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The Neighborhood

kids playing on grass. Girl in foreground standing on her hands
Kelly Green
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Kelly Green
Kids of Hospital Hill, Randolph, Vermont

In the summer of 2016, I spent a day with the kids of Hospital Hill, a neighborhood behind the hospital in Randolph, Vermont. We talked about the rules of their games, the rules of friendship, the geography of their neighborhood—which includes three purple houses and a trail through the woods to Dunkin' Donuts. We played hide and seek in the cemetery down the street. This show is a little taste of that day.

Erica Heilman produces a podcast called Rumble Strip. Her shows have aired on NPR’s Day to Day, Hearing Voices, SOUNDPRINT, KCRW’s UnFictional, BBC Podcast Radio Hour, CBC Podcast Playlist and on public radio affiliates across the country. Rumble Strip airs monthly on Vermont Public. She lives in East Calais, Vermont.