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Welcome to the NEW HAMPSHIRE SECRETS, LEGENDS AND LORE PODCAST where twice a month we explore the world of New Hampshire that lies outside of the hard news. I’m your host, Wayne King, and I invite you to join us for an adventure that will take us on a journey together to explore those things that are unlikely to make the pages of your newspaper, the waves of your radio station or the bits and bytes of your favorite news website. Yet for many of us these stories will reveal what makes life here in the Granite State truly worth living. Together we’ll uncover some secrets, speculate on a few rumors and legends and we’ll meet the people, and a critter or two, both living and long departed who we…
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The 4000 Footers Guide - Up for a People's Choice Award from NH Writers Project
Hidden gemMike Dickerman says The 4,000 Footers of the White Mountains grew from 300 pages in 2001 to 698 pages in fall 2023 and is nominated for a New Hampshire Writers Project People's Choice Award.
Sep 20, 2025·35m·2 clips - 2
Nancy West 10 Years of Local & State News at InDepthNH.org
Hidden gemNancy West says In-DepthNH.org and the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism will celebrate a 10th anniversary event on October 22 at the McAuliffe-Sheppard Discovery Center in Concord.
Sep 18, 2025·1h 15m·5 clips - 3
Elliott Berry - Retired but Still Leading by Example
Hidden gem["A joint episode of New Hampshire Secrets Legends and Lore and Radical Centrist Podcast centers on Elliot Berry's housing, prison reform, and civic-compromise work.", "Wayne King hosts and introduces Berry as a longtime New Hampshire Legal Assistance lawyer whose work drew attention across the country after nearly 50 years in the job.", "Berry and King revisit the Milford mobile-home park fight, where 55 households faced displacement before residents bought the park as a cooperative.", "The conversation also covers the 1985 good-cause eviction law, Britain v Chester, accessory dwelling units, prison litigation, housing subsidies, and algorithm-driven media silos."]
Jun 27, 2025·1h 59m·5 clips - 4
Fred Bramante's Dream for Schools
Hidden gemFred Bramante says Gallup-linked New Hampshire research shows that when middle and high school students connect learning to careers, their engagement and hopefulness "skyrocket." He argues that competency-based learning should replace age-and-time based progression, with students moving on only after proving mastery.
Mar 29, 2025·1h 8m·5 clips - 5
Poet Elaine Sexton to Release "Site Specific" in May
Hidden gemWayne King talks with New Hampshire-raised poet Elaine Sexton about Site Specific, her new and selected book due in May with about 30 new poems and selections from her last four books.
Mar 3, 2025·49m·3 clips - 6
Mike Dickerman: Capturing Sacred Moments in the White Mountains
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Mike Dickerman about New Hampshire journalism, White Mountain hiking, and the historical stories behind places such as Cannon Mountain and the Old Man of the Mountain.
Feb 28, 2025·1h·4 clips - 7
The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley Part 3 - The Athletes: Surfers of the Moguls, Pioneers of the Air
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore examines how Waterville Valley helped launch freestyle skiing through the 1971 National Championships of Exhibition Skiing, sponsored by Chevrolet with a Corvette as its main prize.
Feb 25, 2025·44m·2 clips - 8
EP 118 George Askevold: Attitude & Altitude in the Wild West of Skiing
Feb 20, 2025·30m - 9
Episode 119. Jerry Dunfey Remembers his Friends JD and Frank Deboise
Hidden gemWayne King examines the early development of freestyle skiing at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, beginning with Snow's Mountain and the support of families including the Corcorans, Kennedys, Dunphys, Du Boises, and Sununus.
Feb 20, 2025·1h 3m·4 clips - 10
117 Bernie Weischel: 75 Years on the Boards and an Exhibition Guy at Heart
Hidden gemBernie Weishel recounts his role in the early development of freestyle skiing, beginning with a 1971 Waterville Valley event organized by Doug Pfeiffer and Tom Corcoran.
Feb 19, 2025·33m·2 clips - 11
The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley - The Mentors and the Protectors
Hidden gemWayne King examines how Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, helped turn early-1970s hot-dogging into freestyle skiing through figures including Tom Corcoran, Paul Fozy, J.D.
Feb 19, 2025·1h 3m·4 clips - 12
Frank Deboise - America's First Black Certified Ski Instructor and Still Working at 90!
Hidden gemFrank Du Bois tells Wayne King that he may have been the first Black certified ski instructor in the United States, while acknowledging another certified instructor from Mount Snow.
Feb 19, 2025·35m·2 clips - 13
The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley - The Dreamers & the Doers
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore traces how Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, became a focal point for freestyle skiing in the early 1970s.
Feb 19, 2025·41m·2 clips - 14
Jack Sanders a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle
Hidden gemWayne King interviews New Hampshire attorney Jack Sanders about his role in organizing contracts, competitions, and governance for early freestyle skiing.
Feb 19, 2025·51m·3 clips - 15
Remembering Raymond Brox
Feb 19, 2025·41m - 16
Episode 114 Nick & Suzi Preston - A Life in Skiing, A Freestyle Life
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Nick Preston about his and Susie Preston’s role in building freestyle skiing at Waterville Valley after arriving in New Hampshire in 1980.
Feb 18, 2025·57m·4 clips - 17
Ep 112 Hali Beckman Remembers JD Nelson
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore features Holly Beckman's memories of J.D.
Feb 15, 2025·46m·3 clips - 18
The Wong Way: Hall of Fame Freestyle Skier Wayne Wong
Hidden gemWayne Wong recounts learning to ski on Vancouver’s Mount Seymour in 1961 before traveling to Waterville Valley for the first professional freestyle competition in March 1971.
Feb 8, 2025·1h 8m·4 clips - 19
The Wind Beneath the Wings of Freestyle: A Conversation with John and Donni Hughes
Hidden gemWayne King speaks with Donella Hughes and John Hughes about their work at Waterville Valley during the early development of freestyle skiing.
Feb 1, 2025·38m·2 clips - 20
Nancy Childress: Keeper of the Family Flame, Renaissance Heir
Hidden gemWayne King interviews attorney and author Nancy Childress, daughter of artist Robert Childress, who illustrated the colorful Sally, Dick, and Jane readers beginning in 1958.
Dec 6, 2024·35m·2 clips - 21
Ep 106 Sy Montgomery - What the Chicken Knows
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Sy Montgomery about What the Chicken Knows, a short book inspired by Montgomery’s more than 20 years caring for chickens.
Oct 22, 2024·53m·3 clips - 22
Building Community and Empowering Lives - Dr. Michael Swack
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Michael Swack, a University of New Hampshire professor and Center for Impact Finance leader, about four decades of community-development finance.
Oct 5, 2024·1h 12m·5 clips - 23
Every Day a Great American Day - Senator Lou D'Allesandro to Retire
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore features Wayne King and Gary Raynaud interviewing retiring New Hampshire Senator Lou D'Alessandro, who describes 50 years in public service and 25 years in the Senate.
Jun 20, 2024·1h 21m·5 clips - 24
Sy Montgomery - Of Time and Turtles
Hidden gemWayne King interviews author Cy Montgomery about Of Time and Turtles, a book shaped by turtles, the pandemic, and the question of how humans experience time.
Jun 5, 2024·59m·4 clips - 25
Remembering Marty Engstrom with Retiring Journalist Steve Minich of WMTW TV
Hidden gemSteve Minnich recalls how engineer Marty Engstrom became WMTW-TV’s beloved one-minute weather presence from Mount Washington.
Apr 14, 2024·31m·2 clips - 26
Tom Gross - Athlete, Media Star and Waterville Valley's Informal Historian
Hidden gemTom Gross tells Wayne King how Manchester childhood skiing, Waterville Valley’s 1966 opening, and Rod Laver’s tennis program shaped his career.
Feb 3, 2024·47m·3 clips - 27
Senator David Watters - Renaissance Man of the Senate
Hidden gemSenator David Waters of Dover describes how 39 years as an English professor and a family culture of public service led him into New Hampshire politics.
Jan 30, 2024·56m·3 clips - 28
Peter Powell: Life With Community at its Core
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Lancaster resident Peter Powell about community, public service, and the role of local institutions in connecting New Hampshire's regions.
Jan 11, 2024·1h 15m·5 clips - 29
2024 YOUTH FORUM ON CLIMATE ACTION AND CLEAN ENERGY - THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024
Dec 13, 2023·24m - 30
Skiing Legend Dan Egan takes Over at Tenney Mountain
Hidden gemWayne King interviews extreme skier Dan Egan about his role as general manager of the revitalized Tenney Mountain in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
Dec 11, 2023·29m·2 clips - 31
The Economic Impacts of Public Investment vs. Tax Cuts Michael Kitch & Garry Rayno
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore features Michael Kitsch and Gary Rayno discussing a New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute study comparing public investment with business tax cuts.
Oct 8, 2023·57m·4 clips - 32
The Super Sanctuaryist: Meade Cadot and the Harris Center for Conservation Education
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Mead Caddo, who led the Harris Center for Conservation Education for 33 years after seeing Delaware open space become housing development.
Aug 1, 2023·1h 8m·5 clips - 33
Advanced Chemical Recycling - The Wave of the Future or More of the Same?
NH Secrets Legends and Lore examines advanced chemical recycling through Wayne King's discussion with Tom Irwin, Roger Stevenson, and Cynthia Walter.
May 3, 2023·1h 17m·5 clips - 34
Judge Richard Daschbach: "A Lucky and Blessed Life"
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Judge Richard Daschbach of Exeter, who describes moving to New Hampshire after discovering Lake Spofford and later serving as chief judge of the federal workers compensation appeals board.
Apr 24, 2023·1h 4m·4 clips - 35
Edith Tucker - Journalism and Life: Purpose Driven and Down to Earth
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Edith Tucker about her North Country journalism, including the Northern Pass route map she obtained from Eversource and published in the Coos County Democrat.
Apr 22, 2023·1h 9m·5 clips - 36
OUR Kids - Education Funding and Accountability in NH with Reps. Mel Myler and Dave Luneau
Wayne King interviews New Hampshire state representatives Mel Myler and Dave Lunau about Education Freedom Accounts, which they say serve 3,200 students while only 100 moved from public schools to private religious schools.
Mar 21, 2023·56m·3 clips - 37
Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism: This is a Podcast shared to NH Secrets from The Radical Centrist Podcast
Joel Richard Paul argues that Daniel Webster helped turn Americans from Virginians, New Yorkers, and other regional communities into citizens bound by the Constitution.
Feb 28, 2023·1h 18m·5 clips - 38
Riding the Carter Presidential Wave to Washington and Beyond: A conversation with Marcel Veilleux
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Marcel Veilleux about leaving the University of New Hampshire and joining Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign at age 20.
Feb 25, 2023·1h 1m·4 clips - 39
Ranked Choice Voting - Why is it important and how will it change a divided democracy? Rep Ellen Read
Hidden gemWayne King interviews New Hampshire State Representative Ellen Reed about ranked choice voting and its relationship to majority support, party power, and democratic trust.
Feb 16, 2023·49m·3 clips - 40
John Harrigan: The Bradley Family, Bears and Bobcats
Feb 10, 2023·12m - 41
Becoming Mary Baker Eddy - A Conversation with Evelyn Auger
Hidden gemWayne King interviews Evelyn Ogier of Sanbornton about portraying Mary Baker Eddy and other New Hampshire historical figures in period clothing.
Feb 7, 2023·1h 4m·4 clips - 42
Ep 86 Dr. Marc Lessard: Thriving UNH Institute for Earth, Oceans & Space Collaborates with NASA to Study Aurora Borealis
Hidden gemDr.
Jan 21, 2023·47m·3 clips - 43
Mr. Speaker - George Roberts, NH Speaker of the House 1975-1980, and Still Going Strong
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore features Wayne King interviewing former New Hampshire Speaker of the House George Roberts about serving from 1975 to 1980 and working across party lines.
Jan 19, 2023·1h 11m·4 clips - 44
Ep 85 Everyday Heroes: Kim Wenger Hall - Cleaning up Plastics in our Communities
Jan 19, 2023·19m - 45
The Rough & Tumble: A Rough, Tumble and Raucous Introduction to their New Spot on the Porch: New Hampshire.
Jan 11, 2023·24m - 46
Genevieve Aichele: Building Community by Sharing Stories
Hidden gemGenevieve Aitchell describes how storytelling became the thread connecting her theater work, public speaking, writing, and community programs in New Hampshire.
Jan 8, 2023·1h 7m·4 clips - 47
Corbin Park The Sordid and Racist History of Austin Corbin and the largest, most exclusive, "millionaire hunting reserve" East of the Mississippi River.
Hidden gemWayne King interviews writer August Longpre about Corbin Park, a 26,000-acre private hunting reserve spanning five New Hampshire towns and surrounded by 26 miles of fence.
Jan 3, 2023·1h 3m·4 clips - 48
Kim Varney Chandler - Covered Bridges of NH
Hidden gemKim Varney Chandler tells Wayne D.
Dec 12, 2022·47m·4 clips - 49
NH Icon and Paddling Pioneer Charlie Walbridge Honored for 50 years of Paddling and Conservation Leadership
Hidden gemNH Secrets Legends and Lore presents Wayne King’s conversation with Charlie Walbridge, a New Hampshire paddling figure honored by the International Whitewater Hall of Fame and the State of Southern Appalachian Paddle Sport Hall of Fame.
Nov 28, 2022·1h 3m·4 clips - 50
Patricia Dunfey Hoyt - The Journey from Teacher to Children's Literature Author PD Hoyt
Hidden gemPatricia Dunphy Hoyt, also known as P.D.
Nov 1, 2022·53m·3 clips