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Call-in: A Few Words with Grant Barrett
Grant Barrett takes notes on a listener's question.
Grant Barrett takes notes on a listener's question.
(04/26/12) Grant Barrett, co-host of A Way With Words, heard Mondays at 1 pm on NCPR, was in town for the arts festival at SUNY Potsdam. He joined us on-air for an hour to take listener calls on word questions, linguistic oddities, and good talk about how we talk. Ellen Rocco hosts.

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Gardening Call-in with horticulturist Amy Ivy
Amy Ivy (left) talks with Martha Foley. Joel Hurd fields callers in the control room.
Amy Ivy (left) talks with Martha Foley. Joel Hurd fields callers in the control room.
(04/25/12) Co-operative Extension horticulturist Amy and Ivy and Martha Foley share tips, trials and suggestions for the gardening season with callers from around the region.

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Readers and Writers Summer Reading Call-in
(07/06/10) It's our annual Readers and Writers Summer Reading Call-in. Staff, guests and listeners hare the best beach reads and whatever else is on the summer reading bookshelf. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson are joined by book maven John Ernst. A compiled reading list will be available in a few days.

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Holiday Cooking Call-in
(12/15/09) Host Jackie Sauter is joined by cook and food enthusiast Carol Berard to share holiday recipes and tips with callers. The call-in is an annual NCPR holiday feature.

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Readers & Writers: Winter and Holiday Reading Call-in
(12/07/09) This year, we've timed our reading list call-in as a resource for last-minute holiday shoppers. Once again, we'll invite your suggestions for winter reading and gift giving, for book lovers of all ages. The list will be available on our website or, by request, mailed as a hard copy. Co-hosts for this show: Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson, Rick Hunter, and John Ernst--plus, of course, our listeners.

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Readers & Writers: Winter and Holiday Reading Call-in
(12/07/09) This year, we've timed our reading list call-in as a resource for last-minute holiday shoppers. Once again, we'll invite your suggestions for winter reading and gift giving, for book lovers of all ages. The list will be available on our website or, by request, mailed as a hard copy. Co-hosts for this show: Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson, Rick Hunter, and John Ernst--plus, of course, our listeners.

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Readers and Writers Summer Reading Call-in
(07/09/09) It's our annual Readers and Writers Summer Reading Call-in. Staff, guests and listeners hare the best beach reads and whatever else is on the summer reading bookshelf. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson are joined by book maven John Ernst. A compiled reading list will be available in a few days.

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Holiday Food and Festivities Call-in
(12/09/08) Hosts Martha Foley and Jackie Sauter talk with guests Wally Siebel, Carol Berard, George Arnold and callers about favorite holiday recipes and traditions.

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Readers & Writers: Holiday and Winter Reading List Call-in
(12/04/08) Co-hosts Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and John Ernst take your suggestions for books for holiday gift-giving and for winter reading.

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Call-in: Back to the Land: Hippie Houses and Homesteads for the 21st Century
Barrel sauna at the Murtagh Hill community near West Chazy
Barrel sauna at the Murtagh Hill community near West Chazy
(10/10/08) A new exhibit at Traditional Arts in Upstate New York in Canton explores the people and places who were part of the back-to-the-land movement in the North Country during the '60s and 70s. Host Martha Foley and Jill Breit of TAUNY talk with callers about hippies and homesteaders, then and now.

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