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Muskoka Folk

Neighbours telling their own stories, one patch at a time.

a Toffee Street production

Muskoka Folk is a podcast and a set of written stories from people who live here. We sit down with a neighbour, put the kettle on and let them talk. Each conversation becomes an episode, a written story and one new felt patch on the quilt.

Latest Muskoka Folk episode

Patch No. 11
Episode 11 · No. 11

Socks for the Whole Road (example)

with Guest Name (example) · Huntsville (example) · 42 min (example)

Example summary: two or three lines about who the guest is and what they talk about, written plainly, without giving the ending away.

Audio player (example, no audio yet)
14:0241:30 (example)
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No. 01: The Fiddle in the Woodshed (example)
No. 02: Summers at the Boathouse (example)
No. 03: The Radio in the Kitchen (example)
No. 04: Picking at the Burn (example)
No. 05: The Long Walk In (example)
No. 16
still to come
loon patch, one of the nine we started with
maple patch, one of the nine we started with
snowflake patch, one of the nine we started with
No. 06: Feeding the Chickadees (example)
No. 15
still to come
lantern patch, one of the nine we started with
house patch, one of the nine we started with
kettle patch, one of the nine we started with
No. 07: First Trilliums (example)
No. 14
still to come
chair patch, one of the nine we started with
canoe patch, one of the nine we started with
stove patch, one of the nine we started with
No. 08: The One That Stayed (example)
No. 13
still to come
No. 12
still to come
No. 11: Socks for the Whole Road (example)
No. 10: Splitting for Winter (example)
No. 09: Coffee at the General Store (example)

The quilt so far

Every Muskoka Folk guest gets a felt patch, and each one is stitched on around the edge, clockwise from the top left. Tap a patch to hear that neighbour's episode and read their story.

  • Around the edge: one patch for each guest, numbered in order
  • In the middle: the nine patches we started with
  • Dashed squares: neighbours still to come
Browse every episodecoming soon

Know a neighbour with a story?

The best Muskoka Folk guests are often the ones who'd never put themselves forward: the person everyone at the counter goes quiet for. Tell us who they are and how to reach them. We'll do the asking, and there's no pressure on anyone.

Nominate a neighbourcoming soon
You can nominate yourself, too.
Their patch
could go here

How Muskoka Folk works

1

Listen

Hear neighbours tell their own stories, in their own words, at their own pace. Every episode comes with a written version too.

2

Record

We come to a guest's kitchen table or dock with a microphone. They talk, we listen. No script, and nothing goes out until they're happy with it.

3

Share

The episode, the written story and a new felt patch go up here on Muskoka Pulse. Pass it along to anyone who'd enjoy it.

Guest names, episode titles, places, photos and story text on this page are examples until episodes are recorded.