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.
11th Hour Radio Episode 12-11-15

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

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Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:46pm EDT

11th Hour Radio 12-4-15

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_12-4-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 7:42pm EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 11-20-15

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

For more information:

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Kristina Stykos on Facebook

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Kristina's Website

Direct download: 11th_Hour_11-20-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:48pm EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 11-13-15

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

For more information:

11th Hour Radio on Facebook

Kristina Stykos on Facebook

Emily Howe on Facebook

Kristina's Website

Direct download: 11th_Hour_11-13-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:12pm EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 11-6-15

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss LL Bean catalog shooting locations, determining the right kind of super glue, the stupidity of comparing butts, a post hole digger problem, the end of subway tokens, a big meditative day with hydrangeas, a disastrous miscalculation around chicken nuggets, dumpster diving for kindling, more on Subaru door latches, a legitimate use for Doritos, a plea for home visit car mechanics, techniques for overcoming anti-social behavior at a party, the incredible “buddy bench”, a stinky sponge story & approaches to sanitizing them, unpacking “the new dorky”, confusion concerning the term “stick season”, questions about Unicef’s cardboard coin boxes - 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].

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_11-6-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 11:46am EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 10-23-15

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss crossing railroad tracks, selling maple leaves, Emily’s issues with private animal business, eating & drinking in the car, another sign in Tunbridge, hanging out with Turnip Truck, spreading gravel, a work around for spotty cell phone coverage, hypocritical Halloween costume ideas, cheap magazine subscriptions & tote bags, a definition for depression, burning toast in pairs, the oddity of birth, talking about the weather, bad ice cream flavors, simplifying our food vocabulary, television for dogs, fake fireplaces, amazing dreams that call to us, constant guilt … and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Doug Anderson [River of Whiskey]; Davey Davis [It All Goes Better With a Beer]; Kristina Stykos [Three Jigs].

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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Direct download: 11th_Hour_10-23-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:43am EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 10-16-15

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss cutesy Vermont products, when a dog loves you, wearing stripes as an adult, disagreements about the color taupe, Emily’s freak out relating to scary testicular seedpods, a cardboard sign in Tunbridge, hating space, “an elderly dyspeptic Bilbo Baggins”, seasonal bee confusion disorder, Mr. Yuck stickers, a house cleaning rotation proposal - rejected, an engineering flow chart, wart remedies, disposing of roses, getting rid of Columbus Day, a pile of gravel, the indolence of riding horses and making seltzer, doing bad things on stage, New York City’s church dormitories for visiting business women … and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Wagtail [When the Sun Goes Down]; Wagtail [Let the Light In]; Wagtail [Martin Wynne/Caroe Roe/Connaughtman’s].

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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Kristina Stykos on Facebook

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Kristina's Website

Direct download: 11th_Hour_10-16-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:40am EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 10-2-15

Kristina Stykos and guest host Kendra Colburn discuss a tractor in the parking lot, autumn & acts of desperation, the foliage report, a potholder analysis, the simple courtesies of driving slowly, a Personal Growth Friday insight relating to trusting the machinations of the unconscious, locating Peacham & the Route 2/Route 4 weather divide, a trombone playing farmer, rediscovering the child within, playing with sticks, the delights of bringing a thermos to work, giving up waitressing, gleaning vegetables & potting herbs, a few ideas about “charm”, narcissism and red flags, soup nights … and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Don’t Call Betty [Carbon Neutral]; Bow Thayer and the Holy Plow [Way of the Gun]; Kristina Stykos [Forgiveness].

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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Direct download: 11th_Hour_10-2-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:14pm EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 9-25-15

Kristina Stykos and guest host Jay Stevens discuss the ins and outs of adjusting solar panels, staying calm, cool & collected in the face of car repairs, warped dampers, life as an audio compressor lifting the lows, seasonal affective disorder & light boxes, Mary’s family of stars in the sky of indigo, getting lost looking for Burlington College, another great Caballbreaker incubator party, wearing horned helmets as a way of life, notes on the Pope’s visit to the US and “moving the brand”, an evaluation of miracles, recapping some facts about chickens, the intimacies of various art forms, square dancing in Phys. Ed., cheering up Jeff, wedding dress-up … and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Mary McGinniss [We Rise Into]; Lizzy Mandell [Like It Like That]; Erin McDermott [Sometimes].

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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Kristina Stykos on Facebook

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_9-25-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 1:36pm EDT

11th Hour Radio Episode 9-11-15

 

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss messing up the same things in the same way, a premature disregarding of evil Santa, Emily’s Facebook post on being too busy verbatim, a repulsive but relevant white bread video, the three kinds of people, finding stray cats in a barn, news from the CEO of Vermont Electric Coop, a reflection on transgenderism, if god had a vagina, a family honeymoon & struggles with a 1940s bathing suit, king size flannel fashions, deviled ham as it relates to female anatomy, how to come to terms with your child’s bad choices, an awesome opportunity to work the Fire Dept. coin drop, a tennis game in Westport, cutting down ten foot compass plants, George’s call regarding a dark haired Mary McCaslin  look-a-like… and so much more!

 Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Steve Mayone [High Lonesome]; Mary McGinniss [Ooh Ooh It’s You]; Doug Perkins and Patrick Ross [Late night Jam: Flop Eared Mule].

 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:

 11th Hour Radio on Facebook

 Kristina Stykos on Facebook

 Emily Howe on Facebook

 Kristina's Website

 

Direct download: 11th_Hour_9-11-15.mp3
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