Podcast Episodes

Hardwick State

Episode 299

This was the inaugural year of Hardwick State, a weekend long university in Hardwick, Vermont, organized by the Civic Standard, and designed to take place during the awfulest time of the year. People…

Published on 4 months ago

Death in Venice

Episode 298

Death in Venice is a story Larry Massett produced in the early 80s. Joe Frank narrates, and Larry wrote and performed all the music.

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

A New Old Barn for Forrest Foster

Episode 297

We're raising money to rebuild Forrest Foster's barn. This is a very short story (plea) about it. And here is the GoFundMe!! 

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

A Night on Mount Shasta

Episode 296

Larry Massett was driving up through northern California toward Oregon and ended up spending a little more time at Mt. Shasta than he'd had in mind. Thankfully he had his flashlight in his trunk.

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Drag Out

Episode 295

This is the second show for LARRY MASSETT TRIBUTE WEEK.

Larry Massett owned two Porsches, and he talked about them all the time. His friend, Joe Frank, in addition to being one of the greatest radio p…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Eyes of Sibiu

Episode 294

Larry Massset died last week. He was my mentor and my favorite radio producer. His stories was insane and brilliant and heretical and sublime. I wouldn’t have become a radio producer without his guid…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Haskell Library. A Story about Awful Behavior at the Canadian Border

Episode 293

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was intentionally built to straddle two nations and two communities. Three quarters of the building is in Stanstead, Quebec and one quarter is in Derby Line V…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Health Insurance is Hard

Episode 292

This is a show about the challenges of getting health insurance and understanding health insurance and paying for health insurance and using health insurance…even for those of us without major medica…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

What Now Sounds Like, the AI Isn't Smart Edition

Episode 291

Recordings: In this show you hear from Carolyn and her neighbors on Coits Gore Road in Vermont, Amanda in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, dogs in Atlanta, Jeff Sharlet interviewing Pastor Pete…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

2 Seconds of Peace

Episode 290

T.O. got out of prison in Rutland a couple weeks ago, after a six and a half year bid.  I met T.O. through my private investigator friend Susan Randall in May, 2017. He’d been a client of hers in a f…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago