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It's life in the North Country - everything from athletes, to artists, and great stories. 010329

NCPR - North Country Public Radio


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    North Words: this spy novel is inspired by the Miracle on Ice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 41:12


    (May 16, 2025) Chris Shaw's novel "The Manager" is set against the backdrop of the 1980 Winter Olympics and begins at a popular Saranac Lake landmark.

    This SLU Grad is bringing hockey to the hockey-less

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 33:26


    (May 9, 2025) Sarah Thompson has spent the last few years sharing her love of ice hockey with kids in South Africa, the Philippines, and beyond.

    A book about a book about a book... Metafiction can be a lot.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 39:59


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

    The composer behind "Get Out" brings music to ONNY

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 26:44


    (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

    North Words: The April 2025 Radio Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 54:00


    (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.

    Writer Ed Kanze's imagined encounter with a woolly mammoth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 41:38


    (Apr 18, 2025) His new book "The Nature of the Place" is an accidental memoir that chronicles changes in his life through decades of essay-writing on the natural world.

    How to stay curious with Much Music VJ Bill Welychka

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 53:27


    (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.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 45:17


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

    Mary Louise Kelly's year of no do-overs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 24:55


    (Mar 28, 2025) The veteran NPR host joins Mitch Teich to talk about her book "It Goes So Fast," which chronicles a year in her life. The book is out in paperback April 8th.

    You can hear stuff in the background of this new album. The band likes it that way.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 31:15


    (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.

    A lot of surprising things go into the flavor of maple syrup

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 24:17


    (Mar 14, 2025) A conversation with a couple who produces some nationally recognized North Country maple syrup

    Aurora Pfaff is a real flight nerd

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 35:12


    (Mar 7, 2025) Pfaff's exploration of the history of North Country aviation is a fascinating look at the path to modern air travel.

    The kind of true story of Much Music VJ Bill Welychka

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 36:40


    (Feb 28, 2025) A new feature film features a semi-fictionalized version of former Much Music VJ Bill Welychka as he tries to revitalize his career.

    Potsdam, NY is the setting of a new novel from a NYT Best-Selling author

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 33:50


    (Feb 21, 2025) Tracey Lange's new novel "What Happened to the McCrays?" follows a divorced couple navigating unexpected challenges in Potsdam, NY

    Our favorite directors got started at film festivals

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 34:46


    (Feb 14, 2025) Mitch and Ethan discuss their favorite films, and Mitch chats with the programmer of the Kingston Canadian Film Festival, now entering its 25th year.

    In conversation with Liz Moore, author of "The God of the Woods."

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 33:41


    (Feb 7, 2025) Liz Moore's novel is set in the Adirondacks and follows internal struggle of a family dealing with the disappearance of their daughter.

    North Words: the uniquely soulful music of Clerel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 40:52


    (Jan 31, 2025) The Cameroon-born Montreal musician makes R&B that sounds all his own, but is rooted in an appreciation of the classics.

    Hyper local radio stations are a thing of the past. This woman is trying to bring it back to Keeseville.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 34:12


    (Jan 24, 2025) "Wheat Paste Radio" is the dream of Nico Brossar. She wants to serve the community of Keeseville with community specific news, information, and music.

    The ADKs used to be uncharted wilderness. Two untrained guys changed that.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 21:57


    (Jan 17, 2025) The work of Verplanck Colvin and Mills Blake played a key role in our knowledge of the region today.

    The life and legacy of Betsy Folwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 24:44


    (Jan 10, 2025) Folwell was the longtime Adirondack Life magazine editor, who is also remembered for her many community projects. She died recently at age 71.

    North Words: Remembering Jimmy Carter with photographer Nathan Farb

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 14:48


    (Jan 3, 2025) Farb, a Lake Placid native, was on site in Carter's hometown of Plains, Georgia, to photograph the president-elect shortly before his inauguration.

    North Words: The December radio show

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 54:02


    (Dec 27, 2024) Hey, if you're going to a New Year's party that's exactly 27 minutes away, you can listen to the first half of the show in 2024, and the second half on the way home in 2025! Pretty neat, huh?

    This 92 year old Croghan man is not your typical historian

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 43:51


    (Dec 20, 2024) Harry Mitchell tells us about his time serving in Korea, growing up alongside a power plant, and caring for his father during his last days.

    This artist didn't become a photographer until he was blind.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 29:19


    (Dec 13, 2024) Paris Escandón's photos appear in "Brockville Un:Scene," which features photographs of Brockville's vulernable population, including those without homes and struggling with addiction or mental illness.

    This father and son duo have been writing books together for over 20 years

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 42:34


    (Dec 6, 2024) The VanRipers have recently published their 21st book for young readers, entitled "The Most Marvelous Moose Call Contest."

    North Words: November's radio show

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 54:00


    (Nov 29, 2024) At a time when some Americans say they endorse the idea of a strongman leader, two recent films show the reality of life behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.

    Can you go entirely offline but stay connected? Here's one man's blueprint.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 31:12


    (Nov 22, 2024) Host Mitch Teich and producer Ethan Shantie have reached their doom scroll limit. But it's hard to stay connected when you're offline. A book has some tips.

    Scenes from the Cold War

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 51:31


    (Nov 8, 2024) Two interviews with a filmmaker and a photographer whose work centers on what life was like for Eastern Europeans during the Cold War

    Skidmore's former President has tips on how to succeed in college

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 42:24


    (Nov 1, 2024) Philip Glotzbach's new book is called "Embrace Your Freedom: Winning Strategies to Succeed in College and in Life."

    NPR's Life Kit podcast host, Meghan Keane, tells us about her new book

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 13:26


    (Oct 25, 2024) "Party of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner" doesn't want you to wait on a romantic partner before you decide to live your life

    North Words: the October 2024 Radio Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 54:03


    (Oct 25, 2024) For those of us who like our podcasts in longer form, here's a full hour (OK, 53 minutes) from the North Words team.

    Improv is more like a team sport than stand-up comedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 25:39


    (Oct 18, 2024) Joe Conto is a professor at Paul Smith's College who also teaches improv in Lake Placid and Montreal. And he says that improv is about more than getting a laugh.

    100 years, 1 night in Kingston. Remembering a sleep-over with Jimmy Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 19:17


    (Oct 11, 2024) Author Arthur Milnes tells us about the time he hosted President Carter at his home in Kingston, ON and his book "98 Reasons to Thank Jimmy Carter."

    A new coming-of-age novel about an epic road trip and the Uyghur crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 22:14


    (Oct 4, 2024) Soma Mei Sheng Frazier's debut novel "Off the Books" follows a chauffer who takes a life changing cross-country trip from San Francisco to Syracuse.

    Global Heartbeat fills the big shoes left by Thistle and Shamrock

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 17:01


    (Sep 27, 2024) Lorna Simes is a little nervous about filling the timeslot left vacant by the legendary Fiona Ritchie. But her passion for sharing music is palpable.

    A lot more goes into making a record than just writing some songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 26:30


    (Sep 20, 2024) SLU Grad Louisa Stancioff has partnered with Yep Roc records for her latest release, a dreamy, nostalgic indie-folk record with songs of heartache.

    This Cornwall native has been on 13 game shows. His secret to success? Have fun!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 30:25


    (Sep 13, 2024) Ryan Vickers began his game show career competing on "Wheel of Fortune." His journey has come full circle as he now works on the Canadian "Family Feud."

    Plattsburgh played a major role in the War of 1812. These folks keep that memory alive.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 24:01


    (Sep 6, 2024) Every year the city of Plattsburgh commemorates a turning point in the War of 1812 with a weekend festival dedicated to bringing history alive.

    North Words: The August Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 54:05


    (Aug 29, 2024) An hour of North Words listening enjoyment for your long-ish car rides or short-ish hikes.

    Plumbing supplies, poetry, and a reinvention

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 21:11


    (Aug 23, 2024) jim bourey has had all kinds of jobs. he's a veteran, he's sold used cars, he's a former plumbing wholesaler. And all of that has helped his latest profession: the poet laureate of Dickinson Center.

    Divya is not your average taxidermist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 27:09


    (Aug 16, 2024) She used to work in the fashion industry but turned to taxidermy to better honor the lives of animals. And she says her shop smells like a 12th century monastery.

    Put down your smartphone and paint!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 25:11


    (Aug 9, 2024) Donna Stoner came to watercolor after retiring from the medical field. Now she co-ordinates an annual Plein Air art festival in Old Forge.

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