Episodes

  • Bonus Episode: Live in Lake Placid

    Bonus Episode: Live in Lake Placid
    Dec 19 2025
    (Dec 19, 2025) A selection of 5 stories from Smoke Signals in Lake Placid.
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    35 mins
  • The HOWL Holiday Special

    The HOWL Holiday Special
    Dec 24 2025
    (Dec 24, 2025) Five North Country storytellers share tales of unforgettable holidays with their families - both joyful and disastrous.
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    53 mins
  • An infomercial convinced Dave he was abducted by aliens

    An infomercial convinced Dave he was abducted by aliens
    Oct 15 2025
    (Oct 15, 2025) Plus, host Ethan Shantie tells us about the time his grandpa was visited by a strange creature in the woods.
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    18 mins
  • How Radio Bob turned a rabies scare into a decades long marriage

    How Radio Bob turned a rabies scare into a decades long marriage
    Oct 8 2025
    (Oct 8, 2025) NCPR's Radio Bob Sauter shares the story of how a mouse bite led to him meeting his wife. And Johanna says that her Achilles Heel is falling in love.
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    18 mins
  • In loving memory...

    In loving memory...
    Oct 1 2025
    (Oct 1, 2025) Mary Schlosser tells the story of visiting her husband in her dreams after he passes, and Ethan remembers his friend, Derek Maus.
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    14 mins
  • Everyone's just making it up as they go along.

    Everyone's just making it up as they go along.
    Sep 24 2025
    (Sep 24, 2025) Alex Clark tells the story of being busted for drinking at school, and host Ethan Shantie tells us about nearly getting fired from his first full time radio job.
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    15 mins
  • No Bryans Allowed

    No Bryans Allowed
    Sep 17 2025
    (Sep 17, 2025) Game show aficionado Ryan Vickers travels cross country to visit hundreds of Ryans and play Wheel of Ryan, Who Wants to be a Ryan, and Ryanpardy!
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    16 mins
  • Grandma was a good thief

    Grandma was a good thief
    Sep 10 2025
    (Sep 10, 2025) Podcast veteran Meg MacDonald shares the story of her grandmother's penchant for theft, and Ethan takes a trip to the family plot at Hale Cemetery.
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    13 mins