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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.

society & culture

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31:33

How this soccer team is addressing climate change one...

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2024/05/24

(May 24, 2024) Vermont Green FC is the first club in the U.S. to marry its responsibility to the sport of soccer to its responsibility to the planet.

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28:12

North Words: that time a car and a plane raced...

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2024/05/17

(May 17, 2024) Describing the feeling of flight is near impossible. But Aurora Pfaff captures it well in her exploration of air travel through the Adirondacks.

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26:32

North Words: a Pyrites story comes to life thanks to...

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2024/05/10

(May 10, 2024) The new novel "Catherine's Dream" was inspired by an arranged marriage that brought a Polish woman to live in the sleepy hamlet of Pyrites

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42:43

Oh no, not another clip show!

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2024/04/19

(Apr 19, 2024) North Words looks back at some of the best revelatory moments from the last year and a half and pulls back the curtain on how public radio is made.

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27:28

"I need to tell you..." about Double Axel

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2024/03/22

(Mar 22, 2024) A song recorded in the '80s by the popular North Country band, "Double Axel," has found new life thanks to a cover by the former drummer's son, Kyle Tupper.

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29:04

What to do when your double-axel looks like a...

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2024/03/15

(Mar 15, 2024) Paul Wylie is an Olympic Gold Medalist who now trains students on the ice. And his secret for the perfect routine? Well, you've got to fall down a lot first.

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13:52

NPR's Tiny Desk Contest proves that talent can come...

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2024/02/09

(Feb 9, 2024) For a decade, the contest has been providing opportunities for unsigned artists to be heard around the world

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24:13

Is your book on the edge of death? Call the Book Doctor.

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2024/02/02

(Feb 2, 2024) Mark Wish is a novelist who, between books, makes ends meet by giving "tough love" to writers whose stuff isn't up to snuff. His new mystery is "Necessary Deeds."

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15:24

These folks from Osceola are keeping the legend of...

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2024/01/26

(Jan 26, 2024) On this week's North Words, we'll hear from some B&B owners whose ancestors keep us connected to a simpler time.

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53:54

North Words bonus edition: January 2024

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2024/01/26

(Jan 26, 2024) All the interviews from the January edition of North Words, in one breezy 54-minute package!

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35:35

Some alphabets are dying out. This writer is trying...

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2024/01/19

(Jan 19, 2024) Tim Brookes is fascinated by language and writing. So he invented a day to celebrate them.

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18:12

Investigating the far-right landscape of the North...

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2024/01/12

(Jan 12, 2024) On this week's North Words, Mitch features a conversation between news director, David Sommerstein, and podcast hosts Emily Russell and Zach Hirsch.

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53:51

North Words bonus edition: December 2023

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2023/12/29

(Dec 29, 2023) No reruns for us! It's a fresh, 53-minute radio show for the last Friday of December.

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25:13

Coming out almost derailed this country artist's...

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2023/12/22

(Dec 22, 2023) Drake Jensen says that when he came out, his music stopped getting the attention it used to. But now his Christmas song is an independent country sensation.

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19:18

Every musician remembers the song that inspired them...

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2023/12/15

(Dec 15, 2023) Jim Madeja is a founding member of the Orchestra of Northern New York. We asked him to name the song that started his musical journey.

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28:57

It's no baloney: Croghan's Blaine Campany knows how...

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2023/12/08

(Dec 8, 2023) Everyone thinks Croghan Bologna is a huge business. But it's actually a mom-and-pop shop. Its fourth-generation owner is bringing things into the 21st century.

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27:39

This Saratoga Springs author hiked the route used to...

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2023/12/01

(Dec 1, 2023) In order to write about Rudi Vrba, Steve Sheinkin had to walk in his footsteps. Literally. But most people don't know who Rudi is or why he's important to WW2.

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53:47

North Words bonus/not bonus edition: November 2023

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2023/11/24

(Nov 24, 2023) It's the last Friday of the month, so this is when we would normally inflict your podcast player with an extra episode of North Words. But it's also Thanksgiving week, so this is the only one you're getting today. It's the best content from the past month - think of it as Thanksgiving leftovers for your brain.

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27:21

This financial planner wants to ditch the "starving...

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2023/11/17

(Nov 17, 2023) A former Crane student and financial planner knows that the way to keep art healthy in the North Country is to encourage financial literacy in musicians.

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18:28

How this Saranac Lake teacher got a banned book back...

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2023/11/10

(Nov 10, 2023) This Saranac Lake teacher reached out to a Pulitzer Prize winner to say she adored her book. She didn't expect a response... or to be asked for a personal favor.

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