Erica Heilman
@rumblestrip.bsky.social
Heroic stories about regular people, carefully edited. rumblestripvermont.com
Bonnie Tyler was my power ballad hero and she died last week so I’m again forcing people to listen to me sing my favorite song, Total Eclipse of the Heart. And talk about aging. RIP Bonnie. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/res...
Rest in Peace Bonnie Tyler — Rumble Strip
This episode is played in honor of Bonnie Tyler, my power ballad hero.
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Send me voice memos from your Fourth of July! Temper tantrums. Parades. Traffic jams and fireworks and languid hangs at the pond. I’m going to make a show with your recordings to commemorate the 250th. You can send them to rumblestripvermont@gmail.com www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/6ab...
Let’s make a show about the 4th of July — Rumble Strip
It’s the fourth of July. The 250th. Let’s make a show about it.
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I am excited to announce a new, periodic series from Rumble Strip called LIFE OF KAYE. In this first episode, there is a phone call, a concertina and picking up trash. I hope you like it. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/y3q...
Life of Kaye: Some kind of a speaker — Rumble Strip
A phone call, a concertina and picking up trash
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Home health and hospice nurses are badass. They get there, night or day, mud or snow. They’re better than the postal service. Here’s a show about what their days are like. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/8lx...
A day on the road with a visiting nurse — Rumble Strip
Home health and hospices nurses are badass. We should let them on airplanes first.
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Vermont Quick Lube is a stay-in-your-car oil change place and car wash in Barre, Vermont. Wednesday is Ladies' Day and since I love Vermont Quick Lube, I made a story about it. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/lad...
Ladies' Day at Vermont Quick Lube — Rumble Strip
Wednesday is Ladies' Day at Vermont Quick Lube and I think you should go.
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This is a beautiful tribute to one to the greatest radio producers of all time, and my mentor. As I listened to pieces of Larry’s stories, I felt a big sadness that public radio doesn’t play things like this anymore—stories full of people out there in America just getting through the day.
The Kitchen Sisters@kitchensisters.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Kitchen Sisters and Hearing Voices present: Requiem for Larry Massett Larry Massett was a masterful radio artist. A producer’s producer, who led listeners into unexpected worlds and influenced so many in public radio and beyond. Listen: kitchensisters.org/pod.../requi...
When asked if she wants to not eat the marshmallow and wait so she can get 2 marshmallows, Kaye eats the marshmallow. Here is a new show in reaction to this morning's show about why the economy makes some people feel so ashamed of their financial lives. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/i-e...
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Here's a conversation with a listener in Scotland about why so many of us feel ashamed of our financial lives in todays economy. It is a reaction to recent class episodes from @vermontpublic.org, and I ask dumb questions for the sake of all people like me. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/a-s...
A springtime show about the economy that partly explains why we feel ashamed — Rumble Strip
This is a conversation with a money manager in Scotland who has given a great deal of thought to why many of us feel confused and ashamed about our financial lives.
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This is absolutely insane and 25th amendment grounds in and of itself
NEW: "The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it." fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...
It's a food article. But it's also about a place. This doesn't capture a real place. It captures an idea of a place. I like @newyorker.com but please hire Vermont writers or come for long enough and bring enough curiosity to find some nuance. And a little more salt. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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From Hardwick, Vermont to the streets of Minneapolis then back again. This is a story about a song that's giving a lot of people comfort, and some courage. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/hol...
Hold On. — Rumble Strip
From Hardwick to Minneapolis then home again. A story about a song that’s doing good work.
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This story by Chris Attoway is stunning. I love him. If there's anyone out there in audio world who is looking for a freelance producer who is funny and thoughtful and a fricking great editor, hire Chris! @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Places Go | Love Me | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Story 1: For the past few months, Chris and his partner Beth have been crying. A lot. What’s triggering the waterworks? Reading Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” to their toddler. It gets Chris an...
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This was one of the most remarkable interviews of my life. Vaughn was a 118-pound barber when he was drafted and sent to Vietnam. This is the story of Vaughn's war, and how the war's been with him every day of his life since he came home. An American Life. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/an-...
An American Life — Rumble Strip
Stories from the Vietnam War, and the life that came after it
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This message from @schiff.senate.gov is well done and well worth watching.
Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 9mo agoThe largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more. That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs. It looks a lot more like preparation for war. Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.
Not the most important story of the day but it seemed important to me. I've never seen so many lego heads. 'Plastic figurines were everywhere, their heads removed from their bodies and organized in neat rows by facial expression.' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because wood pieces may be embedded in the batter.
58M pounds of corn dogs and sausage-on-a-stick products recalled because wood pieces may be inside
About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because wood pieces may be embedded in the batter.
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This is awful and brilliant. Important. I follow @jeffsharlet.bsky.social like it’s the middle of the night and there’s a group of us in the woods but he’s the only one with a flashlight. open.substack.com/pub/slowcivi...
Rubber Glue Fascism
A close reading of "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7: Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence"
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A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver. 16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Evergreen H.S. shooter hinted at his plans online, ADL says
The attacker, who shot and wounded two students, reposted a photo of a revolver and a box of ammunition two hours beforehand, research by the group's Center on Extremism shows.
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Susan and I have been friends for 30 years and every now and then we get together and try figure out what the hell is going on. Our latest installment is about health (cancer), the latest humbling stages of parenting, and the goddamn federal government. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/rei...
Susan says HOLD THE LINE — Rumble Strip
Susan and I compare notes and we talk about the goddamn federal government.
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Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
Weird. But my voice is in an auction to raise money for my community radio station, WGDR. I'll record your voicemail greeting. I can also sing it, which i might actually prefer. Anyway, the CPB just got AXED, so it's time to support public and community media. givebutter.com/c/VeryVermon...
CVCR's Very Vermonty Auction
You win and our programming wins with more funding for the year!
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Since the beginning of time, ladies of a certain age (my age and older) have stood together in bodies of water, talking. It is a scientific fact. This is a show about my own swimming hole and the ladies who stand in it. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/lad...
Ladies Pond — Rumble Strip
All over the world since the beginning of time, ladies of a certain age have been standing thigh deep in water together, talking.
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Last night public radio lost federal funding. I encourage podcast producers to pull for public radio now. Reach out to your listeners. Encourage them to give. Shows like mine would not exist without public radio. www.rumblestripvermont.com/campaigns/vi...
A personal note on a terrible day
Hello everyone! It’s a terrible day!
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Thank you Fez Gielen and @thecreativeindependent.com for this excellent interview. It included all the stuff that’s important to me. I appreciate it. thecreativeindependent.com/people/podca...
Podcaster and radio producer Erica Heilman on the value of not knowing – The Creative Independent
Podcaster and radio producer Erica Heilman discusses loving strangers, relinquishing control, the substance of silence, and building bridges into people’s lives.
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Hardwick State is a weekend-long university where anyone can be a teacher and anyone can be a student and it happens during the awfulest time of year. In this show you will hear about belly dancing and soldering pipes. All the things you need to know. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/har...
Hardwick State — Rumble Strip
A free weekend-long university during the awfulest time of the year.
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