Hemp Hash
The Laborious Hour
Join Aaron Cool of Three Star Extractions put his compendium of home grown wisdom to work converting hemp into the finest additive and <99.1% THC free hash in the state of Tennessee. Enjoy as Aaron cools, agitates and squeezes out the stickiest gold around.
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Saw Mill
The Laborious Hour
Tune into Edgar and James work a Woodmizer LT70 while owner Roy talks about what it takes to keep a sawmill alive and why people are the heart of his industry.
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New Luthier
The Laborious Hour
Join Amanda and Ray carve beautiful tones out of “two pieces of wood glued together.” Hear how Amanda became a luthier’s apprentice, what she thinks makes a good student, and how her teacher Ray knows exactly what the wood wants.
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End of Year Clip Show II
The Laborious Hour
A special two hour end of year clip show revisiting some of the sweetest sounds and wisest wisdom shared throughout 2019.
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Mule Powered Sorghum Cultivation Pt. 2
The Laborious Hour
This month we rejoin Maddie, Ethel, Fern and Mark Guenther of Muddy Pond Sorghum cultivating this season's crop. As the sun continues to rise atop the beautiful Cumberland Plateau we hear Mark and team of horse and mules working the cultivator to pull out the weeds. Using skills and insights passed from generation to generation on this land, let’s listen and learn a little bit more about why they do what they do.
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Mule Powered Sorghum Cultivation
The Laborious Hour
Tune in this month to first thing in the morning on the Cumberland Plateau. Hear part one of Mark Gunther of Muddy Pond Sorghum and team, (two mules, one horse) pull his cultivator through a field of Sorghum and demonstrate some of their traditional farming techniques.
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Fabric Flowering
The Laborious Hour
Tune into the heart of Manhattan’s Garment center for the cutting, pressing and sewing of one of the only remaining fabric flowers factories in the world, M&S Schmalberg. Join third Generation “Flower Man” Warren Brand as he shares the highs and lows of his unique vintage trade. Hear a little bit of what it takes to keep the doors open, and why he always keeps showing up.
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Ice Making Pt. 2
The Laborious Hour
Rejoin Conrad at Just Ice working with team and bandsaws to make their daily count of ice rocks.
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Ice Making Pt. 1
The Laborious Hour
Tune in to hear Conrad at Just Ice man the saws with team and the hop in the freezer solo to finish 1050 1"x1"x1" blocks.
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Dishwashing
The Laborious Hour
This Month, hear behind wall of Music City's most "way less stressful" and "authentic" pizzaria with Deighton and their pit of dish.
info_outlineHear Mr. LaClair and crew fracture up an ice rink and roll up tubing for the truck back home.