North Words

(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.

(Jan 30, 2026) Got a longish drive coming up? We've got you covered. Here's the January edition of the North Words radio show, in all of its 54-minute glory. Enjoy.

(Jan 23, 2026) Giles Blunt's book "Bad Juliet" is set among the cure cottages in the early 20th Century

(Jan 16, 2026) Dr. Anastasia Riehl is among the leaders of an effort to craft the first new Canadian English dictionary in decades, an update that factors in a lot of complicated issues.

(Jan 9, 2026) A new website documents the lake's social, natural, and legal history. It's a project that could help other communities compile their own stories, too.

(Dec 24, 2025) The mystery of whether Bill Taugher played in that game is the focus of a series in the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper.

(Dec 19, 2025) A new book by a sociology professor at Carleton University examines the lush city and its vibrant spaces.

(Dec 12, 2025) Peter Lourie was the first person to paddle the entire length of the Hudson River. 35 years later, he did it again.

(Dec 5, 2025) North Country writer Tim Brookes has a new book that explores what's happening to handwriting in an increasingly digital world.