Fri, 5 August 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a lost insect situation, Kristina’s road trip and discovery of the Mexican Jesus in Ulster PA, a mysterious turntable, more on Emily’s crushed car & the offending hundred year old tree, relying on borrowed chainsaws, a fateful roadside Subaru purchase, crossing the line into NY state, the awesome tiny houses of Karenville, dealing with a hipster’s handmade clothes at the DMV, gold panning expedition planning, getting the timing right with wedding presents & thank you notes, the satisfactions of going to the post office and having a post office box, methods for looking good & feeling good, debriefing the term “kick-ass”, deep & meaningful camping tips involving plastic, understanding hickory nuts and horse chestnuts, positing a relationship between intelligence and emoticons, winning a stuffed poop pillow at the fair, laughing out loud for real, stumbling over LBGTQ, how to talk to your insurance agent, a dearth of block ice - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Brian Clark [Over on Me]; Jamo and Charlie [Dancin Tonight]; Mark Legrand & Sarah Munro [It’s Good to See You Gone]. 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 For more information: |
Sat, 23 July 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss the four people listening to the show, a strange bond between Sarah Palin & Mother Teresa, a Vermont village monopoly, carrying extra car headlights in the car, cashiers who ignore their customers, the scary sounds of pigs, imagining Donald Trump’s little dog, the stupidity of internet passwords, a black panther sighting in Tunbridge, toad videos as an antidote to the Republican National Convention, the affrontery of body odor, the challenges of wrestling a barcalounger into a Subaru, discovering a long dead crab in the toy box, working for people who are on vacation, being bad at waitressing, unique forms of dyslexia, sending children outside to play with sticks, haymakers racing against dew fall, the dangers of sporting studded snow tires in July, fruit tree off years, the trial and swear method, too many painted toe nails on Instagram, learning how to look away, the idiocy of trying to eradicate invasive species, natural cures right under our noses, learning how to text at an advanced age, creepy science shows, a full body buzz - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Bow Thayer [Swimming Hole]; Lizzy Mandell [Like It Like That]; Nikki Matheson [Lover of Salt]. 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 For more information: |
Fri, 15 July 2016
Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Kendra Colburn discuss their possible super competence in the midst of a studio malfunction, trying to ring the bell with a hammer as a metaphor for working hard at life but not even remotely getting it, what to think about when trying to figure out the best day to go to the Tunbridge Fair, lifting crates of carrots for exercise, showing up for work when it’s really too hot to work, a backstage buddy system at the farmer’s market, the problem with stoic dogs, a shout out to Georgia Pearl, whether or not soda quenches thirst, an example of discernment in dating, what to do when yellow flags turn into red ones, a case of “sleep psychosis” leading to “late morning fury”, turning off the internet for health & relaxation, Kendra’s insistence that “now is the new later”, unpacking a mentalist’s performance, a review of & comparisons between different kinds of puppets, Claymation, animated bread rolls and creepy clowns, how & when to bring up political issues in a small town ethos, fending off recycled gossip about yourself, being pleasantly surprised by people you don’t like, aging musicians who don’t get famous and what to do with them, a presidential eulogy’s questionable claims regarding building character and hope through suffering - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Wagtail [Wagtail/Daphne’s Ramble/Meadowdance]; Davey Davis [Papa’s Angel]; Kristina Stykos [I Can’t Go 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 For more information: |
Fri, 8 July 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss edible cat litter, how long they’ve been at it, advice for vegetarians who attend BBQs, sloppy joes vs. long boy burgers, reviving the old conspiracy about Paul, riding a crocodile all summer in underpants, a reminder about stress, getting used to tattoos, brain freeze sans ice cream, some new home business ideas, a plan to send granny up in a hot air balloon, more broken mechanisms jimmied at the studio, an open invitation to the old guys who repair stuff at Welch’s Hardware, an idea for making parades more user friendly, a preference for natural altered states, skepticism about Bobby McFerrin’s authenticity, checking in with poor little Jim’s castration, a divine cow event, how a mid-life crisis might relate to a lava lamp, the pitfalls of writing an article about your friend, checking Twitter on-the-air, top prepared food picks at various Vermont general stores, adult coloring books, a fabulous exercise plan that effectively eliminates exercise - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Derek Semler [Blues - Untitled]; Dayve Huckett [Let It Fall]; Julie James [Willow]. 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 For more information: |
Fri, 1 July 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss single men with significant social issues, the difference between a living room, a parlor, and unwanted advances, a bride’s unfortunate change of clothes, four days of rock hauling, what’s left of the neighbor’s tree house & why it’s disturbing, toasting seaweed for a snack, Emily’s mom’s untimely descent into a dumpster, the possible discovery of new private parts & six genders, a disconcerting encounter with six little maids from school, John’s newest insult pertaining to hedgehogs, how to deal with friends who love to blab, the demise of yet another tractor & other typical farm disasters, the arrival of a refreshing beverage involving whey, fantastic Thai centipedes that swim, the how and why of “shave and a haircut - two bits”, the stupidity of scientists proving that nature is beneficial, a Michigan stereotype, an idea for lumping all holidays into one, not enjoying fireworks, cash on the barrelhead - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Turnip Truck [Cash on the Barrelhead; The Devil Ain’t Lazy; Jesus on the Mainline] 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 For more information: |
Sun, 26 June 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss what the pope said about magicians, the idiosyncratic English language, seven big bangs: a theory, conjuring psychopaths while hiking, what it means to dress like Johnny Cash, complications concerning a farm wedding bathroom trailer, picking your battles, a small issue of 20,000 Mormons, imagining gun racks for Subarus, feeling conflicted about cute animal videos, why it’s wrong to say “baby lamb”, little honks vs. long train whistles, possibly being pissed off at the U.K., the return of Magellan, what’s going on at Forest Road 31 in the Green Mountain National Forest, more about Butch’s hot dog skiing & Vicki Chapstick’s spandex, why we’re not hanging out at bluegrass festivals anymore, obnoxious musician sub-cultures, eating out of chafing dishes backstage at Tanglewood, a new book on cancer treatment from the Baba-A-Louis Bakery, the best back road road-rally in Vermont, an embarrassing propensity for yawning at museums, what to do if you can’t sell your house - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Wagtail [Train Don’t Leave]; Jonathan Falby & Zac Johnson [Good Folks Behind You]; Corinna [Laughing Crow Band]. 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 For more information: |
Sat, 18 June 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss stereotyping women in long dresses, what to do when the fuel light comes on late at night & miles from home in Vermont, when your name is an obstruction, the torment of saying words twice, a question about public bathrooms, a rating system for old boyfriends, practicing your penmanship in the car, finding vegetable shapes in the lava lamp, why Kristina is still sleeping on the couch, a scarcity of hobos, hanging with the family cricket, new job options for starving artists, dancing in lederhosen, a pumpkin eating porcupine, spaced out driving & missing the exit, being judged by relatives, more bad words, an annoying fashion detail, shaving cats, debriefing emotional availability - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Julie James [Mary’s Garden]; Kristina Stykos [Me, Myself & Moi]; Mark Struhsacker [Cat in the Bag]. 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 For more information: |
Sun, 12 June 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a new use for dental floss, star gazing without science, a hipster beard analysis, the possible demise of a mole, something awful behind the state troopers barracks, the usefulness of woodchucks, being the only vegetarian at a job site BBQ, using coca cola medicinally, the unexpected arrival of a pregnant woman, another potluck disaster, wrestling down compliments, high maintenance friends, a newsletter idea for slackers, stressing over weird custody issues, wishing for ends to meet, Vermont land link, dropping flashlights into the wood stove, a visit to the Weathersfield Bow, trying to improve your mother’s life with new electronic gadgets, a realization about GMOs and pasta - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Abrial [River Wide]; Mark Legrand & Sarah Munro [Double Wide]; Michele Choiniere [Sans Coeur]. 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 For more information: |
Sat, 4 June 2016
Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host Kendra Colburn discuss waning motherly instincts, a tick removal, art with hope in it, crapping on the other people’s musical tastes, how a good song can begin by starting on a bad note, death by Q-tip, the efficacy of hand picking leafy greens at 6 a.m., adapting to air conditioning & other trance states, a breakdown of the term “talking head”, how a delicious casserole might thwart true love, letting go of dicks or a man named Richard, a new twist on romantic adventure, how to make good on being stood up, a subjective look at intentionally making your way to the end of a lonely dirt road where drug dealers might be, stopping at every roadside attraction vs. driving thru, sharing memes & lack of self esteem, flinging yourself in whole heartedly [what else are you going do], a chance encounter with the local fire department’s hoses, guys who watch women while they work, trusting yourself to run a client’s tractor - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Nick Cowles [Sensitive New-age Redneck]; Lizzy Mandell [This Old House]; Brian Clark [The Lake]. 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 For more information: |
Fri, 27 May 2016
Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss why everything is stupid, what happens – or doesn’t happen – when you plug in a lava lamp, dancing with wolves vs. swimming with horses, the peculiar similarity of knick knacks in cabinets, dusting D.N.A., a cautionary tale about peat pots, using wafer cones in the garden, a breakdown on “Mother” tattoos, Kendra’s blind date that stood her up, using rejection as a tool for self improvement, a bad cat selection, yoga mats, sleeping pads for camping & stretching, digging up a plastic wildebeest, a shocking revelation about horse shoes, advertising the cuteness of your children, getting slapped down by teenagers, a boring story about health insurance, the amazing benefit of mowing your lawn without gasoline, the brilliance of Emily’s timer photos, a terrible clothing faux pas amongst royalty, creating multiple selfie spreads in Facebook, wearing pants that are too big in elementary school - and so much more! Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Davey Davis [Something About the Rain]; Davey Davis [Aberdigeree Swamp Dream]; Tom Vinelli [Where Can This Lead]. 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 For more information: |
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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.
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