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Jim Cropsey is a developer with an unusual specialty. He takes abandoned industrial buildings and renovates them for new use. It can be a great way to bring new life to troubled communities. He talks about the ups and downs of adaptive re-use and his current project in downtown Tilton.

Jeff Bolster is a historian at the University of New Hampshire. He's the editor of "Cross-Grained and Wily Waters," a collection of essays about the Piscataqua Maritime Region. From the inland rivers to the Isles of Shoals, we talk about its long history, its interesting people, and its unique environment.

Much of New Hampshire poet Jeff Friedman's poetry explores his own past- especially his childhood and his Jewish heritage. His latest book is called "Taking Down the Angel," the title poem is a re-telling of a Biblical story. Jeff is also a teacher, who tries to develop the inner poet in students of all ages.

Cheryl Kimball a writer and horse owner from Middleton, New Hampshire. Usually, horses are trained by professionals, but she likes to do it herself. She says it?s more time-consuming, but also more rewarding. She talks about her new book ?Mindful Horsemanship,? and the horses she?s known? especially a cantankerous one called Bud.
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Ben Ayers was a college student who went to Nepal for a semester and discovered a cause. He founded Porter's Progress, a group that helps the porters of Nepal. Porters carry the loads on tourist expeditions. They often carry much more than their body weight up the highest mountains in the world without proper cold weather gear- all for very little pay. Find out more at www.portersprogress.org This interview originally aired in December 2001.