Episodes

  • Christmastime In Hancock: Depression Years 1929-1931
    Nov 29 2025

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    A fire that destroys a large portion of Hancock’s Main Street, the career of Stanley Hamilton, the 33-year tailoring job of Gus Lawandowski who builds a house on S. Lake Street, the tragic death of Frank Sigourney, what is playing at the Hancock Theatre, a Booth family wedding, the trial of Elmer Huckins, local sports scores, how a boy in 1929 wants snow for Christmas, along wirh the comings and goings of village residents makes for a fast paced episode of Doty Land. The Depression years at Christmastime in Hancock will take listeners back to shopping for gifts with local merchants as former radio broadcaster Gregory Humphrey paints a picture with words. A 38-minute podcast makes it feel as if the latest edition of the Hancock News has been published.

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    39 mins
  • Happy 100th Birthday Grand Ole Opry!
    Nov 28 2025

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    The world's longest-running radio show turns 100 years old on November 28, 2025. From memories of Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, WSM radio announcer Grant Turner, and others, this tribute looks at how classic country music still resonates across the land. Heartfelt memories galore! Podcaster and former radio broadcaster Gregory Humphrey takes listeners on a journey from his Hancock home to the stages of country music shows. The fiddles are warming up, now. "Let 'er go boys!"

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    18 mins
  • Calvin Coolidge Had To Take Oath Of Office Twice
    Nov 8 2025

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    Without doubt, the most unique swearing-in of any of our American presidents occurs in Vermont with the administration of the oath of office to Calvin Coolidge. Former radio broadcaster Gregory Humphrey sets the mood and then layers on the facts. This is how history should sound and feel.

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    6 mins
  • Opening Of Erie Canal 200 Years Later
    Oct 28 2025

    The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was not only something to see, but also to hear! Podcaster and history-lover Gregory Humphrey packages a professionally-produced and quick-paced slice of the past that will leave you asking yourself, "How did I not know that before?"

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    4 mins
  • Glytja And The Wonders Of Icelandic Horses
    Aug 20 2025

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    An uplifting interview with Robin and Wil Guernsey about the joys of owning and loving six beautiful Icelandic horses. The journey to starting a stable and the way these horses connect with others in need of smiles and inner healing. Podcaster Gregory Humphrey produced this professional-sounding episode with the awareness that we need some good feelings and smiles in our daily lives. The horses are the tonic for our times.

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    16 mins
  • Richard Nixon Pussy Galore
    Aug 11 2025

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    Stories from history you never learned ranging from Constitutional Convention humor, the first shot that started the Civil War, the headline of Albert Gore Jr. coming into the world, the extra typewriter key needed for Nelson Rockefeller, and Richard Nixon and Pussy Galore. Podcaster Gregory Humphrey paces a fast and fascinating podcast episode that will leave you asking how much more about our past is yet to be learned.

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    10 mins
  • Anchor Yourself To Democracy, Bring Friends To Your Dinner Table
    Apr 8 2025

    There are many emotions and perspectives about the state of our democracy today. Podcaster Gregory Humphrey suggests that forming your home as an anchor where family and friends can unite and know that shared values will be respected is an essential way to be protected from the bombast and chaos created by Donald Trump and his administration. At his home, near a lake, the loons have returned for a spring visit, and in that annual ritual, there is a lesson to be found about keeping the faith. A lesson for us in these days when democracy is under attack.

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    17 mins
  • Youth Vote And The 2024 Presidential Election
    Sep 14 2024

    The thoughts and perspectives about university and college students in the presidential election are examined in an interview with Mira Goodman from New York State, who is spending her fall in the Badger State, helping to engineer a solid turnout at the polls. Podcaster Gregory Humphrey blends political nostalgia through sound and concludes with a commentary on his first vote for president in 1980 in his rural village of Hancock.

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    42 mins