Erica Heilman
@rumblestrip.bsky.social
Heroic stories about regular people, carefully edited. rumblestripvermont.com
This was one of the most remarkable interviews of my life. Vaughn was a 118-pound barber when he was drafted and sent to Vietnam. This is the story of Vaughn's war, and how the war's been with him every day of his life since he came home. An American Life. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/an-...
An American Life — Rumble Strip
Stories from the Vietnam War, and the life that came after it
www.rumblestripvermont.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This was one of the most remarkable interviews of my life. Vaughn was a 118-pound barber when he was drafted and sent to Vietnam. This is the story of Vaughn's war, and how the war's been with him every day of his life since he came home. An American Life. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/an-...
Reposted by Erica Heilman
This message from @schiff.senate.gov is well done and well worth watching.
The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.
That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.
It looks a lot more like preparation for war.
Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.
That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.
It looks a lot more like preparation for war.
Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This message from @schiff.senate.gov is well done and well worth watching.
Not the most important story of the day but it seemed important to me. I've never seen so many lego heads.
'Plastic figurines were everywhere, their heads removed from their bodies and organized in neat rows by facial expression.' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
'Plastic figurines were everywhere, their heads removed from their bodies and organized in neat rows by facial expression.' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Not the most important story of the day but it seemed important to me. I've never seen so many lego heads.
'Plastic figurines were everywhere, their heads removed from their bodies and organized in neat rows by facial expression.' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
'Plastic figurines were everywhere, their heads removed from their bodies and organized in neat rows by facial expression.' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Reposted by Erica Heilman
About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because wood pieces may be embedded in the batter.
58M pounds of corn dogs and sausage-on-a-stick products recalled because wood pieces may be inside
About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because wood pieces may be embedded in the batter.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because wood pieces may be embedded in the batter.
This is awful and brilliant. Important. I follow @jeffsharlet.bsky.social like it’s the middle of the night and there’s a group of us in the woods but he’s the only one with a flashlight. open.substack.com/pub/slowcivi...
Rubber Glue Fascism
A close reading of "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7: Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence"
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is awful and brilliant. Important. I follow @jeffsharlet.bsky.social like it’s the middle of the night and there’s a group of us in the woods but he’s the only one with a flashlight. open.substack.com/pub/slowcivi...
Reposted by Erica Heilman
A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver.
16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Evergreen H.S. shooter hinted at his plans online, ADL says
The attacker, who shot and wounded two students, reposted a photo of a revolver and a box of ammunition two hours beforehand, research by the group's Center on Extremism shows.
www.nbcnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver.
16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Susan and I have been friends for 30 years and every now and then we get together and try figure out what the hell is going on. Our latest installment is about health (cancer), the latest humbling stages of parenting, and the goddamn federal government. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/rei...
Susan says HOLD THE LINE — Rumble Strip
Susan and I compare notes and we talk about the goddamn federal government.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Susan and I have been friends for 30 years and every now and then we get together and try figure out what the hell is going on. Our latest installment is about health (cancer), the latest humbling stages of parenting, and the goddamn federal government. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/rei...
Reposted by Erica Heilman
Hi, immunologist here:
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hi, immunologist here:
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
Weird. But my voice is in an auction to raise money for my community radio station, WGDR. I'll record your voicemail greeting. I can also sing it, which i might actually prefer. Anyway, the CPB just got AXED, so it's time to support public and community media. givebutter.com/c/VeryVermon...
CVCR's Very Vermonty Auction
You win and our programming wins with more funding for the year!
givebutter.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Weird. But my voice is in an auction to raise money for my community radio station, WGDR. I'll record your voicemail greeting. I can also sing it, which i might actually prefer. Anyway, the CPB just got AXED, so it's time to support public and community media. givebutter.com/c/VeryVermon...
Since the beginning of time, ladies of a certain age (my age and older) have stood together in bodies of water, talking. It is a scientific fact. This is a show about my own swimming hole and the ladies who stand in it. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/lad...
Ladies Pond — Rumble Strip
All over the world since the beginning of time, ladies of a certain age have been standing thigh deep in water together, talking.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Since the beginning of time, ladies of a certain age (my age and older) have stood together in bodies of water, talking. It is a scientific fact. This is a show about my own swimming hole and the ladies who stand in it. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/lad...
Last night public radio lost federal funding. I encourage podcast producers to pull for public radio now. Reach out to your listeners. Encourage them to give. Shows like mine would not exist without public radio. www.rumblestripvermont.com/campaigns/vi...
A personal note on a terrible day
Hello everyone! It’s a terrible day!
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July 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Last night public radio lost federal funding. I encourage podcast producers to pull for public radio now. Reach out to your listeners. Encourage them to give. Shows like mine would not exist without public radio. www.rumblestripvermont.com/campaigns/vi...
Thank you Fez Gielen and @thecreativeindependent.com for this excellent interview. It included all the stuff that’s important to me. I appreciate it. thecreativeindependent.com/people/podca...
Podcaster and radio producer Erica Heilman on the value of not knowing – The Creative Independent
Podcaster and radio producer Erica Heilman discusses loving strangers, relinquishing control, the substance of silence, and building bridges into people’s lives.
thecreativeindependent.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Thank you Fez Gielen and @thecreativeindependent.com for this excellent interview. It included all the stuff that’s important to me. I appreciate it. thecreativeindependent.com/people/podca...
Hardwick State is a weekend-long university where anyone can be a teacher and anyone can be a student and it happens during the awfulest time of year. In this show you will hear about belly dancing and soldering pipes. All the things you need to know. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/har...
Hardwick State — Rumble Strip
A free weekend-long university during the awfulest time of the year.
www.rumblestripvermont.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hardwick State is a weekend-long university where anyone can be a teacher and anyone can be a student and it happens during the awfulest time of year. In this show you will hear about belly dancing and soldering pipes. All the things you need to know. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/har...
Larry Massett died last week. He was my favorite radio producer and my mentor and all week I'm running his stories. Today is a conversation btw Larry and Joe Frank about the Porsche and BMW and which is better. Also it's a drag race. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/83
Drag Out — Rumble Strip
Larry Massett and Joe Frank talk about the supremacy of their cars. It's like debate club except without facts.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Larry Massett died last week. He was my favorite radio producer and my mentor and all week I'm running his stories. Today is a conversation btw Larry and Joe Frank about the Porsche and BMW and which is better. Also it's a drag race. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/83
A story about an awesome library that straddles the U.S./Canadian border and a recent visit to this library by our Secretary of Homeland Security, #KristiNoem, where she behaved in a way that was profoundly embarrassing because she is a trivial person. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/the...
Two Countries but Only One Door — Rumble Strip
A story about awful behavior at the Canadian border.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A story about an awesome library that straddles the U.S./Canadian border and a recent visit to this library by our Secretary of Homeland Security, #KristiNoem, where she behaved in a way that was profoundly embarrassing because she is a trivial person. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/the...
Podcast and radio people. Are there new apps/methods for gettting good, warm sound in phone/internet interviews? I'm interviewing someone in another country and want good sound but don't want someone in room w her while I interview. Do people sometimes set up tape synch then leave the room??
April 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Podcast and radio people. Are there new apps/methods for gettting good, warm sound in phone/internet interviews? I'm interviewing someone in another country and want good sound but don't want someone in room w her while I interview. Do people sometimes set up tape synch then leave the room??
This is the best thing ive read in ages. open.substack.com/pub/lookinga...
Go, Dog. Go!
Jon & Mac consider: a big dog party in a tree, teaching kids to read, surrealism, the "jerk bucket," a little party in a field in Canada, the hidden structure of a seemingly chaotic book, Shakespeare
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is the best thing ive read in ages. open.substack.com/pub/lookinga...
This is nice. I am grateful. podcastreview.org/list/indie-p...
7 Indie Podcasts to Listen to This Spring | Podcast Review
Explore the best independent podcasts in this quarterly segment, from award-winning audio fiction to cultural commentaries.
podcastreview.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is nice. I am grateful. podcastreview.org/list/indie-p...
Here is the 3rd episode of What Now Sounds Like, the AI Isn't Very Smart edition. You will laugh. You will cry. Or maybe you won't laugh or cry. But it will keep you company. Hear the primal screams of your fellow humans around the world. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/wha...
What Now Sounds Like, the AI Isn't Smart Edition — Rumble Strip
Recordings of what now sounds like from all around the world
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March 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Here is the 3rd episode of What Now Sounds Like, the AI Isn't Very Smart edition. You will laugh. You will cry. Or maybe you won't laugh or cry. But it will keep you company. Hear the primal screams of your fellow humans around the world. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/wha...
Stellar article @ the the Civic Standard in @newyorker.com. Most national rags get Vermont so wrong. They leave out all the salt and subtlety. Chelsea Edgar KILLED it here. This shit is next level. Also best coining of the phrase 'cheese and shit'. www.newyorker.com/news/dispatc...
The Motley Vermont Town Trying to Tell Its Own Story
At the Civic Standard, in Hardwick, community building is a kind of performance art, where the usual tales of a fractured America are quickly upstaged.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Stellar article @ the the Civic Standard in @newyorker.com. Most national rags get Vermont so wrong. They leave out all the salt and subtlety. Chelsea Edgar KILLED it here. This shit is next level. Also best coining of the phrase 'cheese and shit'. www.newyorker.com/news/dispatc...
Episode 2 of What Now Sounds Like, a show about our desperate times comprised entirely of your recordings from around the world. This time: calls to the credit card company, Trump is circling overhead, and bells. They're tolling. We can all hear them... www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/m1u...
What Now Sounds Like 2. Whales Wrestling and Customer Service — Rumble Strip
A show we make all together to make us feel less alone in desperate times.
www.rumblestripvermont.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Episode 2 of What Now Sounds Like, a show about our desperate times comprised entirely of your recordings from around the world. This time: calls to the credit card company, Trump is circling overhead, and bells. They're tolling. We can all hear them... www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/m1u...
Here is a show about what right NOW sounds like. You sent me your recordings and I made a show as fast as I could with them, and I hope you keep sending and we keep making these shows. Episode 1 of What Now Sounds Like. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/tcb...
What Now Sounds Like — Rumble Strip
What Now Sounds Like is a series we make together about what this weird time sounds like. This is the first one.
www.rumblestripvermont.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Here is a show about what right NOW sounds like. You sent me your recordings and I made a show as fast as I could with them, and I hope you keep sending and we keep making these shows. Episode 1 of What Now Sounds Like. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/tcb...
The latest from What Class are You?…where Mark talks about the comforts of lower class and addiction as a class all its own. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/m3b...
What Class Are You Mark? — Rumble Strip
Mark LaRouche on the comforts of 'lower class', and addiction as a class all its own.
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January 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The latest from What Class are You?…where Mark talks about the comforts of lower class and addiction as a class all its own. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/m3b...
Forrest Foster found a new old truck. It's a Christmas miracle! I went up and drove around with him and we talked about the truck and his weird stint as a sexton and I complained about feeling old. Thank you EVERYONE who donated. You're the best. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/tha...
Thanks for Sharing — Rumble Strip
Forrest found a new old truck. It’s a goddamn Christmas miracle!
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December 17, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Forrest Foster found a new old truck. It's a Christmas miracle! I went up and drove around with him and we talked about the truck and his weird stint as a sexton and I complained about feeling old. Thank you EVERYONE who donated. You're the best. www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/tha...