Stories from the Attic

How to win at Russian Roulette

Join Greg and Martin in a listening party as we try to decipher another fascinating piece of of hidden history from an attic dig. Can you really win at Russian Roulette? Listen in and see... um , or hear! Vintage audio is a viable hobby. Enthusiasts shop for gear like turntables, amplifiers and audio decks for one reason: The recorded media is still out there, still sounding great and also rare - some of these recordings did not make it to the newer formats. In this episode, we have a one-of-akind recording that presents more than one a humorous and poignant mystery.

Technically Speaking...

Is technology passing you by? Join Greg and Martin in this light-hearted talk about the woes of chasing advances, innovating, and building vintage tech in the moment to recover home movies a family had never seen until Greg found....(Cue title)

Sex and Cigarettes

In 1954, A psychologist meets a friend in the city. This friend introduces him to a reporter covering a story on intimacy and smoking. The good doctor unwittingly speaks freely with the reporter. What happens next sets in motion a panic in which the doctor must recover his reputation from unintentional exposure. Can he? Does he? The answer comes from this important question: How does Marilyn Monroe fit into her bloomers?

An Honor and a Privilege

It's a true opportunity to sit down with someone who has owned an historic home, but who also has a rich and vibrant memory of their own history. This is John Reed. As superintendent of Newtown CT schools, he and I collaborated on a series called "Schools and Schooling." John with his vast knowledge of education, and me with my community studio anxious to have as many people use as possible. We were able to give high school students the opportunity to participate in the creation of TV programming and consider it as a possible career path. John is moving from a house that was built as the first Library in Newtown in 1900. Small in stature but built to last, an it has, with just a few alterations in the 1930s to transform it in to a residence. This first episode of season 3 was created to promotion for the sale this very weekend. While you may be reading this after the fact, consider the quest for hidden history your opportunity to see and touch the past before it os gone forever.

Abandoned in Greenwich

"10 buildings on one street in Greenwich, CT to be demolished" was all Martin Blanco and I needed to hear, and we were on our way to hunt for history, or get stuck in an attic while the wrecking ball moved closer. It was hot and exhausting and mostly empty, but we made the most ofit and found some treasure along the way.