North Words

(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.

(Nov 27, 2025) Here's 53 minutes' worth of North Words for your post-Thanksgiving trip home. Listen closely, but pay attention to the road.

(Nov 21, 2025) His recent book "The Nature of the Place" is an accidental memoir that chronicles changes in his life through decades of essay-writing on the natural world.

(Nov 14, 2025) Matt Bondurant's latest novel "North Country" explores a crime ring that is smuggling drugs over the Canadian border.

(Nov 7, 2025) Author Tracey Lange returned to the setting of her newest novel and got behind-the-scenes tours of the places that her characters inhabit.

(Oct 31, 2025) How Katherine Scott hopes her work will inspire others to rethink the objects in their collections.

(Oct 24, 2025) Matthew Algeo's new book chronicles the secret project to build New York City's first ever pneumatic subway system

(Oct 17, 2025) Dan Look's new book "Math Cats" scratches the surface of complex mathematical concepts through fun cat puns

(Oct 10, 2025) Director Dianne Dreyer brings three performances of Ephron's play "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" to North Creek and Glens Falls this weekend

(Oct 2, 2025) Puuluup brings the talharpa back from obscurity—with loops, punk, and even a dash of Eurovision.

(Sep 26, 2025) You wanted to listen at noon on the last Friday of the month, but you forgot. We're here to help. Here's September's radio show, in one tidy package.

(Sep 25, 2025) French singer-songwriter Constance Amiot's homage to the fleeting moment that is the end of summer.

(Sep 19, 2025) Divya Anantharaman believes preservation of physical animals is important, to honor both the life of the animals, and to give people a chance to study them.

(Sep 12, 2025) Soma Mei-Shang Frazier's novel, Off the Books, is an examination of the treatment of Uyghurs at the hands of the Chinese regime through the lens of a road trip.

(Sep 5, 2025) The Luisitania and the cure cottages of Saranac Lake collide in a new novel by the best-selling Canadian author of the "John Cardinal" series.

(Aug 29, 2025) A look back at conversations with singer, Vitalia, and playwright, Nina Kissinger. Plus Ethan and Mitch talk about a really weird conspiracy theory.

(Aug 22, 2025) Nina Kissinger's new play follows interns mired in a sea of phone calls and complaints and is inspired by her real-life experience on Capitol Hill.

(Aug 15, 2025) Mitch Teich welcomes HOWL Podcast host Ethan Shantie into the studio to talk about the 4th season of the show.