Ep 062 Mary McConnell: There's something about Mary
agri-Culture11 Mai 2020

Ep 062 Mary McConnell: There's something about Mary

The Six Degrees of Separation concept didn’t start with Kevin Bacon, believe it or not. We can thank Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in 1929 for that idea. But regardless of who started it, it’s very much a home truth that humankind and all of the things in our periphery seem to be connected in some way with just a few steps, if you just look to see how. In walks Mary. Mary Carter McConnell, that is: Anthropologist, historian, research specialist, horse and dog breed...

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Ep 229 Kiko Guerra: The Artistry in the Ordinary

Ep 229 Kiko Guerra: The Artistry in the Ordinary

We’ve been hunkering down for the last few months now on the traveling side of our Backyard Green Films universe. 2024 was a doozy of a year for us in many respects, so we had to take a few moments t...

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Ep 228 Brent Zimmerman: This Dorpers For You

Ep 228 Brent Zimmerman: This Dorpers For You

Now, if you hear me talk about Rhinebeck, you might think today's guest is going to focus on wool. Nope! Not really. Sheep, yes, hair yes, but mostly wool, no. Our podcast guest today is a lovely man ...

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Ep 227 Happy Holidays No Matter Which Song You Sing

Ep 227 Happy Holidays No Matter Which Song You Sing

Music by Charlie Recksieck to usher us into the New Year. Support the show

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Ep 226 Stephen Monroe:  Withalacoochie.  Okefenokke.  Wampanoag.  Caloosahatchee.

Ep 226 Stephen Monroe: Withalacoochie. Okefenokke. Wampanoag. Caloosahatchee.

Most people commemorate Thanksgiving today, and all things associated with this holiday. There will be some celebrating family, some marking the day with food, and some praying at the altar of footba...

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Ep 225 Oh Yeah, We Went Back To That Sugar Shack

Ep 225 Oh Yeah, We Went Back To That Sugar Shack

We were in the mood for something sweet, so we thought it was time for a visit to the sugar shack. We packed up our gear and headed back east to Westbrook, CT to our friends John and Bonnie Hall at Ma...

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Ep 224 Barb’s Knitted Knockers

Ep 224 Barb’s Knitted Knockers

October is not only a great time to celebrate fiber (what with the Lambtown and Rhinebeck festivals, just to name a few), but it’s also Breast Cancer Awareness month. How do we get both things in one...

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Ep 223 James Metcalfe:  All Creatures Bleat and Shawl

Ep 223 James Metcalfe: All Creatures Bleat and Shawl

Every once in a while you meet a person you’ve read about in a book. It might not be the actual person, but is the personification of a character that is so accurate, it might as well have jumped out...

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Ep 222  All of the Hills on the Edge of the Lake

Ep 222 All of the Hills on the Edge of the Lake

We’re back from the North American Hill Sheep Show in Escanaba, Michigan. This inaugural event showcased some British Hill Breed Sheep and some not-quite-Hill Breed Sheep, of course, but there was mo...

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