece of land since the civil war. Alan is also an expert mushroom forager, mentor, activist and philosopher. He has a voracious mind and he’s impossible to categorize, except perhaps as an event. I had to interview him twice. I

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00:49:37

Geof Hewitt

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2013/09/12

An interview with poet, teacher, and reigning Vermont poetry slam champion, Geof Hewitt. In this interview, Geof talks about a lifetime of writing and what it means, to him, to be successful. He talks about his early years as a Vermont homesteader from New Jersery, and slowly becoming a Vermonter. And of course we hear lots of poetry. Geof has published three books for teachers and four collections of poetry. His books are available at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, in libraries, and online.

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00:30:40

That Song

Rumble Strip ·

2013/08/14

This is a show about songs, and stories about songs. You’ll hear about sack races, summer camp, love lost and found–and the songs that marked these events. There is some Meat Loaf this hour. There is brave singing and humming. There is blood and there are guitar solos. It’s an hour of music you’re sure to love and hate, and I encourage you to dance. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196839664″ params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%”

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00:45:46

Prisoner of Zion

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2013/08/03

This week features radio producer and writer Scott Carrier, reading from his book, Prisoner of Zion. This program was produced by Larry Massett for Hearing Voices, and ran nationally in 2011. The great folks there have given me permission to air it on Rumble Strip Vermont. Shortly after the World Trade Center fell in autumn 2001, it became clear the United States would invade Afghanistan. Producer Scott Carrier decided he ought to go there too. Why? To see for himself: that’s what writers do. Who

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00:56:01

Prisoners of War

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2013/07/19

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/140254783″ params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /]This hour features four Vermont soldiers captured at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The program weaves together their stories of capture, internment, and the challenges of returning to civilian life. Credits: This program features Vermont veterans Cliff Austin, Harrison Burney, Bill Busier, and Robert Norton. It has aired

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00:49:42

Road Scholars

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2013/06/07

This week’s episode of Rumble Strip is about the high art of Vermont road maintenance, and the diplomacy required to (almost) please everyone. It features interviews with East Montpelier road foreman Mike Garand and retired state highway dispatcher Ray Burke. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU HAVE ONE! Also, if you subscribe to the site, you’ll receive automatic announcements on upcoming shows. Thanks! My thanks to Andy Kolovos of the Vermont Folklife Center for his help with archival material for

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01:01:59

Miriam Bernardo

Rumble Strip ·

2013/05/23

Singer Miriam Bernardo talks about what can go right, and wrong—onstage. She talks about how she puts a life together as a musician in central Vermont, and what it feels like to sing, and live—wide open. And? We get to hear her sing. The show also features radio documentary producer Larry Massett, reading from the Barre police log. Photographs of Miriam by Josh Larkin Show music credits: Ribbon Bow: Writer unknown. Performed by Foley Artist Secret Words: Paul Bowles. Performed by Foley Artist Is

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00:58:47

Colin McCaffrey Talks Shop

Rumble Strip ·

2013/05/09

In the maiden voyage of Rumble Strip Vermont, musician and producer Colin McCaffrey discusses the expectation of inspiration in a cup of tea, music as a career, and mushroom foraging… Photo by Will Forest

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