The First Audubon Society in the Country

Reenacting the American Revolution

In Massachusetts, what's more revolutionary than the American Revolution? Perhaps reenacting the Revolution is revolutionary, too. Old Sturbridge Village hosts a yearly reenactment, Redcoats and Rebels [https://www.osv.org/event/redcoats-rebels/?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=22302661337&utm_content=&utm_term=&utm_medium=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22296112557&gbraid=0AAAAADybIHshAVILwDKDVxB8nqOYHv27c&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9obIBhCAARIsAGHm1mTsBOuNWhNDiJGgdjziVnhrO4lXAj7oLaEHQSrhQTs8iAMr5OTCWDEaArKHEALw_wcB]. Featured voices in this episode include Lexington Minutemen reenactor Dave Gibson and Derek Heidemann, Director of Collections and Research at Old Sturbridge Village. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Cranberries Meet Ecological Restoration

In Nantucket, the humble cranberry holds a story of resilience, and also one of renewal. Today, Massachusetts is the second largest producer of cranberries in the country. Still, in the face of climate change, some cranberry bogs are being transformed into natural wetlands. Featured voices in this episode include Nick Larrabee, Tom Larrabee, and Karen Beattie of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The People of the First Light

What happens when a language sleeps for more than a century — and then wakes again? On Martha’s Vineyard, the Aquinnah Wampanoag are reclaiming Wôpanâak and renewing ancestral knowledge, weaving resilience, culture, and identity into daily life. Featured voices include Kristina Hook, Mae Alice Baird, and Juli Vanderhoop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

MASS MoCA, Where an Industrial Past Meets an Imaginative Future

Once a factory that helped power the Industrial Revolution, MASS MoCA today is a pioneering space for contemporary art and creativity. Today's episode explores the wonder, sound, and imagination of MASS MoCA , with Museum Director Kristy Edmunds and Bang on a Can Co-Founder Michael Gordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The First Audubon Society in the Country

More than a century ago, two women founded Mass Audubon, launching the nation’s first Audubon society and sparking a movement to protect birds and their habitats. Today, a new generation of birders is challenging expectations, breaking barriers of of access, and redefining who belongs in the birding world. Today, we visit the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick with Elissa M. Landre (Mass Audubon) and Jaden Salett (Cornell University). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]