Rumble Strip Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip, Erica Heilman
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- Society & Culture
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Good conversation that takes its time, hosted by Erica Heilman.
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Sugaring with Forrest Foster
A conversation with dairy farmer Forrest Foster in his sugarhouse in the blessed, FINALLY almost springtime in Vermont.
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Fifty: A Phoenix Moment. REDUX!
This is a show I made a few years ago that very significantly involves Total Eclipse of the Heart, which is my favorite song. I am playing it again now because it is ECLIPSE WEEK. I hope you enjoy it.
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Kasey is Figuring it Out
Kasey Phipps is transgender and has always been transgender. But Kasey didn’t grow up in a place where the word transgender was well understood. Or understood at all. It’s only in the last four years that Kasey’s put a name to this lifelong experience of living life in the wrong gender. This is just one story about the experience of being trans.
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What Class Are You Ashley?
Ashley Messier grew up in Essex, Vermont with an abusive father and with little money, and she found herself repeating the cycle in early adulthood. This is a story about multi-generational poverty and abuse, and the temporary relief of opiates.
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What Class Are You Ashton?
Ashton runs a concrete business and in his free time he makes community meals at the American Legion in Hardwick. We sat down to talk about class, which then turned into a conversation about eating, and how eating together as a community seems to blur boundaries between people of different backgrounds.
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What Class Are You Kathleen?
Kathleen lives in Derby, Vermont in a subsidized apartment with two cats, two pugs, and about 400 clocks. She was working as a home health aide until COVID hit. She received COVID funding and rent assistance until she didn't. And now she's working at the deli at Price Chopper. And she's months behind on her rent. And she's facing eviction.
Customer Reviews
Incredible real stories
This podcast captures life and community like no other. Erica Heilman is an incredible interviewer, bringing out the best, most insightful answers to the most important questions.
Slice of life as art
Brilliant interviews with ordinary people in Vermont.
Thank you for this podcast
I started listening after I heard Finn and the Bell, broadcast on Radiolab. I love the way you interview. Thank you for doing the What class are you? Interviews. I’m sending this to Bernie Sanders, I think he should hear this.
In addition, I absolutely love your 50th birthday episode! Your song was amazing. I smiled all the way through & even tried to sing along.