I drove around and asked people 'What class are you?'. Here's what they said.

A very intimate look at where food comes from

It's town meeting day. So let's TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN!

A show about neighbors helping neighbors. And seasonal depression.

Author Tom Mustill on whale behavior, and AI's role in diciphering their language. Also, whale singing. Lots.

This is a show about some of the crime we deal with here in central Vermont.

Jay Allison takes me fishing and we talk about radio and getting old and falling in love with strangers

Sitting at deer camp talking about hunting and loneliness and what to do next.

A conversation about working in HOLLYWOOD. And Marcel the Shell makes several adorable appearances.

In honor of Veteran's Day, a story of an extraordinary American life.

What does God have to do with gardening? For Armand...everything.

A postcard from childhood, that place we remember but can't visit anymore...

Leland graduated from high school. Here is a show with all the Lelands, past and present.

Tiana and I talk about what she has planned for her 1-year anniversary with her boyfriend.

Ira is a story keeper who collects epic tales from his everyday life.

Finn's bell finds its home at Hazen Union High School and rings in the Hardwick Memorial Day Parade.

A show about our unique love of dogs, and the pain of losing them.

Chris and Beth got a puppy and recorded the first seven months. It was harrowing. And hilarious.

He’s always practical and always generous and these things are always the same thing.

Helena is taking her citizenship test. I asked her to record what it feels like to become an American.

I was cleaning and listening to Foreigner and I thought of Grant Owen. The perfect company for New Years.

It's been another hard year for Pam and Andrea and Amanda.

A hunter and wildlife biologist takes me bird hunting.

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Finn Rooney killed himself in Walden, Vermont. This is a story about who he was and what he left.

After forty years farming this land, Peter Dunning is getting done.

A show about the people who stand with the accused.

Susan delivers a dead owl to the Fairbanks Museum and then we talk about Covid.

What does justice lose when human contact is lost?

A camp for people with and without disabilities that is the funnest ever.

A show about Chris and Beth singing. Made from home recordings.

A practical joke from a loved one in the hereafter...

Irfan tells me I can't understand war. I asked him to tell me about it anyway.

Bryan Pfeiffer takes me birding and we talk about nature and a little about death.

I ask Jane Lindholm all the questions I've been wanting to ask for years. In her garage.

Police here in central Vermont have been overrun with calls...and the cases are complex. Here is a special report.

A story about war and hairdressing.

Leland joined the volunteer fire department and I got a ride in his really loud truck.

A little musical about not very much.

A scientist on growing up second born in a one-child policy China. And we talk about the brain. And fish.

Even if you don't like soup. Just come.

Marriage is hard. How hard is it during Covid? It seems pretty hard.

Where we make our own damn decisions. Civilly, and in person.

To celebrate Inauguration Day...a show from Shaking out the Numb...PARTY IS EVERYTHING.

Three awful sisters plan a Zoom Christmas for their parents.

Daniel Kirk's story about surviving COVID, one fever dream at a time.

A conversation with Bill Schubart about love and fatness.

The first show in an experimental series with Sylvan Esso. About everything.

We talk about his childhood in the South, and one of the great loves of his life--Mr. Rogers.

A journey into the life and mind of Mark Utter

I am not fond of video conferencing. I learned this last week.

A show about donkeys, optimal chickenhood, and our future on earth.

A guest show from Bianca Giaever about loneliness, God, and the quest to live a meaningful life.

In her sixty years, Winnie has learned that not all Christians are actually Christian.

Another celebration of mundane, beloved objects used in our unglamorous everyday lives...

Leland just finished 10th grade in the middle of a pandemic. We sat in separate cars and talked things over.

It turns out there are a lot of ways to be food insecure and they're all invisible.

Pots and pans in Barcelona, in Toronto, in Putney, Vermont. Your recordings of the pandemic.

Your recordings about the pandemic.

Our fifth show, made with your recordings about the pandemic

Our show....made of your recordings about the pandemic

Here is Our Show 3 ... your recordings during the pandemic.

Our Show Two. Featuring...you during the pandemic. Come listen.

Your pandemic stories, arguments, songs, middle of the night thoughts, grocery runs. Let's make some damn shows.

A quick announcement about my dad.

Susan and I lie on the couch and talk about her PI work, and some of the benefits of getting older.

It's not a nursing home. It's not assisted living. It's a house...where love is evident.

An outtake with Ben Kilham about living with dyslexia.

Ben Kilham knows black bears better than anyone you know. And I could listen to him talk forever.

A show about turning 50 and recording Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Guys talking about their trucks.

Patrick Soniera loves bobcats more than most anyone else, and every now and then he kills one.

The 5th episode of the radio drama, Problems. Joel just came back from vacation. But of course...there were problems.

'What good is a poem? Maybe the good lies in the fact that there’s no easy answer to that question...'

Pulling off a full musical with 120 kids in three weeks. It is a fricking miracle.

Leland and I drove to Number 10 Pond and talked about high school. And girls. And avocado toast.

A story about the loggers who still cut with a chainsaw.

One instrument comprised of thirty instruments, played by a unique collection of individuals in central Vermont.

A show about graduating from high school. Excitement, plans, fears, and...prom.

Stories from the people who stand with victims of crime, from investigation through conviction.

A radio drama about two friends who support each other through their problems...in this episode, coffee and public school.

Captain JP Sinclair has investigated Vermont's most notorious homicides. Plus we used to play little league together.

A second conversation with T.O. about starting a new life after prison. Which is complicated.

First night at deer camp. In a snowstorm.

Almost 50. The kids almost launched. Susan has a treatable cancer. We talk about what happens next.

I spent a day with game warden Jeff Whipple during deer season. It was exciting.

I followed Christine Hallquist in the last days of her gubernatorial campaign. She was fun.

An interview with acclaimed performance artist Steve McFadden

The story of one woman's struggle with major depression, and her recovery.

In this show we look at the challenges in our community mental health care system.

The role that meaningful work plays in the lives of those with serious mental illness

Leslie hears voices. This is a story about what it’s like to be normal, from Leslie’s point of view.

What it's like day to day, year to year, to be the parent of a child with schizophrenia.

Housing for people with serious mental illness is in short supply...

A story about Vermont’s only permanent, supervised housing for people with serious mental illness.

It turns out there really is something called school spirit. Now I’m a believer.

Steve has spent decades wandering alleyways, climbing under bridges...documenting graffiti.

Candid conversation about being a woman and not being a man running for office.

A show about the love and art of teaching elementary school. And 6th grade mating rituals.

Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso takes a slow drive before soundcheck. She's a really good driver.

Thomas talks about growing up with autism, and growing into his life as a gay man.

The fourth season of Leland, my neighbor on the next hill over. This year...survival, cow skulls and North Korea...

Pam and Joel plan a song for open mic. They're excited but there are always hurdles.

It's getting warmer here, and things are heating up at local police departments.

Either one of the best bands from the '60s, or one of the worst bands of all time.

A conversation with one of Vermont's last mountain men.

What happens to love after memory is gone? A tribute to Greg Sharrow.

Private investigator Susan Randall talks about preparing a life story for a sentencing...then moving on.

Pam and Joel help each other through their problems. We listen.

Ryan Lott, founder of Son Lux, talks about where he goes looking for music in his brain.

A valentine to people learning to work in the world, and the people helping them get there....

Beth has 4 jobs and not enough money. What is it like to never have enough?

An up-close look at the mental healthcare crisis in our emergency rooms.

At 26, Scott Carrier hitchhiked across the US and ended up at NPR's front door. This is the story.

An annual season's greetings card from the Danforths. Fair warning, they had a rough year.

Tim Kasten's words on death and dying, and building a pine box for Tim, after his death.

Scott Carrier tells the story of a place in the wilderness far, far away from the news. It's a musical.

A few minutes in the barn with John and Eddie Rowell.

Clare Dolan's mission of glorious obscurity.

A story about mime and Parkinson's Disease

After forty years farming this land, Peter Dunning is getting done.

Stories from the people who serve your food.

A public radio program that gives your mind a chance to open its windows. Open them and then...see what happens!

He's seven days out of federal prison, and looking for a plain life.

A conversation about life on tour, musical collaboration, and church. Sort of.

Pretzel-related crime and more trouble at Dunkin' Donuts. The police have been busy.

Jeff Sessions is bringing back the war on drugs. Why should I care?

It's been a year since we've heard from my neighbor, Leland. Here's what's on his mind.

Temporarily healing the weary through song.

The last U.S. Ambassador to Syria arrived in the country just in time for the civil war to begin....

How feeding hungry people works. And how it's not working.

"Two pigeons, named Cody and Megan, were house hunting on the balcony of my apartment..."

Retired Vermont judge Ed Cashman talks about 25 years on the bench, and why punishment is never enough.

Victor is an undocumented Mexican farm worker whose future is increasingly uncertain. What is it like to never feel safe?

"When my son was three and just learning to talk, he informed me that 'he' was a 'she'."

Seasonal depression, Dunkin' Donuts, and learning about civic engagement in middle age.

Steve Sheinkin talks about boring textbook writing, the politics of American origin stories, and Benedict Arnold's leg.

Ho ho ho! It's time again for the annual seasonal update from the Keens!

A short visit into the mind of Nicholas, who waits patiently for his first child to make an appearance.

That’s the thing about lentils, if they were going to soften, they would have already fucking softened.

'You work each bird as an individual...'

Painter Charlie Hunter talks about what it feels like to make paintings, and we drive around in his Honda Element.

Excerpts from my day at the Fall Special Olympics.

Record producer Jim Rooney talks about how to make something great, then let it go.

Conversations with Americans who don't have enough to eat.

A conversation about hunting, then welding, then hunting again.

Private investigator Susan Randall and I drive around and talk about criminal justice and single parenting.

A stolen garage door clicker and a growling female. Here's your summer police report from central Vermont.

A conversation with Bread and Puppet founder and director, Peter Schumann. And some fiddling and drumming.

A postcard from childhood, that place we remember but can't visit anymore...

When Bill was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he asked his best friend to help him die.

A close look at what it's like to be a parent inside the DCF system.

I'm Aunt Bea. This is Aunt Lil. Both musty with penciled in moustaches and the stodgy good breeding of cauliflowers...

He's about to graduate from elementary school. He's got a lot on his mind.

Recent calls to the Barre and Montpelier city police

Growing up in a family where drug addiction is a fact of life.

Barry Forbes talks about hunting, trapping, and a life lived on Route 116.

A conversation with one of Vermont's most committed homesteaders.

Sarah Miller writes about her love for Bernie, and canvasing for Bernie in Nevada.

Scott Carrier spent a summer administering an hour-long mental health test with individuals in Utah. This is his story about it.

A rare look inside Vermont's most private and most troubled state agency.

Shampoo was stolen. Grapes were thrown. The police have been busy.

Here's a seasonal roundup of highlights from a year in the Becht family. Happy Holidays!

We talk about his new book. And writing. And middle age. And demonic possession...something for everyone.

What school consolidation means for small town life in Vermont...

Take a moment to locate the emergency exit, situated in the ceiling right above your seat...

Here is the best canoe story. It's by Scott Carrier. I listen to it over and over.

When friends potty trained at the dinner table, childhood educator Brett Berk figured it was time to write a book.

Larry Massett sent me this weird story. I’m hoping it's the beginning of weird new podcast...

She mucks about at the intersection of libraries, technology and politics. Then reports back...

After 25 years of interviewing for the Mark Johnson Show, Mark Johnson gets interviewed about interviewing.

Some calls in to the police in central Vermont this summer. There were odors. A machete was seen.

Steve Fugate roams the roads of America with a suggestion over his head...

Stories from a life in the Kingdom.

Today on Fresh Air, an interview with the author of a new book, Bison Selfies.

A mind bending day in Tbilisi with Larry Massett.

Susan Randall talks about 15 years as a private investigator in Vermont.

Kevin is uneasy in the world of people. That's why he keeps his tent close by.

Come sit on the couch and hear stories about a Vermont legend.

Larry Massett and Joe Frank talk about the supremacy of their cars. It's like debate club except without facts.

Being a soccer mom is harder than it looks.

An intimate conversation about the loss of a baby. What happens after the hardest thing happens?

Sometimes the world's hottest villain calls you on the phone....

What we imagine our lives will be, what our lives have been, and discussion of age appropriate clothing.

A person didn’t return DVDs.

Life as a private investigator in Vermont. Not all covered bridges.

Marc Estrin shares his pearls of wisdom from school. There were only three.

Larry visits Mt. Shasta...destination for the spiritually curious.

An interview with one of Vermont's finest musician composers. Plus? He sings.

A show about love, family and dementia. In two parts.

Cooking...the art that yields profound shame and frustration.

Two strangers meet and talk very late one night on a northbound NYC subway...

Flurries will stick around, possibly turning to wet snow east of Route 2. Here is...Eyes on the Sky.

"The beauty of the boat is in the concept not the details."

A thawed sock was found...

Old, but still letting air out of people's tires.

Not all true love gets a holiday.

Some calls to the Barre Police in recent days.

Leland. On death, deep space, and Revolutionary War reenactments.

A short story about piano practice and parental rage.

The life and times of Solidod, an Apache original.

A show about the hardest, most humbling job. Parenting.

Guys talking about their rigs.

An unvarnished perspective on aging by a poopy old man.

In this season of holidays, we bring you a celebration of...Buy Nothing Day!

A monologue from a 4th generation Vermont farmer.

Larry Massett travels back to Romania with Andrei Codrescu. And the ghosts are watching.

The Christmas story. As told by a six-year-old.

Wizards, elves, zombies, math and strategy. You won't understand it. But they do.

A commentary about risking intense shame in the name of good parenting.

An unedited interview with a young man in Barre, starting life after jail.

Where do great photographs come from?

Sounds and stories from a town.

What is he talking about??

Power duo Rodney and Theresa Elmer talk taxidermy...

The farther you go from home, the stranger things get. A story about Paul Bowles.

For generations of Vermonters, Thursday nights in the summer have meant one thing....Thunder Road.

A late night shopping cart reminds Marc Estrin of a song....

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... Read the rest...

Everyone's heard about the counter-cultural festival called Burning Man. But you may not know about Boring Man...

It's been a long winter. Let's talk about our woodstoves.

The Great Wall of China was built with no mortar. Scott Carrier's wall was also built with no mortar. Here's his story.

An interview about death and dying with someone whose seen his share....Tim Kasten.

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….

Interview with central Vermont organic gardening icon Alan LePage.

An interview with poet, teacher, and reigning Vermont poetry slam champion, Geof Hewitt.

A show about songs and stories about songs. Shame, heartbreak, love, summer camp.

The US invaded Afghanistan. Scott Carrier decided he ought to go there too. To see for himself. Who are these fanatics, these fundamentalists, the Taliban and the like? What do they want?

The story of four Vermonters captured at the Battle of the Bulge.

The high art of Vermont road management. Featuring Mike Garand and Ray Burke.

Singer Miriam Bernardo talks about making a life in music in central Vermont. And she sings.

Musician and producer Colin McCaffrey talks about finding inspiration, music as a career, and mushroom foraging...