North Words

(Jul 10, 2026) Julius Faubel is spending his 3rd consecutive summer at the Antique Boat Museum building remarkable vessels from scratch.

(Jul 3, 2026) The Ottawa-area singer songwriter shares the stories behind the songs on her new album, "Big Time Roller Coaster Feeling."

(Jun 26, 2026) Our favorite conversations from this month, including a new album by a Juno-nominated singer, and a remarkable airplane hangar in Vermont

(Jun 19, 2026) "Queen of the Strait" is a heartfelt genre-spanning record that pays tribute to the people that Jenn Grant has loved and lost.

(Jun 12, 2026) A new edition of the book "A Lady in the Lake" tells the true story behind the Lake Placid legend

(Jun 5, 2026) Beth White runs "Habitat for Aviation," where grandmothers and pre-teens alike are learning to build planes, all the way from the rivets to the engine.

(May 29, 2026) The Village Green concert series began with local performers only. Now, the series draws Grammy winning acts from all over the world.

(May 22, 2026) Zach Donohue says some of the creepy backroads of the North Country inspired his latest movie, directed by André Øvredal

(May 15, 2026) A new book by a St. Lawrence University professor tells the story of the early days of environmental activism on the US-Canada border.

(May 8, 2026) The longtime "Weekend Edition Saturday" host wrote a book that chronicles his life story through adopted pets, including a cat that escaped the British Embassy.

(May 1, 2026) Mark Fridén has a storied career that has taken him all over the US and abroad. Oh, and he also speaks Swahili.

(Apr 24, 2026) The religious Society of St. Edmund is entering a stage of "completion." Fr. David Theroux talks about their social justice work, and why membership is closed.

(Apr 17, 2026) Multi-instrumentalist Raquel Acevedo Klein's music is a hard one to pin down, blending blending classical, jazz, and three ethnic traditions.

(Apr 10, 2026) OurStoryBridge is working to collect the oral histories of North Country communities to better connect people to the places they call home.

(Apr 3, 2026) Roosevelt spent a lot of time in the North Country. Before he became President, he was a law school dropout who his own family called "a traitor to his class."

(Mar 27, 2026) Listen to the March edition of the North Words radio show, featuring conversations with ESPN commentator Jenn Hildreth and author Jen Denny

(Mar 20, 2026) The Norwood-Norfolk graduate's recent book is called "Tough as a Mother."

(Mar 13, 2026) A year of no do-overs, ironically presented as an encore edition of North Words.

(Mar 6, 2026) Jen Denny's novel "Calculated Risk" follows an Assistant Park Ranger who uses her survival skills to make it out of the mountains in one piece

(Feb 27, 2026) Christopher Shaw, a novelist from Vermont, drew on his time in the Adirondacks for the Cold War caper, "The Manager."

(Feb 27, 2026) For your medium-length drives or workouts, here's February's show, in 54 uninterrupted minutes.

(Feb 20, 2026) Clarke and Barbara Dunham have been building sets for Broadway productions for decades.

(Feb 13, 2026) Casey Shaw's film "Unseen Olympiad" is streaming for free during the Winter Games

(Feb 6, 2026) Renate Wildermuth's new young adult novel follows a high school spy who is plunged into a conspiracy

(Jan 30, 2026) Over the course of 1,000 episodes, Jonathan Brown has given listeners daily mini deep-dives into significant writers whose work changed the world.