Conversations on The Road

Pollution in Boston Harbor is not a new thing. American history was made in 1773 when tea was dumped into the harbor by those protesting British taxation of the commodity. Although the harbor has recently been cleaned up, the dumping of tea continues each December to re-call this act of protest over two hundred years earlier. In this “Conversation on The Road”, we speak with Michelle LeBlanc of the historic Old South Meeting House in Boston. It is there that locals met to debate the issue before deciding to dump the tea two centuries, and it is the Old South that spearheads modern day events recalling those earlier times. Michelle speaks with us about tea dumpings then and now.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AUDIO QUALITY AT THE START IS NOT THE BEST – THERE IS AN ECHO, BUT IT GOES AWAY. IN ALL, I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY THE INTERVIEW SO STICK WITH IT THROUGH THE FIRST FEW MOMENTS. THEN THE ECHO GOES AWAY. SORRY FOR THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS WE ARE STILL TRYING TO MASTER ALL THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS GREAT NEW WORLD.

 

 Boston Tea Party Re-enactment [12:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We go to Farmington, Maine in this “Conversation on the Road” to talk to Mike Blanchet about Chester Greenwood Day. Chester hailed from Farmington in the 1800′s. By the time he died in 1937 he had dozens of patents to his name (one informed source told us 130). He is most famous for having invented the earmuff. Chester is honored each year (first weekend in December) at Chester Greenwood Day. Mike describes the scene in Farmington and just what Chester means to the community. This podcast is a complement to a radio interview done with Mike on “Left Jab” XM Public Radio Channel 133. If you missed the broadcast there (12-03-06 at 8 am EST – rebroadcast 2 am), you can catch it on podcast at leftjabradio.com

 

 Chester Greenwood Day [7:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download