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Portraits and Stories

Portraits and Stories

By Portraits and Stories

Water for the city of New York begins its journey in the heart of the Catskills, 120 miles away. Artist Jenny Lee Fowler and host Keiko Sono collected stories from the watersheds, covering a wide range of topics—climate change, population change, overuse of land, to name a few.
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Ep. 18 Pixie Piera and David Van Valkenburg

Portraits and StoriesJul 27, 2019

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Ep.20 Carol Smythe

Ep.20 Carol Smythe

Carol Smythe is a town historian of Grahamsville, NY. She sat down to talk about why she came back to this town after living away for decades.

Jul 31, 201916:42
Ep. 19 Margaret and Chris Helthaler

Ep. 19 Margaret and Chris Helthaler

Woodburne residents Margaret and Chris Helthaler share their views on what makes a community, the sorrow of letting go, and how the greater Neversink area could become a thriving community that cannot be automated away.

Jul 31, 201920:32
Ep. 18 Pixie Piera and David Van Valkenburg

Ep. 18 Pixie Piera and David Van Valkenburg

Interview with Piera Merrill and David Van Valkenburg 

Jul 27, 201924:52
Ep. 17 Linda and Frank Comando

Ep. 17 Linda and Frank Comando

Interview with Linda and Frank Comando

Jul 26, 201919:59
Ep. 16 Patricia Wellington

Ep. 16 Patricia Wellington

Interview with Patricia Wellington

Jul 23, 201923:29
Ep. 15 Betty Shaver and Pixie Piera

Ep. 15 Betty Shaver and Pixie Piera

Interview with Betty Shaver and Piera Merrill

Jul 11, 201916:54
Ep. 14 Betty Shaver

Ep. 14 Betty Shaver

Interview with Betty Shaver

Jul 11, 201910:29
Ep. 13 Kristina Knott

Ep. 13 Kristina Knott

Interview with Kristina Knott

Jul 11, 201917:18
Ep. 12 Wild Cat Foundation

Ep. 12 Wild Cat Foundation

Interview about Wild Cat Foundation

Jul 11, 201922:19
Ep. 11 Patricia and Peter Eakins

Ep. 11 Patricia and Peter Eakins

Interview with Patricia and Peter Eakins

Jul 11, 201921:29
Ep. 10 Charles Breiner

Ep. 10 Charles Breiner

Interview with Charles Breiner

Jul 11, 201922:07
Ep. 9 Lucy Small

Ep. 9 Lucy Small

Interview with Lucy Small

Jul 11, 201910:08
Ep. 8 Coby Sontag

Ep. 8 Coby Sontag

Interview with Coby Sontag

Jul 11, 201904:39
Ep. 7 Frank Stapleton

Ep. 7 Frank Stapleton

Interview with Frank Stapleton

Jul 11, 201907:54
Ep. 6 Mary Lou Stapleton

Ep. 6 Mary Lou Stapleton

Interview with Mary Lou Stapleton

Jul 11, 201909:60
Ep. 5 Dorothy Muthig

Ep. 5 Dorothy Muthig

Interview with Dorothy Muthig

Jul 11, 201914:45
Ep. 4 Dennis Muthig

Ep. 4 Dennis Muthig

Interview with Dennis Muthig

Jul 11, 201931:45
Ep. 3 Diana Weiner

Ep. 3 Diana Weiner

Interview with Diana Weiner

Jul 11, 201906:48
Ep.2 Marion Rubenzahl

Ep.2 Marion Rubenzahl

Interview with Marion Rubenzahl 

Jul 11, 201913:40
Ep.1 Charles Kelsey

Ep.1 Charles Kelsey

Interview with Charles Kelsey 

Jul 11, 201911:31
About Portraits and Stories

About Portraits and Stories

Portraits and Stories Podcast is a companion to a project with the same title that combines oral history with portrait silhouette cutting. It's a collection of stories told by the members of Rondout Neversink, watersheds of NYC located in the Catskills, 100 miles north of the city.

Jul 11, 201902:55