Episode Apr. 15, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a Vulcan forehead, drivers being too nice at the intersection, new solutions for the town watering trough, an idea for crossword puzzles that feature misspellings, the gift of shoes, why we get upset on airplanes, hand dexterity exercises, fan belt issues & letting your truck rest, John’s busy schedule, tripe and grapenut pudding as menu options, what it means to be “into” someone, what’s up and coming with gray matter, not meditating as a way of life, the real deal on lawyers, an amazing use for baby gates and mother-in-laws, more ambiguity about toxins, the old snow shoe factory in Gaysville, childhood memories of backyard taxidermy, incurring bad karma with hummingbirds, comparing turds, earth wobble, book hoarding - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Rick Ceballos [Twin Bridges/Waterworks]; Don’t Call Betty [Carbon Neutral]; Kristina Stykos [Pastoral at Sunset 1981].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or 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 Apr. 8, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a sinking microphone, more on the joys & pitfalls of extension cords, why Ira changes his clothes five times a day, a problematic lip balm, rotting windowsills, the unfortunate side effect of early spaying and neutering, redefining mushroom juice, a deep digression into the urban dictionary, using Kombucha as a micro-aggression, the latest harrowing story about warts, struggling with seating arrangements at restaurants, why we all prefer women doctors, methods for removing insects from the house, a question about the certification of wishing wells, how to prepare for when celebrities die, a pet lover’s return to the 12 mile Fukishima exclusion zone, milkshakes for breakfast, what a selfie tells the world about you & your likeability - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer and the Holy Plow [Catskill Stone]; Mary McGinniss [Good Old Wilson]; Davey Davis [Light in the Window].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or 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 Apr. 1, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss ink cartridge failures, a debriefing on pregnancy pranks, clarifying the “coconut shell octopus”, a recommendation for women over 50, coping with heated seats, the elite subset of people who say “rabbit-rabbit”, when your bed is your desk and/or your bed is a couch, how Emily made baby Joseph fly, new artistic definitions for child abuse, comparing the words “harbor” and “harbinger”, saggy baggy jeans, getting down with sheep, a cheesy dinner plus extra grated cheese, sitting next to Mr. Oberoi on a flight to India to avoid death, dodging the cops on Route 110, another edition of Personal Growth Friday, the compulsory aspects of buying girl scout cookies, prioritizing your bills, obsessing while half asleep - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Laughing Crow Band [Corinna]; Kristina Stykos [He Will Be Free]; Brian Clark [Wishes].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or 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 Mar. 25, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss something burning, a trampoline release form, misguided basketball hucking, the dangers of overusing aluminum foil, an unexpected outcome to the 48 hour film slam, breaking down the latest Subaru breakdown, perfecting the one finger salute, wrestling with plus-size cotton balls, stories about wall-to-wall indoor-outdoor carpeting, a loose connection between Panini and andirons, the bachelor’s complex relationship to leftovers, running into those people you don’t want to see at the grocery store and why you don’t want to see them, a little deer’s sudden demise, the “Amazing Slow Downer”, a third birthday party for the radio station, a special shout out to a favorite kitchen appliance, sappy music for pets left at home all day & double dog-proofing, Peeps imploding in the microwave - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Nick Cowles [Old Outlaws]; Keith Murphy [Hard Times]; Julie James [Going Home].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or 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 Mar. 18, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss alternate identities and nick names, debriefing on being literally stuck in the mud, the joys of surging with pride coming “down off the hill”, a pointless meltdown, filming aliens & understanding their habits, creating a platform on which to be “nice”, a horrible children’s book concept, how laughing works, self help for cats, a trick for people who forget what they are doing on the way there, a shout out/philosophical reflection on wire, burning ash in the sugar house & a little coat-burning incident, a porta potty blow-over at the elementary school, fossil discovery at the top of the newsfeed, scary news about Walmart pistachios, a not-so encouraging report concerning trumpets at band practice, grading roads & packing a pistol, awkward jokes about tampons, a week’s worth of Googling, hedging your bets, giving a breech birth to a hedgehog, witch windows, the Whammy Bar - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bob Kinzel and Jean Olson [No Ash Will Burn]; Mark LeGrand and Sarah Munro [Ask of Me]; Dayve Huckett [Falling Slowly].

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or 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 Mar. 4, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss wiggling the thing, a clock situation, tried and true methods for making coffee from burnt toast, an unexpected town meeting let-down, distracted voting & the perils of folding ballots, a chance meeting at the gas pump, meditating on heavy blankets and weight, gun-toting redneck signage, the blue water of the “gee”, a review and lecture concerning lederhosen, one cat named Rosemary Trout, a long-standing fish problem, how to deal with a dead squirrel that you liked, frozen wild birds in the freezer, why everyone thinks they need a pond, an idea to bag and predispose of Emily and/or plant a tree, giving up soap, a discussion about skin, aging and an inverted rainbow theory, Princess Leia’s renewed press coverage - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Davey Davis [Music Meds; Light in the Window; Still Dancin’ with the Blues]

Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or 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 Feb. 26, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe, with two cents from Ira (8) and Eli (11), discuss the “at” symbol, mysterious rashes that you don’t want to talk about, burning your Christmas tree, the consequences of ignoring instructional diagrams, seeking out escalators, broken ski lifts & the origins of “Suicide Six”, becoming a pony after death, a cocktail umbrella injury in real time, strategies for dealing with bad neighbors involving glitter and balloons, a junk food check in, Eli’s construction of a sled for moving mushrooms, an icy mile long driveway and foray into the world of sap lines, evil cats that watch & wait for you at the bottom of the stairs, an ethical dilemma around money and knives, 12% spelling tests - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Derrick Semler [Blues - Untitled]; Senayit [Beautiful People]; The Peter Reed Family [Fare Thee Well]

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 Feb. 19, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss coming to terms with disappointing winter weather, a lamb named Jim and his double baby gates, an exploration of men’s junk and party games that use a stick, reflections on the passing of a baby dolphin, the pervasive lack of civility in online comments sections, the why of radioactive water storage in plastic kiddie pools, friendly car waving lines of demarcation, a tale of a bartending daughter and her advice to Playboy readers, the potential misuses of chemical air freshener, some sticky situations brought on by adultery, texting while recording, the possible relationship between ego, guitar playing and blatant exhibitionism, being conciliatory to the point of dishonesty, defending animals, vegetables, minerals and Pope hats - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Turnip Truck [Cash on the Barrel; Jesus on the Mainline; St. James Infirmary]

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 Feb. 12, 2016

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Randy Leavitt discuss his Superman costume and various rescues & other applications for it, gold mining in Vermont, an adventure in the Chateauguay wilderness on ice cleats, the perils of collecting rocks and pieces of wood, the rotation of the earth and a brilliant strategy for having longer weekends, why Cajun accordion sounds like sandpaper, several secrets about Barnard VT including the mysterious sunflower giveaway, a meditation on the docking of cows' tails, the joys of playing at late-night wedding campfires, a text from Moscow, poems and advice relating to St. Swithin's Day and Candlemas - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Jonathan Falby and Zac Johnson [Good Folks Behind You]; Kristina Stykos [Love the Distance]; Chris Kleeman [Big City Rag]

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 Feb. 5, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe and special guest Cindy Ross discuss how to cut an avocado, making crafts with empty Scotch canisters, a ski program with no snow, naming Planet Nine, avoiding golfers on dating websites, Patrick’s world tour of town halls, a lot of confusion about hamsters and gerbils, comedy night at Worthy Burger, more on lamb diapering, reviewing “scratch and sniff”, updating names for reluctant Grandmas, sex ed Fridays, cell phone addiction, iBird Pro, issues with air flow in Vermont houses, where to buy duct tape with ducks on it, baby wrangling - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musician Patrick Ross [Be Here Now; Pop Goes the Weasel; Ice Out]

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 Jan. 29, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss dog hair in crackers, the “doodle” trend, good noses and intelligence, British cheese, little babies heads, several problems with plugs, being spit on by French people, terrible baby shower game playing and consumerism, a full-on discussion about corn, a few choice words for spiritual midwifery, a barn full of lambs, coping with burgers that are too big for your mouth, iPad crimes, an old bb gun & shooting tin cans, visiting the Twin State Typewriter Store, fake fingernails and playing “Taxes”, hating the outside, tomorrow’s fundraiser for Molly and Jim, a dumb spelling word, pricing a photo shoot, podcasting webinars, inching forward - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Val McCallum [Outlaws Song Demo 4]; Nikki Matheson [Lover of Salt]; Pat Jones and Charlie Shew [I Could Love You].

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 Jan. 22, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss the perils of hot pink duct tape, the how and why of cold feet & the two brain theory, recollecting legends of U.F.O infamy, Sarah Palin as talented slam poet, the word girdle used as a verb, an armpit issue at dance class, planning trips to town to get good coffee, perfecting hovercraft, more on cat throw up, the question of microwaves & wireless internet traveling through your body, ongoing fears about candy dye, the efficacy of different sizes when buying pairs of things & a review of shoe horn options, living in “emotional parallel”, an irrational longing for hanging chads, the return of frost heaves, planning for lambs, a philosophical treatise on feminine garb, vs. animal skins, freeze dried banana chips as a metaphor for cognition - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Patrick Ross with the Matt Flinner Trio [Saint Anne’s Reel]; Jay Stevens [Woods]; Laughing Crow [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 Jan. 15, 2016

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Jim DiStefano discuss a dog sled full of Xanax crossing the Canadian border, how to meet the locals and effect of cooking Cajun chicken wings, what to do when your house burns down, how to feed your soil, art school students, sudden death and the phases of David Bowie, new fangled picture phones and an ever-expanding interweb, an alternative to buying lottery tickets, television binge watching, looking for pocket change, the Viola story, an ambulance chasing auto body shop owner, how to deal with triggers that will wreck your day, a fire-induced memory game, issues with snow plow hydraulics, a revelation about Walmart - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Don’t Call Betty [I Can Dream]; Julie James [My Girlfriend’s Mad at Me]; Lizzy Mandel [Desert Wind].

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 Jan. 8, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss fish spit, another annoying ski program orientation, celebrating bub day, Randy’s trip to Burlington in a superman costume, a saran wrap game and warding off depression with “bag bags”, an eyeliner experiment gone awry, a bad manners alert system, anticipating grandchildren in the abstract, upsetting tabloid stories about babies, pens that blob & the uselessness of mechanical pencils, the special sauce of an album review reworked by Google Translate, adventures in rewiring the studio, using the broom closet for meditation, a beautifully written obituary, health information and paranoia, getting the right snow shovel at Nelson Hardware, an unexpected digression into the world of anamorphic camera lenses, finding Lithuania on the map and other “anias”, cold toilet seats in the winter and problems stemming from being too busy to pee - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Dirt is the Color]; Ol’ Moose [Backslidin’ Lover]; Davey Davis [If I Could]

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 Jan. 1, 2016

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss Emily’s strange associations with the word “hoo-ha” and her chastisement of parents weirdly naming their children’s private parts, a creepy room filled with baby carriages, conjecture about the origins of half and half, strong opinions about commonly used paper products, celebrating New Year’s Eve at 4:30 pm, “the confetti guys” in Times Square, kissing relatives, a few annoying but seductive linguistic affectations, extra stuff that devalues other stuff, beating a dead New Year’s resolution horse, sharpening your tools including shovels, the awful truth about socks, using or losing your emergency brake, lawn chairs and blood donations, making photo albums for elderly friends, some interior decoration tips for single women and the strategic positioning of mirrors, bumble bee juice glasses - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Rick Ceballos & Twin Bridges [Home with the Girls in the Morning/Tamlin/Home Ruler; Exactly Like You; Charcoal Man/St. Patrick’s Day]

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 Dec. 18, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss another socializing disaster, heading out of Vermont and “down into America”, Christmas shopping discounts in exchange for bible verses in New Hampshire, raw egg phobia, Emily’s untimely ejection from off a galloping Icelandic pony, an apple pie review and consequent prescription for success, a simple remedy for how to stop a toilet overflowing, black horses on a lonely ocean, dancing with secret Santa, a Kissing Balls malfunction, how to find a 3 volt battery in rural Vermont (continued), perplexing Star Wars movie ratings, the oddity of a nicely dressed woman in Chelsea, a few choice aphorisms from Butch related to donkeys, giving up and buying a Christmas tree at the gas station, fond reminiscences regarding the old studio console & masking tape, sitting through holiday performances & crawling on your knees holding a cellphone like an idiot - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Chris Kleeman [Hoodo Baby]; Timothy James [Life’s a Gas]; Bow Thayer [Thinner].

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 Dec. 11, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss talking to dead relatives through dimes, a commuter train sans driver, Kristina’s apology on behalf of the human race, a little tip about birthday fashion, naming driveways, the fun side of talking into microphones, a Parisian solution for bad breath, forgetting famous artists, the magic of carabiners, getting ready for the Wassail parade, Christmas light placement & Emily’s OCD, the bad electric stove (cont.), the nobility of eating out of cans, a sad story about inanimate objects, how long to put off going to the dentist, a battery for Dr. Rhythm, problems with zip lock bags, thoughts about Facebook hangovers, going to Montana by way of the Ontario wilderness, a birthday Kewpie doll for the Christmas tree - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Three Jigs]; Mary McGinniss [Borderlands]; Nikki Matheson [Whisper I Love You].

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 Dec. 4, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a unique sweater with pom poms and the best rummage sales, our favored mechanics who approach car repair gently, a post card business idea, desk lamp malfunction, giant pomegranate candy canes, a grandchild in real life, dreaming of a box turtle and making the world anew, roads that you haven’t been on, riding in the Woodstock Wassail Parade, a review of Vermont’s Memories by Dickie Drysdale, laughing out loud for real, tickling as an art form, taking the religion out of Christmas, our local Mormon monument & a four minute video, the unpleasant chore of pumping gas and tubes that ding, an electric stove that unfortunately electrocutes, strippers and the condition of money in Vermont, salting fruit and sanitizing whatever is full of germs, elves to the rescue - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hot Flannel[Sittin’ on Top of the World]; Hot Flannel [Rock Pile]; Hot Flannel [Ice on the Pond].

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 Nov. 20, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss anonymous haggling, what you might find when you clean your car, the hazards of twitching eyebrows, reasoning with folks under the age of 12, spousal hair aberrations & a Lyle Lovett haircut, spelling “rhinoceros”, a final phase of chimp liberation, more about leggings, riding pants and the people who wear them, pondering asymmetrical nostrils, how to move enormous terra cotta pots into small dark crawl spaces, downloading a musical education, deep & meaningful questions about dealing with repulsive personal characteristics & fringe friendships, a call from Duffy, the Syrian refugee crisis & societal issues of marginalization, how chewing gum affects family photos - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Patrick Ross [Buffalo Gals]; Mark Struhsacker [Sad and Blue]; Stefan Lundin [Helig vind].

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 Nov. 13, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss an aboriginal tattoo, chasing John’s stinky sheep, trying to get rid of most of your clothes, the Starbucks coffee cup controversy, hair implants close up and personal, sending a sponge to New York, waiting for the arrival of the “Death Star” waffle iron, all-you-can-eat in Tunbridge, a few odd anecdotes about undertakers, how we feel when listening to the radio in the car, singing to yourself as a defensive strategy, a bathtub rule-of-thumb concerning nipples and knees, vicious insect bites and inconvenient clay applications, vacuuming flies, the raking report, Ionic toothbrushes, getting painful massages every week & other first world problems, imagining the end of a lousy week, how much money we need - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hunter Paye [Creative Lights]; Julie James [Lives Entwined]; Merima Kljuco [Pajdusko Oro].

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