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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_6-26-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:54pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_6-19-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:15pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_6-12-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:35pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_6-5-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:08pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_5-29-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:54pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_5-15-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:53pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_5-8-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:15pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_5-1-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 7:21pm EDT

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

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

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_4-24-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 3:06pm EDT

Host Kristina Stykos and guest co-host writer Jay Stevens discuss the writing life, creemee stand openings, a pop quiz on pickled honeycomb tripe, maple cotton candy and grapenut pudding, the culture of Vermont’s giant old farms & their resident Sunday painters, dump-challenged towns, 20 pages of Harvard sentences, a collaboration with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, more mythology about the Chateaugay, auxiliary inventions, found devices and the Commander’s motto: “Use it up, wear it out, do without”, a new regional music streaming service: Caballbreaker Radio, the relationship between being a music professional and unemployment, Vermont’s hippie incursion - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Doug Perkins and Patrick Ross [Fiddle Tune Medley]; Bow Thayer [Chateaugay]; Kristina Stykos [Broken Wings].

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

For more information:

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_4-17-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 9:18pm EDT