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(Jul 22, 2026) Barb Heller and Ethan Shantie swap stories about life on the road as a touring musician, plus Barb plays one of her favorite original songs.

(Jul 15, 2026) Rivka and Ethan share stories of losing their hearing and learning to live in a quieter world.

(Jul 8, 2026) After leaving the psychiatric center, Misha finds himself stranded on a beach in Chicago with only $50 to his name.

(Jul 1, 2026) Michael says "yes" to every job even if he has no experience. That's how he ends up saving the day for one crowded NYC restaurant.

(Jun 24, 2026) Hope for the best, but plan for nothing to work out. Ken's bike trip goes off the track in Cuba, and Ethan's vacation takes an unexpected detour.

(Jun 17, 2026) Ron and his friends are not prepared for winter camping in Alaska. They have to take some extraordinary - and hilarious - measures in order to make it home alive.

(Jun 10, 2026) Amy has to ditch her slowpoke ways in order to take care of her ailing mom. Ethan learns a lesson in patience from “Mean Gene.”

(Jun 3, 2026) The police are on Sam's tail. So in order to have enough money to fund his new life on the run, he decides to rob a hotel in Lake Placid.

(May 27, 2026) Dan shares the story of competing with a girl in his class who had no idea they were rivals. Ethan tells the story of being accused of plagiarism in 4th grade.

(May 20, 2026) Ann from Saranac Lake is having a drink at the bar when she sees her boyfriend walk in with another woman. What she does next kicks off a forty year love story.

(May 13, 2026) True stories, no notes, recorded live on stages all over the North Country and in the NCPR studios.

(Jan 7, 2026) Winners from 2025’s regional story slams compete for storyteller of the year on January 24th in Canton.

(Dec 24, 2025) Five North Country storytellers share tales of unforgettable holidays with their families - both joyful and disastrous.

(Dec 19, 2025) A selection of 5 stories from Smoke Signals in Lake Placid.

(Oct 15, 2025) Plus, host Ethan Shantie tells us about the time his grandpa was visited by a strange creature in the woods.