Upstate New York

Mud Show

Arts, Culture & Media

The Kelly Miller Circus is one of the last “mud shows,” setting up in small towns and breaking down the same night. North Country Public Radio’s Gregory Warner visited the circus in Arcade, New York. He found a unique version of family-friendly raunch, and a big grudge against Cirque du Soleil.

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Aha Moment: William Kennedy

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LOE Profile #1: Lois Gibbs, fighting Spirit Behind the Love Canal Evacuation

The Rural Life

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Bird Sanctuary

Karen Kelly of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium visits with Peter Dubacher of the Berkshire Bird Paradise. This upstate New York sanctuary is home to thousands of injured and abandoned birds.

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