Episode April 17, 2015

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host writer Jay Stevens discuss the writing life, creemee stand openings, a pop quiz on pickled honeycomb tripe, maple cotton candy and grapenut pudding, the culture of Vermont’s giant old farms & their resident Sunday painters, dump-challenged towns, 20 pages of Harvard sentences, a collaboration with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, more mythology about the Chateaugay, auxiliary inventions, found devices and the Commander’s motto: “Use it up, wear it out, do without”, a new regional music streaming service: Caballbreaker Radio, the relationship between being a music professional and unemployment, Vermont’s hippie incursion - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Doug Perkins and Patrick Ross [Fiddle Tune Medley]; Bow Thayer [Chateaugay]; Kristina Stykos [Broken Wings].

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-LP South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM or streaming online & rebroadcast weekly at: Royalton Community Radio