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THE PODCAST
Covered Bridges of New Hampshire
Recipient of the 2023 Second Place Award for Best Audio Podcast from the New Hampshire Press Association.
On this podcast, Kim speaks with the people connected to covered bridges across the Granite State, including engineers, historians, preservationists, town officials, authors, photographers, and community advocates. Together they explore restoration projects, preservation challenges, local history, tourism, and the role these bridges continue to play in New Hampshire communities.
Whether you know these bridges well or are simply curious about the stories they carry, the podcast offers thoughtful conversations about the past, present, and future of New Hampshire’s covered bridges.
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SEASON TWO – Coming June 2, 2026
TRAILER
Season Two
The Covered Bridges of New Hampshire Podcast is back with new stories from across the Granite State. Season 2 drops June 2, 2026!
EPISODE TWENTY-ONE
The Covered Bridges of the Boston & Maine Railroad with Rick Kfoury
Kim speaks with Rick Kfoury, President of the Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society. Rick shares insight into New Hampshire’s remaining covered railroad bridges, the influence of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and the historical context behind these rare surviving structures.
EPISODE TWENTY-TWO
The Monadnock Region Rail Trail Collaborative with Mike Kowalczyk
Kim talks with Mike Kowalczyk, founder and president of the Monadnock Region Rail Trail Collaborative. Mike discusses the rail trail system of Southwestern New Hampshire and why preserving and completing this historic trail network remains vital to the Monadnock Region.
EPISODE TWENTY-THREE
The Timber Framers Guild & Wason Pond Bridge with Will Truax
Kim speaks with Will Truax, timber framer, bridgewright, and preservation carpenter. Will discusses his decades of work in timber restoration, his involvement with the Timber Framers Guild, and the Guild’s 2011 covered bridge project in Chester.
EPISODE TWENTY-FOUR
The Old Russell Hill Road Bridge with Donna Crane and Kermit Williams
Kim talks with Donna Crane of the Wilton Heritage Commission and Kermit Williams, Chair of the Wilton Selectboard. Donna and Kermit discuss the history and significance of the Old Russell Hill Road Bridge and the community’s efforts to preserve this distinctive Wilton landmark.
EPISODE TWENTY-FIVE
The Photography of Covered Bridges with Steve Brown
Kim speaks with photographer Steve Brown. Steve reflects on a lifetime behind the camera and offers practical guidance for capturing covered bridges—from understanding light and composition to how to work a covered bridge.
EPISODE TWENTY-SIX
The Covered Bridge Historian Richard Sanders Allen with Bill Caswell
Kim speaks with Bill Caswell, longtime President of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Bill discusses the impact and enduring scholarship of Richard Sanders Allen and the publication he launched that continues to connect bridge historians and enthusiasts.
EPISODE TWENTY-SEVEN
The New Hampshire Humanities with Michael Haley Goldman
Kim talks with Michael Haley Goldman, Executive Director of New Hampshire Humanities. Michael discusses how the organization connects communities through stories and ideas and highlights its statewide speakers bureau, which brings free public programs to communities across New Hampshire.
EPISODE TWENTY-EIGHT
The Quest for Vermont Covered Bridges with Phill Gatenby
Kim speaks with Phill Gatenby, who shares how a simple curiosity turned into a personal mission to visit and document all one hundred covered bridges in Vermont. Phill talks about the stories he’s uncovered, the experiences he’s had along Vermont’s back roads, and what he’s learned while filming these historic structures one bridge at a time.
EPISODE TWENTY-NINE
The Bridgewright Timothy Palmer with Bob Watts
Kim talks with Bob Watts, co-vice president of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Bob explores the career and innovations of early bridge builder Timothy Palmer, his groundbreaking river crossings, and his role in establishing the covered timber truss tradition in the United States.
EPISODE THIRTY
The Sentinel Pine Bridge with Dave Anderson
Kim talks with Dave Anderson, Senior Director of Education for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Dave discusses the history and setting of the Sentinel Pine Bridge in Flume Gorge, and how it fits within the broader stewardship of Franconia Notch State Park.
EPISODE THIRTY-ONE
The New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program with George Born
Kim speaks with George Born, Historic Resources Specialist with the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program. George explains how LCHIP supports the protection of significant historic and cultural sites across the state, including several of New Hampshire’s covered bridges.
SEASON ONE
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EPISODE ONE
The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
For the inaugural episode, Kim interviews members of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, including President Bill Caswell and co-vice presidents Bob Watts and Scott Wagner about their passion for covered bridges and their volunteer work with the NSPCB.
EPISODE TWO
The Bath Bridge with Craig Pursley
Kim interviews artist Craig Pursley, who lives and works on either side of the Bath Bridge in Bath, New Hampshire. Craig serves as a docent of sorts of the second oldest covered bridge in the state and shares local folklore and history of the historic landmark.
EPISODE THREE
The Town Truss with Sean James
Kim interviews engineer Sean James, Senior Vice President at Hoyle, Tanner & Associates in Manchester about the Town Truss. This lattice truss design was first patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and has since been regarded as one of the most significant developments in the history of covered bridges. Sean will explain why that is and tell us about some of New Hampshire’s Town Truss Bridges.
EPISODE FOUR
The HAER with Christopher Marston
Kim interviews architect Christopher Marston, project leader of the Historic American Engineering Record, and its National Covered Bridge Recording Project, through which over one hundred historic covered bridges were documented, including twelve in New Hampshire.
EPISODE FIVE
The Ashuelot Bridge Rehabilitation with Tim Andrews
Kim interviews bridgewright Tim Andrews about the 1999 rehabilitation of the Ashuelot Bridge in Winchester. This project won the first Palladio Award for covered bridges in 2003. Tim shares details about the work and interesting things they uncovered during the project.
EPISODE SIX
The Paddleford Truss with Bob Durfee
Kim interviews engineer Bob Durfee of DuBois & King about bridgewright Peter Paddleford and his unique truss design. Learn why even though it was never patented, the Paddleford truss dominated covered bridge construction in northern New England for many years. Today there are only 22 Paddleford covered bridges left in New England.
EPISODE SEVEN
The Bement Bridge Rehabilitation with Josif Bicja and Karen Hambleton
Kim interviews two people who were instrumental in the 2021 rehabilitation of the Bement Bridge in Bradford. Town Administrator Karen Hambleton and engineer Josif Bicja from Hoyle Tanner share their experiences with the project and walk us through a $1.6 million renovation of an historic covered bridge.
EPISODE EIGHT
The Bath Bridge Rehabilitation with Sean James
Kim interviews engineer Sean James, Senior Vice President at Hoyle, Tanner & Associates in Manchester about the twenty-one month-long rehabilitation of the Bath Bridge in Bath, New Hampshire. Sean walks us through the process of carrying out a $2 million project on a 375’ covered bridge and shares some interesting stories he learned along the way.
EPISODE NINE
The Durgin Family with Jim Mykland
Kim interviews Sandwich Historical Society Director Jim Mykland about the Durgin family of Sandwich and their namesake covered bridge. Learn about the Durgin’s influence on the political climate of Sandwich in the mid-nineteenth century as well as their role in the Underground Railroad.
EPISODE TEN
The NHPA with Jennifer Goodman
Kim interviews New Hampshire Preservation Alliance Executive Director Jennifer Goodman about historic preservation efforts in the state and their impact on saving covered bridges. Join us for a conversation about successful preservation efforts and how the Alliance celebrates this work.
EPISODE ELEVEN
The Covered Bridges of Plainfield & Cornish with Steve Taylor
Kim talks with Steve Taylor of Plainfield about the importance of covered bridges in New Hampshire communities. Steve explains how a practical approach to bridge building has translated into part of our cultural cache and how important these covered bridges are not only to small towns but to the state as a whole.
EPISODE TWELVE
The Master Bridgewright Arnold M. Graton
Kim talks with master bridgewright Arnold M. Graton of Holderness about his long career preserving and restoring historic structures, most notably, covered bridges. Arnold shares his experiences utilizing nineteenth-century construction to both restore, and build, new covered bridges, not only in New Hampshire but across the country. This is a rare interview with a true master whose impact on the New Hampshire covered bridge community is without precedence.
EPISODE THIRTEEN
The Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center with Trish Kane
Kim talks with Trish Kane, Collections Curator of the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center in Oxford, New York. Trish shares a history of the center, the significance of its namesake, and her personal journey in the preservation of historic covered bridges.
EPISODE FOURTEEN
The Langdon Covered Bridge Association with Marilyn Stuller
Kim interviews Marilyn Stuller of Langdon about her experience leading the fundraising efforts to save Langdon’s two historic covered bridges. Marilyn shares the story of the organic process that took fourteen years to complete and the value of preserving part of the tapestry of the greater Langdon community.
EPISODE FIFTEEN
The Slate Covered Bridge Committee with Francis W. Faulkner, Jr.
Kim interviews Francis Faulkner, Jr. of Swanzey, about his involvement in fundraising efforts to rebuild the Slate Bridge after it was destroyed by arson in 1993. Francis shares the many layers of funding through the process of town meeting and the community connection to covered bridges in Swanzey.
EPISODE SIXTEEN
The Poet John Greenleaf Whittier with Kaleigh Pare Shaughnessy
Kim talks with Kaleigh Paré Shaughnessy, Executive Director of the John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace, about the namesake of the Whittier Bridge in Ossipee. Kaleigh tells us the story of how a young Massachusetts poet transitioned from a fierce abolitionist to one of America’s most beloved fireside poets, and how his name became attached to a New Hampshire covered bridge.
EPISODE SEVENTEEN
The Columbia Bridge with Stacey Campbell and Sharon Ellingwood White
Kim talks with two women who live on either side of the Columbia Bridge in northern New Hampshire. Columbia, New Hampshire, resident Stacey Campbell and Lemington, Vermont, resident Sharon Ellingwood White, share how the location of the Columbia Bridge has connected their two communities across the Connecticut River for almost two hundred years.
EPISODE EIGHTEEN
The Prodigal Son Denman Thompson with Lee Dunham
Kim talks with lifelong Swanzey resident Lee Dunham about the namesake of the Thompson covered bridge. Lee walks us through the exciting life of actor and playwright Denman Thompson and his production, The Old Homestead; and how integral the play has been to the town of Swanzey for over a hundred years.
EPISODE NINETEEN
The Dalton Family with Rebecca Courser
Kim talks with Warner historian Rebecca Courser about the namesake of the Dalton Bridge. Rebecca shares with us a history of the town of Warner, the Dalton family, and just who exactly the covered bridge was named after.
EPISODE TWENTY
The Lost Bridges of Cheshire County with Alan Rumrill
Kim talks with Alan Rumrill, Executive Director of the Historical Society of Cheshire County. Alan shares the rich history of the lost bridges of the Monadnock area and why the remaining covered bridges are valued by the community.