Randonneurs / NPR
For NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. Randonneurs are in it for the ride, not the race. To stream the story, click here.
Categories: Radio • Tags: Henri Desgrange, Oregon Randonneurs, randonnee, randonneuring, Randonneurs USA
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Cli-Fi / NPR
More and more writers are setting their novels and short stories in worlds, not unlike our own, where the Earth’s systems are noticeably off-kilter. The genre has come to be called climate fiction — “cli-fi,” for short. For NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. To stream the story, click here.
Categories: Radio • Tags: cli-fi, climate fiction, nathaniel rich, odds against tomorrow
This Week / This American Life
For This American Life. I spend five mornings recording my boyfriend’s valiant efforts to get out of bed when his alarm goes off. The tape appears in Act Six of the episode “This Week.”
Categories: Radio
Random Acts of Photography / KLCC
For KLCC Eugene. A recent community dinner in Eugene, Oregon provided hot meals and warm clothes for more than 2,000 people. One group was giving away something little less tangible — and a lot more permanent. .
Categories: Radio
Slow Burn / Vermont Public Radio
For Vermont Public Radio. Up in Ripton, you might say that fuel assistance grows on trees.
Categories: Radio • Tags: firewood, fuel assistance, Ripton, Ripton Energy Assistance Program, Warren King
Painting the Wind / Vermont Public Radio
For Vermont Public Radio. A Windsor artist renders dynamic, windy scenes with an unlikely medium.
Categories: Radio • Tags: Carol Santa Maria, Lyme Converse Library, Mexico, paper art, West Africa
Bully Reenactment / Vermont Public Radio
For Vermont Public Radio. Theodore Roosevelt returns to the town of Barre to reprise a 1912 campaign stump speech. Turns out Green Mountain voters are more supportive of him today than they were 100 years ago.
Categories: Radio • Tags: 1912, Barre, presidential elections, reenactment, Theodore Roosevelt, Vermont Historical Society
DOMA Woes / Vermont Public Radio
For Vermont Public Radio. A bi-national same-sex couple in Dummerston has been given a reprieve on the deportation of one spouse, but advocates say it’s only a temporary victory.
Categories: Radio • Tags: DOMA, Frances Herbert, Immigration Equality, immigration rights, same-sex marriage, Takako Ueda
Art Gallery As Lovechild / Vermont Public Radio
For Vermont Public Radio. When Abby Raeder met Robert Sarly, the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art was just a twinkle in his eye.
Categories: Radio • Tags: Abby Raeder, Chester, contemporary art, Robert Sarly, VTica
