NH Secrets Legends and Lore

Mike 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.

Nancy 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.

["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."]

Fred 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.

Wayne 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.

Wayne 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.

NH 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.

Wayne 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.

Bernie 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.

Wayne 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.

Frank 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.

NH Secrets Legends and Lore traces how Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, became a focal point for freestyle skiing in the early 1970s.

Wayne King interviews New Hampshire attorney Jack Sanders about his role in organizing contracts, competitions, and governance for early freestyle skiing.

Wayne 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.

NH Secrets Legends and Lore features Holly Beckman's memories of J.D.

Wayne 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.

Wayne King speaks with Donella Hughes and John Hughes about their work at Waterville Valley during the early development of freestyle skiing.

Wayne King interviews attorney and author Nancy Childress, daughter of artist Robert Childress, who illustrated the colorful Sally, Dick, and Jane readers beginning in 1958.

Wayne King interviews Sy Montgomery about What the Chicken Knows, a short book inspired by Montgomery’s more than 20 years caring for chickens.

Wayne King interviews Michael Swack, a University of New Hampshire professor and Center for Impact Finance leader, about four decades of community-development finance.

NH 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.

Wayne 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.

Steve Minnich recalls how engineer Marty Engstrom became WMTW-TV’s beloved one-minute weather presence from Mount Washington.

Tom Gross tells Wayne King how Manchester childhood skiing, Waterville Valley’s 1966 opening, and Rod Laver’s tennis program shaped his career.

Senator 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.

Wayne King interviews Lancaster resident Peter Powell about community, public service, and the role of local institutions in connecting New Hampshire's regions.

Wayne King interviews extreme skier Dan Egan about his role as general manager of the revitalized Tenney Mountain in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

NH 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.

Wayne King interviews Mead Caddo, who led the Harris Center for Conservation Education for 33 years after seeing Delaware open space become housing development.

NH Secrets Legends and Lore examines advanced chemical recycling through Wayne King's discussion with Tom Irwin, Roger Stevenson, and Cynthia Walter.

Wayne 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.

Wayne 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.

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.

Joel Richard Paul argues that Daniel Webster helped turn Americans from Virginians, New Yorkers, and other regional communities into citizens bound by the Constitution.

Wayne King interviews Marcel Veilleux about leaving the University of New Hampshire and joining Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign at age 20.

Wayne King interviews New Hampshire State Representative Ellen Reed about ranked choice voting and its relationship to majority support, party power, and democratic trust.

Wayne King interviews Evelyn Ogier of Sanbornton about portraying Mary Baker Eddy and other New Hampshire historical figures in period clothing.

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NH 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.

Genevieve Aitchell describes how storytelling became the thread connecting her theater work, public speaking, writing, and community programs in New Hampshire.

Wayne 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.

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NH 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.

Patricia Dunphy Hoyt, also known as P.D.