Vermont Public
Navigating A.I. therapy
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- Navigating A.I. therapy
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- 50:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The use of artificial intelligence for therapy is growing, including for minors. AI makes therapy more accessible. But clinicians want to make sure kids get medically sound advice and stay safe.
We weigh the pros and cons of this mental health approach with Dr. Steven Schlozman, the chief of child psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, as well as an associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, and Shannon Newell, who works with the Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union and is president of the Vermont Association of School Psychologists.
Plus: Dartmouth researchers recently conducted the first-ever clinical trial of an AI therapy chatbot. Nicholas Jacobson is the study’s senior author. He’s an associate professor of biomedical data science, psychiatry, and computer science at Dartmouth. He also directs the AIM HIGH Lab at Dartmouth, which stands for AI and Mental Heal...
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- Words carried on the wind
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- 8:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Montshire Museum in Norwich has what’s known as a wind phone in its 100-acre forest for people who want to speak to lost loved ones. Plus, State regulators review budgets from Vermont hospitals with a requirement to keep expenses and insurance rates at no more than a three percent hike from last year, construction begins on forty new affordable housing units in Burlington, a federal lawsuit seeks to overturn a new New Hampshire law that denies state funding for schools with DEI programs, and a new poll shows more young people in Quebec want the province to become independent.
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- Some crops love cool weather. August is the perfect time to plant them
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- August is the perfect time to plant cool weather-loving crops — like lettuce, kale and spinach — that will romaine in your garden until the fall 🥬
Charlie Nardozzi has tips from his home garden to help you get started.
Read more from All Things Gardening: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/all-things-gardening
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- Bill McKibben's new book on solar power / Congressional cuts to veterans' services
- Runtime
- 50:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Today on Vermont Edition, we'll talk with climate writer and activist Bill McKibben of Ripton. In his new book, he makes the case for solar power as the cheapest energy source on the planet. And he says it’s time to stop thinking of solar as “alternative energy” and bring it into the mainstream.
Then, programs to support Vermont veterans have lost staff due to cuts in federal funding this summer. We’ll talk with the head of the Vermont National Guard’s family programs, and an organizer with a storytelling group for local vets.
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- Bira focuses on gut health | Biraland
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- For more on your favorite legumes, stream the latest episodes of Biraland from Vermont Public.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@VermontPublic
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- State of the state’s prisons
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- 10:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A conversation with the retiring head of Vermont’s Department of Corrections after his nearly four year tenure. Plus, Gov. Scott faces backlash for his decision to provide the federal government with the sensitive personal information of people receiving food assistance benefits, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital puts its budget before state health care regulators as it tries to mitigate severe financial deficits, housing advocates advise people forced to leave Vermont's motel voucher program to appeal to the state's Human Services Board, and Gov. Scott says he’s working on a strategy to bring a good number of state employees back to work in downtown Montpelier.
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- The Trump administration demanded SNAP recipients' personal data. Vermont complied
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont Gov. Phil Scott faced pushback this week over his decision to transfer SNAP recipients' personal data to the Trump administration.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-08-08/in-review-snap-data-transfer-education-redistricting-task-force-a-look-at-legislative-reports
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- Scott defends transfer of Vermonters' personal information to Trump administration
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont Governor Scott faces pushback this week over his decision to transfer SNAP recipients' personal data to the Trump administration. Plus, a look at how state lawmakers are utilizing legislative reports and study groups. And unsheltered homelessness spikes in Vermont.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Hannah Bassett - Seven Days
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- Adult day service needs
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- 14:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Day programs providing critical care for older adults and people with disabilities have been closing in Vermont, but efforts are underway to extend services in some areas. Plus, state officials move to expand access to Vermont’s medical cannabis program, a local donation will add more than 50 acres of land to Roxbury State Forest, Vermont’s Supreme Court is preparing to hear a lawsuit over who can maintain public trails that run through private land, an associate justice is set to retire from the state’s high court, and we reflect on a very good week for fans of the Boston Red Sox in our weekly sports report.
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- Why Vermont is 'the frontier of climate change' in the Northeast
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook sees scientists, land use planners and policymakers in Vermont breaking away from tradition and managing the state's rivers and streams in ways that other states could mimic.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-08-05/why-vermont-is-the-frontier-of-climate-change-in-the-northeast
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- How today's college students navigate romance in a digital age
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- 50:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- How today's college students navigate romance in a digital age
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- Essential Salt
- Runtime
- 32:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Today, we're sharing an episode of a podcast we really like. It's called Essential Salt (https://www.mainepublic.org/podcast/essential-salt) , a show about connection, local storytelling and how getting to know your neighbors might change the way you see yourself. It's a collaboration between Maine Public and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art and Design.
In this episode (https://www.mainepublic.org/podcast/essential-salt/2025-07-28/a-bandit-papers-a-city-in-hearts-and-strangers-meet-their-matches) , we get to know a famous figure who drew a city together while remaining completely anonymous. Then, we look at what being a good opponent at chess can teach us about building strong, long-lasting relationships.
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- Strategizing for summer school
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- 9:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont’s after school summer programs are using a patchwork approach to get the funding they need to operate this year. Plus, a new affordable housing project opens in Berlin, Vermont remains on a list of states the Justice Department claims have regulations preventing the enforcement of federal immigration laws, why a former state Governor has stopped just shy of visiting every one of Vermont’s 251 towns, villages, and cities, and New Hampshire becomes the first New England state to ban transgender health care for minors.
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- Legumes | Biraland #5
- Runtime
- 6:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 Bean Bending with Gordon.
03:54 Music video: Legumes
Gene and René discuss legumes, Brayden does fart yoga, and tells the others about the dangers of ultra processed foods and the analog between our gut microbes and soil biota.
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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- Flat Bow | Biraland #7
- Runtime
- 6:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 Bow trivia
04:27 Music video: Flat Bow
A game of naming archery bows from around the world is played.
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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- Robinia | Biraland #6
- Runtime
- 11:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 Seeds with Dotto
07:50 Music video: Robinia
Menderglen learns about legumes and black locust trees from Dotto Sayenteez and then teleports to find Garbanzo Gordon and return his sea heart to him after which the two return to BIRALAND.
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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- Interdependence | Biraland #8
- Runtime
- 8:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 00:00 Biodiversity
04:52 Music video: Interdependence
Gene and Menderglen meet Stewart The Steward in the meadow and learn about interdependence.
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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- Town by town: The 251 Club
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- 50:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Town by town: The 251 Club
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- Vermont as a leader in flood mitigation / Seven Days food writer Jordan Barry
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- 50:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In Vermont, annual precipitation has increased six inches since the 1960s. That, plus the state’s steep terrain, make Vermont a laboratory for the study of intense rainfall and flooding.
Today on Vermont Edition, The New Yorker magazine staff writer John Seabrook explores how Vermont manages its rivers in his latest article. He sees scientists, land use planners and policymakers breaking away from tradition, and making choices that other states could mimic. We’ll also hear from Kevin Geiger, a land-use planner with the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, in Woodstock.
Plus, Jordan Barry of Seven Days shares the latest food news from around our region.
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- What’s happening to the personal data of Vermont SNAP recipients
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- 8:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Trump administration demanded SNAP recipients personal data and Vermont chose to comply. Plus, Vermont's main energy sources from Canada will not be subject to new tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration, Canadian authorities say they intercepted a group of asylum seekers and potential smugglers in Quebec near the Derby Line border crossing, Only about 200 property owners have taken buyouts from flood damage in Vermont since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and The Vermont department of health will host a free dental clinic in Hartford Village.
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- Federal money for public defenders runs dry
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- 8:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Some criminal defense lawyers could go months without getting paid. Plus, Vermont gives the Trump Administration the sensitive personal data of all residents receiving SNAP benefits, Vermont officials issued an air quality alert for pollution from wildfire smoke, the state is partnering with local businesses to encourage Canadians to travel to Vermont, and Hartford high school will lose access to 12 classrooms this fall due to toxic contamination.
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- Tracking down Vermont's historic schoolhouses
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
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- Old school
- Runtime
- 15:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- How to spot old schoolhouses in Vermont even when they’ve long since been converted to buildings for other purposes. Plus, the Scott administration says it probably overestimated how many Vermonters will lose health insurance because of federal cuts to Medicaid, a St. Johnsbury hospital announces service closures in an effort to lower health care costs, state officials hope a chemical compound can help suppress algae blooms threatening Lake Carmi, attendance at Vermont state parks has been affected by rainy summer weather and the current political discord between the US and Canada, and our weekly sports report appears today to focus on Major League Baseball and analysis of the moves made and not made by teams at the trading deadline.
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- Vermont Green FC wins national championship
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
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- More modest proposals for health insurance rates still leave major affordability concerns
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Health insurance companies are proposing more modest rate increases for 2026 plans offered on the state marketplace than in recent years. But health care regulators say the proposed costs are still insurmountable to many people purchasing insurance after three years of double-digit rate hikes.
Full episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-07-30/more-modest-proposals-for-health-insurance-rates-still-leave-major-affordability-concerns
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- University of Vermont Health Network cuts & layoffs
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont’s largest hospital system announced dozens of layoffs this week as part of a plan to cut nearly $185 million in spending by the end of next year. It’s an effort to rein in ballooning health care costs in the state, which are among the highest in the country.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-08-01/in-review-uvm-health-layoffs-education-agency-hire-vermont-soccers-big-weekend
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- Vermont’s largest hospital system announces cuts and layoffs
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vermont’s largest hospital system announced dozens of layoffs this week as part of a plan to cut nearly $185 million in spending by the end of next year. Plus, a Vermont Agency of Education hire raises questions. And a big weekend ahead for soccer fans in the state.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Mark Johnson - WCAX
Lexi Krupp - Vermont Public
Liam Elder-Connors - Vermont Public
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- Point in time
- Runtime
- 9:24
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Analyzing data on the number of unhoused people in Vermont collected from a single night in January. Plus, revenues in Vermont are expected to grow by over one percent in the new fiscal year but economists warn new federal tariffs could weaken the numbers, insurance companies with state marketplace plans are proposing more modest rate hikes this year but concerns remain that they’re still too expensive, the state Attorney General settles with a Saint Albans creamery over violations of its federal wastewater permit, and more than half a million liquid rabies vaccine baits will be spread across northern Vermont over the next few days.
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- Where would we be without corn?
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Elote - maize - corn - the cereal which so much revolves around. From BIRALAND.
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- Checking in with Québec / Emerald Ground Water / "Biraland"
- Runtime
- 50:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Canada and the U.S. are in an intense period of negotiations over a trade deal. Many Canadians are boycotting the States this summer over President Trump’s policies and 51st state rhetoric. We talk with Shawn Appell, host of our sister show on the CBC, Radio Noon in Québec, about what he's hearing from his listenership regarding their feelings on travelling to Quebec in the age of Trump.
Then, during the pandemic lockdown musician and songwriter Katy Hellman began to dig into her Irish heritage, particularly the folklore of the pre-Christian era. She used her newfound passion as inspiration for her newest musical venture Emerald Ground Water (https://emeraldgroundwater.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-below) . Their new album is called "The World Below."
Lastly, a new musical comedy video series explores the natural world and our connection to it. It’s called “Biraland,” and it’s a 20-part video series created by Bira Vanara. He’s a mu...
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- Squash | Biraland #1
- Runtime
- 8:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Biraland faculty welcome Dotto Sayenteez and meet the benevolent entity Ayotli.
00:00 Dotto's flat tire
05:15 Music video: Squash
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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- Green dream
- Runtime
- 8:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Speaking with the head coach of Vermont Green FC about the soccer club’s chance to complete an undefeated season by winning the U-S-L League Two title this weekend. Plus, Vermont’s largest hospital system is laying off nearly 80 staff members as part of an effort to rein in costs, why Vermont’s criminal defense lawyers face the prospect of not getting paid until fall, the Vermont National Guard will utilize a program pairing veterans and military service members with vacant jobs, and a new mobile simulation lab will help with emergency training for the state’s rural EMS companies.
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- Beans | Biraland #3
- Runtime
- 9:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- René has a freak out about all the pesticides used on the environment and scares Gene.
00:00 Is René OK?
06:05 Music video: Beans
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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- Corn | Biraland #2
- Runtime
- 7:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- After Brayden’s possession, Dotto Sayenteez learns more about what Biraland is, and Elote (maize) appears.
00:00 What is Biraland?
04:49 Music video: Corn
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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- The Three Sisters | Biraland #4
- Runtime
- 8:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Gene wakes up after fainting and meets Etl (beans), the group learn about mutualism, and Dotto discusses humanity’s plight in its disconnection from the natural world.
00:00 Gene wakes up
05:40 Music video: The Three Sisters
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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- Title
- Money runs out to pay federal defense lawyers, and Champlain College hones in on cybersecurity
- Runtime
- 50:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Money runs out to pay federal defense lawyers, and Champlain College hones in on cybersecurity
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- Troubling hire at a state education agency
- Runtime
- 9:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Vermont State Agency hired a man who had been ordered to pay millions for filming teens undressing. Plus, Vermont filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to overturn a provision in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"; Vermont’s annual sports betting report contains some surprising trends;The city of South Burlington has hired a new police chief and a popular cliff-side hiking and rock climbing area has reopened.
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- How sibling dynamics can inspire high acheivement
- Runtime
- 50:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Today on the show, we explore the sibling dynamic, and how some families have multiple high achieving kids. Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Her new book, “The Family Dynamic,” looks at classic sibling examples, like the Bronte sisters, and modern ones.
We’ll talk with two New Hampshire sisters featured in the new book – Olympic triathlete Sarah True and renowned novelist Lauren Groff. Plus, two Vermont brothers who come from a VERY large family.
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- How a once-rundown farm is transforming a community
- Runtime
- 8:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A local couple gifts their town a farm and tasks them with transforming the property to benefit their community. Plus, the head of Vermont’s prison system is stepping down, federal tax credits that help Vermonters install solar panels are going away, new hunting regulations in the state aim to tackle overpopulation of deer and Dartmouth Health adds more providers.
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- Vermont towns continue to debate short-term rental rules
- Runtime
- 50:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Tourism-heavy towns often have a lot of AirBnBs per capita. Some towns, like Londonderry, are putting stricter rules in place on short-term rentals.
Their goal, in large part, is to maintain housing for full-time residents — Vermont has a housing shortage (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-09-16/vermont-needs-at-least-24000-more-homes-in-next-five-years-housing-needs-report) , after all. But some short-term rental owners think the new rules are too strict and end up hurting the local economy.
Vermont Public reporter Howard-Weiss Tisman shares an update on current debates over short-term rentals in southern Vermont towns. We also hear from Julie Marks, the founder and executive director of the Vermont Short Term Rental Alliance, the chair of Londonderry's housing commission Patty Eisenhauer, and Nate Lantieri of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency.
Broadcast live on Monday, July 28, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 ...
- Title
- A new treatment option
- Runtime
- 10:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Examining the role a new methadone clinic will play now that it’s ready to treat people in Bennington. Plus, Vermont appears to have missed a mandatory deadline to curb greenhouse gas emissions this year, why regional Planned Parenthood health centers can't get reimbursed for the care they provide to Medicaid patients, health officials warn of two mosquito-borne viruses detected in St. Albans and Rutland, and state transit companies experiment with on-call bus service to help mitigate rising costs and ridership changes.
- Title
- Biraland, a musical comedy about the natural world, premieres July 31
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 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 Vermont creator Bira Vanara.
The first episodes drop on Thursday, only on YouTube.
Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@VermontPublic?feature=shared
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- Vermont’s new climate plan enters a challenging political landscape
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Amid a tumultuous federal landscape for climate policy, Vermont’s Climate Council has adopted a new Climate Action Plan.
The document is a roadmap for how the state can comply with its statutory commitment to reduce climate warming greenhouse gas emissions in the next four years.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-07-01/vermonts-new-climate-plan-enters-a-challenging-political-landscape
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- Thousands of Vermonters will see federal food benefits eliminated or reduced
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program supplies the vast majority of food aid in Vermont, where about 65,000 residents received $155 million in benefits last year.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-07-25/detained-superintendent-food-benefits-slashed-burlington-meal-program-pushback
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- Border agents detained a Vermont superintendent and searched his devices
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Winooski School District Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria was detained and interrogated at a Texas airport this week while returning to Vermont from a trip to Nicaragua with his spouse.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-07-25/detained-superintendent-food-benefits-slashed-burlington-meal-program-pushback
- Title
- Why did border agents detain a Vermont superintendent?
- Runtime
- 26:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A Vermont superintendent is left reeling this week, after border agents at a Texas port of entry detained him for several hours and searched his devices. Plus, thousands of Vermonters will see federal food benefits eliminated or reduced. And a free food distribution program faces pushback in Burlington.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Sasha Goldstein - Seven Days
Laura Ullman - WCAX
- Title
- Go Green!
- Runtime
- 13:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A visit with fans of the Vermont Green football club as they prepare for a first ever appearance in the USL League Two eastern conference finals against Lionsbridge. Plus, Sen. Welch floats legislation exempting small businesses from Trump administration tariffs, revenues from Vermont’s lottery games have declined over the past year, South Burlington’s school superintendent has resigned following months of tension with the city’s Educators’ Association, and we consider the wild week the Boston Red Sox had coming out of Major League Baseball’s all-star break in our weekly sports report.
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- Recent cuts at Vermont hospitals could be just the beginning
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In Vermont, state officials and hospital leaders are under enormous pressure to reduce health care costs as fast as possible.
By law, they need to cut over $100 million in hospital spending next year — and they’ve set a goal of cutting costs by twice that amount before the year’s end.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-07-09/state-backs-rural-birthing-center-closure-warns-more-difficult-decisions
- Title
- Remembering Robert Resnik and a new treatment center in Bennington
- Runtime
- 50:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- For 29 years, Robert Resnik celebrated folk and world music as the host of the Vermont Public music show All the Traditions. He passed away earlier this week.
Through his show, he elevated local musicians and introduced listeners to new sounds and styles. He was also a musician himself and played more than two dozen instruments. We’ll share memories with friends, fellow musicians, and our listeners.
Then: A new addiction treatment clinic has opened in Bennington.We’ll talk with Vermont’s deputy health commissioner about how this clinic fits into the state’s hub and spoke system.
- Title
- What did the sale of the Lake Monsters mean for Vermont baseball? (Encore)
- Runtime
- 29:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- July in Vermont means hot dogs and peanuts and Cracker Jacks… and summer baseball. A few summers ago, reporter Liam Elder-Connors joined question-asker Emma Ramirez-Richer in the stands at Centennial Field to share some Dippin’ Dots, root for the Lake Monsters and chat with fans about Emma’s winning question. The team had just been sold the year before and Emma wanted to know:
“What does the sale of the Vermont Lake Monsters mean for the team, and what does minor league baseball mean to Vermonters?”
We’re revisiting that episode this baseball season.
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-07-24/what-did-the-sale-of-the-lake-monsters-mean-for-vermont-baseball) .
This episode was reported by Liam Elder-Connors and prod...
