Hub and Spoke. Audio Collective.

Welcome to Rumbel Strip.

The show is sponsored by Honey Road, my favorite restaurant in Vermont. It's at the corner of Church and

Main Street in downtown Burlington and they serve amazing Eastern

Mediterranean small plates. Make a reservation reservation maybe for that weird week between

Christmas and New Year's which is like a like time out of time week I love that

week and it's a great time for a dinner out. Before we start I also want to thank

everyone who has already donated to the Rumble Strip Nest Egg Fund.

I'm raising $5,000, so I have money set aside to pay guest producers,

to pay my musician friend Brian Clark, who makes music for the show,

for website maintenance. Also I fear that I will need a new

computer this year so it will help in that effort as well. If you haven't made a

donation I wonder if you'll consider helping out. There's a green donate button at the top right

corner of my website which is Rumbel strip vermont.com. Any amount is the perfect amount.

I still have about $1,500 to go. Okay, on to the show.

Bears are forgiving. They never hold a grudge.

You know, humans will hold a grudge forever, especially even if you have miscommunicated.

I mean, once you have a rift that stays and fears,

and you have an altercation and it's over.

When it's over, it's over, always.

That's Ben Killum. And this is the sound of bear cubs eating mud up close, recorded on Ben's cell phone.

No.

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