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Sabrina Artel's Trailer Talk can now be heard every Friday at 2pm on WJFF Radio Catskill 90.5FM in Jeffersonville, New York.
Trailer Talk is a public conversation that always includes many more people during the live event than are included in the audio program. In all cases the audio program which is the secondary component of the Trailer Talk project is only a portion of the conversations shared at my mobile kitchen table. I am grateful to all of the participants during Trailer Talk both inside and outside of the trailer. Everyone who participates in Trailer Talk is important to both the live and the recorded audio event. Thanks so much to everyone for joining in on the conversations!
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Naked republicans 8.29.08
Wow, as they say a picture is worth a thousand words so, here's to putting our flag back in the right direction. I speak with author Shelley Lewis about her book, Naked Republicans A Full Frontal Exposure of Hypocrisy and Greed and Jimmie Morris who lost his home because of Hurricane Katrina; as we remember Katrina on its anniversary today.
We want to hear you: a little bit louder one, a little bit louder two...
Duration: 29:29
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Moving Mountains 8.22.08
This week's road session:
O beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties...
Trailer Talk traveled to the coalfields of West Virginia this summer. I was invited by concerned citizen (hero) Larry Gibson to his home on Kayford Mountain which is about half an hour outside of Charleston. Where do I begin? I've been struggling with what I saw and with the painful conversations I had during this July 4th weekend event which brought together Larry's family in a yearly family reunion, concerned citizens, environmental advocates and activists who are all being impacted by the Mountaintop Removal Sites that surrounded us up on Kayford Mountain. During the Mountain Keepers Music Festival on the mountain I spoke to people for three days as they shared their complex struggles; economic, spiritual and physical with me. I'm putting together programs from these conversations that I'll be featuring in the coming months. Jen Osha is one of the many inspiring people that I met on the mountaintop so I'd like to share with you excerpts from a CD, Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining that she produced. Please check out the CD, the proceeds benefit local WV activism. Thanks to all the people of Kayford for their hospitality and their dedication! [photo by Donna Binder]
Duration: 29:04
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Gas Drilling Forum, Oh Catskills and Your Marcellus Shale Pt 2, 8.15.08
Okay, I'm back after last week's Radio Catskill Fund-drive with Part Two.
Marcellus Shale! These two words fill me with dread now. The energy companies and their land men are infiltrating my neighborhood and I'm very upset. It's like an army is approaching and we're the target. I was raised(on my Texan side) with the romantic notion of "finding oil" and laughing at The Beverly Hillbillies, Dynasty and so on; not understanding the true cost of any energy extraction. The "American Dream" of striking gold, of hitting oil on your land and of getting rich overnight still frames our desires. The land grab, gas play, and drilling speculation are on in the Catskills and it ain't pretty. Catskills residents share their fear, their concern and their frustration at being faced with a sense of inevitability about the presence of gas wells. The energy companies will do whatever it takes to profit so it's up to us to protect our land, and thereby our future.
I brought Trailer Talk to the Gas Drilling Forum at the Liberty High School in Liberty, NY that was co-sponsored by Catskill Mountainkeeper and the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Environmental Management where people joined me at the kitchen table for hours. What are the impacts? Pictured below are Ramsay Adams, the Executive Director of Catskill Mountainkeeper and Chris White, the Representative for Congressman Maurice Hinchey. Thank you all as we continue fighting to protect these precious mountains and our quality of life. We need to stick together and not allow the energy companies to divide us. Some other groups doing amazing work to keep the commuinity informed, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, an Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and the Delaware Highlands Conservancy
Duration: 29:01
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Hillary Carlip 8.1.08
"Mouse Traps, Cheese, Mouse..." Do you ever wonder who is shopping next to you? Hillary Carlip's imagination is always inspiring to me. Artist Hillary Carlip really did find this discarded shopping list; and upon finding it, she knew the lists needed to come out of storage. I drove the Beeline down to the NYC book signing to talk with Hillary about her latest offering, "A La Carte: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers." Since this piece first broadcast on 3.28.08 I've become more aware of my own shopping lists and realize quite a few of them may have ended up in the bottom of a grocery cart or even in the hands of a stranger!
Coming up: Great news, I've been awarded an Art Matters grant for the Trailer Talk, ON THE LINE project! I'll be traveling along the border between the USA and Mexico, with stops between Texas and California exploring the many volatile issues that surround The Fence. An anonymous donor has pledged money towards my project for a total of $9,000. I'm trying to match this funding by December 14th. Please help make this project happen so me and the little Bee can get on the road. Trailer Talk attempts to protect freedoms and liberty; allowing the silenced to be given a voice and participate in a dialogue that is dominated too often by the expected and controlled pundits. Trailer Talk investigates what's happening in our communities by the people living there. All donations, any amount will really really help, even one dollar is very helpful and gratefully accepted. Keeping it homemade and personal so we can come face to face talking about what is important to us. Trailer Talk is only possible because of your generous support-thanks so much!
Duration: 28:05
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Gas Drilling Forum, Oh Catskills and Your Marcellus Shale, 7.25.08
Marcellus Shale! These two words fill me with dread now. The energy companies and their land men are infiltrating my neighborhood and I'm very upset. It's like an army is approaching and we're the target. I was raised (on my Texan side) with the romantic notion of "finding oil"; laughing at The Beverly Hillbillies, Dynasty and so on, not understanding the true cost of any energy extraction. The "American Dream" of striking gold, of hitting oil on your land and of getting rich overnight still frames our desires. The land grab, gas play, and drilling speculation are on in the Catskills and it ain't pretty. Catskills residents share their fear, their concern and their frustration at being faced with a sense of inevitability about the presence of gas wells. The energy companies will do whatever it takes to profit so it's up to us to protect our land, and thereby our future. I brought Trailer Talk to the gas drilling forum at the Liberty High School in Liberty, NY which was co-sponsored by Catskill Mountainkeeper and the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Environmental Management where people joined me at the kitchen table for hours. What are the impacts? Pictured here are Ramsay Adams, the Executive Director of Catskill Mountainkeeper and Chris White, the Representative for Congressman Maurice Hinchey. Thank you all as we continue fighting to protect these precious mountains and our quality of life. We need to stick together and not allow the energy companies to divide us.
Duration: 29:27
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The Museum at Bethel Woods, Woodstock Then and Now 7.18.08
Do we still believe that we can change the world? Duke Devlin, the site interpreter joins me along with numerous others for opening day, June 2nd. I was excited to be at the opening of The Museum at Bethel Woods, which is part of the larger Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in the Sullivan County Catskills of New York. Being on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival is exciting and interesting as I ask why Woodstock symbolizes the dreams, desires and actions of a decade? "The Museum at Bethel Woods is an immersive and captivating multi-media experience that combines film and interactive displays, text panels and artifacts to explore the unique experience of the Woodstock festival, its significance as a culminating event of a decade of radical cultural transformation, and the legacy of the Sixties and Woodstock today." I spoke with visitors to the Museum at the opening day of The Museum at Bethel Woods. Not only does Bethel Woods celebrate the significance of Woodstock but also it is actively involved in the revitalization of my home in Sullivan County. Thanks Bethel Woods!
Duration: 28:28
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Trailer Historian Al Hesselbart, Trailer Capital of the World 7.11.08
Campers, caravans, land yachts, travel trailers here I come! As I get ready to bring Trailer Talk to the Vintage Trailer Jam in Saratoga Springs this weekend, I'm pleased to share with you a conversation I had with trailer historian, Al Hesselbart(before yet another fuel crunch) from the trailer capital of the world, Elkhart, Indiana. Also, Elkhart is the birthplace of my little Beeline trailer!
I'm off to wash the Bee and bake some cookies as I prepare to camp at the Saratoga Automobile Museum at the Vintage Trailer Jam '08. Thanks for tuning in.
Duration: 27:31
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The Museum at Bethel Woods, Woodstock,The 60's & Beyond 7.4.08
During this Independence Day weekend I'm thinking about the ideals that lead to the writing of the Declaration of Independence; the dance between liberty and freedom and my responsibility in this participatory democracy of ours. Do we still believe that we can change the world? I was excited to be at the opening of The Museum at Bethel Woods which is part of the larger Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in the Sullivan County Catskills of New York. Being on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival is exciting and interesting as I ask why Woodstock symbolizes the dreams, desires and actions of a decade? "The Museum at Bethel Woods is an immersive and captivating multi-media experience that combines film and interactive displays, text panels and artifacts to explore the unique experience of the Woodstock festival, its significance as a culminating event of a decade of radical cultural transformation, and the legacy of the Sixties and Woodstock today." I spoke with Richie Havens, Vernon Reid and Jonathan Sebastian among others at the opening of The Museum at Bethel Woods. Not only does Bethel Woods celebrate the significance of Woodstock but it is actively involved in the revitalization of my home in Sullivan County.
Duration: 27:54
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Torpor: Chris Kraus 6.27.08
Home, home free, to reside, at home, bring home, to belong, the center of domestic affection, one's retreat, an asylum and more. Returning to my current home in the Catskills after visiting the place of my childhood, Los Angeles, has me contemplating the idea of home, location, and the tension of both belonging and not belonging somewhere. My longing to understand "home" results from the revisiting of a special place and the bittersweet experience of memories colliding with the present. Please join me for my conversation with writer Chris Kraus about her lyrical and terse novel, TORPOR.
Duration: 29:09
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Emancipation Day, Freedom Day... 6.13.08
Dating back to 1865, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. L. Monique, a spoken word artist and the organizer of the Juneteenth Celebration, joins me along with many other amazing guests at the Community Center in Monticello, NY in the Sullivan County Catskills. Thank you all for your hospitality!
Duration: 28:41
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Stop the Power Lines 6.6.08
Looking back at the connection between the Power Lines fight and the current land grab for natural gas drilling we have another potential environmental threat to our Catskills. Senator John Bonacic joins me along with 25 guests and 400 people at this grassroots effort to stop a private company, NYRI, from destroying the Delaware River scenic corridor with power lines. I’m getting the Bee Line ready to hit the road to find out more about the “valuable” Marcellus Shale and the natural gas prospectors setting up shop in our neighborhoods.
To find out more please go to: UPDC and Catskill Mountain Keeper
Duration: 29:20
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Peeper Pond Walk 5.30.08
When the Peeper Frogs begin their chorus of exuberant song I welcome, with great relief spring and its rapid unfolding. After the harshness of this winter the tiny Peepers are the first audible yet invisible proof of life bursting and moving; of the wildlife world outside my windows at my home in Liberty, New York and the satisfaction that I feel knowing that even this little pond with its ephemeral pools sustains a multitude of life that I call home. Join me for a peeping peeper walk with naturalist Bill Cutler as he introduces me to the wildlife outside my kitchen windows and how important it is to protect these wild places.
Duration: 29:19
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Corporate Media and War 5.23.08
What are we doing? As we remember on this Memorial Day weekend, join me for conversations with actor
Duration: 28:10
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Coal Mining and Mountaintop Removal 5.16.08
The little Beeline and I traveled to the Poconos in Pennsylvania to participate in an Energy Symposium hosted by the Homestead School in Glen Spey, New York. What are we doing, Mountaintop Removal? It seems obvious that the framework we have created is killing us and/or our neighbors and our children. Moving from the city to the country has deeply impacted me. I'm constantly aware of the power and beauty of nature and its patterns as well as my dependence on it.; the paradox of it all. I'm thinking about our relationship to the Swarm and the Sequence Theories as we multiply and organize, as we war and as we create, as the glaciers melt and the polar bears die, as our mistakes and loving accumulate. What kind of collective intelligence and network is connecting and empowering every one of us? My heart broke as I spoke with the West Virginians about the destruction of their lives in coal mining territory and my participation in that devastation. Thank you Brenda and Amber McCoy, Larry Gibson, Jeff Barrie and the kids with an "alternate attitude" from the Green Power Alliance.
Duration: 28:08
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Marga Gomez 5.9.08
I was excited when amazing performer, writer and comedian Marga Gomez joined me at the kitchen table to talk about her solo show, Los Big Names in NYC's East Village after her performance. A self-identified queer Latina, Marga speaks about her autobiographical work. Robin William's called her a, "Lesbian Lenny Bruce" and "a Latina Lily Tomlin" says the Culture Clash. I say she's simply damn good.
Duration: 28:00
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George Clinton 5.2.08
Photo Credit: Marcy G Photography
The (God)father of Funk, George Clinton himself.The Mothership has landed and I was there to jump on board for the fantastic journey. I was so excited to speak with the master himself after P-Funk's show in Middletown, NY. The amazing groov'in, rock'in and funk'in master of celebration, innovation and political conviction jammed with dozens of the P-Funk company. With over thirty years making music the experinece of being at a show is, of course, all Funk, theatrical spectacle, circus rock, happening and much more. Thanks to amazing guitarist and Parliament-Funkadelic member, Shaunna Hall , for making our meeting possible.
Duration: 29:21
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Good Catholic Girls 4.25.08
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Oh religion and politics! I speak with Angela Bonavoglia author of, GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS: HOW WOMEN ARE LEADING THE FIGHT TO CHANGE THE CHURCH. She has said that women have been the primary victims of Church policy. Angela writes in her Huffington Post blog: Women and the Church of Catholicism's Original Sin - "The belief that "natural law" on which the Church bases its opposition to birth control, condoms, emergency contraception, sterilization, infertility treatments, and pregnancy termination should apply not just to Catholics, but to everyone. This is a position that the Catholic Church alone among the world's religions can promote from its seat as a Non-Member State Permanent Observer at the United Nations."
Duration: 28:12
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Dear Allan 4.18.08
What do you think happens when we die? As devastating as it was to watch my dear Allan Berube die, being with him for his dying was his precious gift to me. Something has been transmitted which will continue to reveal itself. As spring is slowly rising here in the Catskills, the robins are nesting, the peeper frogs are starting their chirping chorus and the daffodils are pushing their way through the earth, I feel myself emerging from this long, violent winter. The end of last year was one of goodbyes, of the reminder yet again of the dance between life and death and how grateful I am for every day. Since Allan and I didn't get to play our annual December birthday Ms. Pacman playoff, I'm going to the diner this week to play a game in his honor.
Duration: 28:07
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Superhero Earth-Keepers 4.11.08
My neighbor and neighborhood in the Catskills! I, Sabrina, take you, Planet Earth, to be my friend, my lover, the mother/father of my children and my husband/wife. I will be yours in times of plenty and in times of want, in times of sickness and in times of health, in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in times of failure and in times of triumph. I promise to cherish and respect you, to care and protect you, to comfort and encourage you, and stay with you, for all eternity. Thank you Superhero Earth-Keepers: John Adams the Founding Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Barbara Yeaman, the Founder and Sue Currier, Director of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Peter Pinchot, Director of Milford Experimental Forest in PA; for protecting our precious Earth and rocking it with such care and fierce compassion. Go on now hug a tree today (no one's watching)! This program funded in part by a NYSCA Individual Artist Grant 2006
Duration: 28:21
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Hat's Off Mimi Weddell 4.4.08
Well, you see, perhaps she is always watching, and perhaps these elders in our life are more important than this society of ours claims. What is we valued the elderly even when they can't walk, even when they lose their speech, even when it's no longer convenient for this consumer, disposable culture of ours to consume the relationship? What if we put our ear to their lips and gazed into each other's eyes more often? I don't know. Perhaps I'd free myself from my own fear of aging, my own definitions of success and failure, and that destructive belief that youth is the part of our life that is the most valuable. Join me in meeting Mimi Weddell, an amazingly gorgeous and inspiring 93 year old. Hats Off is a documentary film celebrating Mimi's life.
Duration: 28:53
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Hillary Carlip 3.28.08
Mouse Traps, Cheese, Mouse... Do you ever wonder who is shopping next to you? So, this shopper Derrick's list upset me and made me think of serial killers and scary teenage boys. Artist Hillary Carlip really did find this discarded shopping list; and upon finding it, she knew the lists needed to come out of storage. I drove the Beeline down to the NYC book signing to talk with Hillary about her latest offering, "A La Carte: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers."
Duration: 28:05
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George & Cisco Pt2 3.21.08
Did you know that 1 in 100 Americans is in jail? Thanks for joining me for Part 2 of this conversation with George, Cisco and their family to talk about Mark who is incarcerated in my neighborhood at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility. Their brother has spent most of his adult life in the prison system. Thanks George, Cisco and Joy for joining me in this conversation.
Duration: 28:04
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George and Cisco 3.14.08
Brothers George and Francisco and their family join me at the kitchen table for breakfast before they go visit their brother who is a "lifer" nearby. What does it mean to have a loved one incarcerated? This was a terrible time for me as I was grieving over the sudden death of my dear friend. Thinking of my neighbors without a voice reflected my own feelings of helplessness. Join me for Part 1 of a 2 part program.
Duration: 28:40
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Laura Flanders, Liberty and Justice for All? 3.7.08
Take some time to look around at what's happening in your neighborhood. That's what Laura Flanders did. It was after the Bicentennial July 4th Liberty Parade. I spoke to marchers, business owners and onlookers about "Life Liberty and the Pursuit of...? I also spoke with Laura about her timely and provocative book, BLUE GRIT (just out in paperback). Thanks Laura!
Duration: 28:47
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Cars Cars Cars 2.29.08
Okay, I admit that I love cars. I know it's complicated but I grew up in Los Angeles and was born in Texas, so what's a girl to do. Between road trips in my mom's Chevy wagon in California and my very first driving lesson at 14 in my dad's Fleetwood Caddy in southwest Texas I was a goner. So join me as I wrap my head around The Car. It was a crisp sky hot October 6th afternoon in Liberty, NY at the family owned M & M Auto Dealership on Mill Street.
Duration: 28:48
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Sullivan Renaissance Winter Conference 2.22.08
Ferndale, NY CVI Building February 9, 2008
It snowed so hard that I had to ditch the little Bee-Line at the event, the brownies were a hit with NY State Senator Bonacic and fifth graders ask us to sack the plastic bag. I speak with 5th grade Sullivan West school teacher Sue Mullally and her two students, Christine Lare and nephew Connor Mullally about their "Earth Sack' project. What does it take to live with more respect for our neighbors, our environment and the future?
Sullivan Renaissance
Duration: 28:29
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Junkyard Cabaret 2.15.08
Performer Peggy Shaw joins me in the trailer.
Junkyard Cabaret at the Roxbury Arts Center in Delaware County, NY
One of my first Trailer Talks! It was a gorgeous July day in 2003, and I shared the evening with my friends and mentors as the little Bee Line got her talking feet.
Duration: 29:23
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Past Trailer Talk Programs...
These programs broadcast on WJFF Radio Catskill 90.5FM, Making Waves, in Jeffersonville, New York and on both public stations and the Pacifica Network Nationally 2003-2008.
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Click Here to Listen (1.6MB mp3) Description: Sabrina Artel hosts Making Waves the
weekly magazine show on WJFF Radio Catskill in
Jeffersonville, New York. We hear Sabrina on the radio
hosting, doing live and studio interviews and on the
road from Trailer Talk.
Click Here to Listen (4.9MB mp3) Description: An interview with author and artist
Hillary Carlip about her hilarious memoir Queen of the
Oddballs and Other True Stories from a Life
Unaccording to Plan, about growing up on the edge of
celebrity in Los Angeles. Her book celebrates the
triumph of individuality and the surprising journey of
self-discovery. July 26, 2006
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