We learn about the conditions, the health of our trout population and where to find the fish this season,  celebrate National Poetry Month and continue our series marking the anniversary of the Vermont Folklife Center's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

Sometimes a certain photograph or a familiar smell can trigger a rush of memories. Other times it can be a long forgotten song. In the case of John Stone, a recording he made years ago brought back vivid memories that illuminate a part of Vermont's cultural past.

The popularity of the localvore movement is seen as a return to an earlier era, but there are fascinating differences between today's emphasis on locally produced food and the farm traditions of the past.

Daisy Turner was born in Grafton in 1883, one of 13 children of Sally and Alec Turner. Her stories of her 104 years of living and her family's lineage in slavery are preserved by the Vermont Folklife Center.

An exhibit currently on display at the Folklife Center in Middlebury brings to life a scene few of us get to see: the transformation of male performers into larger than life drag queens.

In his new novel, Author Russell Banks finds inspiration in his New England and Adirondack roots, and some Vermont musicians are keeping folk songs alive.

Harvard Medical School Professor Emeritus J. Allan Hobson has retired on his Vermont farm, but he's still writing about his controversial and groundbreaking dream research.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Brent Bjorkman of the Folklife Center and painter Kathleen Kolb about the traveling exhibit, Art of Action.

We talk with Vincent Feeney, the author of "Finnigans, Slaters, and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont." And we begin our look at the Art Of Action Project.

New nursing graduates no longer have their pick of jobs, because older nurses are putting off retirement.  But is it only temporary?  Plus, a look back at the legacy and Vermont life of homesteaders Scott and Helen Nearing.