In Mediated Lives' 6th episode, Samantha picks local family doctor Julie Davis' brain about her experience serving the community's health in our current media landscape. They talk healthy social media habits, discuss the pros and cons of our st...

Vital Communities' Communications Manager and local sweetheart Rebecca Bailey joins Samantha to reveal the brass tacks of Upper Valley Listservs and all the ways they act as connective tissue for the people, places and things of our unique coll...

This week, Samantha and Lebanon, NH City Manager Shaun Mulholland join forces to discuss how media and the work of local government intersect – or collide – and how changes in the broader political culture and media landscape telescope to the l...

Episode 3: In this week’s NSFW episode, Samantha is joined by local quadruple threat (comedian, author, educator and inn keeper), Cindy Pierce as they navigate the choppy waters of all things sex and social media. An expert at making the...

Episode 2:  Rod Smolla, Vermont Law and Graduate School President, joined Samantha in the studio to dig into tough and topical questions about free speech at a moment when social media hold unprecedented sway over our politics. ...

Episode 1:  Journalist and Daybreak editor Rob Gurwitt joined Samantha in the JAM audio studio to contemplate how the reporting ...

In our 19th episode, we hear about the myriad opportunities to build community in the UV - from poetry to knitting and beyond - as experienced by our guest, a recent transplant accustomed to the diversity of New York City and Berkeley, CA.<...

Our guest shares a challenging experience of community censure in a small Upper Valley town. Reflecting on the nature of community in places where they lived previously, including New York, New Orleans, and a small midwestern farm town, they co...

Maeve and Noah sit down with two of the WRIF 2025 Emerging Filmmakers winners, Natalie Jones ("Frame Remainder") and Annika Murdock ("Deepfake Girl") to talk about their films and their experience with WRIF. Join Maeve and the rest ...

Episode 4 – A WRIF in the JAM/SPACE Continuum – Join the JAM crew as they talk about the upcoming White River Indie Film Festival. Tune in to find out about upcoming events this weekend, the origins of the festival, and the selection process.

In this episode, Brian sits down with his very own wife Caitlin. They talk about swear words, olfactory ambitions and things you can't even conceive of until you hear them yourself.Looking for a loyal, pint-sized partner who'll fill you...

In the latest episode (#4) of Rethink Local's "Upper Valley Vibes" podcast, we talk Civility, critical thinking, education, Principles of Discourse, and community |  I sit down with Greg Prince, former Dean at Dartmout...

In this episode, I speak with Ihn Jae. The elder years bring their unique challenges and changes. What does living a vibrant, meaningful life look like in this "third act"? In this podcast, I talk with women from my everyday life w...

In this episode, Brian sits down with friend and coworker Drea. They talk about finally knowing nothing, reminiscing on when they thought they knew everything, and all the gasps in between. Looking for a loyal, pint-sized partner w...

In this episode, Brian is joined by coworker and friend Caleb. They discuss physical forms of music versus the streaming age, Buttrock, Boyz II Men, Celebrity Death Match and Brian having a broken arm. Looking for a loyal, pint-siz...

PRELUDEJAM AudiobookRead by the authorHelen Taylor DavidsonBased on the 1854 Diary of Adeline Elizabeth HoeEdited by Richard Davidson and Helen Taylor DavidsonAbout the novelIn the spr...

PRELUDEJAM AudiobookRead by the authorHelen Taylor DavidsonBased on the 1854 Diary of Adeline Elizabeth HoeEdited by Richard Davidson and Helen Taylor DavidsonAbout the novelIn the spr...

Looking for a loyal, pint-sized partner who'll fill your days with love and laughter? Meet the perfect little companion who's ready to steal your heart (and your couch)!Brian recently went on a sleepover and did great, met some cats and ...

In this episode, I invited some VIPs from outside the Upper Valley up to Junction Arts Media's (Formerly CATV) podcast recording studio in White River Junction. (Which by the way, JAM is a partner on this podcast and that podcast recording stud...

Hi Alex Torpey here, your host of Upper Valley Vibes.In this episode, I take a walk on the rail trail in Lebanon with Josh Crane of Norwich, Vermont. Josh is the Senior Producer and Managing Editor of the really great podcast Brave Littl...

Hi everyone my name is Alex Torpey, your host of the new Upper Valley Vibes podcast.As we get this thing going I wanted to share a little bit about my goals for the podcast, and first, share a little of my background so you all can get t...

PRELUDEJAM AudiobookRead by the authorHelen Taylor DavidsonBased on the 1854 Diary of Adeline Elizabeth HoeEdited by Richard Davidson and Helen Taylor DavidsonAbout the novelIn the spr...

Episode 3 - Oops! All Interns - Maeve interviews the JAM Interns about their summer working at JAM. Tune in while they reflect on their time working at JAM’s summer camp, their favorite memories, what they’ve learned, and the new religion takin...

From Tunbridge to Claremont, unbound by space/time, voters and non voters face down their national politics.In this series, Frances Mize vibe checks the Upper Valley in advance of the national election. The project is less interested in...

PRELUDEJAM AudiobookRead by the authorHelen Taylor DavidsonBased on the 1854 Diary of Adeline Elizabeth HoeEdited by Richard Davidson and Helen Taylor DavidsonAbout the novelIn the spr...