Mary Swander's Buggy Land
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Season #4, Episode #64: Farmer Tales
Farmers tell stories about their ecxperiences with soil and livestock. Sean Dengler nurtured a lamb in childhood who made all the messy work of farming worth it. For six days, Meghan Filbert chased…
Season #4, Episode #63: St. Patrick's Day Special
Host Mary Swander interviews local historian Roger Duffey about the early settlement of Buggy Land, the Irish becoming neighbors and inter-marrying with the Amish. Swander recites her poem "Quay,"…
Season #4, Episode #62: From Buggy Land to Hovland
Host Mary Swander interviews Liese Greensfelder about her new memoir Accidental Shepherd. Music by Bettie Swarts and Dan Pease, including a Scandinavian schottische and Dubuque. Swander monologue:…
Season #3, Episode #61: Harvest
A harvest issue showcasing Rick Exner's new CD called Occasional Music. Farmer Sean Dengler tells a tale of bringing in the soybean harvest with Old Hoss. Host Mary Swander interviews Amy Kolen with…
Season #3, Episode #60: Around Freemartin Town
Host Mary Swander takes a spin around Freemartin Town and reads the notes Paul, the Egg Man, has put into his cartons. Swander interviews Aidan Yoder, a Mennonite student and peace activist, home…
Season #3, Episode #59: Distance
Farmer Sean Dengler describes his 90 minute commute to his farm. One day the drive became difficult. The Call-In Catastrophe processes recent storms and the plague of loneliness. Host Mary Swander…
Season #3, Episode #58: Barons
Listen to host Mary Swander interview author and agricultural antitrust expert Austin Frerick about his book called Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of American's Food Industry (Island…
Season #3, Episode #57: Winter Spirits
The podcast explores spirits, the kind you want to lift in the winter, and the kind you want to drink year-round. And the kind that comes back to haunt you. Host Mary Swander explores the history of…
Season #3, Episode #56: Adeste Fideles in Chinese
Host Mary Swander reads her story Adeste Fideles in Chinese with musical accompaniment. Adeste Fideles in Chinese is the third in a series of handmade books published by Timothy Fay of Route 3 Press…
Season #3, Episode #55: Preparing for a Buggyland Christmas
Ruby, our local chef and grossmommie, voices her concern about her grandchildren picking up new ideas in Indiana, and not enjoying Christmas dinner. Jane Yoder Short recounts how she grew up…
Season #3, Episode #54: Here Lies Mary Swander
Mary Swander tells the story of buying her own tombstone. She reads from Plain Interests and The Budget about the proper conduct at funerals and wakes, and a deer hunting incident. Then she recites…
Season #3, Episode #53: Two New Memoirs: Monica Leo and Lori Erickson
Host Mary Swander interviews two writers with new memoirs: Monica Leo (Hand, Shadow, Rod: The Story of Eulenspiegal Puppet Theatre. Ice Cube Press) and Lori Erickson (Every Step is Home: A Spiritual…
Season #3, Episode #52: Bio-Sanctuaries
Host Mary Swander interviews agronomists Russ Mullen and Jill Mortenson about creating a bio-sanctuary movement of undisturbed places of refuge, shelter, and food for wildlife. Mullen reads from his…
Season #3, Episode #51: I Do
Host Mary Swander reflects upon the wedding customs in her Amish neighborhood-from the difficulties of finidng a mate, to the services in the barn, to the reception for 500 people under the tent.…
Season #3, Episode #50: Toxic Environmental History
Host Mary Swander interviews Environmental Historian Professor Heather Roller from Colgate University with her student assistants Anna Miksis and Katie Moser. Roller discusses her research in the…
Season #3, Episode #49: Squatters on Red Earth
Host Mary Swander provides background on the research and production of her new play Squatters on Red Earth, a peaceful encounter in the middle of the white settler land grab. Swander details her…
Season #3, Episode #48: Special Announcement: Don't Pass a Buggy on a Hill
Mary Swander announces a new logo and name for the podcast to coordinate with her Substaack page: Mary Swander's Buggy Land.Reflections on Amish elections and "The Lot." Comments on raw milk and a…
Season #3, Episode #47: The Weight Farmers Carry
Host Mary Swander interviews Christopher Weatherly, a licensed social worker and Ph.D. candidate at Washington University in St. Louis. Weatherley discusses his research on mental health issues for…
Season #3, Episode #46: Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?
Spring returns to Freemartin on the wings of purple martins. Host Mary Swander describes the birds' behavior and habitats, their houses and the ways the Amish feed these birds. A neighbor traces the…
Season #3, Episode #45: What Will Uncle Morris Say? You'll Figure It Out
Two Practical Farmers of Iowa storytellers are featured-Arlyn Kauffman and DaQuan Campbell. Kauffman, from an Amish/Mennonite community, tells of crashing the manure tank on his Uncle Morris' farm.…
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Mary Swander's Buggy Land has published 65 episodes since September 2020, covering topics in Arts, Food.
Mary Swander's Buggy Land is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 31m.
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