Ginger Radio Hour: Moira Fitzgibbons: Jun 07, 2026

Comics, culture, and the Hudson River are the focus of Moira Fitzgibbons' new book Drawn by the River. We'll talk about cartoonists, illustrators, landscapes, history, and the special power found in d...

Ginger Radio Hour: William Kennedy: May 03, 2026

Albany writer William Kennedy is not slowing down at 98. In fact, he's working hard on his latest novel. This week, Library of America published three of his novels in a new collection called The Alba...

Ginger Radio Hour: Leslie T. Sharpe: Apr 05, 2026

Writer and naturalist Leslie T. Sharpe returns to Ginger Radio to talk about the new paperback edition of her classic Catskills tome The Quarry Fox, featuring illustrations by the celebrated artist Wi...

Ginger Radio Hour: David Moore: Mar 01, 2026

Composer and pianist David Moore has a new album called Graze the Bell. Hear the album — described as a "sanctuary of sound" — and listen to our conversation that focuses on experimentation, optimism,...

Ocean Vuong: Feb 01, 2026

Poet, writer, teacher, and photographer Ocean Vuong joins us live to talk about his new photo show at CPW in Kingston. CPW calls Vuong "one of the defining voices of his generation–an artist who rende...

Ginger Radio Hour: Sam Quinones: Jan 04, 2026

The art and dedication surrounding mastering an instrument, and finding a subculture with room for you in it, is at the very heart of writer Sam Quinones' The Perfect Tuba. He calls the book "a celebr...

Ginger Radio Hour: Cornelius Eady Revisited: Dec 07, 2025

Poet Cornelius Eady, who used to have a house in Acra, was recently awarded the Wallace Stevens Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of American Poets. Past winners include John Ashbery, Rita...

Ginger Radio Hour: Music for Walking: Nov 02, 2025

Inspired by the "Japanese Walking" trend and cadence, listen to a bespoke collection of mix tapes for peak walking around the Hudson Valley and Catskills. Host Justin Maiman from Cairo shares his...

Ginger Radio Hour: Ben McGrath: Oct 05, 2025

Writer Ben McGrath made me think of rivers and waterways as one of America's last toll-free routes open, and taunting, anyone ready for adventure. His book — Riverman: An American Odyssey —...

Ginger Radio Hour: Dan Rubinstein (Re-air of September 7, 2025): Sep 24, 2025

Writer Dan Rubinstein endured a 1,200-mile paddleboard pilgrimage from Canada to NYC and back, which included a jaunt down the Hudson River and a few overnight stays in the Hudson Valley. His new book...

Ginger Radio Hour: Dan Rubinstein: Sep 07, 2025

Writer Dan Rubinstein endured a 1,200-mile paddleboard pilgrimage from Canada to NYC and back, which included a jaunt down the Hudson River and a few overnight stays in the Hudson Valley. His new book...

Ginger Radio Hour: Carla Rhodes: Aug 03, 2025

Flying squirrels are North America's only gliding mammal. They're also native to the Catskills region. Photographer Carla Rhodes — recently honored by the Catskill Center as one of five female changem...

Ginger Radio Hour: Claire Cameron (Re-Air of July 6, 2025): Jul 23, 2025

How to Survive a Bear Attack — a memoir by Claire Cameron — is three things all at once: a literary page-turner, a murder mystery, and a beach read. Plus, nature writing at its finest. Cameron and I t...

Ginger Radio Hour: Claire Cameron: Jul 06, 2025

How to Survive a Bear Attack — a memoir by Claire Cameron — is three things all at once: a literary page-turner, a murder mystery, and a beach read. Plus, nature writing at its finest. Cameron and I t...

Ginger Radio Hour: Mark Usher: Jun 01, 2025

The Vermont writer, teacher, and farmer Mark Usher (pen name M.D. Usher) has just published Following Nature’s Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World. This optimistic (I think) book is "a celeb...

Ginger Radio Hour: Chris Layman: May 04, 2025

Greene County-based master beekeeper Chris Layman talks about honey bees and the growing popularity of beekeeping across the Hudson Valley. Plus, what you can do to support and feed the bees this summ...

Ginger Radio Hour: Remembering Michael Hurley (Re-air of April 6, 2025): Apr 11, 2025

A year ago I was lucky enough to speak with legendary musician and artist Michael Hurley. This past week his family announced that he had suddenly passed away. Hurley was known as the “Godfather of fr...

Ginger Radio Hour: Remembering Michael Hurley: Apr 06, 2025

A year ago I was lucky enough to speak with legendary musician and artist Michael Hurley. This past week his family announced that he had suddenly passed away. Hurley was known as the “Godfather of fr...

Ginger Radio Hour: Pete Dunne: Mar 02, 2025

How do birds survive the harsh Catskills winter? Author Pete Dunne has written a tremendous new book that answers that question while bringing the grim drama of birds in to focus for me. It's called T...

Ginger Radio Hour: To the Groundhog (re-air of February 2, 2025): Feb 04, 2025

Songs and poems dedicated to the winter ... or the spring. That all depends on what Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck tell us.Host Justin Maiman from Cairo, shares his latest inspirations on t...

Ginger Radio Hour: To the Groundhog: Feb 02, 2025

Songs and poems dedicated to the winter ... or the spring. That all depends on what Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck tell us.Host Justin Maiman from Cairo, shares his latest inspirations on t...

Ginger Radio Hour: Griffin Dunne: Jan 05, 2025

Actor, producer, director, and Hudson Valley resident Griffin Dunne has published a memoir called The Friday Afternoon Club. The book is terrific and covers a lot of ground. He shares many stories abo...

Ginger Radio Hour: Sy Montgomery (re-air of December 1, 2024): Dec 04, 2024

"When hens are calm, nothing is more soothing than their voices, especially when punctuated by the occasional grunt of a sleepy pig. Sometimes, lulled by their cozy, restful sounds, I lose track of ti...

Ginger Radio Hour: Sy Montgomery: Dec 01, 2024

"When hens are calm, nothing is more soothing than their voices, especially when punctuated by the occasional grunt of a sleepy pig. Sometimes, lulled by their cozy, restful sounds, I lose track of ti...

Ginger Radio Hour: Virginia Hanusik (Re-air of November 3, 2024): Nov 09, 2024

Artist Virginia Hanusik's new book "Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana" features photographs and stories with the aim of sharing perspectives of and from the w...

Ginger Radio Hour: Virginia Hanusik: Nov 03, 2024

Artist Virginia Hanusik's new book "Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana" features photographs and stories with the aim of sharing perspectives of and from the w...

Ginger Radio Hour: Donna Dennis: Oct 06, 2024

Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Donna Dennis recently published the book Writing Toward Dawn: Selected Journals 1969-1982. Dennis has been keeping a journal for 50+ years and says writing is key to...

Ginger Radio Hour: Hovey Brock: Sep 17, 2024

"A ball of black light lit up my heart one summer day." And so begins writer and painter Hovey Brock's essay about the transformative experience(s) of making art. He's a Catskills artist with deep tie...

Ginger Radio Hour: Cowboy Sadness: Sep 03, 2024

I'm talking to another trio this week — the musical supergroup called Cowboy Sadness. The band released Selected Jambient Works Vol. 1 — their first full-length album — earlier this year. To make it,...

Ginger Radio Hour: Cowboy Sadness: Sep 03, 2024

I'm talking to another trio this week — the musical supergroup called Cowboy Sadness. The band released Selected Jambient Works Vol. 1 — their first full-length album — earlier this year. To make it,...

Ginger Radio Hour: Reservoiristas: Aug 20, 2024

Nina Shengold, Gail Straub, and Kate McGloughlin make up the artistic supergroup called Reservoiristas. Listen to a live performance of "Ashokan Reservoir, Sunrise to Starlight" — their ode to the hau...

Ginger Radio Hour: Music for a summer day: Aug 06, 2024

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...

Ginger Radio Hour: Peacock Mixtape (re-broadcast): Jul 22, 2024

I made a mixtape for the Greene County Wanderer — the peacock who makes his way around the Catskills looking for a friend and mate. I just saw him for the first time and was able to play a song for hi...

Ginger Radio Hour: Peacock Mixtape: Jul 16, 2024

I made a mixtape for the Greene County Wanderer — the peacock who makes his way around the Catskills looking for a friend and mate. I just saw him for the first time and was able to play a song for hi...

Ginger Radio Hour: Greene County Wanderer: Jul 07, 2024

It's that time of year, apparently, when a peacock known as the Greene County Wanderer makes his way around the Catskills looking for a friend and mate. We recently saw him in Cairo and called the aut...

Ginger Radio Hour: Greene County Wanderer: Jul 02, 2024

It's that time of year, apparently, when a peacock known as the Greene County Wanderer makes his way around the Catskills looking for a friend and mate. We recently saw him in Cairo and called the aut...

Ginger Radio Hour: Leslie T. Sharpe: Jun 18, 2024

Leslie T. Sharpe is a naturalist, writer, and good friend. She joins the show live from the Great Western Catskills to tell us about all the critters in her meadow and her upcoming program on “An...

Ginger Radio Hour: Turtle Season: Jun 04, 2024

Watch out for turtles on the road! It's turtle season in the Catskills and writer Sy Montgomery's new book Of Time and Turles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell helps put it all in perspecti...

Ginger Radio Hour: Neil Young, Prince, Dolly Parton: May 21, 2024

This week: An all-music session focuses on tremendous covers of songs by Neil Young, Prince, Dolly Parton, and more. Host Justin Maiman, from Cairo, shares his latest inspirations on the "Ginger Ra...

Ginger Radio Hour: Tama Matsuoka Wong: May 12, 2024

Master forager Tama Matsuoka Wong has just published Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager. The book is definitely a field guide for how to forage and identify local plants, but it's also a med...

Ginger Radio Hour: Tama Matsuoka Wong: May 07, 2024

Master forager Tama Matsuoka Wong has just published Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager. The book is definitely a field guide for how to forage and identify local plants, but it's also a med...

Ginger Radio Hour: Michael Hurley: Apr 16, 2024

Musician and artist Michael Hurley is a legend. He calls the songs he plays "jazz-hyped blues and country and western music." And that music — his singing and playing — are truly singular. We have a c...

Ginger Radio Hour: Covers: Apr 02, 2024

An all-music session focuses on great covers of songs by Prince, Dolly Parton, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and more. Host Justin Maiman, from Cairo, shares his latest inspirations on the "Ginger Radio H...

Ginger Radio Hour: Spring equinox countdown: Mar 19, 2024

The spring (aka vernal) equinox occurs at 11:06 pm ET. Music and more to mark the occasion when night and day are roughly the same. Host Justin Maiman, from Cairo, shares his latest inspirations on t...

Ginger Radio Hour: Leila Philip: Mar 05, 2024

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 ro...

Ginger Radio Hour: Lucky 13 Pledge Drive Marathon - 13 ways of listening to the radio: Feb 26, 2024

A "best of" Ginger Radio Hour inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. We'll be featuring a mix of music and interviews that speak to the unique experience that is...

Ginger Radio Hour: Maria Manhattan: Feb 22, 2024

Maria Manhattan, host of The Hudson Café, chats with Justin about her WGXC music show that is focused on the American songbook. They also talk about the magic of community radio, what drew them to it,...

Ginger Radio Hour: Maria Manhattan: Feb 20, 2024

Maria Manhattan, host of The Hudson Café, chats with Justin about her WGXC music show that is focused on the American songbook. They also talk about the magic of community radio, what drew them to it,...

Ginger Radio Hour: Lonnie Holley Pt. 2: Feb 06, 2024

Musician and artist Lonnie Holley has devoted his life to improvisational creativity — he's turning 74 this month! Here's part two of our conversation about music, teaching, tools, art, and space. Ho...

Ginger Radio Hour: Lonnie Holley: Jan 16, 2024

Musician and artist Lonnie Holley is today's guest. He has devoted his life to improvisational creativity. And his newest album, "Oh Me Oh My," is testament to that vision. Our conversation focused on...