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It's life in the North Country - everything from athletes, to artists, and great stories.

North Words NCPR

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It's life in the North Country - everything from athletes, to artists, and great stories.

    North Words: a Pyrites story comes to life thanks to a first time novelist

    North Words: a Pyrites story comes to life thanks to a first time novelist

    The new novel "Catherine's Dream" was inspired by an arranged marriage that brought a Polish woman to live in the sleepy hamlet of Pyrites

    • 26 min
    North Words: the strange history of an unlikely feminist icon

    North Words: the strange history of an unlikely feminist icon

    Lobbyist... doctor... spy... accused murderer. Just a few words that describe Josephine McCarty, the "abortionist of Howard Street."

    • 39 min
    This little island is "ground zero" for climate change

    This little island is "ground zero" for climate change

    North Country filmmaker Scott Carroll is about to visit Svalbard, a tiny Norweigian island that he says provides a window into the future of our world.

    • 20 min
    Oh no, not another clip show!

    Oh no, not another clip show!

    North Words looks back at some of the best revelatory moments from the last year and a half and pulls back the curtain on how public radio is made.

    • 42 min
    "Is love of country the best thing in the world?" Understanding politics through Springsteen

    "Is love of country the best thing in the world?" Understanding politics through Springsteen

    Retired SUNY Potsdam Professor John Massaro talks with Mitch about how Bruce Springsteen’s political awakening can help untangle politics for young people.

    • 19 min
    A happy accident lead to this guy drumming with Gordon Lightfoot for almost 50 years

    A happy accident lead to this guy drumming with Gordon Lightfoot for almost 50 years

    Barry Keane was content just working at a record company. He didn't expect to eventually play on hundreds of records with over 250 musicians.

    • 32 min

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