Vermont Folklife Center Media

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Founded in 1984, the Vermont Folklife Center (http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org) documents and presents the cultures and traditions of Vermont. Beginning in 1990 with our Peabody Award winning series, "Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and Her Family" we have produced audio documentaries on rural culture in Vermont, life in New England and the experiences of World War II veterans that have aired on local and national NPR affiliates. In 2006 with Erica Heilman we established the statewide program, Youth Radio Vermont (http://www.youthradiovermont.org) that trains young people in ethnographic methodology and audio documentary production.

Series

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12 Pieces

A twelve-part documentary series that offers a first-hand look at the world of deer hunting.

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20 Pieces

In this Peabody Award winning (1990) documentary series, Daisy Turner of Grafton, Vermont recounts family stories from her life and the life of her father, Alec who was born a slave on a Viginia plantation.

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25 Pieces

Youth Radio Vermont is a program of the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury, VT that trains kids in the art of radio documentary production.


Pieces


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 2
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John Gouldin's plantation was on the Rappahannock River in Port Royal, Virginia. He owned 2,000 acres and 77 slaves. If the slaves didn't work fast...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
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Alec Turner was born on the Gouldin plantation in 1845 and remembered his childhood there in stories he told his children and grandchildren. Many o...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode Alec Turner's mother, Rose secretly makes a pair of red moccasins for Alec with disastrous consequences.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of Daisy's grandfather Alexander, whose parents were a shipwrecked English merchant's daughter and an African chieftain's son.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Introducing Daisy Turner who lived to be 104 and was an extraordinary storyteller, sharing experiences from her lifetime and from her parents and g...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Hunter Barry Forbes uses turkey psychology to lure in the toms. And some great gobbling...

Bought by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, Prairie Public, and WNKU


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
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In this program, hunters talk about their fathers and grandfathers and the role these men played in their own development as hunters

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Hunters describe experiences they have with wildlife while hunting in the woods

Bought by KMXT, WTIP, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Two men tell stories about gun accidents and talk about the responsibility that comes with handling firearms

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2