Episode July 17, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss crooked buttoning issues, a raspberry surprise, Barbara’s beautiful winrows, time release wishes, a Dixie cup trap for trolls, checking spell check, Emily’s startling cream cheese confession & another bland sandwich complaint, a serious case of maggots, potluck stress, fighting off yawns at work, succumbing to Dr. Phil at the Subaru dealership, Helen’s “free advice” booth at the farmer’s market, another spelling challenge, a last minute rehearsal & botched processional, cameras crapping out, how not to stop a house from sliding down a hill, things being funnier in your head, a case of mistaken identity - and so much more!

 Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Dayve Huckett [Very Large Medley]; Kristina Stykos [Redwing]; Hunter Paye [This Country].

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

Episode July 10, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss the woodchuck & the caterer, a close encounter with Arrowsmith, slacker hay baling, gardening with headphones, an earlobe issue and toe regeneration, spiders in the bathtub, hiding expletives, steering wheel waving debunked, not going on vacation, a shortage of stutterers & an analysis of stammering, Mr. Findley and the mowers, the possible bad effects of wearing shredded clothes, sweeping moss as a way of life, the smiling golfer of Quechee, buying spanks vs. spangers, a local album review gone awry, sleeping on the couch and a discussion of low self esteem, a garbage bag full of lupines - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Beth Telford [Fiddle Tunes]; Jon Falby and Zac Johnson [Good Folks Behind You]; Laughing Crow Band [Corinna].

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

Episode July 3, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss dogs eating grass, the mysteries of the Clivus Multrum, a dying calf named Mookie, night time injuries, using a pencil to weigh your postage, baseball caps, women’s hair & Velcro, an innocent encounter with giant hogweed, licking saltines, children buried in the sand, a woodchuck incident, saving dead stuff in the freezer for Jack’s fishing flies, sunglasses as a way to disrespect the world, Winkie cream & “new products” from the Vermont Country Store, a quiet dinner with Thomas Jefferson, complaining about the first sentence of Jeffrey Lent’s new novel, bell buoys & tinkling cows - and so much more!

 Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Nikki Matheson [Lover of Salt]; Patrick Ross [Ragtime Annie]; Rick Ceballos [The Red Gate/Southern Breeze].

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

Episode June 26, 2015

 Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a strange perspective on female yoga instructors, baby drugs, mermaids & other birth defects, broken farm equipment, mutant hay bales, the reliability of apple products, the problem with peanut butter, walking to the barn, the local barber’s curbside service, what’s okay to throw out the car window, rose chaffers and bloomers, a nine hour mulching job, a psychological disorder brought on by looking in the mirror, a fairy house building workshop, car repairs not accomplished, lining up picnic tables with mathematical precision, an unwanted guest removed, a new editor for the local paper - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bob Kinzel and Jean Olsen [Demo]; Julie James [Something Kind]; The Holy Plow [Crooked Blaze].

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

Episode June 19, 2015

Kristina Stykos and guest host Kendra Colburn discuss the working wet, a new way to preserve & harvest compact disks using agricultural methods, checking in on the local porta-potty way station, techniques for avoiding being responsible for large mowers and expensive tractors, benches versus hay bales, how conflict can lead to setting higher goals, Adblock, Facebook and midriff control, debunking the phrase “aging gracefully”, comparing prices of five-pack underwear brands at the hardware store, liking the pope and visions of his gumball machine pope-mobile, a new vocabulary word that goes beyond religion, things that make us miserable at work, conversion as it relates to a perennial flower bed & pending goutweed takeover - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [By the Minute]; Kristina Stykos [Tundra]; Twist of the Wrist [Poor Old Horse/Retour de Montaignac/Derriere Chez Nous].

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

Episode June 12, 2015

Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Jay Stevens discuss adopting dead plants, the deeper meaning behind “Eggs for Sale” signs, our fear of the great void, an open invite to Caballbreakeradio’s public/private incubator party at the Farmer’s Exchange in Windsor June 28, the lame math behind Spotify, an infamous rock god of Springfield, bailing out of baby showers and falling into magical kingdoms, a revelation concerning professional minglers & festal phobia, watering Pachysandra as a meditation, adult coloring books, a token stupid joke, the emotional toll extracted by Japanese knotweed & a ten year battle to eradicate it, the hives and emerald cities of Vermont, JayRaves, Starwood and a breakdown of the many wiccan tribes - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Chris Kleeman [Louise]; Doug Perkins [Three Little Jigs]; Bow Thayer [Born to Be].

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

Episode June 5, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss polka music, a technique for rolling hoses, how Victorian dresses perform in the rain, a mysterious light bulb, driving cars in your sleep, falling in love on the job, an epic sheep fencing fail, single middle aged men in museums syndrome decoded, the ambiguous parameters of “looking good”, why to consider not listening to the news, a spelling challenge, a pretty good joke from Aunt Jan, a shout out to a few of Emily’s sadly moronic friends, Kristina’s car mechanic’s refusal to perform a Subaru latchectomy, a protocol violation - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Michael Oakland [Grand Design]; Bow Thayer [Get Lost Again]; Don’t Call Betty [Hideaway].

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

Episode May 29, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss squeaky swing sets, cute goats and the devil, offerings made to God under duress, a hummingbird feeder initiation, a truncated stop sign sighting, a town created for small people, a phone call from George followed by a phone call from Jon, when & how to wear corsets, a parental fracas over winning and losing, cow tipping strategies debunked, scoring points with an old Ford truck, a larger perspective on jealousy, hating parades and war by association, high maintenance house guests, defining a sausage-free zone, a circuitous route through West Newbury via Peach Brook – and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Paul Asbell [Police Dog Blues]; Smokin’ Grass [Sweet Marie]; Michael Oakland [Grand Design].

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

Episode May 15, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe and special guest Kendra Colburn discuss strategies for staying awake during commencement, secret buildings and the persistence of strange cult rituals, the origins of B.O., featured tee shirt “White River Junction: It’s Not So Bad”, the dangers of writing dirt in small towns & getting yelled at on the internet, a speculation on alien geologists of the future, the confusion surrounding chicken nipples, the IRS calls Kristina (not), a review of the daily trivia question on Emily’s phone message machine, the relationship between beagles and chain link fences in Vermont, high prices at the Salvation Army - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Christine Malcolm [Lucky Me]; Bow Thayer [The Bitters]; Robert Resnik [Beulah Land].

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

Episode May 8, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss how to say “Royalton” with an authentic Vermont accent, the documentation of a ripped shirt, a clogging block reveals an unexpected size differential between the genders, the dangers of flower gardening, kissing the ground and playing with worms, a drop and swap explained, demystifying Elmer’s glue, the universality & timelessness of cooties, another dead end road experience, a secret revealed about coffee grounds and after hours at the Tunbridge World’s Fair, Kristina’s complaint about brooms, Emily’s grandmother’s frustrated attempts to get on the internet at the ball game, a lecture about egg usage as it relates to vegetarians, putting the “fun” into fundraiser - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Lizzy Mandell [If You Love Somebody]; Pete Sutherland [The Moon Behind the Hill/The Baltimore]; Highwood Stringband [Roll On Buddy].

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

Episode May 1, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss Green Day vs. May Day, a visit from the anti-buzz patrol (Todd), bathroom access for landscapers, what to do with one sneaker, “large object” day at the Tunbridge transfer station, dingos, snakes and Emily’s imagination, porta potty traffic on Route 110, addressing the ongoing shortage of vegetarian sandwiches in South Royalton, why women wear “outfits” and how to get out of it, the beautiful awkwardness of Nina Totenberg on camera, being heard but not seen as a way of life, water hatred, the last almond croissant, Vermont offering up Bernie Sanders for President - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Jamo and Charlie Shew [Nicole]; Bow Thayer [10,000 Beer Cans]; Steve Mayone [Poor Heart].

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

Episode April 24, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss marking up the Gazetteer, rainbow ice, a secret wish for a phone booth, terrifying rhinoceros snakes  & penguin feedings at the Central Park Zoo, how bee die-out is traumatizing children, spews, slunks, slamps, swangs and a quacky, champions of A.D.D., how to mow your perennial garden into submission, “Untraveled Road Temptation Syndrome” (U.R.T.S.), Emily’s memories of riding in the back of Butch’s pickup truck, things lost in the fall reappearing in the spring, choosing a favorite all-terrain-vehicle, a few book reports - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Lizzy Mandell [If You Love Somebody]; Kristina Stykos [Let’s Cherish the Day]; Kristina Stykos & Bela Fleck [Apogee].

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

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

Episode April 10, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss color rules, “the Call of the Ziplock”, funny pants as they relate to baseball, a scourge of pythons, why paninis are bogus, the best diapers for lambs, a naked wedding cake, “The Cloud” debunked as it relates to Bruce Springsteen’s place of origin, Emily dowses for insurance premiums, a new idea about roombas & firewood, the fire department and too many easter eggs, a futures market of baby jesi buttons - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Horse Thief]; Julie James [Mud Season Minuet]; Hot Flannel [Temperance Reel].

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

Episode April 3, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss smoking on the job, the universal wish, pagan Easter, melting ice theory, evaluating bump signs, a plan for reviewing John’s invites to the wedding, an awesome twitter handle, a birthday lecture on the Armenian genocide, Emily’s contemplation on going to jail instead of doing her taxes, trying to park in Burlington amidst a plethora of “Tow Zone” signs, a secret party in Weathersfield Bow, the uselessness of cell phones, chatting with the road commissioner, a spring skunk episode & recipe, anticipating time with the button maker - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Steve Mayone [Poor Heart]; Mark Struhsacker [Blind Eye]; Hot Flannel [Sitting on Top of the World].

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

Episode Mar. 27, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss cosmic delivery, National Joe Day, how John ran the Green Mountain Film Festival Video Slam while deathly ill, a hole in the floor, two musicians changing a flat tire, a clarification about long underwear, new techniques for walking your dog with 30 feet of cotton braided rope, debunking the marshmallow recipe, 3rd grade lunchroom politics & gender reassignment, the powerful force of rural radio, Emily’s attempt to say ADHD, the strange anomalies of orange juice, a disclaimer about the wholesale spread of misinformation, when your children text back & when they don’t, over-riding the ink cartridge scam, the many problems with cat litter - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Susannah Blachly [Your Voice Calls Me Home]; Laughing Crow Band [Corrina]; Brian Clark [10 am].

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

Episode Mar. 20, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss more tips on lamb diapering, Emily’s thrift store discovery of a special recipe book featuring the Schwann’s truck frozen foods, questions about late night coffee & an amazing discovery linking Greeks to the Cumberland Farms convenience store chain, the mysteries of mascara, wearing glasses as it relates to dodge ball, a trip to New Zealand and what to expect from fishing trip photography, the dangers of free-standing toast and electric fences, Andy the runt, Butch’s year-round air conditioned long underwear, fear of flying and valium in conflict, the myth of cut worms, the wisdom of washing the dishwasher, sugar-on-snow parties & using up old syrup, the science of when to take the plow off, why Henry is sitting in the corner - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [Stoned Kid]; Erin McDermott [Louise]; Spencer Lewis [Change Is].

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

Episode Mar. 13, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss whether or not Emily’s microphone is on, irrational fear of electric shock, a battery watering episode, Kristina’s attempt to rename Friday-the-13th “Good Fellows Day” which leads to a discussion of Odd Fellows, Masons and Rebeccas, the slot in boy’s underwear, used vacuums & broken light bulb toxicity, pretending not to be sick, a new definition for god, a bed & breakfast moose rack in the sink, life-sucking mud, a depressing realization about Girl Scout cookies, how to go out to eat in Vermont villages without restaurants, dinner party issues, talking in fake accents, turning nouns into verbs, dog jobs - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer and the Holy Plow [Snake Bite]; Jamo and Charlie [Joker is Wild]; Doug Perkins [Snowflake Jig].

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

Episode Mar. 6, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss catching some air on frost heaves, a snowy owl sighting, washing lambs with Woolite, the dangers of cutting open Pampers, a photo caption contest, some confusion over Shakespeare and Columbus, Emily’s ugly pie & attraction to a pink one, town meeting shame, questions arising from the giving of historic monuments as gifts, tips on winter driving short-cuts, the sap moon, pine sap and the smell of dirt, exercising graciousness as an alternative to blindly following a moral code, fish hatred, a local eggplant, feta & spinach pizza, new policy for circus elephants & the oppression of artist elephants, penguin sweaters, the uselessness of songwriting, an cattle incantation from the Carmina Gadelica, laundromat names, a glass of wine equivalency - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Patrick Ross [Arkansas Traveler]; Chris Kleeman [Magnet to Steel]; Bow Thayer [Windsor County Wind].

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR South Royalton 96.5 FM or streaming online at: Royalton Community Radio

Episode Feb. 27, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a confusion over lamb coats, “The Pollyanna Principle” unpacked, an unexpected marriage proposal, the phenomenon of being eyeballed whilst walking into small town diners, bizarre arguments at Vermont town meeting, phone calls from Duffy, George and someone’s uncle, fake violence a la Monty Python & move rating inconsistencies, Emily’s unbridled surrender in the super market to Tyson’s dinosaur chicken nuggets, bad geography 101, a test involving Vermont’s most famous turnip festival, reflecting on bog fanaticism, stress from feelings of inadequacy and the inevitability of emotional needs not being met, guilt over too much time spent writing song lyrics in one week and tips on how to do that - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Charlie Shew and Pat Jones [Marie-Lise]; Bow Thayer [Cowgirl Madonna]; Stefan Lundin [Aldrig nansin foll jag ner i bon].

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