Franny Bastian
Franny was VPR's Director of Programming & Production.
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This month, Outdoor Radio takes you to Salisbury, Vermont where salamanders, newts and frogs are crossing Morgan Road to a swamp where they reproduce.鈥� -
Managed deer yards provide a protected area for deer to hang out in the winter. Kent McFarland and Sara Zahenda take us to a deer yard in Norwich to learn鈥� -
Soup can seem like a basic dish, until you tuck into a beautiful, complex bowl of soup that warms you to the core. This conversation originally aired Feb.鈥� -
This is the time of year when Black-capped Chickadees congregate at bird feeders, making their distinctive sound. These affable little birds are stashing鈥� -
We all learned the basics of how and why leaves change color in the fall. But on this edition of Outdoor Radio, we take a deeper look at the chemistry of鈥� -
Biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra head to central Vermont in search of the Timber Rattlesnake. They are joined by Doug Blodgett, from the鈥� -
A few years ago, burger lovers and general Vermont food fans started veering off I-89 to find their way to South Royalton for a nosh at Worthy Burger.鈥� -
The rainy weather we had recently has brought a bounty of mushrooms to the forests of Vermont. And foragers are headed out into the woods to harvest鈥� -
Is making iced coffee as simple as pouring a pot of hot coffee over ice?Melissa Pasanen, who writes for the Savorvore section of the Burlington Free鈥� -
The evening chorus of crickets and katydids can evoke childhood memories of summer as we pause to listen to their distinct sound. But most of us know鈥�
