Rumble Strip

Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip, Erica Heilman
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Rumble Strip

Good conversation that takes its time, hosted by Erica Heilman.

  1. What Now Sounds Like: The Rapture

    5D AGO

    What Now Sounds Like: The Rapture

    This is the fourth episode of What Now Sounds Like, a periodic series comprised entirely of your recordings from all over the world, in which we try to capture these strange times in audio.  In this show you hear from Bryce in New York City, Stephanie in middle Appalachia, Tobin making eggs in Santa Rosa, California, George in New York City, Allison in Vermont, the Utah symphony warming up, gongs in Tacoma, Washington, a school meeting about AI in the classroom, Early in Arkansas, Jenn in London, coyotes in Middlesex Vermont, Rachel in Tonga, horns celebrating Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Marlo in Washington, and Amelia humming in Durham North Carolina.

    14 min
  2. Hardwick State

    MAY 9

    Hardwick State

    This was the inaugural year of Hardwick State, a weekend long university in Hardwick, Vermont, organized by the Civic Standard, and designed to take place during the awfulest time of the year. People from around Hardwick become professors and students. Classes are free, and everyone’s welcome to teach at Hardwick State. Maybe you teach something you do in your regular job. Maybe it’s just something you’re good at. Maybe it’s something you’re not very good at but you love it and you’re better than most. Here are some highlights from Hardwick State.    Visit the Civic Standard Photos by Terry J. Allen. For a steady stream of great photos and essays, visit Terry's substack here. It's free.

    13 min
  3. Death in Venice

    MAY 5

    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice is a story Larry Massett produced in the early 80s. Joe Frank narrates, and Larry wrote and performed all the music.

    29 min
  4. A New Old Barn for Forrest Foster

    MAY 4

    A New Old Barn for Forrest Foster

    We're raising money to rebuild Forrest Foster's barn. This is a very short story (plea) about it. And here is the GoFundMe!!

    6 min
  5. A Night on Mount Shasta

    MAY 1

    A Night on Mount Shasta

    Larry Massett was driving up through northern California toward Oregon and ended up spending a little more time at Mt. Shasta than he'd had in mind. Thankfully he had his flashlight in his trunk.

    25 min
  6. Drag Out

    APR 30

    Drag Out

    This is the second show for LARRY MASSETT TRIBUTE WEEK. Larry Massett owned two Porsches, and he talked about them all the time. His friend, Joe Frank, in addition to being one of the greatest radio producers of all time, was a BMW guy. They decided to argue about this, and then have a drag race that would decide things.

    14 min
  7. The Eyes of Sibiu

    APR 29

    The Eyes of Sibiu

    Larry Massset died last week. He was my mentor and my favorite radio producer. His stories was insane and brilliant and heretical and sublime. I wouldn’t have become a radio producer without his guidance and his stories to inspire me. I’m going to run a series of his shows as a tribute to him. This first show is The Eyes of Sibiu, about a trip to Romania with Romanian-American poet and novelist Andrei Codrescu.

    18 min
  8. The Haskell Library. A Story about Awful Behavior at the Canadian Border

    APR 25

    The Haskell Library. A Story about Awful Behavior at the Canadian Border

    The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was intentionally built to straddle two nations and two communities. Three quarters of the building is in Stanstead, Quebec and one quarter is in Derby Line Vermont, and it's been the local library for both communities for over a century.  The main entrance to the library is in the U.S., and for as long as anyone can remember, Canadians have been allowed to walk the 70 feet of sidewalk around the building to that front entrance. But in late January of this year, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem paid a surprise visit to the library while she was up touring some of the Vermont border crossings, and she did a little show for everyone there. And starting in October, Canadians will no longer be able to visit their local library without passing through a border crossing. This is a show about it.

    13 min
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Good conversation that takes its time, hosted by Erica Heilman.

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  • Creator
    Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip, Erica Heilman
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2025
  • Episodes
    301
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2018
  • Show Website
    Rumble Strip

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