In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss looking vibrant, doomsday rain, defining social distancing, a visit from Abe, five stars for local road crews, the possible benefits of eating dirt, family chiropractic, sugar house aromas, luminescent celery juice, dog arthritis mitigation, seaweed hoarding, alternative toilet papers, easy dinners thanks to rice, ordering bulk Fruit Loops from Canada, how to have different opinions in a civilized way, taking charge of yourself, a return to long underwear, a multitude of pandemics, reinventing America, being mistaken for a gay couple, a contemplation on acorn flour, new drinks for sanitization, eating pets, dating in times of quarantine, space maps of China, misinformation on pangolins, being slowed down by turkeys, theories about the cabal, microwave internet technology as modified weaponry, fear of being disconnected, Emily’s anxiety about saying “like” too much, adapting our speech to our surroundings, early spring shoots, dissecting pruner parts, collecting ax and shovel handles, feeding the soul with crafts, apocalyptic window washing, dog nose & slug smears, grocery store tulips, heralding the return of bees, drama at the cat bowl, a bad day for potato chip bags, stupidity vs. evil, the many sides of a person, a terrible week, irresponsible neglect of paying membership dues, burning furniture as therapy, peeling wars with squash, post-kitten mind sets - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Lewis Franco [All in Stride]; Lori Oz [Rock Bottom Blues]; David Carpenter [Pays De Haut/Gal With A Blue Dress/Pointe Au Pic].

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss behind the scenes sound effects, playing with microphones, bossing your sisters, a week off from the nursing home, crashing into Eli, an annual pie give-a-way, John’s public service, pretending to be an adult, mud season vs. a Prius, log trucks vs. a Prius, a review of Vermont’s eleven seasons, the sexes of cars, whatever happened to androgyny, the hows and whys of watering fake plants, not working because of something religious, making Sundays different, eschewing germy places, an impulse to control the female gender, whether or not we live in a simulation, simplifying daily life by not thinking about stuff, how much ignorance is a good thing, the joys of caring for things, twin rams born in the night, trying to keep runts alive like little Andy, the wisdom of animals, the ramifications of not having hands, over-achieving nuggets, why stopping war is not at the top of our list, the dog poop issue, Newbury’s beautiful old fashioned library, presidential rug cleaning, disturbing children’s books, saying goodbye to the Velveteen Rabbit, the truth about Hansel & Gretel, saving your old board games, songs about money, love of what baby beavers do, the inherent difficulties of identifying cartoon animals, the “phubbing” habit, a run-down on tractor colors, questions that stump or delight, keeping track of who calls you, trying to find regular phones, poking things with sticks - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Larry Allen Brown [Southwest of Eden]; Robert Bryant [Money, Money, Money]; Don’t Call Betty [Extreme Situations].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss log trucks on the driveway, ice on solar panels, selling power back to “the man”, viruses that escape from labs, words that start with p-n, tips for hand-washing, another political football, nostalgia for the local hotel shut down by Legionnaire’s disease, a week of hideous depression, video tours of abandoned buildings, the sadness of vandalism, knowing where to place dynamite, variations on the bio-hazard symbol, exploring engineering flow charts, a laundry basket debacle, when your mom shames you in your own house, Montpelier’s secret tunnel, John’s special swiper card, what Jane should be prohibited from saying, demystifying the “snooze” button on Facebook, conflicted feelings when your friends go on vacation in warm places, some dogs who got lucky, imagining meme machines, honing in on the pronunciation of GIF, what Willie Nelson said & what the universe might be trying to teach us, buying fabric at Walmart or the drug store, the drudgery of filling out forms, consequences of refusing to do paperwork, when security questions go awry, the seductive lure of click bait emails, expanded pencil choices, rainbow fountain pens, the amazing story behind Zumba teacher licensing, whether or not farmers read their credit card statements, the dangers of automatic bill pay, laughing with - not at, town meeting week - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Kristina Stykos [Tundra]; Pete Sutherland [Hard Hearted Hills]; Julie James [Distances Between].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a snow pants problem, lambing issues, when generators shut themselves off, more trouble with dipsticks, how to delay a crisis, fear of old wiring, mislabeled circuit breakers, lazy electricians, Aunt Dina’s run in with a wall plug, abandoned insane asylum real estate, the legacy of evil caregivers, the effect of death on houses, rugged exits, using sage to clear bad energy, Swedish Dala horses, why donkeys seem Mexican, bats loose at the Vermont State House, a mysterious midnight Democratic soiree, late night votes, the vagaries of climate agendas, unpacking “pig vigils”, the bob-calf situation, celebrity veganism, the hidden world of industrial meat production, having empathy for animals, the ewe who hated human touch, saving cows named Liberty and Indigo, who has a right to drink milk, dismissing plants’ feelings, children as natural hoarders, Anna’s cord wood baby, special treatment for Teddy Bears, wounded stuffed toys, what Jen did to Myra’s Cabbage Patch doll, Ariel’s goat-music video, a return to embroidery, the man behind hand-drawn ski trail maps, forcing elephants to paint, designing custom clothing for sheep, how to pronounce fancy pants words like “haute”, an astrology primer for Emily, how the dippers rotate, using denial to avoid almost anything, a creepy guy and his “space van”, the underground submarine tunnels of Area 51 - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Hot Flannel [Workin’ on a Building]; Jemima James [When You Get Old]; Keith Murphy [Clamanda].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss Boy Scout preparedness, bogus badges, the merits of super-fandom, Chris and Jet walking the UK, pony riding, letting go of Friends, my whining vs. your whining, a Grammy Sammy fake-out, avoiding others thru needlepoint, fetishizing the old, whether or not Butch is a geezer, the codger question, scaring up Old Dickerman, when apple crisp comes in handy, the art of being a one man show, exposing children to some ‘cussin’, a confusing gas pump situation, truck envy, a quick analysis of “space potatoes”, a lucky pizza for Vermonters, unpacking meth labs, living in a state of drug ignorance, too many jello shots, accidental damage to the barn floor, Valentine’s Day at the Wagon Wheel (with Four Play), in the days before we had sponsors, when a teen idol inspires sardonic humor, the ins and outs of refrigerator lights, small ovens, a pick-me-up for singles, thankless vs. vital occupations, feeling gushy, bazillion ways to feel deprived, wasting pears, bonding with celery, setting the brush fires of freedom in the minds of men, weird vegetables you won’t like at first, an annoying psychological block, Himalayan salt, the death of phone tag, an extermination campaign, your cell phone service expectations, the probability of good things happening, when the moon becomes a white blob, the anomaly of camera inadequacy, what you really saw, capturing memories - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Beth Duquette & Richard Ruane [Last Time You Came Around]; Lori Oz [Roadmap Back to You]; Martin van de Vrugt [On My Way].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss disease exposure, worrying about stupid stuff, mismatched ski equipment, wearing hats to hear better, getting a visual on eardrums, keeping up appearances at the Farm Show, rugged underwear from Carhartt, kilts for work, rasps vs. files, nip vs. snip, getting right with the Ascension Glossary, tuning into Twit.tv, how John fixed a website, keeping your composure during a chimney fire, dropping objects down your flue, chaos in the streets of Paris, when firefighters show skin, stargazing permits, collecting rain water illegally, muscle groups that hurt, social media posts that are NSFW, the effectiveness of click bait, gray areas, a closer look at puffed wheat, trapped gas, expanding your emoji vocab, the ins and outs of a transgender Santa, new license plate aesthetics, more insight into train whistles, happy crying, the relative popularity of seals vs. penguins, when numeric symbols don’t add up to a heart, alleged similarities between praying & high fiving, a Buddhist thank you gesture, poets sounding smarter than you, limiting your poems to three images, quantum entanglement, Avery’s fever, how to get tickets for Rusty’s show, a dud concert, families that are filled with alienation, Kristina’s voo-doo centric library, the golden days of children’s literature, chickening out on your tattoos, a traumatic belly button piercing, living on the fringe of society, angry art - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Lewis Franco [Brother, Can You Spare a Dime]; Gold Town [Tears of Joy]; Robert Bryant [No Danger Deeper Than Doubt].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss Chimichangas, lettuce beds, early morning skiing, John’s homework overload, scoring lower & lower on math tests, the charms of Sterling Klinck’s boat building shop, more clues to a crushed mailbox situation, crashing into things, teenage donuting, excessive free food at the Vermont state house, where savory pastries go wrong, when road snacks fail, love handles, imagining “Nugget McMuffins”, watching dreams get sucked away, your brain as an iceberg, stomach noises on parade, a debunking of “sustained silent reading”, what to do with fly carcasses, maladaptive thinking, a bus trip with Thane Benson, poets trading books, Neil Young’s Americanization, running coffee shops on remote islands, permissible poop talk, deer bait vs. beer date, the struggle to rhyme with “vagina”, overuse of the word “appropriate”, songs that don’t end, itchy nose syndrome, dining with dad, when Emily interrupts, not finishing your sentences, the supposed death of Mr. Peanut, the sorry life of stick figures, the merits of book hoarding, not reading as a lifestyle choice, moronic aspects of kid’s cookbooks, unrequited yearning for take-out, remembering epic pizza deliveries, the reopening of an iconic diner, fire suppression systems, being foamed at the gas station, a goose-based premonition, the fallacies of he and she sheds, trashing up your yard with stuff, hanging on to deflated balls - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Rich DePaolo [Diamond Mines]; Mary McGinniss [If You Were a Blackbird]; Rich DePaolo [Is Anybody There?].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a celebrity texting “near-miss”, what happens when Weezer sits next to you on the airplane, quiet lambs vs. the silence of lambs, myths & facts about brain cell repair, when water goes up, headstand shaming, why we like to be sat on & crushed under heavy blankets, a flailing loaf of bread as baby metaphor, housekeeping tips including shaving sweaters and micro-waving masking tape, novel uses for butter and dental floss, whether or not people can ever get used to being alive, a family heirloom mystery reel-to-reel tape, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, early childhood trainings that create fear, proposed alternative remedies for divorce, small town input at its worst, self Heimlich maneuvering with chairs, the intersection of ear buds and hearing aids, the tiniest melon spoon, stupid accidents and ridiculous visits to the Emergency Room, tricks for making things more manageable, fantastically ordinary but undeniably difficult spelling words, the nuanced logic of color coded extension cords, the inexplicable presence of Readers Digest magazines in all grandmothers’ bathrooms, ongoing confusion between bologna and baloney with possible connections to Emily’s rumored “white trash” upbringing, being freaked out by fruitcake, the old married couple who taunted each other in front of the Orangutan cage at the zoo - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Jennings & McComber [Lay Me Down]; Wagtail [Meet Me When the Sun Goes Down]; Reach You [Neil Fitzgerald].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss attitudinal variations in drivers who ride your bumper, a habitual inability to iron out some kinks, the nuanced details of “all you can eat”, going off your diet for a breakfast sandwich, the non-scientific basis of egg abstinence, the freezing rain annoyance factor, conjecture as to why Emily smells like cow manure and John does not, what not to do with popcorn, when a brake job is more expensive than dental work, the yoga of successfully enduring tooth repair, an exquisitely timed hand delivery of Chinese food, what might go wrong with white lies, Ira’s missing math chart, the old cow joke, trying to make more laughter, being engulfed by a snow squall alone on the slopes, finding happiness with a kind, old bus driver, the many mysterious aspects of car headlights, when the delivery of car parts is held up by adverse road conditions, a disturbing piece of pizza, the phenomenon of being “too tired” to sleep, encountering a possible ghost while in a half-conscious state, unexplained footsteps, more unemployment at Oscar Meyer, firing up people with headlines, a duplicitous link to more macramé projects, a twisted interpretation of a ridiculous bill, the relative dangers of guns vs. cell phones, nit-picking the lunch money allotment for Vermont legislators, another example of the corrosive nature of jealousy, virtue signaling with electric cars - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Rich Depaolo [One Gun Salute; Sharks; Fourth of July; More of the Same].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a new look for 2020, how to get drunker by not drinking, confusion caused by chocolate “lint” balls, dueling hot cereal recipes, John’s caloric fuel for barn chores, Emily’s photo scanning marathon, a merger between the perfect childhood & a working class upbringing, living out your own, personal ethnic diversity, a dumb game from Facebook, how a recording session can morph into five days of group therapy, guidelines for respectful primal screaming, what not to smoke when you are paying someone to produce your music, defacing federal property using a train, the art of playing one note well, back when we were babies, imagining goose down cat-capsules & other leisure furniture for felines, celebrating New Year’s with baroque recorders, whether or not being boring can be turned into an asset, using banjos & ukes as props for comedy, the humor of huge instruments, Lester Corwin’s epic rides to the bandstand in South Royalton, when haters become friends, how driving helps you accept your life, the joys of plastic reverb microphones, the decline of trashy magazines, a checklist turned on its head, telling people off or not because maybe it doesn’t help, new things for guys to say, more on forgiveness, how cool it is to be adored, seeing your future with yourself unfold, holding yourself despite the implied difficulties, a mystical sighting of the Nestle Quik Rabbit - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette [Ellie Brown]; Chris Kleeman & Malkum Gibson [I Got Love If You Want It]; Smokin’ Grass [Opus #1].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts or Youtube, or tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM, streaming online and rebroadcast at Royalton Community Radio and visit our website at www.11thHourRadio.com. Made possible in part by generous support from station sponsors Howvale Farm, Five Olde Tavern and Grille, Safeline, Inc. and the Mountain Folk Concert Series.

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