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 color rules, “the Call of the Ziplock”, funny pants as they relate to baseball, a scourge of pythons, why paninis are bogus, the best diapers for lambs, a naked wedding cake, “The Cloud” debunked as it relates to Bruce Springsteen’s place of origin, Emily dowses for insurance premiums, a new idea about roombas & firewood, the fire department and too many easter eggs, a futures market of baby jesi buttons - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Kristina Stykos [Horse Thief]; Julie James [Mud Season Minuet]; Hot Flannel [Temperance Reel].

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_4-10-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:47pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss smoking on the job, the universal wish, pagan Easter, melting ice theory, evaluating bump signs, a plan for reviewing John’s invites to the wedding, an awesome twitter handle, a birthday lecture on the Armenian genocide, Emily’s contemplation on going to jail instead of doing her taxes, trying to park in Burlington amidst a plethora of “Tow Zone” signs, a secret party in Weathersfield Bow, the uselessness of cell phones, chatting with the road commissioner, a spring skunk episode & recipe, anticipating time with the button maker - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Steve Mayone [Poor Heart]; Mark Struhsacker [Blind Eye]; Hot Flannel [Sitting on Top of the World].

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_4-3-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:56pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss cosmic delivery, National Joe Day, how John ran the Green Mountain Film Festival Video Slam while deathly ill, a hole in the floor, two musicians changing a flat tire, a clarification about long underwear, new techniques for walking your dog with 30 feet of cotton braided rope, debunking the marshmallow recipe, 3rd grade lunchroom politics & gender reassignment, the powerful force of rural radio, Emily’s attempt to say ADHD, the strange anomalies of orange juice, a disclaimer about the wholesale spread of misinformation, when your children text back & when they don’t, over-riding the ink cartridge scam, the many problems with cat litter - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Susannah Blachly [Your Voice Calls Me Home]; Laughing Crow Band [Corrina]; Brian Clark [10 am].

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_3-27-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 4:05pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss more tips on lamb diapering, Emily’s thrift store discovery of a special recipe book featuring the Schwann’s truck frozen foods, questions about late night coffee & an amazing discovery linking Greeks to the Cumberland Farms convenience store chain, the mysteries of mascara, wearing glasses as it relates to dodge ball, a trip to New Zealand and what to expect from fishing trip photography, the dangers of free-standing toast and electric fences, Andy the runt, Butch’s year-round air conditioned long underwear, fear of flying and valium in conflict, the myth of cut worms, the wisdom of washing the dishwasher, sugar-on-snow parties & using up old syrup, the science of when to take the plow off, why Henry is sitting in the corner - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer [Stoned Kid]; Erin McDermott [Louise]; Spencer Lewis [Change Is].

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_3-20-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:47pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss whether or not Emily’s microphone is on, irrational fear of electric shock, a battery watering episode, Kristina’s attempt to rename Friday-the-13th “Good Fellows Day” which leads to a discussion of Odd Fellows, Masons and Rebeccas, the slot in boy’s underwear, used vacuums & broken light bulb toxicity, pretending not to be sick, a new definition for god, a bed & breakfast moose rack in the sink, life-sucking mud, a depressing realization about Girl Scout cookies, how to go out to eat in Vermont villages without restaurants, dinner party issues, talking in fake accents, turning nouns into verbs, dog jobs - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Bow Thayer and the Holy Plow [Snake Bite]; Jamo and Charlie [Joker is Wild]; Doug Perkins [Snowflake Jig].

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

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_3-13-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:02pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss catching some air on frost heaves, a snowy owl sighting, washing lambs with Woolite, the dangers of cutting open Pampers, a photo caption contest, some confusion over Shakespeare and Columbus, Emily’s ugly pie & attraction to a pink one, town meeting shame, questions arising from the giving of historic monuments as gifts, tips on winter driving short-cuts, the sap moon, pine sap and the smell of dirt, exercising graciousness as an alternative to blindly following a moral code, fish hatred, a local eggplant, feta & spinach pizza, new policy for circus elephants & the oppression of artist elephants, penguin sweaters, the uselessness of songwriting, an cattle incantation from the Carmina Gadelica, laundromat names, a glass of wine equivalency - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Patrick Ross [Arkansas Traveler]; Chris Kleeman [Magnet to Steel]; Bow Thayer [Windsor County Wind].

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR South Royalton 96.5 FM or streaming online at: Royalton Community Radio

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_3-6-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:10pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a confusion over lamb coats, “The Pollyanna Principle” unpacked, an unexpected marriage proposal, the phenomenon of being eyeballed whilst walking into small town diners, bizarre arguments at Vermont town meeting, phone calls from Duffy, George and someone’s uncle, fake violence a la Monty Python & move rating inconsistencies, Emily’s unbridled surrender in the super market to Tyson’s dinosaur chicken nuggets, bad geography 101, a test involving Vermont’s most famous turnip festival, reflecting on bog fanaticism, stress from feelings of inadequacy and the inevitability of emotional needs not being met, guilt over too much time spent writing song lyrics in one week and tips on how to do that - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Charlie Shew and Pat Jones [Marie-Lise]; Bow Thayer [Cowgirl Madonna]; Stefan Lundin [Aldrig nansin foll jag ner i bon].

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live streaming online at: Royalton Community Radio

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_2-27-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 6:21pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss encountering cop stink-eye, a lamb visit to the Tunbridge School, the relative merits of having Chex Mix & Heineken for dinner (again), adventures in bookkeeping on paper ledgers vs. Quickbooks, being super-honest as a liability & hereditary neurotic condition, duct tape for last-ditch weatherization, snow in the house, why men can start vehicles, a great polenta bread, Ben’s dream of a recording studio next to hot springs, chalk boards and breweries, moving firewood with a Subaru & a radio, how to say the word “Appalachia”, crinkling plastic as a trigger for anger in cats - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Joe Hemingway [Song from Sandy Hook]; Dream [The Stephen Wentworth Band]; The Lake [Brian Clark].

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live streaming online at: Royalton Community Radio

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_2-20-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 5:25pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss germy children, special daredevil stunts only suited to winter, shoveling as an art form, zit obfuscation techniques, a phone call from Patrick & Ophelia, the pros and cons of saving broom handles, meditational chores for coping with anxiety, an explanation of karma radar and the fallacies of falling in love, why Valentine’s Day is a lousy holiday, a spare tire surprise that halts the plow, the macho power of ramps, colored electrical tape availability issues, a spam folder “expose”, the devolution of shopping malls, spelling “rhinoceros”, how to manage used Kleenex in your pockets - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: Robert Resnik [Mad Tom]; Dayve Huckett [Babe, I’m Going to Leave You];

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live streaming online at: Royalton Community Radio

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_2-13-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 12:19pm EDT

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a unique north country pickup line, how not to put hemp milk in your coffee, advice concerning voodoo, loud colored houses, working on definitions for “corny” in the arts and culture, a compare & contrast on phobias, Kristina brags (again) about her plowing prowess, revisiting dresses as “tools of the oppressor”, Emily’s amazing sock buns, a new term for bad skiing: “skrudging”, pressure cooker paranoia, Jim’s ingenious device for thawing frozen pipes, more fascinating here-say regarding synesthesia, music as a plaything - and so much more!

Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: The Stephen Wentworth Band [Bootleg Whiskey]; Katie Trautz & Kristina Stykos [Southwind]; Smokin’ Grass [Man of Constant Sorrow]

Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live streaming online at: Royalton Community Radio

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Direct download: 11th_Hour_2-6-15.mp3
Category:Vermont Local Interest -- posted at: 10:28pm EDT