This episode was produced and edited by Sally Seymour for the Brattleboro Words Trail and those segments were mastered at Guilford Sound. Angelika Pavlovna edited the Brattleboro Words Trail segments into this podcast. Executive Producer and podcast host is Lissa Weinmann.

Bodett also penned the forward in the Brattleboro Words Project book "Print Town: Brattleboro's Legacy of Words" available at Everyone's Books in Brattleboro. See a short vid and more info on the book at: https://brattleborowords.org/print-town-brattleboros-legacy-of-words-the-book/

LINKS:

Tom Bodett official website:

https://bodett.com/

Hatch Space is the woodworking school and gallery Tom founded in downtown Brattleboro along with renovating/preserving a historic building which has a printshop and other creative maker spaces.

https://www.hatchspace.org/

'Inside Passage' Tom’s story on The Moth, performed March 16, 2012:

https://themoth.org/stories/inside-passage

Tom has written seven books and sixteen current audio publications. Writing credits include book reviews for the New York Times and reviews and articles for The Los Angeles Times. His work has appeared in TV Guide, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Harper’s Magazine’s, In a Word, and he was a regular columnist for Mr. Showbiz, a satirical entertainment magazine published by Starwave Corporation. His voice appears in Steven Spielberg’s animated cartoon, Animaniacs, and the feature length Animaniacs video, The Wishing Star, and the Pinky and the Brain series for Warner Brothers Animation. His voice has been featured on Saturday Night Live, National Geographic Explorer and several Ken Burns' documentaries.

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

This episode was written, narrated and produced by Nora Rodes. Editing was by Dave Snyder, Daniel Murphy and Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by Guilford Sound. Musical selections were chosen by Rodes and are listed below. Photo credit is Megan Littlehales. A historic marker for Margaret is at the Marlboro Historical Society.

Haughton House – Make the Wildwood Ring CD (Front Hall Records, 1981) (0.59)

(Front Hall, NY label, founded 1973, published 21 CDs, including a # for Tony Barrand/John Roberts/Nowell Sing We Clear) Instrumental

Frog Went A Courtin’ – Odis Bird (Max Hunter Collection) (1.04 0r .30)The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection - Missouri State University

Magnolia Tree – Fred Atwood (MM Collection, VFC)

Barbara Allen - Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur, Megan Littlehales, Dan & Gary MacArthur

The Half Hitch – On the Banks of Coldbrook CD (Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy)

Braes of Yarrow – Ballads Thrice Twisted CD (©1999 MM) Margaret MacArthur

King John and the Bishop – Ballads Thrice Twisted, Margaret MacArthur

Little Red Hen – Winifred Landman, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

Single Again – May Nichols, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

The Tailor and the Mouse – Barbara Linden, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

Marlboro Merchants – Vermont Ballads and Broadsides CD (Whetstone Records) (©1989 Margaret MacArthur)

Stratton Mountain Tragedy – On the Mountains High CD (Living Folk Records, 1971) (appears another essentially self/close-connection “label”) (©2001 Margaret MacArthur)

Central Vermont Railway Tragedy –On the Mountains High CD Margaret and family

Mary Shaminski I love you – Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur

Farmers Alphabet – Vermont Heritage Songs (©1994, 2006 Margaret MacArthur) Margaret MacArthur

Maple Sweet – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and Megan Littlehales, Dan MacArthur

Newbury’s Bendell Bridge – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and school children

Hills of Dover – The Old Songs CD (Philo, 1975) (Philo bought out by Rounder 1982) Margaret MacArthur

Ranadine – On the Mountains High CD Margaret MacArthur and family

Peri Meri Dixi and Domini – On the Mountains High, Margaret MacArthur and family

PRIMARY LINKS

The Margaret MacArthur Collection at the Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont

https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=MacArthur%2C+Margaret%0D%0A

Margaret MacArthur’s Performance at the Library of Congress - June 6, 2005

Film recording of Margaret MacArthur performing ballads and songs from Vermont.

Part of the Homegrown 2005 Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687781/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast featured writer Pablo Medina who reads his essay ‘Home in Vermont’ written specifically for the Brattleboro Words Trail mobile app (https://brattleboro.stqry.app/) that guides listeners through stories of people past and present who embody the theme of 'words' throughout the Brattleboro area. This episode was produced and hosted by me, Lissa Weinmann and was edited by Alec Pombriant. We thank Pablo Medina for his participation as well as his suggestion that we use short clips of his favorite Cuban composer Leo Brouwer performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

A ceramic marker in Williamsville representing Pablo will now be added to the beautiful Brattleboro Words Trail landscape murals created by local artist Cynthia Parker Houghton. You can see the murals on display at 118 Elliot in Downtown Brattleboro, but they will move to the town's new Amtrak station in 2026. You can also see a video by producer Donna Blackney about the making of the murals at: https://www.brattleborotv.org/brattleboro-words-project/brattleboro-words-trail-cynthia-parker-houghton/. General information about maps, stories and the ongoing community creation of audio stories can be found at the Brattleboro Words Project website at: https://brattleborowords.org/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.