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25 in 25: Judson Hale
By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, December 4, 2007.
In our latest installment of our 25 in 25 series, Yankee Magazine Editor-in-Chief and New England icon Jud Hale joins us. Born in Boston, raised in Maine and a longtime New Hampshire resident, Hale’s as Yankee as they come. We’ll look back at his fifty-year publishing career and how his magazine’s portrayal of a “New England Yankee Ideal” has changed over the past quarter century.
Guest
- Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine and editor for The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Yankee Magazine editor in chief Judson Hale speaks with NHPR's Laura Knoy during The Exchange. (Brady Carlson, NHPR) |
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I just found out 2 months ago that we moved to NH in 1978 because of Yankee Magazine. My parents were living in Newport, RI and fell in love with the picture of the house of the month. They drove up to NH to see the house, called the Realtor listed, and ended up seeing the house in Tamworth that they eventually bought. I now live in New Boston, and have lived in NH for almost 30 years because of Yankee Magazine.
In your "lead in" you almost had it right in defining a Yankee.
To residents of the world, a yankee is a citizen of the United States...
To citizens of the United States, a yankee is someone from New England...
To someone from New England, a yankee is a person from Maine...
To a person from Maine, a yankee is someone who EATS APPLE PIE FOR BREAKFAST.
The emphasis here is on what's REALLY IMPORTANT, of course.
Good show. Glad to see Yankee Magazine has awakened to the fact they're a big part of the maintenance of the New England persona(h). We let our subscription lapse during their "travel journal" period as they weren't talking about things of interest. Like US.
And I liked Judson's comments regarding the possible demise and current rejuvenation of the "yankee mystique." As a "died in the wool" yankee myself I can attest that the reports of my demise are grossly exaggerated. And I'm still waiting my turn at "rejuvenation." Is it free?
Best regards,
Joe in NH
As a North Carolina resident but New Englander at heart, I listen to The Exchange and read Yankee Magazine religiously as a way of staying connected to the North Country. Today's show brought a particular smile to my face as I considered along with you all of the cultural traditions and quirks that make New England, and New Hampshire in particular, so very special. Thank you for making me chuckle affectionately at the mention of the Road Kill Auction and for giving me reason to hope that one day we might indeed be able to again drink the waters of Winnipesaukee.
Your show and magazine are fantastic.
Katie H.