Vermont Public
Songbirds are Signaling Climate Change in Vermont
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- Songbirds are Signaling Climate Change in Vermont
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- 3:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Scientists in Vermont are using new GPS technology to track the endangered Bicknell’s thrush, a rare songbird threatened by climate change on New England’s highest peaks.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-09-15/scientists-racing-save-songbird-new-england-alpine-summits-bicknells-thrush
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- Inviting AI into classrooms
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- 11:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A Middlebury College course explores how students can use AI to develop their creative writing. Plus, calls for more security for public officials in light of recent political violence, drought conditions put a North Country town under a state of emergency, school libraries in the region are updating policies about books and advocates for English-speakers in Montreal push back against French language rules.
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- How do you pronounce Wolcott, Vermont?
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- 🐈 Wolcott's honorary mayor, Jax the cat, is never late for meetings, and he knows all about politics in town.
Thanks to Belinda Clegg, Kaya Burbank, Anne Farley, Jim Ryan, Dwight Wadle and Bill Cotton for showing us around Wolcott.
Which town should Brave Little State visit next?
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- School Stories: the rise of AI in the classroom
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- 49:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It's the fourth installment of our annual fall series, School Stories. Every Tuesday this month, we’ve been focusing on issues related to Vermont schools. On this episode we focus on AI in the classroom.
Tech companies are investing billions of dollars in data centers to power artificial intelligence, and some of the biggest users of AI are students. Are they using generative AI to cheat, or to enhance their learning?
First we focus on higher ed when we speak with Hector Vila, an associate professor in Writing & Rhetoric at Middlebury. He teaches a first-year seminar at Middlebury College called “AI, Writing and Creativity" and is one of the organizers of the upcoming Clifford Symposium (https://www.middlebury.edu/clifford-symposium) about AI.
Then, we hear from educators in the Essex Westford School District who are monitoring and regulating the use of AI in their district. Peter Drescher is the director of technology an...
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- Thrush hour
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- 8:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- How scientists are working to save the tiny Bicknell’s Thrush, a delicate songbird that travels thousands of miles to Vermont’s tallest peak to raise its young. Plus, state health care regulators make deep cuts to next year’s proposed UVM Medical Center budget, the state employees union is asking the Scott administration to reconsider its return to work order, Montreal’s geodesic dome will be closed for two months of renovations, and the Agency of Education is developing new graduation requirements for Vermont high school students.
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- 🚒 How do firefighters navigate rural roads?
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Elmore Fire Department is prepared to navigate the steep, narrow roads of rural Vermont.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-09-10/town-by-town-elmore The Elmore Fire Department is prepared to navigate the steep, narrow roads of rural Vermont.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-09-10/town-by-town-elmore
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- Vermont state employees react to Gov. Scott’s return-to-office order
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- 49:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont state employees react to Gov. Scott’s return-to-office order
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- What's so special about Elmore, Vermont?
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- What's so special about Elmore, Vermont? After 43 years of living in town (population: 886), selectboard member Sharon Fortune says she's still getting to know new people.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-09-10/town-by-town-elmore
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- Afghan delicacies
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- 9:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Afghan refugees are helping a Windham County school district serve up high quality vegetarian fare for students who don’t eat meat. Plus, Vermont’s home prices continue to rise even as the pandemic-era buying binge starts to level off, Gov. Scott taps an executive from Rutland Regional Medical Center to serve as Vermont’s next health commissioner and he’s also appointed a new labor commissioner, and recent drought conditions have been having an impact on apple crop yields.
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- Belvidere to take over its former school building
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Belvidere Selectboard voted unanimously to buy the Belvidere Central School building from the Lamoille North Supervisory Union.
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- Vermont state employees expected to return to office three days a week
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Gov. Phil Scott and the Vermont State Employees’ Association are at odds over Scott's decision to institute a three-days-per-week return to office across state government.
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- Vermont highway safety program faces delays
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A highway safety program aimed at strengthening speed enforcement in work zones faces complications. Plus, changes to judicial transport systems have lawmakers considering their options. And two Lamoille County school boards vote to remerge their districts.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Ethan Weinstein - VTDigger
Shaun Robinson - VTDigger
Aaron Calvin - Stowe Reporter/News & Citizen
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- 🚘 12 hours at a Vermont park and ride | Brave Little State
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Brave Little State recently spent 12 hours at the Richmond Park and Ride meeting the hikers, bikers, musicians and families that keep these lots humming.
Listen to the latest episode: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state
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- Snake in the Grand
- Runtime
- 15:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- There’s excitement over the discovery of a timber rattlesnake in a part of Vermont the reptile had not previously been spotted. Plus, Vermont’s Secretary of State says she won’t comply with a Trump Administration request to turn over voter data, there’s been a vacancy easing in Chittenden County’s notoriously tight rental market, the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream decry what they call a failure of political messaging by the company’s current owner, a shortage of horse veterinarians in Vermont is making things challenging for equine owners, and we preview two major bicycling races taking place today and Sunday in Quebec City and Montreal in our weekly sports report.
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- Twelve hours at the Richmond park and ride
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- 32:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- We took a full-day detour to answer this question from Heather Channon of South Burlington:
"Who is using all of the park-and-ride lots?"
We spent 12 straight hours (yes, you read that correctly) at one of the busiest park and rides in the state, on one of the busiest travel days of the year, to find out.
This is the story of our day — and all the people we met along the way.
Check out photos from our experience, and a full episode transcript, in our web post (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-09-11/twelve-hours-at-the-richmond-park-and-ride) .
A big shoutout to a little-known podcast called This American Life, which has done two all-day (and all-night) episodes that inspired this piece: “24 Hours at the Golden Apple (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/172/24-hours-at-the-golden-apple) ” and “Rest Stop (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/388/rest-s...
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- Horsin' around in Vermont
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- 49:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont has a special history with horses. The Morgan horse is our state animal and some of the most famous endurance horses come from this state. There are also therapeutic benefits to horseback riding that can help people build their confidence too.
To learn about what it takes to raise healthy horses, a panel of experts with personal equine connections will share their insights. Mary Fay leads the Whispering Pines 4-H Club and helps coordinate the Vermont 4-H Program. She lives in Westford and has been a 4-H leader for 55 years. We also spoke with Ripton resident Molly Witters, an equine veterinarian with Vermont Large Animal Clinic and Hospital in Milton, and Margaret Bojanowski, farm manager and riding director at the Eddy Farm School in Middlebury.
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- Court rules a Christian academy can play ball
- Runtime
- 10:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A Christian high school that was banned from sports competitions in the state for refusing to play against a team with a transgender athlete celebrates a legal victory. Plus, The Scott Administration says it plans to move forward with its new policy to restrict remote work for many state employees, Vermont health officials have confirmed the first human case of Jamestown Canyon virus in the state, a new program aims to strengthen the state’s African diaspora food businesses, and to diversify tourism and rising health insurance costs are driving a Vermont nonprofit to close a car detailing shop that employs at-risk youth.
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- Rogue rattlesnake removed from Grand Isle, Vermont
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A timber rattlesnake was removed from a yard in Grand Isle this summer — far from the only known breeding grounds in Vermont. Experts say it could have hitched a ride to the island in a car or boat.
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- Town by Town: Elmore
- Runtime
- 56:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Town by Town: Elmore
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- Sex ed dilemma
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- 9:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- How Vermont plans to keep teaching sex education in schools amid Trump administration threats to end federal funding over gender identity references. Plus, Burlington’s City Council green-lights two-million dollars in state grant funding to develop an overdose prevention center, a former state director of the Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators faces charges of felony embezzlement, forecasters say it’ll start feeling a lot more like winter with freezing overnight temperatures expected in the region soon, and apple growers are using mitigation strategies to keep crops healthy amid challenging regional drought conditions.
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- School Stories: Sex Education
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- 50:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont schools are required to provide comprehensive sex education. Classes cover everything from STIs to consent. Jenna Emerson, a certified sex educator and stand-up comedian, and Celia Bird, a family nurse practitioner and comprehensive sex educator, share how they create age-appropriate lesson plans, and embrace the awkward humor of the human body.
At a national level, the Trump administration cut sex ed funds for California after the state refused to remove references to gender identity from its curriculum. If the same thing happens in Vermont, the state could lose more that $650,000 dollars in federal funds. We’ll learn more from Carter Sherman, reproductive health and justice reporter with the Guardian US who’s been following this story. She’s also the author of The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation’s Fight Over Its Future. (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Second-Coming/Carter-Sherman/9781668052457)
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- Bern notice
- Runtime
- 10:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Bernie Sanders talks about building a grassroots working class agenda for the Democratic party while fighting the influence of billionaires trying to curry favor with the Trump administration. Plus, federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a woman who pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting a border patrol agent in Vermont, an infectious disease doctor explains why most people should get a COVID booster despite recent federal guidelines recommending it only for people over 65, Caledonia County's interim state's attorney has been named to the job on a permanent basis, and research is underway to determine why there appear to be more bears than usual in Vermont.
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- Finding God, and a place to pee, in East Barnard
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- East Barnard is a sleepy little village in Windsor County, with no post office or traffic light or store. The church at its center was built in 1834, and it has long lacked a key feature: plumbing.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-09-05/finding-god-place-pee-east-barnard
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- With CDC shakeup, states chart their own COVID course
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- 49:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Can you get the latest COVID vaccine? The answer might depend on how old you are, what state you live in or whether you have a prescription. Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is undergoing a period of upheaval marked by firings and resignations. Kennedy also fired the members of the CDC's immunization panel, (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/28/hhs-schedules-next-vaccine-panel-meeting-after-cdc-director-ousted-00534042) and the new panel hasn't met in weeks.
Weighing in on Vermont Edition is: Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former deputy director at the CDC; Julie Arel, the interim head of Vermont’s Department of Health; and Dr. Timothy Lahey, an infectious disease physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Plus, Vermont Public senior political reporter Bob Kinzel talks about the CDC and RFK, Jr. with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).
Broadcast live on Monday, September 8, 2025, ...
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- Angling for redemption
- Runtime
- 12:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A New Hampshire man has his dream of becoming a fishing guide blocked by a decades-old Granite State law regarding people with past felony convictions. Plus, once-frozen federal money has now been released allowing Vermont to build eleven new fast-charging stations for electric vehicles, state regulators suggest Brattleboro Memorial Hospital may need to consult an independent observer to oversee its troubled finances, a Manchester woman arrested by ICE officials has been moved to a processing center in Michigan, and environmental advocates urge people to pick up trash and other debris from their local streams as part of September’s Vermont River Clean-Up Month.
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- Town of Johnson seeks to move some municipal services to VSU Johnson campus
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The town of Johnson is partnering with its local Vermont State University campus to relocate some municipal services out of flood-prone areas.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-09-05/in-review-hydropowers-future-pac-targets-climate-action-johnson-town-office-move
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- Statewide drought persists in Vermont | Vermont This Week
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- VTDigger reported this week that a statewide drought is making it more difficult for Vermont dairy farmers to keep their livestock fed.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-09-05/in-review-hydropowers-future-pac-targets-climate-action-johnson-town-office-move
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- The future of hydropower in Vermont
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- New clean water regulations are raising questions about the future of hydropower in the state. Plus, a conservative PAC targets climate action in Vermont. And the town of Johnson and Vermont State University announce an innovative new partnership.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Austyn Gaffney - VTDigger
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- Goodenough Road in West Brattleboro | Brave Little State
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Brave Little State's annual road names extravaganza was a genre-bender this year, with stories that ranged from the historical to the celestial to the paranormal. This one, about the Goodenough family in West Brattleboro, is also a story about family.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-08-28/brave-little-states-8th-annual-brief-history-of-vermont-road-names
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- Vermont Public's But Why gets a shoutout on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 👋 Hey, that’s us!
Vermont Public’s But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids got a shoutout from NPR CEO Katherine Maher and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, highlighting how local public media stations keep us connected from coast to coast.
🎧 Listen to But Why wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/but-why-a-podcast-for-curious-kids
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- Spiritual relief
- Runtime
- 15:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- We visit an East Barnard church that’s just built a new outhouse on the grounds that’s free and open to the public. Plus, Sen. Sanders calls on Health Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign over his handling of federal vaccine policy, Rutland Regional Medical Center reaches a settlement with state regulators over a two-year old budget issue, a Shelburne police officer avoids jail time by pleading guilty to a reduced charge after fatally hitting a bicyclist with his vehicle, a Democratic primary looks likely in New York as two candidates vie to unseat Republican representative Elise Stefanik in next year’s midterms, and the Boston Red Sox get some very bad injury news regarding their superstar rookie outfielder in this week’s sports report.
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- Seven Days celebrates its 30th anniversary
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- 50:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Vermont alt weekly Seven Days is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Every week, they publish a print paper, and every day they share local news and stories online. We’ll hear from the paper’s co-founder and deputy publisher about their favorite memories from the past 30 years, and what it’ll take to keep the paper going for 30 more.
Plus, a check-in with Vermont Public's two newest music hosts, Tad Cautious and DJ Llu. They’ll tell us stories from their radio roots, explain how they come up with playlists, and share some favorite new songs. If you’re sick of listening to the same five albums over and over, they have some great ideas for you on how to diversify your musical tastes.
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- Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch question health secretary RFK Jr.
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his vaccine policy and leadership as health secretary at a hearing Thursday morning.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5525885/rfk-cdc-hhs-senate-finance
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- A Vermont animal sanctuary proves roosters can live peacefully after cockfighting
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- VINE Sanctuary in Vermont specializes in a once-rare form of rehabilitation for roosters rescued from cockfighting and other dangerous situations.
Cockfighting is a felony offense in all 50 states and U.S. territories, but illegal fighting rings remain popular regardless.
VINE’s work provided evidence that roosters can be successfully rehabilitated and even adopted into new flocks. Before their work took off, these birds were routinely euthanized.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-09-03/vermont-animal-sanctuary-roosters-live-peacefully-after-cockfighting
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- Fall color fall
- Runtime
- 10:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Considering the effect this summer’s drought will have on the fall foliage season. Plus, the Vermont Medical Society scores a legal victory against the Trump administration in a case about removing public health data from federal websites, the Scott administration’s plan to have state workers in their offices more often faces pushback from the union, school bus drivers return to the roads in Windham County after a company-imposed lockout against them was lifted, the UVM Medical Center is making changes to how operating rooms deliver anesthesia in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and a long-serving town manager for Bennington has died.
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- Will Vermont's drought leave leaf peepers high and dry?
- Runtime
- 50:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Will Vermont's drought leave leaf peepers high and dry?
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- Rooster rehab
- Runtime
- 12:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Visiting a sanctuary in Springfield that rehabilitates roosters rescued from illegal cockfighting rings. Plus, Amazon plans to appeal after its proposal for a distribution facility in Essex was denied, a new UVM volunteer program aims to foster friendships between teens and seniors, Vermont’s Attorney General spearheads an effort to stop the spread of fake images made without consent, and after weathering potential closure Vermont’s universal school meals program is up and running with the start of the new academic year.
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- School Stories: What's for lunch?
- Runtime
- 50:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- When we talk about schools, we usually focus on what happens inside the classroom, but what happens in the cafeteria also plays an important role in learning.
In the second installment of our fall series School Stories, we’re talking school meals. Food services coordinators Susan Grabowski of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union and Kathy Alexander of the Mount Abe and Addison Northwest school districts discuss menus, how federal funding cuts could affect school meals and the pros and cons of following the USDA’s rules.
We'll also hear from a school district in southern Vermont, where a team of Afghan refugees cook up food in the cafeteria, including halal meals for Muslim and vegetarian students.
Broadcast live on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
Have questions, comments or tips? Send us a message (https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-editionmailto:vermontedition@verm...
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- Sarah Copeland Hanzas says she would not share personal voter data with Trump administration
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced this month her office would not share personal voter information with the Trump administration, VTDigger's Shaun Robinson reported.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-08-29/safety-in-burlington-state-employee-return-to-work-policy-next-years-elections
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- 🌒 Vermont's Horn of the Moon Road | Brave Little State
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Every summer, Brave Little State investigates the origins of Vermont’s strangest road names.
This year, we took on Horn of the Moon Road in East Montpelier, Scotch Hollow Road in Newbury and Goodenough Road in Brattleboro.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-08-28/brave-little-states-8th-annual-brief-history-of-vermont-road-names
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- Vermont leaders at odds over public safety concerns
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Burlington and other municipalities across the state contend with ongoing public safety concerns, state and local leaders are at odds over how to address the challenges.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-08-29/safety-in-burlington-state-employee-return-to-work-policy-next-years-elections
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- State and local leaders clash over safety concerns
- Runtime
- 26:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Burlington and other municipalities across the state contend with ongoing public safety concerns, state and local leaders are at odds over how to address the challenges. Plus, the Scott administration announces a new return-to-work policy for state employees. And statewide officeholders begin planning for next year’s elections.
This week's panel:
Mark Johnson - Moderator, WCAX
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Shaun Robinson - VTDigger
Ike Bendavid - WCAX
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- The creemee chronicles
- Runtime
- 10:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Meet one woman documenting the dozens of creemees she eats every year, one cone at a time. Plus, The Trump Administration is threatening to pull Vermont’s funding for a federal sex education program if it doesn't remove language that references gender identity, Governor Phil Scott says he thinks the state’s voluntary paid family and medical leave program is off to a good start, boaters and swimmers will notice low water levels across our region ahead of this holiday weekend and for the first time in Vermont, anglers without a license can fish for free this long weekend.
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- Tall garden phlox are the perfect perennial for August | All Things Gardening
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Why are tall garden phlox the perfect perennial for August? "They're just beautiful," Charlie Nardozzi says.
Read more tips from All Things Gardening: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/all-things-gardening
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- Our 8th Annual Brief History of Vermont Road Names
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- 35:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Every summer, we add a new chapter to our favorite annual tradition: investigating the origins of Vermont’s strangest road names, as chosen by our listeners.
This summer’s crop included Horn of the Moon Road in East Montpelier, Scotch Hollow Road in Newbury and Goodenough Road in Brattleboro.
Tune in to hear us raid town archives, chase down local lore… and spend an inordinate amount of time driving up and down the three roads in question (sorry, neighbors!) — all in the name of journalism.
And don’t miss the seven previous installments of this road-names-extravaganza. You can find them all here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/road-names?utm_source=bravelittlestate.org&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=roadnames) .
This episode was reported by Burgess Brown, Lucia McCallum and Sabine Poux. Editing and additional production from Josh Crane. Our Executive Producer is Ang...
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- Get the scoop on the best creemees: Vermont Edition's 2025 ice cream show
- Runtime
- 49:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermonters are very particular about our ice cream. It makes sense — we live in the land of milk and maple syrup. Chances are that if you stop a person in the street, they'll be able to quickly rattle off their favorite creemee spot and classic order.
On Vermont Edition's annual creemee show, we talk with the purveyors of some of your favorite frozen treats in the region. This year we hear from Hannah Connor, the café and kitchen manager at Red Hen Baking Company (https://www.redhenbaking.com/) in Middlesex, Jess Yates, owner of Yates Family Orchard (https://yatesfamilyorchard.com/) in Monkton (creators the Dreamee), and Amanda Ellis Thurber of Lilac Ridge Farm in West Brattleboro.
Plus: Asa Waterworth eats an eye-popping number of creemees every year — upwards of 50, she estimates. She takes photos of her cones and offers up recommendations on her instagram account, @creemeechronicles (https://www.instagram.com/creemeechronicles/?hl=en) ....
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- Nixtamalization in action | Biraland
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Biraland is a musical comedy series about humanity’s damaged connection to nature made by Vermont creator Bira Vanara. All episodes are streaming now on Vermont Public’s YouTube channel.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/made-here/2025-08-28/biraland-char-ash
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- Retort Kiln | Biraland #19
- Runtime
- 6:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 Char yard
03:26 Music video: Retort Kiln
While eating, Dave discusses carbon sequestration and chars value in it and how to make a char retort kiln.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Biochar | Biraland #20
- Runtime
- 10:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 The choice to reconnect
07:02 Music video: Biochar
At the char yard Dotto Sayenteez returns and they all discuss what the origin of humanity’s disconnection is. Then, Dotto teaches the group about Biochar.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Char and Ash | Biraland #17
- Runtime
- 6:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 Chargoyles and Gargoyles
03:19 Music video: Char and Ash
Brayden introduces René to Dave the Chargoyle who tells them about the uses of char and ash.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
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