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Ride All NightEpisode 8 - Joe Tierney & Scott RymerRecorded on May 7th, this episode feature Joe Tierney & Scott Rymer. Joe is an old Sparta buddy who now lives out in Roseville, California and works for Oracle. Joe's dad, Tom Tierney owned the Speakeasy in Sparta, NJ, where Old Crow basically became the house band...while in high school! Joe talks about those early days of the "Speakeasy Beer Blasts", his first job in San Francisco...a Deadhead's dream job, working security for Wolfgang's, Bill Graham's private club, and his career in telecommunications.Scott Rymer joins the conversation and tells us about his and Brady's...
2020-09-0700 minRide All NightEpisode 7 - Mike WeaverThis week we speak with one of the original members of the band! Not From Good Homes, not The Dogs...but Old Crow! Keyboard player and former Jersey rocker, Mike Weaver joins us on the podcast this week. Mike played in a band called Requiem with Patrick, before merging with Rare Breed to form the supergroup, Old Crow, back in the late 1970's. Mike now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has a home recording studio called Mountain Way Productions. He is also the "Chief Sequence Wrangler" with Mike Weaver's Live Jukebox, a one-man band where he plays...
2020-08-0800 minRide All NightEpisode 6 - Andy Strauss and Sarah Rockwell StraussRecorded on May 3rd, 2020 this episode features Andy Strauss and Sarah Rockwell Strauss. Andy grew up just up the street from Todd Sheaffer, and Sarah in NYC. In the early days together they enjoyed the lavish lifestyle of Wall Street in the 80's & 90's. They worked hard and played hard, and would go to great lengths to catch the Grateful Dead and From Good Homes, and introduced a lot of their friends to the band. The tell a funny story of a trying cab ride out to Hoboken, only to catch the final notes of the band. Fortunately...
2020-07-2500 minRide All NightEpisode 5 - John CameronThis week we visit John Cameron in his home studio in Elmwood Park, New Jersey (which he shares with his girlfriend/fellow music-lover, Barbara Reich). John spent 20 years living in Hampton Township and got to be friends with From Good Homes, and all the musicians in Northwest New Jersey. He loves to tape shows, and he hosts a weekly radio show called Tapestry, every Friday from 3:00-7:00 on Homegrown Radio. This episode includes a version of Broken Road from John's first show at Waterloo Village, August 5th, 1994, and the Rain Dance from the Mighty High Mountain Fest, May 29th, 2010...
2020-07-0900 minRide All NightEpisode 4 - Skip DalyEpisode Four features Skip Daly. While studying Geology at the University of Maryland, Skip was required to take a 5-week field course and ended up at SUNY Binghamton, in upstate NY. Looking for some live music, someone suggested he check out Bogies in Albany, where the band that night happened to be From Good Homes. Skips life would never be the same. He became a big fan of FGH and saw shows up and down the east coast throughout the 90's. Skip ended up forming BOS records and released From Good Homes farewell live album, Take Enough Home, Todd...
2020-06-2900 minRide All NightEpisode 3 - Kelly & Rich WathneRecorded on March 11th this episode features Kelly & Rich Wathne. Kelly & Rich are long-time friends from Sparta, NJ and it seems that FGH has been part of many major life events for Kelly & Rich, including their wedding, private parties and a special surprise party when Rich walked into his favorite bar in Pocatello, Idaho and found From Good Homes on stage. This episode features a version of "If I'm Not Mistaken" from Father O'Haras in Portland Maine on Jan. 4th, 1992.
2020-06-2400 minRide All NightEpisode 2 - Robin DanarRecorded on April 30t, this episode features the Producer of Hick-Pop Comin' At Ya, Robin Danar. Robin has been the Production Manager of The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles for the past five years. Robin applies old school artistry and sensibility to new music and technology as producer, recording and mixing engineer, and musician. He has done everything from front of house sound to special events production to releasing his own critically acclaimed album in the role of producer-as-artist. Check out the depth of Robins experience as his website, www.robindanar.com. Following our conversation is a version of...
2020-06-1500 minRide All NightRide All Night, Wayne RussellThe Ride All Night podcast tells stories of friends and family of the band From Good Homes. These interviews are part of the upcoming feature documentary of the same name. This episode features childhood friend Wayne Russell. Wayne and I met back in middle school and played music together for years. We hopped in a car in the mid-eighties and headed out to Colorado. Wayne never came back. He lives in Denver where he creates and performs music as a solo artist, with his brother Charlie in the Colorado Goat Ropers Guild, and he plays in a Tom Petty...
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BordertownEpisode 41 - Libby BonesteelLibby is the Montpelier / Roxbury School District’s superintendent. Prior to that, she was Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union. She also has experience as a consultant, adjunct professor, teacher development coordinator, co-principal, principal, and teacher. She holds master’s degrees from Michigan State University and Columbia University’s Teachers College and a bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She resides in Jericho with her family.
2020-04-0700 minBordertownEpisode 40 - Michele BraunMichele Braun is the Executive Director of the Friends of the Winooski River. Michele has a Master of Science in Natural Resources Planning from the University of Vermont. She has worked as an environmental policy analyst, responsible for managing projects, designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder meetings and workshops for city and state governments, US EPA, watershed organizations, environmental health associations, and multi-partner collaborative environmental planning projects.
2020-03-0600 minBordertownEpisode 39 - Tom SaboTom is an award-winning high school teacher, leading sustainability educator, prominent local food activist, and most recently the founding executive director of the Center for Sustainable Systems. He is a chief architect of a model of service learning that integrates curriculum through a school greenhouse and gardens that provide food for the school system’s lunch program, using soil derived from the cafeteria food scraps.
2020-02-2000 minBordertownEpisode 37 - William AlexanderWilliam Alexander writes fantasy, science fiction, and other unrealisms for young readers. His novels include Goblin Secrets, Ghoulish Song, Ambassador and Nomad. His latest novels are the companion set A Properly Unhaunted Place and A Festival of Ghosts. He currently serves as the faculty chair of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the program in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
2019-12-2800 minBordertownEpisode 36 - Jim BirminghamJim Birmingham is the Food Service Director of the Montpelier Roxbury School District. He is a graduate of Johnson State College and attended culinary school at Le Cordon Blue, London, UK. He is an American Culinary Federation Certified Executive Chef who spent several years working in resort hotel kitchens around Stowe, VT and more than a decade as a Chef Instructor at New England Culinary Institute in Essex and Montpelier. Jim lives in Waterbury with his wife and two teenage sons. He enjoys gardening, hiking and is an avid alpine and backcountry skier.
2019-11-1000 minBordertownEpisode 35 - Walt PolemanWalt Poleman is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Ecological Planning Program at the University of Vermont. He specializes in natural history, place-based landscape analysis, and education for sustainability. He teaches courses in natural history and human ecology, landscape inventory and assessment, and conservation science.
2019-10-3000 minBordertownEpisode 34 - Ryan GearyRyan Geary is the owner the of The Hive, and co-owner of Rabble-Rouser. He works in a variety of mediums and disciplines, including wood carving, furniture making and painting, but his preferred art form and main focus over the past 5 years has been 2D and 3D collage.
2019-10-1100 minBordertownEpisode 33 - Janice WalrefenJanice Walrefen co-creates AllTogetherNow!, Community Arts Center in East Montpelier, with Ellen Leonard. Together they teach summer camp and produce our community seasonal pageants, parades and puppet shows. Janice has her Art Tiles clay studio, classroom, puppets and shares community gardens at AllTogetherNow! Ellen is the director of the awesome preschool at AllTogetherNow! and teaches family music classes. Their mission is to be an inspiration and model for sustainable living and celebration.
2019-10-0400 minBordertownEpisode 32 - Matthew BinginoMatthew Binginot is a designer producer, and lover of all forms of media creativity. He is especially drawn towards photography, music, film and graphic design. When not producing his own media art, he teaches a program called Digital Media Arts at the Central Vermont Career Center. Every day he inspires young artist to be creative and show them new ways to practice their passion.
2019-09-2800 minBordertownEpisode 31 - Bennett ShapiroThis week our guest is Bennett Shapiro of Madtch Sound. If you go to a live music event in this area, you are bound to see Bennett, walking around with his magic tablet, making things sound good. We talk to Bennett about his journey as a sound engineer, the music scene in central Vermont and his ideas about integrating our live podcast into the Rabble-Rouser Chocolate Factory and Community Center.
2019-09-1200 minBordertownEpisode 30 - Rabble Rouser Creative Vision with Jaquelyn RiekeThis episode is a conversation about how the Bordertown podcast aligns with the Rabble Rouser creative vision. Our guest is the founder of Nutty Steph’s and one of the visionary’s behind Rabble Rouser, Jaquelyn Rieke. She will provide background on the formation of the Rabble Rouser, collaboratively-owned Chocolate Factory and Community Center, and discuss the creative vision. Vic Guadagno will discuss ecomedia and the goals of the Bordertown Podcast. Music Director Rob Meehan discusses our musical ideas, and offers insight as a long-time advocate for food justice.
2019-09-0500 minBordertownEpisode 29 - Rabble Rouser - Opening CelebrationIn this episode we join the Rabble Rouser community at their launch party. We hear from Jaquelyn Rieke (aka Nutty Steph), the visionary behind this undertaking. We also hear from Bill Kaplan, forward thinking landlord with a strong commitment to community. We speak with just a few of the folks behind the building renovation, architect Tolya Stonorov, woodworker Eyrich Stauffer painter/artist Hans Stewart. We chat briefly with Montpelier Alive’s Dan Groberg and wrap up with a chat with owner of the Hive, and now Rabble Rousers, Ryan Geary. This episode represents a new format for the Bordertown podcast as...
2019-08-2900 minBordertownEpisode 28 - Chuck CollinsChuck Collins is a
Senior Policy Analyst for the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of many books including
"Born on Third Base", "The Community Resilience Reader" and "Is inequality in America
irreversible?". He is the co-editor of the "Inequality.org" website. Chuck has dedicated his life to
understanding the basis of economic inequality in the US, and has pioneered countless efforts to
connect investors, business leaders, and one-percenters to the common wealth of their place in the
world. He is an organizing force behind "Patriotic Millionaires", a united network of high-net worth
Americans, business leaders and investors...
2018-04-2100 minBordertownEpisode 26 - Christine HannaChristine Hanna is the
Executive Director of YES Media. She grew up in Virginia, received her bachelors degree in economics
from UVA and her MBA from the University of Washington. She spent the early part of her career swept
up in the dot.com revolution. She ultimately entered the non-profit arena and founded Go Next Door
in Seattle, a web-based network dedicated to supporting local businessess and building community.
After that, she went on to cofound the Seattle Good Business Network in 2010. Christine and her
colleagues grew the organization from a small startup to an influential Seattle player,
strengthening the...
2018-01-1500 minBordertownEpisode 24 - Alex ChernomazovAlex Chernomazov and
his wife Ella are the co-founders of Greenspark, an Interactive Sustainability Park in development
on Route 100 in Waterbury Center, Vermont. Their mission is to inspire local and global communities
to adapt current green technologies through interactive hands-on experiences. Alex and Ella’s goal
at Greenspark is to make it easy for our guests to experience all aspects of sustainable living –
renewable energy, green building and pollution-free transportation – in one place.
2017-05-1000 minBordertownEpisode 21 - Joseph KeiferJoseph Kiefer grew up on
a small-diversified family farm in the Hudson Valley of New York State. As the oldest son of six
kids his farm chores with cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and a mean old rooster, taught him much about
caring for the land and being a farmer. He received his M.A. in Social Ecology from the Institute
for Social Ecology in Plainfield Vermont in 1980. In 1982 he was asked to be part of a Community
Task Force on Hunger with the Central Vermont Community Action Council in Barre, Vermont. As a
result of this quiet crisis he started...
2016-08-2400 minBordertownEpisode 20 - Soil4ClimateSoil4Climate, a
nonprofit organization, advocates for soil restoration as a climate solution. They promote
regenerative land management practices to capture atmospheric carbon and encourage collaboration
with the larger body of climate activism. Uniting “drawdown” strategies with emissions reduction,
divestment from fossil fuels, a price on carbon, and climate justice advocacy, together creates a
powerful alliance. Soil4Climate is inspired by the work of Allan Savory which is summarized nicely
in his TedTalk as "if we do what I am showing you here, we can take enough carbon out of the
atmosphere and safely store it in the grassland soils for...
2016-06-2900 minBordertownEpisode 17 - Keith MorrisKeith Morris owns &
operates Willing Crossing Farm in Johnson Vermont along with his partner Kori Gelinas, growing one
of the most diverse collections of fruit and nut trees in the northeast as well as bees, herbs and
apothocary. Keith is also the founder of Prospect Rock Permaculture, Vermont’s longest running
Permaculture Institute and a co-founding board member of the Permaculture Institute of the Northeast
(P.I.N.E.). He has been instrumental in bringing Permaculture to the northeast and teaching at the
university level - including the University of Vermont, Sterling College, Saint Michaels College,
Paul Smiths College an...
2016-01-2300 minBordertownEpisode 13 - Trevor NewmanTrevor Newman is an
amateur pomologist, avid gardener, student and teacher of regenerative design and all-around plant
geek. He owns and operates TerraNu Nursery, an edible and useful plant company based in Clarkston,
MI. He also owns and operates an edible landscaping firm called Roots To Fruits Ecological Design.
In addition, Trevor is the founder and purveyor of The Fruit Nut a media project dedicated to
promoting ecologically sound and economically viable practices. He is a teacher and lecturer - and
passionately works to raise awareness about locally and ecologically grown food and has been
involved for many years in...
2014-08-1900 minBordertownEpisode 12 - The Good Foot ProjectThe Good Foot Project –
“We left everything in Los Angeles and started down the road to sustainability. This is our Story.”
On April 28th, 2013 Anastasia King and JC Jarris began a year-long expedition, by RV, across the USA
visiting low-impact organic farms and eco-villages to learn best practices in sustainable farming,
construction, energy, water and waste management. This trip is to educate and prepare them for
establishing their own sustainable, low-impact, eco-retreat and training center.
2014-08-1900 minBordertownEpisode 10 - James MaroneyJames Maroney is an
American Art Dealer and former Organic Dairy Farmer. He has a Master’s degree in Environmental Law
and Policy from the Vermont Law School, and is a passionate advocate for water quality, often
focusing his attention on Vermont Dairy. James puts forth a compelling argument to transition the
entire Vermont Diary industry to organic. He also gives us a glimpse into his life as an Art
Dealer, and provides a succinct history of the evolution of U.S. Industrial
Agriculture.
2014-01-2100 minBordertownEpisode 9 - Lisa MaseLisa Mase, of Harmonized
Cookery is a whole foods cooking educator, food writer, translator, and herbalist, living between
Italy, Vermont and New Mexico. LIke many people she imagines a time where people relied on their
neighbor and food and medicine came right from the local region. Unlike many people, Lisa lived
this life as a young girl growing up in the mountains of northern Italy. In a thoughtful and
practical way, Lisa explains the role food plays in our individual health, community resiliency and
cultural heritage.
2013-11-2400 minBordertownEpisode 8 - Chris ShanksChris Shanks is a
Co-Director at Project Bona Fide located on Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. He is a multi-talented
teacher, organizer, permaculture enthusiast, and design visionary. A graduate of the University of
Vermont, Chris is fascinated with living systems and whole systems design. When not working in the
non-profit or design world he can be found masquerading as a builder, a mason, as a decent plumber,
as a poor electrician, as a sailor, as a fanatic for bamboo, as a lover of palms, as a
permaculturalist with a rock/tree climbing habit, and as an avid motorcyclist.
2013-10-1300 minBordertownEpisode 7 - Jon EricksonJon Erickson is
Professor of Ecological Economics and Interim Dean at the Rubenstein School of Environment and
Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses
in ecological economics (EE); leads an international service-learning program in the Dominican
Republic focused on human rights and health in migrant communities; co-supervises a graduate
certificate program in EE; and leads a research program on both the theoretical development of EE
and applied work on human and ecosystem health, rural livelihoods, regional sustainable development,
land and biodiversity conservation, watershed planning, forest management, climate change policy,
and renewable energy technology...
2013-08-1400 minBordertownEpisode 6 - Angella GibbonsAngella Gibbons, Founder
and Director of EarthWalk, has been connecting groups of children to the Earth for 25 years. She
was the founder and director of Lotus Lake Discovery Center in Williamstown, VT. from 1993-2003,
creating and leading environmental and adventure based school programs for over 15,000 students,
teachers, and community members. Angella led the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Summer Kayak
Building Expedition Program for teens, from 1998-2004. Her experiences also include teaching 1st and
2nd grade, and 7th and 8th grade science in CostaRica. Her certifications and coursework include:
B.A. from UVM (1983), expeditions with the National Outdoor Leadership School and...
2013-08-0200 minBordertownEpisode 5 - Amy SeidlAmy Seidl is a practiced
ecologist, activist and author who writes with a lucid and passionate eye about the state of life
itself in the age of global warming. By drawing on her 20-year career studying ecology, evolution,
and butterflies across the North American continent, she illuminates the historical significance and
the everyday impacts of global warming upon the 21st century landscape. A passionate speaker on
contemporary environmental issues, Amy frequently keynotes and lectures on climate change, renewable
energy, local food systems, and the emerging field of sustainability science. Her research in
ecological systems and alternative energy makes her a...
2013-06-2100 minBordertownEpisode 4 - Elizabeth CourtneyElizabeth Courtney
began her career as a printmaker and ceramicist. After moving to Vermont in 1974, she developed an
interest in land use issues. In 1979, she enrolled in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
and graduated in 1982 with a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, she returned to Vermont to
practice land use planning. Madeleine Kunin appointed her to the Vermont Environmental Board in 1985
where she served three governors over nine years and was chair from 1990 to 1994. She is a 1995
Harvard Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies. She served on the Vermont Law School Board of
Trustees from 1995-2004. Elizabeth was th...
2013-06-1400 minBordertownEpisode 2 - Ben GrahamBen Graham is an
architectural designer by trade with a B.Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is also a
third generation woodworker and housebuilder, learning homebuilding first-hand from his grandfather.
He is a partner in New Frameworks, the Natural Design Build company located in Burlington, Vermont.
Ben has been at the front of developing the natural building movement in Vermont and the Northeast
since 2000 as a professional contractor and an organizer for the Network of Natural Builders in the
Northeast. His advocacy work has brought him attention in books, newspapers, TV and
conferences.
2013-05-3100 minBordertownEpisode 1 - Ben FalkToday will be an interview
with Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design. Ben developed Whole Systems Design as a land-based response
to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental
things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually
informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and
the WSD studio site in Vermont's Mad River Valley serve as a proving ground for the innovative land
developments featured in the projects of Whole Systems Design. Ben has studied architecture and
landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds a...
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