Episodes
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"Emily, Or to Light, Once Again" a poem by Morgan English
Morgan English was taped and edited by Lissa Weinmann. To learn more about Morgan visit her website at: https://morgan-english.com/ Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons.Intro voice is Donna Blackney. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of...
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Emily Mason
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was written and produced by Lissa Weinmann. Commentators were Steven Rose and Melany Kahn. Archival footage of the voice of Emily Mason was provided by the Emily Mason and Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation. Podcast editors are Matt Hall and Alec...
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Marty Jezer: Author, Activist, Optimist
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail was written and narrated by Arlene Distler. Additional narration was Judy Ashkenaz, Steve Minkin and Woody Starkweather. Producer and Executive Producer was Lissa Weinmann. Editing was Austin Rice with post production by Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by...
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Circus Capital
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was researched, written by Kevin O'Keefe and Christopher Grotke with research help from Rolf Parker. It is narrated by Kevin O'Keefe. Editing was by Alec Pombriant. Executive Producer and sound design was Lissa Weinmann. Merry-go-round music…
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Sandglass Theater - Puppetry, Family, Community
This episode was originally produced by Michael Hanish for the Brattleboro Words Trail app; A subsequent interview was conducted in September 2025 with Jana Zeller by Lissa Weinmann and incorporated with original pieces to create the podcast. Ines Zeller Bass, Eric Bass, Shoshana Bass and Jana...
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Mary Cabot: Kipling's Best Friend in Brattleboro
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail podcast was researched and co-written by Angelika Pavlovna and Lissa Weinmann. Narration and editing was by Angelika Pavlovna. The Voice of Mary Cabot was Casey Pareles. Christopher Benfey provided additional commentary. Original music was composed by...
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Robert Frost's Marlboro College 'An Act of Creation'
Research, Script and Narration: Dan Toomey. Voice of Frost and reading 'The Road Not Taken' is William Edelglass. Editors and recordings: Lissa Weinmann, Donna Blackney. Mastering by Dave Snyder, Guilford Sound. Music used: ‘A Place Beyond Belief’ by Sander Kalmeijer (storyblocks.com), ‘Horses’…
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Marlboro College: A Beautiful Thing
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was narrated by William Edelglass, a Professor of Philosophy and a co-founder of the Brattleboro Words Trail. Executive Producer Lissa Weinmann interviewed William at BCTV with engineering support from their staff. Alec Pombriant – that’s me –...
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News and Nursing: The Rice Family of Chestnut Hill
This episode was a labor of love from the Rice/Hooper family who wrote and produced most of it. The Nurse Marion piece was written, produced and narrated by Steven L. Hooper, who also narrated the intro to the podcast. It was edited by Donna Blackney. Research was by Steve and Jackie Hooper. The...
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Rumi in Vermont
This episode was written and narrated by Amer Latif, who also played the ney. Producer and editor was Lissa Weinmann. Guilford Sound mastered the Words Trail content and Alec Pombriant did post-podcast production. Dr. Amer Latif is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in comparative religion...
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Nye Ffarrabas: Fluxus and Then Some
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was written and edited by Adam Silver of CX silver gallery in Brattleboro. Executive Producer was Lissa Weinmann. Adam also interviewed Nye Ffarrabas and selected the pieces that she reads in this podcast. Musical excerpts are used by permission...
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Daisy Turner and Lucy Terry Prince: 'Now that's the truth'
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was narrated and executive produced by me, Lissa Weinmann. Editing for the overall podcast was by Alec Pombriant. Audio Producer for the Daisy Turner segment was the Vermont Folklife Center, with research & narration by Jane Beck. Desmond…
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Harris Hill Ski Jump and the 'Art of Flying'
Segments in this episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast were written and produced specifically for the Brattleboro Words Trail by Sally Seymour and Reg Martell. Lissa Weinmann, was executive producer. Seymour wrote, produced and edited the history of Harris Hill narrated by Peter Graves....
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Tom Bodett: Maker of Stories
This episode was produced and edited by Sally Seymour for the Brattleboro Words Trail and those segments were mastered at Guilford Sound. Angelika Pavlovna edited the Brattleboro Words Trail segments into this podcast. Executive Producer and podcast host is Lissa Weinmann. Bodett also penned the...
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Margaret MacArthur, Marlboro Folk Music Legend
This episode was written, narrated and produced by Nora Rodes. Editing was by Dave Snyder, Daniel Murphy and Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by Guilford Sound. Musical selections were chosen by Rodes and are listed below. Photo credit is Megan Littlehales. A historic marker for Margaret is at the...
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Pablo Medina - River of Words
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast featured writer Pablo Medina who reads his essay ‘Home in Vermont’ written specifically for the Brattleboro Words Trail mobile app (https://brattleboro.stqry.app/) that guides listeners through stories of people past and present who embody the...
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Jacob Estey & Estey Organ Company Reverberations
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail podcast was written and produced by Sally Seymour and me, Lissa Weinmann. Original edits were by Sally Seymour, and podcast editing and mastering was done by Alec Pombriant. Jon Potter of Latchis Arts did the main narration. Dennis Waring and Barbara...
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Two Judicial Legends: Judges James L. Oakes and Harlan Fiske Stone
The segments on the two judges used in this episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast were produced and edited by Sally Seymour. Research, scripts and most narration is by Meg Mott. Some narration and commentary on the Judge Oakes segment was by Elizabeth Caitlin. The voice clip of Judge…
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The Enchanting Wesselhoeft Water-Cure
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was written, narrated and produced Lissa Weinmann. Audio Editing was by Sally Seymour. The Voice of Dr. Wesselhoeft is Ned Childs. Voice of Abby Estey was Elery Loggia. Mastering was by Guilford Sound with final podcast editing by Alec…
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Two Inspiring Women: Eleanor Roosevelt and Wangari Maathai
The first half of this episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast on Eleanor Roosevelt, Carmelita Hinton and the Putney School, was produced, written and narrated by Anna Kusmer with commentary by Marnie Rosner, Putney School founder Carmelita Hinton's granddaughter. Archival tape of Eleanor...
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Life and Death of West River Railroad's JJ Green
Today you can walk or ride your bike along several lengthy segments of the old West River Railroad thanks to the efforts of non profit Friends of the West River Trail. You can also pick up physical maps at their trailhead on the river near the Marina Restaurant in Brattleboro. That’s also where…
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Packer Corners Communes: Tales of Another Time
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Podcast was written, produced and narrated by Maria Margaronis. The voices on Part 1 ‘Total Loss Farm’’ are Maria, Verandah Porche and Richard Wizansky. The voices on Part 2 ‘The Bard of Guilford’ are Maria and Verandah Porche. The voices on Segment 3 ‘Night...
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Andrew Kopkind: Gutsy, Gifted and Groundbreaking Journalist
This episode was produced, edited and narrated by Maria Margaronis. Interviews were with John Scagliotti, JoAnn Wypijewski. Archival voice of Andrew Kopkind provided by producer. The parody of Lou Reed's 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side' was performed by Scagliotti and Kopkind on 'Lavender Hour'…
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Madame Sherri's Ruins
This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was produced and hosted by Lissa Weinmann. The Madame Sherri audio was written by Robert Weir, narrated by Molly Melloan, edited by Sally Seymour and mastered by Guilford Sound. Fnal podcast production and editing was by Alec Pombriant. Theme...
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The 'Awesome' John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was one of the world's best known economists whose eloquent and internationally recognized writings on economics, public policy and culture helped shape the identity of the modern United States and 20th-century American liberalism. He was a professor at Harvard...
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Robert Flaherty and Frances Hubbard Flaherty, Legendary Documentary Fllmmakers
Frances Hubbard Flaherty collaborated on every Robert J. Flaherty film and devoted her life after his death, according to the Flaherty Seminars website, "to the articulation and explanation of Robert Flaherty's view on documentary film, both in her writings... and especially her establishment of...
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Upcoming Brattleboro Literary Festival Oct 13-15, 2023 Highlights with Sandy Rouse
This episode was produced and hosted by Lissa Weinmann with guest Sandy Rouse. It was edited, composed and mastered by Alec Pombriant and taped at BCTV with help from Van Wiles. Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons.Intro voice is Donna Blackney. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities…
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Tasha Tudor, Beloved Illustrator, Author and Lifestyle Icon
Immerse yourself in the extraordinary art and life of Tasha Tudor, Caldecott honor author, illustrator and early American lifestyle icon, in this delightful podcast narrated by Tasha's granddaughter, Amy Tudor. Tasha Tudor (1915-2008) lived a remarkable 1830s lifestyle in the woods of Marlboro,...
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Fiery Feminist Newspaper Editor Clarina Howard Nichols
Script, Audio Production/Editing, Narration: Donna Blackney; Production Assistance and Executive Producing: Lissa Weinmann. Commentary/Research: Nancy Olson with additional research from: Marilyn Blackwell (U. Mass Amherst), Dan DeWalt (also original piano composition and performance) and Rolf...
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Bellow Editor Beena Kamlani's 'A Race Against Time'
Audio Production and Narration: Donna Blackney, with assistance from Sandy Rouse of the Brattleboro Literary Festival. Executive Producer, Lissa Weinmann. Mastering for podcast Alec Pombriant from Brattleboro Words Trail segments mastered by Guilford Sound. Theme music Ty Gibbons. Interviews and...
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Saul Bellow's Good Place
This episode was researched, produced and narrated by Donna Blackney with production assistance from Sandy Rouse of the Brattleboro Literary Festival. Mixing and mastering was done by Alec Pombriant from masters done for Brattleboro Words Trail app for Guilford Sound. Our theme music is by Ty...
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Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins, a nationally acclaimed, Guilford, Vermont based writer and economic inequality activist, shares the story of how 'the seeds were planted' for his lifelong interest in uprooting the growing economic inequality that is subverting American democracy. The piece includes an overview of...
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Jody Williams: From Brattleboro to the Nobel Peace Prize
This episode was produced by Reggie Martell with Nancy Olson and Lissa Weinmann. Editing and narration by Reggie Martell. Original mix and master Guilford Sound; Podcast mastering by Jack Pombriant. Brattleboro Words Trail theme music Ty Gibbons. Photograph of Jody Williams is by Annie Leibovitz....
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Introducing the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast
This trailer podcast was produced by LIssa Weinmann and Jack Pombriant with help from Sally Seymour. The Brattleboro Words Trail theme song is by Ty Gibbons. The Trail is a product of the Brattleboro Words Project, which was inspired and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It...