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North Words

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It's life in the North Country - everything from athletes, to artists, and great stories.

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North Words extra: November's radio show 27.11.2025 53:48

(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.

Ed Kanze explains why nature never gets old 21.11.2025 30:15

(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.

A fictionalized Plattsburgh is the setting for this new crime thriller 14.11.2025 42:13

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

Folks from Potsdam really love this novel set in their hometown 07.11.2025 29:52

(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.

Indigenous Artifacts are returning home thanks to this Ontario Woman 31.10.2025 28:50

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

The man who built NYC's first subway in secret 24.10.2025 48:38

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

Math can be artistic and fun when you use cats to explain it 17.10.2025 43:29

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

Nora Ephron's special brand of romantic comedy comes to the Adirondacks 10.10.2025 45:59

(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

North Words: The undead sound of Estonia: Puuluup’s Zombie Folk 02.10.2025 50:58

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

North Words extra: September's radio show 26.09.2025 53:58

(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.

North Words: Constance Amiot and the musicality of language 25.09.2025 37:18

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

North Words: This former fashion designer is NYC's premiere taxidermist 19.09.2025 34:40

(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.

Epic road trips make for great coming-of-age stories 12.09.2025 35:38

(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.

Writer Giles Blunt says the "Murder Muse" no longer speaks to him 05.09.2025 33:19

(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.

Songs about Ukraine, a play about government, and a really weird conspiracy theory 29.08.2025 59:16

(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.

Interns keep the wheels of democracy turning in "This is Government" 22.08.2025 38:05

(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.

Prison cooking, Beach Boys, and more on this season of the HOWL Podcast 15.08.2025 17:18

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

The Sacandaga Valley is an unlikely hub for world-renowned art 08.08.2025 32:01

(Aug 8, 2025) Carolyn Wilcox and John Van Alstine give a preview of the Sacandaga Valley Arts Network's Art Trail, featuring dozens of artists across mediums.

In a house that healed, a museum that remembers 01.08.2025 23:51

(Aug 1, 2025) How Saranac Lake's cultural history is about more than tuberculosis patients.

If it sounds good, it is good! 25.07.2025 1:06:10

(Jul 25, 2025) Mitch and Ethan talk about musical revelations, The Ataris, Sugarhill Gang, Nickelback, and more as they revisit some of their favorite recent conversations.

North Words: Norwood native and ESPN commentator Jenn Hildreth is "Tough as a Mother" 18.07.2025 36:56

(Jul 18, 2025) The sportscaster's book features interviews with women athletes who tackled the challenge of motherhood.