11th Hour Radio

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including running late & karma, the “Mary Poppins Wind”, snakes and a dream of childhood, a million dollars falling out of the sky, hidden nests, Emily’s messy day, going with self absorption, “who are these people?”, how we swear, squirting in 3-D, Kristina gets “gullible-ized”, accents & respect, Avery’s tantrums, the mushroom poster dilemma, handy plastic devices, the perils of being a practicing artist, agreeing we’re tired of money, barter including ducks, putting the crushing burdens of life on the back burner, “wonderground”, Emily’s letter opener, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Will Ackerman [Anne’s Song]; Doug Perkins and Patrick Ross [Flop Eared Mule]; Kristina Stykos [Broken Wings]

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Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos enjoy a special visit from Vermont Public Radio’s Robert Resnik of “All the Traditions” as the conversation warps into a wonderful three-way and truly haywire discussion including topics such as Robert’s early radio career at WRUV, marble collecting, jingles we have known and loved, under-appreciated parts of Vermont, dressing up “ like a little doll” a la Emily, a nursing home avocation, the Somali-Bantu women of Burlington, the art of being a music reviewer, the art of being an outreach librarian, the most rare color of beach glass, Fabulous Vermont Radio, a good meal,   and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends:Mary McGinniss [Good Old Wilson]; Julie James [Going Home]; Robert Resnik [Mary Neal]

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June 6, 2014

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including Magic Mountain, how Todd hated our last show, bathrobes, the math behind cows lying down and the possibility of rain, a child almost born in a fire truck, young boys and axes, why are they calling us “M’am”?, the hazards of drawing and driving, a dinky parade, broken pitchfork issues, partly cloudy vs. partly sunny, a strange dream sighting of aardvarks, “exquisite corpse”, summer interns and the heavy object removal, a new acquisition of Victorian footwear and hair bustles, finding a hidden bees nest at the gas station, a promo for next week’s interview with VPR’s Robert Resnik, vagina cakes, why not to get your tires changed at a tire store, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends:Wagtail [Wagtail/Daphne’s Ramble/Meadowdance]; Doug Anderson [Dance Floor]; Rick Ceballos [Shifting Sands]

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A special edition of 11th Hour Radio, hosted by Kristina Stykos, featuring an interview with luthier Michael Millard, owner of/builder for Froggy Bottom Guitars, a Vermont company specializing in acoustic steel string guitars. 

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: John Gorka [Love Is Our Cross to Bear]; Louise Taylor [Katie’s Smile]

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Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos in a rare phone conversation since they both hate talking on the phone. Pre-recorded a couple nights before broadcast, they discuss topics including how tired they are, Emily’s work with critical, uncooperative kids in public school dance classes, renovating an iris bed, lawn mower phobia, the challenges of recording a radio show while tethered to a wall phone, baby head size, a micro-cell adventure and bats in the studio, weekend entertainment at a rural road rally, the enigma of wanting to always leave parties early, brain pinching, using tennis rackets to trap errant wildlife, shamanic rebirth, Memorial Day confusion, driving illegally on studded snow tires in May, a tick-in-scotch-tape display,  and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hot Flannel [Temperance Reel]; Lizzy Mandell [Like It Like That]; Kristina Stykos [When You Love Someone]; Kristina Stykos [Three Jigs]

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This week’s show is a special music edition, hosted by Kristina Stykos, who flies solo this week while Emily Ferro goes to work as a dance teacher in the local schools. The show features tracks from Kristina’s personal archive, including songs recorded by her Dad in the 1940s, as well as other off-beat and one-of-a-kind project recordings, captured in her studio [Pepperbox Studio, Chelsea, VT]. Selected segments from the 11th Hour’s flagship show in May of 2013, co-hosted by Emily and Kristina, complete the mix.

Featured tracks:  Joseph Stycos [three songs in Greek and Spanish]; Kristina Stykos [Ready for the Times]; Freya Yost [Time to Fall]; Anna Snipes [Take Your Hat]; Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out [Michael Millard]; Derrick Semler [Blues – Untitled/Twins]; Dylan Waller [Suzanne]; Josh Rivera [How Can I Feel]; The Barn Band [Listening to Levon].

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Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including their reactions to the new, improved Royalton Community Radio [RCR] studios, aging gracefully or not, Kristina’s revelation of a decades-long struggle to control unbridled energy, how dancing at the nursing home earns Emily an unexpected compliment, four wheeler chit chat, sheep shearing day and a man in elf shoes, the truth about guitar tuners, another drunken bar gig, a horse radish science experiment, psychic connections reaching to the subterranean cheese room at Howe Cavern, how annihilating things can quickly become a little complex and philosophical, naked pressed fairies, Ira’s confusion around “peepers” and “creepers”, Jim’s impromptu visit in a red coat, Scilla explosions at the farm, something about an ionizing toothbrush, the golden afternoon song, a guy named “Bumbie”, hallucinogenic worms, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [Sweet Combustion]; Hot Flannel [Opus #1]; Lizzy Mandell [This Old House]

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Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including: a shake-down of last week’s show, the latest in wine dispensers, an unfortunate descent into chit-chat hell, Kristina’s recitation of the names of all her great aunts & uncles, alternative “F” words and the “F” word dictionary, swimming in a sea of ignorance, the premature demise of a terrapin flotation device, philosophical musings on Emily’s trip to a battleship & submarine claustrophia, the perils of cooking in someone else’s kitchen, a discussion of IQ and what it means to be ordinary, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Paul Asbell [Blue Driver]; Ben Reed [The Waltz of Joy]

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Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including inhibited passing due to frost heaves, hazardous use of scooters in Vermont, the short attention span of today’s readers, sharing your face on Facebook, a ten foot tatted “Last Supper” misplaced, a fun visit to the oral surgeon, Emily deejays for a middle school dance, what scares us about anesthesia, “Buck up little Camper”, how disaster reenactment in mud puddles helps children process tragedy, the oddities of birth order, the traumatic impact of animal movies with scary endings on children, goats as opposed to miniature cows, the power of commercial imagery to rob your imagination, the magical Schwann’s frozen food truck and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Brian Clark [Cairns]; Julie James [Mud Season Minuet]; Steve Mayone [What’d Ya Come Here For]

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Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos are joined by Kendra Colburn and together discuss topics including trolls chewed on by rats, Todd drops off a flier, compressed air, the guy in the photo aka any friend of Rudy’s, Kristina’s obsession with wire, attaching miniature ponies to the dash of a car, pizza for Emily’s mom’s birthday, Kendra’s fact-checking skills, Chris brings hot beverages, white man overbite, a kangol, the smoke smell on clothing, mildew on a towel and other cleaning tips, implants for men, old dogs and fatty tumors, a fashion trend a la Kristina, the security of men’s undershirts and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Charlie Shew and Pat Jones [Snow]; Rick Ceballos [Arepika Polka/Tiger and the Comet]; Brian Clark [Cairns]

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