Latest Adirondack Podcast Episodes
Northern Light, 7/12/2024
Northern Light - July 12, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 12, 2024)
Lowville flooding update, kids & social media, Norwood fiddler, Lake Champlain angler
Northern Light - July 12, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 12, 2024) Lowville and Lewis County surveyed the damage from flash floods that surged through the village and county on Tuesday; we hear from an 11-year-old who’s reached the age when social media is becoming a bigger part of her life. She - and her parents - are trying to find a balance; a...
Northern Light, 7/11/2024
Northern Light - July 11, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 11, 2024)
Flooding update, social media song, Jeff Corwin
Northern Light - July 11, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 11, 2024) Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and tornados battered the North Country yesterday, causing flooding in Essex County, Lowville, and other communities; high schoolers in Parishville wrote a song about their social media woes; and, a chat with conservationist Jeff Corwin ahead of hi...
Social media & kids, Ottawa Blues Fest, state flood plan
Northern Light - July 10, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 10, 2024) What role does social media play in the lives of children today, and how controlled should it be? More on new legislation and how North Country families deal with social media; David Sommerstein introduces us to some of the lesser known musicians playing at the Ottawa Blues Festiv...
Northern Light, 7/9/2024
Northern Light - July 09, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 9, 2024)
Northern Light, 7/8/2024
Northern Light - July 08, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 8, 2024)
Lake Placid Harriet Tubman statue, ticks in Vermont, Betsy Kepes
Northern Light - July 08, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 8, 2024) This summer, there will be events at John Brown Farm in Lake Placid that honor abolitionist Harriet Tubman; tick-borne illnesses have increase in the Northeast due to climate change and suburbanization; and, Betsy Kepes reviews a new adventurous novel set in the Adirondacks that's ...
295: Chat GPT Vs. The Magic 8 Ball and Western States
Cultra Trail Running - July 05, 2024 13:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsRobb Amatruda AKA @robsroadtoultra joins AFB in a spirited battle of the bots as the Magic 8 Ball takes on Chat GPT. Yeah we also talk about running Norbook Farms by Steep Endurance, and the Brooksvale 12 hour race by Live Loud. We talk about browning out. no not a code brown, but a loss of awa...
A story of murder and Indigenous justice in Early America
North Words - July 05, 2024 04:00 - 17 minutes(Jul 5, 2024) The investigation into the 1722 death of an indigenous man named Sawataeny is like something out of an Agatha Christie novel. But it all really happened.
ONNY's new conductor worked with Beyoncé, Aretha Franklin, and President Obama
North Words - July 04, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes(Jul 4, 2024) Mike Colburn was the director of The President's Own, the Marine band based at the White House. Now, he becomes the second permanent conductor of the Orchestra of Northern New York.
Chateaugay Lake ProcellaCOR, Lake George amphitheater, Chef Curtiss' balsamic strawberries
Northern Light - July 03, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 3, 2024) Late last month, the Adirondack Park Agency approved the use of a chemical herbicide to eradicate Eurasian water milfoil on Lake George. Today, we head to Chateaugay Lake where the community just applied Prosellacor for the first time; a fire in Lake George destroyed an amphitheate...
7/3/24: Applying prosellaCOR in Chateaugay Lake
Story of the Day - July 03, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jul 3, 2024) Lake George has been making headlines in the fierce debate over using an herbicide chemical to kill off Eurasian water milfoil in the lake. But other Adirondack lakes have been using the chemical with little controversy. Chateaugay Lake became the latest last Friday. Also: State re...
Heuvelton climate diary, Lowville health center, Potsdam listener's summertime poem
Northern Light - July 02, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 2, 2024) As climate change comes to the North Country, one St. Lawrence County farm is tracking how its changing the ecosystem; a healthcare network in Jefferson County is taking over a doctor’s office in Lewis County; and, Stephanie Coyne DeGhett shares her poem "The Joy of Deserted Spaces."
7/2/24: A climate dairy tracks changes on one farm
Story of the Day - July 02, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jul 2, 2024) Climate change is altering the North Country's seasons year by year. Some people are documenting it with their own weather diaries. A conversation with a St. Lawrence County farmer who's tracking how the ecosystem around them is changing. Also: A healthcare network in Jefferson Cou...
Accessible trails, veteran entrepreneurship, "Clothesline" in Tupper Lake
Northern Light - July 01, 2024 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jul 1, 2024) The ADK Land Trust will use a $3 million grant to build accessible trails in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid; since 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been hosting entrepreneurship fairs at military bases to encourage troops to start businesses; and, through the big back w...
7/2/24: Farmworkers' clothes, as art
Story of the Day - July 01, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jul 1, 2024) The newest installation at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake features a long clothesline with about 150 pieces of clothing on it. It's a reminder of all the unseen labor that goes into producing our food. We pay a visit. Also: The ADK Land Trust will use a $3 million grant to build ac...
Farmland solar grants, ADK Museum conservator, Tri-Lakes Pride poet
Northern Light - June 28, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jun 28, 2024) NYSERDA has a $5 million grant available for co-locating solar panels and farming; plus, we'll meet the person who helps preserve and catalog Adirondack artifacts in Blue Mountain Lake; and, we re-listen to a conversation with poet Elliot Pecora ahead of Tri-Lakes Pride.
This Weekend in the Adirondacks: Keep an eye on the weather report
This weekend in the Adirondacks - June 28, 2024 04:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 rating(Jun 28, 2024) Chance of showers and thunderstorms. High Peak summit wind chills in 4os. Hudson River at North Creek forecast to be about 3ft.
6/28/24: Deep inside an Adirondack museum's archives
Story of the Day - June 28, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jun 28, 2024) Someone has to take care of all the artifacts and objects in a museum's collection. We speak with the conservator at the Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Also: New York is making a new grant for available for co-locating solar panels amidst working farmland.
Why this Watertown woman has devoted her life to honoring the dead
North Words - June 28, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes(Jun 28, 2024) For Darien Cain, the funeral industry is a calling, not a job. And she knows that it's important that families feel seen and heard when planning for a service. She's trying to modernize the funeral to make it a better experience for everyone.
6/27/24: The race to save Mohawk ash basketmaking
Story of the Day - June 27, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jun 27, 2024) Ash baskets are at the heart of Akwesasne Mohawk tradition and culture. But an invasive beetle may eventually kill all ash trees. How Mohawks are preparing now to keep the basket-making tradition going into the future. Also: The DEC is hosting a public, virtual meeting tonight on ...
Ash borer & Akwesasne Mohawk basketry, High Peaks visitor meeting, Mo Fitzgerald
Northern Light - June 27, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jun 27, 2024) The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is working to protect trees used for traditional basket making, but they're threatened by a deadly invasive beetle; the DEC is hosting a public, virtual meeting from 5-8pm Thursday tonight on visitor use management in the ADK High Peaks; and, Burlington ...
Blind Bay meeting, Regents changes, Kitty O'Neil
Northern Light - June 26, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jun 26, 2024) The Thousand Islands community showed their opposition at a public meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Clayton last night; the state Board of Regents is moving towards a plan to change graduation requirements, including no longer requiring the standardized Regents t...
6/26/24: A community fights with border patrol over Blind Bay
Story of the Day - June 26, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jun 26, 2024) More than 200 people came to a public meeting yesterday in Clayton to show their opposition to a new border patrol facility on the St. Lawrence River. Many people said US Customs and Border Protection isn't being transparent or listening to local concerns. Also: Plattsburgh is aba...
Electric school buses, social media tourism, Ottawa Jazz Festival
Northern Light - June 25, 2024 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jun 25, 2024) New York's electric bus mandate is seeing resistance from local voters in their district's yearly budget votes; we hear from a North Country transplant on a mission to promote Adirondack tourism on social media; and, we a preview of the Ottawa Jazz Festival, which continues throug...
6/25/24: Voters who reject the electric school bus mandate
Story of the Day - June 25, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jun 25, 2024) All schools in New York have to start buying only electric buses in just four years. Pushback is coming from some legislators and school officials, but also from voters who can turn down their school's budget vote. Also: It's primary day across New York, but there are few competit...
Hochul approval poll, North Country Honor Flight, Saranac Lake Hootenanny
Northern Light - June 24, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jun 24, 2024) On Saturday, 30 North Country veterans of Vietnam, Desert Storm and the Cold War flew together to Washington DC to visit the memorials to the wars they and their comrades served in. They were part of the North Country Honor Flight; Governor Kathy Hochul signed new social media reg...
6/24/24: Honor flights to DC
Story of the Day - June 24, 2024 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings(Jun 24, 2024) Over the weekend, 30 North Country veterans of Vietnam, Desert Storm, and the Cold War flew together to Washington DC to visit the memorials to the wars they and their comrades served in. How North Country Honor Flight brings veterans to DC who might otherwise not get the chance. ...
APA herbicide vote, Blind Bay, Medisca in Plattsburgh, Potsdam Juneteenth
Northern Light - June 21, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings(Jun 21, 2024) After years of removing the invasive aquatic water plant Eurasian water milfoil by hand, the Adirondack Park Agency has voted to allow the use of a chemical herbicide in three lakes, despite pushback; US Customs and Border Protection wants to build a new facility on a part of unde...
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