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On today’s Episode:

Remembering the USS Oriskany: 50 Years Since Decommissioning

We visit with historian Alexis Albright at the Oriskany Museum to learn about the USS Oriskany, its service in Korea and Vietnam, and its connection to John McCain.

MV TIme Travel: First Steam Engine Arrives in Utica, 1836

We travel back to August 1, 1836, when the first steam train arrives in Utica and launches a new era of transportation in the Mohawk Valley. Hear what happens when the railroad challenges the Erie Canal—and why this little passenger line will eventually become part of the New York Central.

Maggie’s Minute: Why Pollinators?

We visit Maggie Reilly’s gardens in New York Mills to learn why pollinators are essential to our food supply—and how planting native plants can help bring them back.

Wild Ones Annual Plant Sale Saturday, August 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Clinton Art & Music Festival, featuring a wide variety of native plants for sale while supporting Wild Ones Mohawk Valley and local pollinators.

Weaving History: Inside Thistle Hill Weavers

We visit Rabbit Goody, founder of Thistle Hill Weavers near Cherry Valley, to explore her remarkable work recreating historically accurate textiles for museums, historic houses, designers, and major film and television productions. Rabbit also shares how her passion for historic textiles led to her new workbook, How to Date and Identify Historic Textiles, coming soon.

For information and tours visit: thistlehillweavers.com

Mohawk Valley Soundscape: The Elusive Cooper’s Hawk

Naturalist Matt Perry takes us into the field to listen in on the surprisingly vocal family life of the Cooper’s hawk as late-summer fledglings follow their parents through the woods, learning the aerial skills they’ll need to hunt.