A recent Supreme Court ruling has huge implications for wetlands across this region. So we're talking about water and beavers. Writer Leila Philip wrote the definitive book about the beaver and its role in shaping the Hudson Valley and North America — Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America.

Host Justin Maiman, from Cairo, shares his latest inspirations on the "Ginger Radio Hour." The show features music, field recordings, performances, and interviews, primarily with people in and around the Catskill Mountains of New York live from WGXC's Acra studio. Excerpts of interviews on this show are often heard again later on the "WGXC Morning Show" or the "WGXC Afternoon Show," or "All Together Now!"