Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast

Brattleboro Words Project
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Meet fascinating writers past and present from Brattleboro, Vermont, America's most storied small town.

  1. Jul 15 ·  Bonus

    "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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    "Emily, Or to Light, Once Again" a poem by Morgan English

  2. Jul 15

    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 Pombriant. Sound design is by Dave Snyder, and mastering was done by Guilford Sound. Music is from Marlboro, Vermont, based Red Heart the Ticker, that's Ty Gibbons and Robin MacArthur, from their album “Tigers of the New England Forest”. Vermont folk musician Margaret MacArthur's “Mother in the Graveyard” was performed with permission by Anna and Elizabeth. Brattleboro Words Trail theme music is by Ty Gibbons.  Special thanks to Brattleboro Community Television for all their help.  MORGAN ENGLISH POEM: Morgan English reading her poem: "Emily, Or to Light, Once Again.'  Produced by Lissa Weinmann at BCTV for Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast.  PHOTO: Caption: Emily Mason by Phong Bui, ca.1987. 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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Emily Mason

  3. 11/21/2025

    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 Guilford Sound. Musical selection for opening and closing music was Jeff Lederer's “Right Action” from his 2021 album 'Eightfold Path' and Mary LaRose for scatting in “Tinees Blues”. Special thanks to the crew at BCTV for great studio support. 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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Marty Jezer: Author, Activist, Optimist

  4. 10/25/2025

    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 "Over the Waves Calliope" and "Texas Sunflower' are both by Martha Van Dorn, Boris Yakovleff and Eric Ramberg, from Smithsonian Folkways Records 1955 album 'Sounds of Carnival’. ‘‘Whispering’ from the 2010 Classic Carnival Circus Calyope, Volume 2 from the Carlisle Music Company was used at the end of the segment. Other circus sounds came from Tom Glazer’s 1948 recordings from Smithsonian Folkways ‘The Circus Comes to Town.’ Many thanks to the New England Center for Circus Arts first annual Vermont Circus Festival taking place in and around Brattleboro November 2 through 9, 2025. Thanks for listening, and we will see you next month on...the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast.   For more information on Jumbo and circus in Brattleboro, see IBrattleboro story by Christopher Grotke: https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/history/2014/06/pt-barnum-in-brattleboro-and-jumbo-in-the-whetstone/ For more information on NECCA and the Vermont Circus Festival:  https://necenterforcircusarts.org/about/vermont-circus-festival/   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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Circus Capital

  5. 09/28/2025

    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 Zeller all narrate. Original bed guitar music to Ines, Eric and Shoshanna segments was by Eric Bass. Other break guitar was by Alec Pombriant, who also edited the podcast. Executive Producer is Lissa Weinmann.  For more information on Sandglass Theater please visit its website at:  https://www.sandglasstheater.org/ 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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Sandglass Theater - Puppetry, Family, Community

  6. 08/11/2025

    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 John Loggia. Lissa Weinmann did the sound design/editing and was executive producer.  Alec Pombriant did the final podcast mastering. All of Mary Cabot quotes were taken directly from Mary's original letters to her sister as archived in the indispensable Howard C. Rice Kipling Collection at the University of Vermont. Thanks to Johnny, Nolan, Van and Helena and the whole BCTV crew for studio help and general support for the Brattleboro Words Trail.  The source of Mary Cabot's letters to her sister Grace and other documentation used in this podcast came from the Howard C. Rice Jr.'s Kipling Collection at the University of Vermont Special Collections: https://scfindingaids.uvm.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&op%5B%5D=&q%5B%5D=kipling+collection&limit=&field%5B%5D=&from_year%5B%5D=&to_year%5B%5D=&commit=Search Professor Christopher Benfey's 2019 book 'If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years' can be viewed at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545931/if-by-christopher-benfey/ One can find an original copy of the Annals at Brooks Memorial Library, and it is also digitized online at the Internet Archive at:https://archive.org/details/annalsofbrattleb01cabo/page/n11/mode/2up For a great read on Cabot's explorer/indigenous photographer brother William Brooks Cabot, see:https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2001/09/william-brooks-cabot-html For information on renting/visiting Kipling's home Naulakha in Brattleboro:  https://landmarktrustusa.org/rudyard-kiplings-naulakha   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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Mary Cabot: Kipling's Best Friend in Brattleboro

  7. 07/26/2025 ·  Bonus

    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’ by Pictures of the Floating World’ (freemusicarchive.org), ‘Cove Instrumental’ by Chad Crouch (freemusicarchive.org). Photograph is Walter Hendricks with Robert Frost on Marlboro College campus, photographer unknown, part of Marlboro College archives. 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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Robert Frost's Marlboro College 'An Act of Creation'

  8. 07/24/2025

    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 – edited and designed the sound. The interstitial music heard in this episode is 6 Épigraphes Antiques by Claude Debussy as performed by Peter Serkin. 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 volunteers and community members who support this work.

    Marlboro College: A Beautiful Thing
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