11th Hour Radio
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos & Emily Howe debrief the week with humorous banter relating to the ups and downs of being artist-types trying to make ends meet in rural Vermont. Each episode includes interludes of homegrown music from Kristina and friends. Based on their live radio show broadcast Fridays at 11 a.m. on Royalton Community Radio, WFVR-LP, South Royalton, Vermont.

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss eating edible bark, ironing holiday wrapping paper for future use, night skiing with the dog, glass blowing lessons, Emily’s longing for an extra hand, a 20 year old broken foot, snow machines vs. ski dos, an unexpected Christmas present of shingles, unwelcome lubricant advertisements, sardines as an improvement on wet cat food, a breakdown on hominy, Ira’s purchase of nerf balls, adults hiding behind electrons, fingerless gloves from the Army/Navy store, Emily brush hogging her legs, ushering in 2015 without resolutions, Kristina’s New Year’s advice to “leave a door open” - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: The Stephen Wentworth Band [Free My Soul]; Robert Resnik [Sand and Foam]; Doug Perkins [Chopin Waltz]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_12-26-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 8:23pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss why difficulties spelling Hanukkah might lead to a preference for Christmas, a Pinterest pretzel disaster, how to get the “right” fortune cookie & the folly of hording them, lying to children, a cheese theft hits close to home, things to feel guilty about, a case of the zoomies, where bad sledding weather intersects with daycare, Emily tricking her boys into shopping for Maxi-pads, best names for laundromats & car washes, the latest cat video sensation, how to shop at Walmart in Ohio with Kristina’s credit card & get away with it, something about Matt’s nipples & an new old Vermont expression, what to do with stale candy canes, a very small turkey that looked a lot like a chick-a-dee unfortunately - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Don’t Call Betty [Tell Me]; Mary McGinniss [Jesus Christ What Were You Thinking]; Mark Struhsacker [Cricket on the Hearth/Tom and Jerry]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_12-19-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:20pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss Vermont’s major ice storm & power outage, Emily’s temporary refuge sleeping on the floor at her sister’s house, a fish-tailing adventure, Kristina rams a tree, wonderful Tammy at the DMV, what happens to your mailbox when you get a post office box, notes from a novice plow truck operator, the relationship between Matt’s bigger chain saw & his recliner, a press conference with Bo of “Eat More Kale” on the steps of the state house, an in-depth analysis of the best tofu club sandwich in Vermont, something falls off the roof in real time, how a colorful chef’s hat from Coffee Corner might change your future, Emily’s theory on why Kristina is not getting older - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Nick Cowles [Dark Door of Lonliness]; Bow Thayer & the Holy Plow [Way of the Gun]; The Cousins Project [Stealing Away]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_12-12-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:02pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss baby Jesi spottings, Emily’s worries about Catholic bishops making decisions to cut Christmas light displays, how divorce may affect house plants, hobbing jobs together, getting bored at meetings, a tirade against the Pilgrims averted, Kristina accusation that Emily is “a really white person”. Patrick Ross calls in to the studio, a white flour product obsession, the weird relationship between Fairy tales and bitter greens, an instructive moment at Panera, an argument for not bathing in the winter, the mysteries of lighting a professional photo shoot, the fact that Eli sat next to a girl on the bus on a field trip, sleeping on the couch as a way of life - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Stefan Lundin [De hogsta utav hojder]; Neal Massa Trio [Cute]; Chris Kleeman [Come on if You’re Comin’]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_12-5-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:06pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss the day after Thanksgiving, ordering personalized pencils from the back of comic books, a harrowing rescue, how to figure out the speed limit when there are no signs, how to make homemade album jackets, wearing braces as an adult, Vermont’s ties to the Bic family fortune, Emily’s upcoming winter job dusting curtains in a closed museum, revisiting hanging baby Christmas tree ornaments, a discovery of beautifully preserved antique clothing, drone shopping - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Heart in the Wreckage]; Robert Resnik [Delahanty’s Hornpipe/Cut the File/The Gold Ring]; Kristina Stykos [Road to Rostrevor]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_11-28-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 11:21am EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss belly button lint, sweater pills, baby ropes, static electricity, a favorite tempeh turkey recipe, a novel use for colanders, backing up cars, Kristina’s, somewhat unintentional exploration of the back roads of Calais, Emily’s adventures subbing in the local elementary school, saving coals to start new fires, marching captives north to sell them to the French, why amaryllis always fall over, early Christmas tree buying, how wrong if not cruel it is that children grow up, a Chinese food restaurant with sugar donuts and a cremee machine, garbled failures in dictation software deployment, a hedgehog in a cupcake tray - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Spencer Lewis [Vermont Resurrection]; Brian Clark [Over On Me]; Pete Sutherland [Streak O’ Lean/Swann River Breakdown]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_11-21-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:24pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss whether or not to spray vinegar on your car, why November can be a tough time, a poem from Kevin Macneil Brown, the annoying “devil’s advocate” guise, a photo of Johnny Clegg, a recipe for herbal chicken pox skin salve, rhinoceros vs. hippopotamus hide, the filthy, horrible chores of parenting, piling wood instead of stacking it, giving up padded bras as a way of life, not wearing your glasses, whether delinquent DJs who do not clean the toilets at their station can find business underwriters for their show, Emily gets a black eye while taking Ira to get his flu shot, bath toys, an unfortunate incident with the dog - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Smokin’ Grass [Opus 1]; Stephan Lundin [Beat Street]; Bow Thayer [Sandman’s Island]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_11-14-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:13pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss politics and the recent mid-term elections which they said they would not talk about, a trip to the snow geese of Addison County, a call from John in Austin & reminiscence on the late Vermont senator Jim Jeffords, a new concept in tent platforms, when snow is not really snow what you call it, a reflection on underwear, a long awaited diagnosis on Emily’s Subaru that reveals a pesky coil, shopping for jeans, avoiding loud music but not the social aspect of going to bars, Kristina’s advice on thermoses, a recipe for baking potatoes with olive oil and salt, one road in Weathersfield demystified - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Swing and Tears [Hobo’s Meditation]; Nick Cowles [Old Outlaws]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_11-7-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 7:44am EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Ferro discuss topics including a slutty corn costume, druthers about attending Myra’s party, Emily’s failure to shut down the cabin in PEI, a meeting in the Home Depot Parking Lot, a true and classic scary story about dripping water, the great candy buy-back scheme, dressing the dog up as Beanie Baby, made-up conjecture about the Vermont mafia, cringing at ourselves, a strange clause emerges from deeds in the town of Graniteville, Emily’s drive in Burlington with PMS, a discussion about what broadcasting the show while floating in a sensory depravation tank would be like, a Schwann’s truck sighting - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Doug Perkins [Hang Glide]; Julie James [Daydreamer]; Kristina Stykos and Bela Fleck [Apogee] 

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_10-31-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:35am EDT

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host musician Bow Thayer discuss topics including all kinds of earplugs starting with Kleenex, the recent Bela Fleck show in Rutland & how it inspired Bow to put his banjo away forever (not really), a breakdown of “jackass of all trades”, the uke bass and noodle comparison, how Bow got home to Gaysville when Route 107 disappeared into the White River, shout outs to Jake Wildwood of Antebellum Instruments, Pete Weiss of Verdant Studio, and Don Carbino of River Bend Post and Beam, fear of getting up in the morning, a history of the Tweed River Festival, a brief discussion of “Why Guys Get Trapped in Soul Sucking Jobs”, how switching up instruments can affect the nuts and bolts of songwriting, a geeky yet somehow fascinating explanation of Bow’s new line of “Bojotar” guitars (or are they banjos? dobros?), a RGS grid tie installation goes up in support of Bow’s next album, the metaphysical deepness of Pro Tools - and so much more!

Outgoing music track: Bow Thayer ["Stoned Kid" from Spend it All]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Episode_10-24-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:21pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including primordial stew, Emily's contemplation on outer space, breaking down a mash-up of the Vermont gubernatorial race, a missing gazebo, dogs eating packaging tape, Kristina’s trials as a waitress, confusion over whether or not Vermont has orange groves, scoring goals for the wrong side, saving up your junk food joneses, still loving the Barnard Store, dancing with two year olds, selling old skating dresses on eBay, a review of “bunting”, a reversal on spring cleaning, an expose on vacuum cleaner bags, Emily rants and refuses to makes her own maxi pads, hiding toast from the cat - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [Tango Rose]; Pat Jones and Charlie Shew [Snow]; Hot Flannel [Ice on the Pond]  

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_10-17-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:04pm EDT

October 10, 2014

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Bob Farnham discuss topics including how we feel about microphones, tweed and silk, upwardly mobile family farms in Vermont, Amtrack live and – almost - on schedule in South Royalton, a great invisible card trick, Kristina’s clip boards, early voting issues, Bob & twenty cords of firewood, Jehovah’s witnesses deflected, Phish as a search keyword for 11th Hour Radio, cluster flies again, a deconstruction of Half & Half, a live solicitation robo-call, Vermont’s lieutenant governor’s race, wood stoves we have loved – by name - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [Born to Be]; Kristina Stykos [Flowing West]; Will Patton [November]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_10-10-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 8:14pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including where the Schwann’s trucks go at night, why the sound of crinkling paper is so satisfying, how Emily’s problem opening jars leads her to search for a husband, the loud voices of soccer moms, eliciting responses from the universe, a long term relationship with hydrangeas explained, the limitations of electric lawn mowers, three men with good attitudes, Rusty backs his new truck into a rock, a human bulldozer - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Susannah Blachly [Canyon Dream]; Patrick Ross [Goldrush]; Brian Clark [The Lake]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_10-3-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:28am EDT

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Bob Farnham discuss topics including maple soft serve, the evolution of the species as it relates to Attention Deficit Disorder, knobby knees, a few jokes from Mitch the Hippie Martian Zen Genius Mitch Hedberg, Kristina’s disappointing last trip to the dump (or was it a transfer station?), a vicarious dip into the recent historic climate march in NYC, how toxins travel uphill, a ceremonial iPhone 6 defocking, Bob explains his relationship with Siri, an expose on sandwiches, documenting others documenting you, Tofurkey, road fixing in Chelsea, a wood splitting lesson from old Sabin Densmore, Sr., SunWood Biomass of Waitsfield VT to the rescue - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Highwoods String Band [Who Broke the Lock]; The Cousins Project [Stealin’ Away]; Will Ackerman [Last  Day at the Beach]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_9-26-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 11:06pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including energy dispersal, Emily’s “carma” & a cozy tow truck ride on a cold night, the trouble with hoar frost, more on King snakes, how cleaning your basement can make you sparkle and what you might find, a great experience at the recycling transfer station, using “Ethan Frome” as a verb, letting go of old light bulbs, how to deal with appliance paranoia, the word “corduroy as it relates to spelling issues in general, Butch’s ski hoarding and decorative ski display in the barn, why you can’t give away old car seats - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Thing for You]; Wagtail [Meet Me When the Sun Goes Down]; Don’t Call Betty [Long Way Fast]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_9-19-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:15pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos broadcasting live from the Tunbridge World’s Fair during Emily’s break from the Colonial Kitchen at the Antique House amidst the chaos of a makeshift radio studio located between the pig races and the petting zoo, discussing topics including making apple pie in a cast iron frying pan, horse blankets as outer wear, true confessions of a mother's kidnapper paranoia, Emily reveals her failed attempt to take a goat on the ferris wheel, Avery Crockett shows us her “Operation Iraqi Freedom” medal, a delivery of Vermont fresh chocolate milk, Emily uses hand sanitizer as deodorant in a pinch, worm water, Gifford Hospital representatives drive by in a golf cart, a PSA from the White River Valley Chamber of Commerce fundraising calendar, natural upholstery cleaner, Kristina's reminiscences of taking a gamble on a plastic duck, a request for “Barry White” from a civil war re-enactor, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: The Cousins Project [South of the Chelsea Line]; The Cousins Project [Come Around]; Bow Thayer & the Holy Plow [Catskill Stone]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_9-12-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:41am EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including Emily’s 17 layers of undergarments, air conditioning in grocery stores, humoring the dentist, Victorian prayer flags, how big your mirror should be, how to gracefully divest of scented candles, art modeling and eye stress, brain RAM, looking closely at holly hocks, if it’s not beige what color is that, Myra paints her piano red, Kristina examines the gender of knights, a discussion about wooly bears, cows following four wheelers, eating free food outdoors, a contention that all roads lead to cheese and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: The Cousins Project [Rescue Me]; Doug Perkins [Hang Glide]; Kristina Stykos [Three Jigs]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_9-5-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:28pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including Ira’s platypus, the ethics of literally dragging your child out of bed, finding out you have a tape worm, just cranky vs. unique, why we go to Burlington, bolted lettuce, who is in charge of adults, being a backwoods diva – or not, a fencing lesson, rainbow rocks with bible verses on them as related to gay pride, people wanting what they want, take-your-dog-to-work week, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Don’t Call Betty [Carbon Neutral]; Bow Thayer [Suicide Kings]; Smokin Grass [09]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_8-29-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 12:02pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including TGIF, a late night visit to Walmart in search of birthday treasure hunt surprises, the donkey and the horse, disappointed Mormons, a road closure turns into a party, a Vermont tongue twister involving historic sites, trading earwig stories, trees turning early and how it is not just a made up thing, being “Vermont” famous, ignoring the cleanup sign-up, a mysterious humming noise, ponying up at last for Royalton Community Radio, how hard it is for some of us to say a very small word, nose hats, an explanation of “soul sickness”, what Kristina didn’t do this summer, the North Pond Hermit, a DJ gets stuck in Bethel, how time marches on, revisiting FEMA and route 107, Emily almost gets hired for a “real job” - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hot Flannel [Working on a Building]; Kristina Stykos [I Can’t Go Home]; Brian Clark [West]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_8-22-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 7:47pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including crumbs, magic stuff in baskets, a snake dissection at Silver Lake State Park, the summer days of summer, a Juicy Fruit addiction, several failed attempts to talk to callers, a buying strategy for the Salvation Army, Ira’s attempted removal of Emily in sections, dining out on Mondays in rural Vermont, a reverie on lobotomy, a trip to Shelburne museum and the secret to free admissions, the old Shepard Saw Mill, boat rides and marriage proposals, hover craft, annoying grammar issues, luffing departed comics, guilt trips and family life, hearing something tapping, starting each day afresh, a Fable Farm concert, love guns, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Susannah Blachly [Hope Begins in the Dark]; Charlie Shew and Pat Jones [Marile-Line]; Doug Perkins [Flop Earred Mule]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_8-15-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:42pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including why we won’t be running a daycare center anytime soon, Kristina’s description of her brain, secret societies and their secret buildings, random doll parts, a recipe for rice burgers inspired by not wanting to drive to Worthy Burger, decorating your house in “eclectic love”, music festival season as a precursor to feeling lonely, Emily’s exposure to Harold Pinter at Unadilla Theater and a case of cold pants, doing charades in lieu of speaking French, a dream of flying with mom and dad, a refrigerator check list that sheds light on the weirdness of collecting old food, observing people vs. judging them, the great park-like utility of the Tunbridge Fairgrounds off-season, a challenge to the commonly held belief of hiking as exercise, a complaint that the White River is not white - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Will Patton [Charanga]; Bow Thayer [Harpoon Song]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_8-8-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:33pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including a little lizard on a rock, Vermont Girls Rock & Kristina’s adventures at camp, kids crying incessantly at daycare, Emily’s blue cardigan, making your kids say “I’m sorry” and why it’s wrong, Ira and his candy addiction, a visit to Thunder Road and an uninspired porta-potty road race, amazing technological developments from Dunkin Donuts, tips on how to employ useless phrases such as “take down your pants and slide down the ice” to make a trip to Prince Edward Island endurable for children, lightning ghosts, a raspberry invitation and garlic harvesting advice from guitarist Doug Perkins, candy dots, hand splitting wood with an axe according to Eli plus a fallback plan utilizing pickaxes according to Ira, gypsy caravans in Vermont and a tie-in to national trends, hipsterism & how we might be “anti-snobs” - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hot Flannel

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 7:43pm EDT

11th Hour host Kristina Stykos talks with special guest Matthew Goguen discussing topics including “serendipity”, meeting strangers, unusual visitations, pennies from heaven, small town sameness, earning the trust of locals while doing historical research, random acts of kindness in the airport, a beautiful drop of sap, stalking or archiving?: a comparison, mercury-in-retrograde as a way of life, rock and roll camp for girls, days of minor inconveniences, hills, hollows and building summer fires - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Don’t Call Betty [Hideaway]; Hot Flannel [Ice on the Pond]; Robert Resnik [Twa Corbies]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_7-18-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:24am EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including wearing aprons, bad breath gum, songs to swing by & hammock habits, money earning, retired federal workers’ visit to the museum, a woodchuck tussle, delphinium petals in production, stud-finders: a discussion, a thumb dislocation, free association, hydraulic symbiosis, evil blond stereo-typed associations, George Lisi, naturalist, passes away, the semipiturnal whirling of the stars, “What has become of my heart”, a time to rally, Phasghetti Western at the Randolph Playhouse, a.k.a. everyone learns in their own way, skunk smell, the power of common sounds,  and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Pat Jones and Charlie Shew [Rest Easy]; Mark Struhsacker [What Has Happened to My Heart]; Bow Thayer [Cowgirl Madonna]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Radio_Episode_7-10-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:59pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including nicknames, wooden swords and shields, a fierce game of “Go Fish”, a brief Vermont geography quiz, recurring nightmares and Ira’s snake dream, Emily’s fear of “goose-eggs”, a peony photo-taking binge and Kristina’s new pronunciation dictionary for plant names, what’s happening in the parking lot (donuts), “throwing rods” or something like it, Eli explains what technology is, an iron guild from the state of Maine, dancing synapses or are we just stupid (a question), sealing wax debunked, Butch melts bullets on Emily’s leg, the color of the void, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Brian Clark [Wishes]; Julie James [Patience]; Miranda Moody Miller [Ghost Riders in the Sky]

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_Episode_7-6-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:11pm EDT

Host Kristina Stykos is joined by special guest JP Lahens, Music and Performing Arts major at Lyndon State College, to discuss topics related to being a music professional and human being - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [The Bitters]; Abrial [Owned and Controlled]; Kristina Stykos [Angelino]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including running late & karma, the “Mary Poppins Wind”, snakes and a dream of childhood, a million dollars falling out of the sky, hidden nests, Emily’s messy day, going with self absorption, “who are these people?”, how we swear, squirting in 3-D, Kristina gets “gullible-ized”, accents & respect, Avery’s tantrums, the mushroom poster dilemma, handy plastic devices, the perils of being a practicing artist, agreeing we’re tired of money, barter including ducks, putting the crushing burdens of life on the back burner, “wonderground”, Emily’s letter opener, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Will Ackerman [Anne’s Song]; Doug Perkins and Patrick Ross [Flop Eared Mule]; Kristina Stykos [Broken Wings]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 11:36pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos enjoy a special visit from Vermont Public Radio’s Robert Resnik of “All the Traditions” as the conversation warps into a wonderful three-way and truly haywire discussion including topics such as Robert’s early radio career at WRUV, marble collecting, jingles we have known and loved, under-appreciated parts of Vermont, dressing up “ like a little doll” a la Emily, a nursing home avocation, the Somali-Bantu women of Burlington, the art of being a music reviewer, the art of being an outreach librarian, the most rare color of beach glass, Fabulous Vermont Radio, a good meal,   and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends:Mary McGinniss [Good Old Wilson]; Julie James [Going Home]; Robert Resnik [Mary Neal]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 8:36pm EDT

June 6, 2014

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including Magic Mountain, how Todd hated our last show, bathrobes, the math behind cows lying down and the possibility of rain, a child almost born in a fire truck, young boys and axes, why are they calling us “M’am”?, the hazards of drawing and driving, a dinky parade, broken pitchfork issues, partly cloudy vs. partly sunny, a strange dream sighting of aardvarks, “exquisite corpse”, summer interns and the heavy object removal, a new acquisition of Victorian footwear and hair bustles, finding a hidden bees nest at the gas station, a promo for next week’s interview with VPR’s Robert Resnik, vagina cakes, why not to get your tires changed at a tire store, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends:Wagtail [Wagtail/Daphne’s Ramble/Meadowdance]; Doug Anderson [Dance Floor]; Rick Ceballos [Shifting Sands]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:13pm EDT

A special edition of 11th Hour Radio, hosted by Kristina Stykos, featuring an interview with luthier Michael Millard, owner of/builder for Froggy Bottom Guitars, a Vermont company specializing in acoustic steel string guitars. 

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: John Gorka [Love Is Our Cross to Bear]; Louise Taylor [Katie’s Smile]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:46pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos in a rare phone conversation since they both hate talking on the phone. Pre-recorded a couple nights before broadcast, they discuss topics including how tired they are, Emily’s work with critical, uncooperative kids in public school dance classes, renovating an iris bed, lawn mower phobia, the challenges of recording a radio show while tethered to a wall phone, baby head size, a micro-cell adventure and bats in the studio, weekend entertainment at a rural road rally, the enigma of wanting to always leave parties early, brain pinching, using tennis rackets to trap errant wildlife, shamanic rebirth, Memorial Day confusion, driving illegally on studded snow tires in May, a tick-in-scotch-tape display,  and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hot Flannel [Temperance Reel]; Lizzy Mandell [Like It Like That]; Kristina Stykos [When You Love Someone]; Kristina Stykos [Three Jigs]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:02pm EDT

This week’s show is a special music edition, hosted by Kristina Stykos, who flies solo this week while Emily Ferro goes to work as a dance teacher in the local schools. The show features tracks from Kristina’s personal archive, including songs recorded by her Dad in the 1940s, as well as other off-beat and one-of-a-kind project recordings, captured in her studio [Pepperbox Studio, Chelsea, VT]. Selected segments from the 11th Hour’s flagship show in May of 2013, co-hosted by Emily and Kristina, complete the mix.

Featured tracks:  Joseph Stycos [three songs in Greek and Spanish]; Kristina Stykos [Ready for the Times]; Freya Yost [Time to Fall]; Anna Snipes [Take Your Hat]; Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out [Michael Millard]; Derrick Semler [Blues – Untitled/Twins]; Dylan Waller [Suzanne]; Josh Rivera [How Can I Feel]; The Barn Band [Listening to Levon].

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_5-16-14.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:57pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including their reactions to the new, improved Royalton Community Radio [RCR] studios, aging gracefully or not, Kristina’s revelation of a decades-long struggle to control unbridled energy, how dancing at the nursing home earns Emily an unexpected compliment, four wheeler chit chat, sheep shearing day and a man in elf shoes, the truth about guitar tuners, another drunken bar gig, a horse radish science experiment, psychic connections reaching to the subterranean cheese room at Howe Cavern, how annihilating things can quickly become a little complex and philosophical, naked pressed fairies, Ira’s confusion around “peepers” and “creepers”, Jim’s impromptu visit in a red coat, Scilla explosions at the farm, something about an ionizing toothbrush, the golden afternoon song, a guy named “Bumbie”, hallucinogenic worms, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [Sweet Combustion]; Hot Flannel [Opus #1]; Lizzy Mandell [This Old House]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 12:21pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including: a shake-down of last week’s show, the latest in wine dispensers, an unfortunate descent into chit-chat hell, Kristina’s recitation of the names of all her great aunts & uncles, alternative “F” words and the “F” word dictionary, swimming in a sea of ignorance, the premature demise of a terrapin flotation device, philosophical musings on Emily’s trip to a battleship & submarine claustrophia, the perils of cooking in someone else’s kitchen, a discussion of IQ and what it means to be ordinary, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Paul Asbell [Blue Driver]; Ben Reed [The Waltz of Joy]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including inhibited passing due to frost heaves, hazardous use of scooters in Vermont, the short attention span of today’s readers, sharing your face on Facebook, a ten foot tatted “Last Supper” misplaced, a fun visit to the oral surgeon, Emily deejays for a middle school dance, what scares us about anesthesia, “Buck up little Camper”, how disaster reenactment in mud puddles helps children process tragedy, the oddities of birth order, the traumatic impact of animal movies with scary endings on children, goats as opposed to miniature cows, the power of commercial imagery to rob your imagination, the magical Schwann’s frozen food truck and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Brian Clark [Cairns]; Julie James [Mud Season Minuet]; Steve Mayone [What’d Ya Come Here For]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:42pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos are joined by Kendra Colburn and together discuss topics including trolls chewed on by rats, Todd drops off a flier, compressed air, the guy in the photo aka any friend of Rudy’s, Kristina’s obsession with wire, attaching miniature ponies to the dash of a car, pizza for Emily’s mom’s birthday, Kendra’s fact-checking skills, Chris brings hot beverages, white man overbite, a kangol, the smoke smell on clothing, mildew on a towel and other cleaning tips, implants for men, old dogs and fatty tumors, a fashion trend a la Kristina, the security of men’s undershirts and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Charlie Shew and Pat Jones [Snow]; Rick Ceballos [Arepika Polka/Tiger and the Comet]; Brian Clark [Cairns]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:09pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including the mysterious Schwan’s Frozen Food Truck, a quick review of why we don’t need math, possible tie-ins between a trip to the aquatic park and more puking at Emily’s house, conclusions concerning whether or not to show our negative reactions to others, really questionable wart remedies, annoying trends in online video presentation, Kristina’s opinion of this week’s new, fashionable term for divorce: “conscious uncoupling”, a trip over the mountain to a great gallery space in Bristol, VT, an expose of leg hair types, the origin of lanolin, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Ben Reed [Summer’s Dawn]; Rick Ceballos [The Red Gate/Southern Breeze]; Kristina Stykos [Wing and a Prayer]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 12:55pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including liking yourself, a sad farewell to snow, Kristina's certainty that her kids will listen to the show when she's dead, whether or not social media is making us lonelier, a run-in between wax-less skis & rising temperatures, a poem for World Water Day [Mary Collins], a discussion about making charitable donations when you can’t pay your bills, grocery shopping when you’re hungry: pros and cons, how to clean a rug with snow, details regarding a fundraiser for community radio, Emily’s imitation of the Michelin Man, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Dayve Huckett [So It Goes]; Neal Massa [It Might as Well be Spring]; Doug Perkins [Garlic Patch Rag]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:18pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including the magenta splotch over Tunbridge, a tiny snow machine, Emily’s “beautiful shiver”, the language of snow, more names for snow, the red carpet adventures at the pasghetti western opening, Emily’s ride in a limo with sugar-charged children, a game boy-refrigerator incident, tales of a near win from the Iditarod, a pancake breakfast opportunity, phone phobia, how to deal with a few late Christmas cards, Kristina contemplates succumbing to Youtube advertising, an ice cream delivery debacle, thigh-deep snow as it relates to getting to the compost pile, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Forgotten Road]; Bow Thayer [Libby Digs It]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 11:11pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discuss topics including Emily’s secret advantage at lambing time, the challenges of being a math impaired newspaper reporter at Town Meeting, thoughts on the term “trailer trash”, why passing out on the floor by the woodstove may not be a good idea, premier details for “Pasghetti Western” at the Woodstock Town Hall Theater, a night out on the town in Ripton VT goes well despite all odds, Kristina’s discovery of Balsam products for sale at Eaton Sugar house, including “smelly kittys”, a cautionary tale about going shopping in big box stores for children’s size high heels with dilated pupils, discovering cheese curds for the first time in your thirties, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Doug Perkins [Three Little Jigs]; Kristina Stykos [Settle for Paradise]; Spencer Lewis [Change Is]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:01pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including why we can’t say TGIF, an explanation of “wet” pie, a homemade luge run in Tunbridge, Emily’s report of her lame “puberty talk” that made Ira giggle and Eli roll his eyes, a check in to see if we are still loving winter – or not, a grumpy analysis of children’s museums, a discussion about whether it is possible to make a living as a photographer anymore, Emily’s dream of publishing a “coffee table” book, Kristina’s desire to perform her civic duty by going to town meeting is overcome by her self conscious aversion to walking into the school gymnasium and having everyone turn and look at her, things we did not click on, nor want to see in our mailbox this week, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Sophie Sunshine Mueller [No More Gravity]; Kristina Stykos [Forgiveness]; David Haupfleisch [Sunrise Serenade]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:00pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including headphones as a possible surgical attachment, a Valentine’s Day blizzard, a shout-out to the local road crews, helping Filipino tech support with their grammatical errors, a pipe organ company in Vermont, Emily’s unfortunate glazed donut falling in the bath-tub incident, Vermont beauty secrets: how to improve your complexion in the sugar house, our sloppy way of talking, how Kristina reclaims her wood splitting skills but upsets Emily by walking in the stream with her Italian boots on, a brief discussion of the term “numbnuts”, dog snow-swimming adventures, a pretty ice storm, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Chris Kleeman [Ride and Roll]; Mark Struhsacker [Evening]; Hunter Paye [Kris]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:50pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including the whoosh of snow coming off the roof, a Viking sunstone discovery, Emily’s appeal to elephant poachers, Kristina’s new word, sitting on Butch’s dead appliances up at the sugar house, paper thin cheese cutting techniques and food aversions (again), so much talk about addiction & heroin, the ins and outs methane burning (Jim calls in from the car wash), the new Tunbridge cemetery placement (on top of the town landfill), dead poets as stimulant for Kristina to expound on why we all need to cheer up, doing math backwards at the radio station, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Lizzy Mandell [My Dog Blue]; Julie James [Mud Season Minuet]; Joseph Stycos [El Cumbachero]

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:15pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including the vaccination issue, self-locking car problems, when emails “disappear”, anchor ice, the tiniest local ski slopes, obscure Vermont town names, Emily’s crying jags as they relate to the Budweiser commercials, wing night, cats and paper crinkling, Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), the cardboard Bingo sign in front of the grange, color coordinating porta-potties, getting lost at Healthy Living, road kill as show-and-tell … and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Brian Clark [No One Hears]; Martha Seyler and Robert Resnik [Blue Skies]; The Cousins Project [Safe Passage].

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:19pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including Mercury in retrograde, Kristina's sale of 2 CDs at a gig, Emily's "tell-all" about what it means to be a professional pollyanna, colored river ice, Patrick’s insulated coveralls, the potato chip Jesus, Eli’s fungus, hedgehog ramps, trashing celebrities: pro and con, how to name fiddle tunes, Kristina’s recipe for vegetable soup, Jim calls in, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Susannah Blachly [Raven King]; Patrick Ross [Golden Slippers/Redwing]; Doug Perkins [Snowflake Jig].

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:05pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including putting credit cards in the freezer as a money management technique, Kristina’s fashion angst, how we learn to swear, awkward moments as a photographer, adult acne, Emily’s eye spot, the pressure on the boomers to become spiritually enlightened, how not to pamper plants, bad memories of watching TV in the basement, tractor mailboxes, female comedians rocking the Emmy awards, you are what you click on, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Miranda Moody Miller [If I Lose God]; Highwoods String Band [Goodbye Miss Liza]; Holy Plow [Slow Train].

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:33pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including coffee drinking and cheese eating, killer insomnia, a Vermont cranberry bog, lamps made of wine bottles filled with lentils, ideas for the new year, tabloid reading at the super market check-out, how to play bagpipes with your arm, Emily’s abandoned twitter handle, hang nail and soggy legs, a discussion of the portable toilet business; Aunt Jan calls in & a machine malfunctions, Emily creates a photo op of Flat Juliette for the local Girl Scout troop, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Hunter Paye [This Country]; Pete Sutherland [Catch up on my Sleep; Calum’s Dream]; Bow Thayer [Jump Before the Train Wreck].

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:17pm EDT

Co-hosts Emily Ferro and Kristina Stykos discussing topics including clothing choices for sub-zero weather, a horrifying revelation involving scotch tape and flashlights, Emily’s tales of a summer hallucination brought on by mowing the lawn, thefts from the Tunbridge Chuch’s Christmas creche & a brilliant linguistic discovery in which the plural of baby “Jesus” is illuminated, Kristina’s nutritional advice and admonition to “just eat”, a run-in with automated bathroom faucets at Smugglers Notch, a miraculous New Year’s Eve celebrated in a vacant parking lot in Montpelier, generator break-downs over the holidays, a snow hike without snow shoes, and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Mark Struhsacker [Light in the Window]; Wagtail [One Clear Moment]; Julie James [Going Home].

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:12pm EDT

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