Vermont Public
Charlie Nardozzi talks 'all things gardening' with Vermont Edition
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- Charlie Nardozzi talks 'all things gardening' with Vermont Edition
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- 12 months ago
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- Gardening consultant extraordinaire Charlie Nardozzi joined Vermont Edition in front of a live audience last week to answer your questions about all things gardening.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-05-16/watch-vermont-editions-annual-spring-gardening-show-with-charlie-nardozzi
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- Preserving Culture
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- 12 months ago
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- Members of Odanak First Nation in Quebec use food to preserve their knowledge, culture and homelands. Plus, Governor Scott signs a bill that keeps education property taxes nearly flat, a state budget proposal includes efforts to soften the blow of possible cuts to federal funding, the Vermont Medical Society sues the Trump Administration, and the state agency of transportation reminds people to buckle up.
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- Sen. Phil Baruth on the state budget, property taxes, and the Trump Administration
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- 12 months ago
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- Sen. Phil Baruth on the state budget, property taxes, and the Trump Administration
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- Forest Management
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- 12 months ago
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- How do we manage forest and the human-need for wood in the face of climate change. Plus, fatal opioid overdoses declined in Vermont last year, flash flooding closed roads and inundated downtowns across Vermont over the weekend, Franklin County Field Days won’t happen this summer, and 11 days after opening, the first truck of the year got stuck in the infamous “Notch.”
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- Is logging as bad for the climate as some people say it is?
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- 12 months ago
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- For the latest episode of Brave Little State, we visited a sawmill in Pittsford to see what logging looks like in the 21st century — and learn how calculating its carbon footprint isn't so straightforward.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-05-08/is-logging-really-as-bad-for-the-climate-as-some-people-say-it-is
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- Vermont prepares for floods in 2025
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- 12 months ago
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- Parts of our region are experiencing a very wet and muddy spring. For some, the rains bring up tough memories of the flooding of recent years. For some towns, the floods of 2023 and 2024 caused immense damage and upended lives. While we all hope 2025 doesn’t make this list, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Here to to talk flood preparedness is the director of Vermont Emergency Management, Eric Forand. His office is working to improve communication with individual towns when a disaster hits. We also talk with volunteer organizers about their plans to help Vermonters weather this years storms. Megan Mathers of Northeast Kingdom Organizing (https://nekorganizing.org/) and the Kingdom United Resilience and Recovery Effort (https://kurrve.org/) , and Jon Copans of the Montpelier Commission for Recovery and Resilience (https://www.montpelierstrong.org/) join us.
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- The Fixer
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- 1 year ago
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- Former Human Services Secretary Mike Smith outlines his plans for looking into the cost effectiveness of programs at the University of Vermont Health Network. Plus, the Trump Administration has terminated a grant for infrastructure projects in Northwestern Vermont. Vermont is dedicating 22 million dollars in federal "Solar for All" funds to affordable housing projects, and state officials are warning people that even with a wet spring, brush fires can get out of control.
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- Foundation formula
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- 1 year ago
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- A massive education reform bill advanced out of a key tax-writing Senate committee Thursday and is poised to receive a floor vote early next week.
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- Vermont cannabis businesses struggling in crowded market
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- 1 year ago
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- More than two years after Vermont legalized adult-use cannabis, growers and business owners are struggling to compete in an increasingly-crowded market, Seven Days reported this week.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-05-16/state-budget-agreement-education-reform-cannabis-market-improvements
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- Vermont lawmakers advance education reform bill
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- 1 year ago
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- A massive education reform bill advanced out of a key tax-writing Senate committee Thursday and is poised to receive a floor vote early next week. Lawmakers who voted against the bill said it would be “devastating” to public education and argued it had been developed in a “slipshod manner.”
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-05-16/state-budget-agreement-education-reform-cannabis-market-improvements
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- As federal cuts loom, the Vermont Legislature budgets for an uncertain future
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- 1 year ago
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- With federal cuts on the horizon, Democratic lawmakers agree on a state budget that reserves more than $100 million in anticipated revenue surpluses. Plus, as education reform efforts continue at the statehouse, rural families question if their voices will be heard. And regulators look for ways to improve Vermont’s cannabis market.
This week's panel:
Mark Johnson - Moderator, WCAX
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Alison Novak - Seven Days
Sasha Goldstein - Seven Days
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- Get in the garden with Vermont's Charlie Nardozzi | Vermont Edition
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- 1 year ago
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- Time to get the shovels out and fire up the hose for Vermont Edition's annual spring gardening show! Charlie Nardozzi – gardening consultant extraordinaire, speaker, and host of All Things Gardening— joined Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak in front of a live audience from Vermont Public's Stetson Studio to answer questions on moldy soil, berry bushes, new flower varieties and more
https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-05-16/watch-vermont-editions-annual-spring-gardening-show-with-charlie-nardozzi
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- Vermont band The Wormdogs share their Tiny Desk Contest submission
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- 1 year ago
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- The Wormdogs, a five-piece Americana bluegrass-rock band, performed an original tune, "Bobo's Dream," for NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-05-16/vermont-musicians-fawn-wormdogs-tiny-desk-contest-videos-songs
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- Fawn and the Wormdogs
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- 1 year ago
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- We finish our series showcasing Vermont musicians who entered this year’s NPR Tiny Desk contest with Fawn and the Wormdogs. Plus a federal judge orders the release of a Vermont farmworker who was detained last month, state lawmakers pass a bill to make it easier for undocumented parents to make sure their children end up with trusted guardians if they’re detained or deported and commencement ceremonies for the University of Vermont will be held this Sunday.
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- The Wormdogs perform "Bobo's Dream" and "Tried and True" at Vermont Public
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- 1 year ago
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- Thousands of musicians from across the country have been waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. This week, NPR announced the winner of the annual Tiny Desk Contest, which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
Nearly 40 artists from Vermont submitted entries this year, and we’ve chosen a few to share with you.
The Wormdogs is a five-piece Americana bluegrass-rock band from Burlington. They performed an original tune, "Bobo's Dream," for the Tiny Desk Contest. They set up at Vermont Public's Colchester office to play their Tiny Desk Contest entry as well as their song "Tried and True."
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- Is logging bad for the climate?
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont’s logging industry has changed a lot over the last several decades. But one thing remains true: We just can’t agree about how to manage our forests in the face of climate change.
This raises a lot of questions about how Vermont should manage its forests — and it has led to heated debates around the state.
For photos from the episode, check out the web version of this story (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-05-08/is-logging-really-as-bad-for-the-climate-as-some-people-say-it-is) .
This episode was reported by Abagael Giles. Editing and production from the BLS team: That’s Sabine Poux, Burgess Brown and Josh Crane. Our intern is Catherine Morrissey. Digital support from Zoe McDonald. Angela Evancie is our Executive Producer. Theme music by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Special thanks to Katharine Servidio.
As always, our journali...
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- Find Vermont's first mass timber project at The Fairbanks Museum
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- 1 year ago
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- The Fairbanks Museum is home to Vermont's first mass timber project. Mass timber, which is made from wood scraps and glue, helps trap carbon in large beams and keeps it out of the atmosphere for decades to come. But it isn't an end-all solution.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-05-08/is-logging-really-as-bad-for-the-climate-as-some-people-say-it-is
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- Cleaning costs
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- 1 year ago
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- A huge rebuild may be needed at Hartford’s high school due to PCB contamination, and we hear more from Vermont-based musicians who submitted entries to this year’s NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert contest. Plus, Rutland teachers reach an agreement with school board members to avert a strike, the $9 Billion state budget sent to Gov. Scott includes $100 Million in reserves to deal with potential loss of federal revenue from congressional cuts, all Vermont Rite Aid pharmaceutical stores will close as the chain goes through bankruptcy, and an annual 5K race in Montpelier being run today is expected to cause traffic delays.
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- Vermont musicians Judi Emanuel and Bredda Mike share their Tiny Desk Contest submission
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont musicians Judi Emanuel and Bredda Mike — a mother and son who often perform together in their intergenerational Jamaican family band, Caribbean Rain — each submitted entries to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest this year.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-05-14/vermont-musicians-rik-palieri-judi-emanuel-bredda-mike-tiny-desk-contest
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- Three new art and culture offerings in our region
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- 1 year ago
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- Three new art and culture offerings in our region
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- How do you pronounce Pawlet, Vermont?
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- 1 year ago
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- It’s PAW-lit, Paulette!
The latest stop on our Vermont town pronunciation tour took us to Pawlet in Rutland County.
Where should we go next?
Thanks to John Malcolm, Elizabeth Gibson, Lenny Gibson, Susan LaPorte, Sam Mosheim, Deb Hawkins, Julie Mach and everyone else we spoke to in Pawlet.
📽️ Filming & editing by David Littlefield and Kaylee Mumford
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- Primary need
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- 1 year ago
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- Why Vermont is in dire need of a new residency program to train primary care doctors, and we hear from two more Vermont-based musicians who competed to win this year’s NPR’s Tiny Desk contest. Plus, Sen. Welch urges president Trump to take an active roll in getting Republicans to support a bill lowering the cost of prescription drugs, Gov. Scott issues an executive order pausing electric vehicle sales requirements, Morrisville residents rally to keep the birthing center at Copley Hospital open while officials consider closing it as a cost-saving measure, and Vermont lawmakers renew a bill approving to-go alcohol purchases.
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- Bredda Mike and Judi Emanuel perform "When's it Gonna Stop?' and 'Growing Up" at Vermont Public
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- 1 year ago
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- Thousands of musicians from across the country have been waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. This week, NPR announced the winner of the annual Tiny Desk Contest, which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
Nearly 40 artists from Vermont submitted entries this year, and we’ve chosen a few to share with you.
Mother and son Judi Emanuel Dyke and Michael "Bredda Mike" Dyke live in Shelburne, Vermont, and are originally from Jamaica.
For this contest, they submitted separate entries; however, they often play together in their intergenerational Jamaican family band, Caribbean Rain.
Judi Emanuel and Bredda Mike joined forces at Vermont Public's own tiny — and meticulously decorated — desk to help each other perform their respective entries for the contest. Judi Emanuel's song is titled ...
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- Vermont Supreme Court Justice Karen Carroll and lawyer Andrew Cliburn
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont’s only law school is the heart of South Royalton. Many residents wonder if the school will stay there, or if it’ll leave town.
Today on Vermont Edition, we share a recent episode of Brave Little State. It digs into this listener question about Vermont Law and Graduate School: “Do South Royalton and the surrounding towns actually have to worry about the Vermont law school leaving, or is it just a recurring rumor?” Produce Sabine Poux learns about the law school’s footprint in that part of the state.
Plus, a live discussion with Vermont Supreme Court Justice Karen Carroll and lawyer Andrew Cliburn on how the law school shaped their careers.
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- The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #6: Tremendous Journey
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- 1 year ago
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- “There is a lot of change from the beginning up to now, and we are still learning every day.”
The experience of resettling in Brattleboro has changed not only the Afghan women who had to rebuild their lives, but also the people and the town that helped them do it. There are many challenges—a housing shortage, the loss of federal funding that supports refugee programs, pockets of resentment among local residents. But in the words of one longtime Brattleboro citizen, the town has learned a lot “about resiliency, support, and what really matters.”
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro was produced by Two Daughters Productions with support from Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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- The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #5: Home Lives
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- 1 year ago
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- “My daughters will be raised in America, so their lives will be different from mine.”
Some Afghan women in Brattleboro left their country because their husbands had jobs connected to the Afghan military or to the U.S. government evacuation in 2021, which put them in danger. Coming from traditional families, these women focus on the same things in Brattleboro as they did at home: raising their children, practicing their faith, and preserving their culture. But they’re also doing new things, like learning how to drive.
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro was produced by Two Daughters Productions with support from Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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- The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #4: Like a Stone
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- 1 year ago
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- “Many of us who are here in Brattleboro ... we had a good life in Afghanistan.”
Afghan women in their 40s and 50s grew up surrounded by war. They went to school off and on, depending on how much violence was happening in their neighborhoods. They raised children. Many built careers. But those careers put them in danger when the Taliban returned in 2021. Today these women face the double burden of supporting themselves and their families in Brattleboro and also their families back home.
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro was produced by Two Daughters Productions with support from Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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- The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #3: Another Page
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- 1 year ago
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- “I grew up with all these stories, all this history. How can I accept in one night, everything is changed?”
Many young women who came of age during Afghanistan’s 20 years of democracy went to high school and university and were charting their futures when the Taliban took power. Their lives were in danger so they fled. In Afghanistan, they had been academic powerhouses, artists, educators, rising business managers. In Brattleboro, they started over.
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro was produced by Two Daughters Productions with support from Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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- The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #2: Arrival
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- 1 year ago
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- “Is any place in the United States of America called Vermont?”
As Afghan women left their country and embarked on a journey halfway around the world, they mourned their losses: family, homes, careers, comfort. They mourned their loss of Afghanistan. They landed in Vermont, a place they’d never heard of before. A brand new resettlement agency and a cadre of volunteers were waiting for them.
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro was produced by Two Daughters Productions with support from Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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- The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #1: One Backpack
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- 1 year ago
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- “The day the Taliban took control of our country, how much we cried no one can imagine.”
When the fundamentalist Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghan citizens were shocked and terrified. They fled the country for different reasons: their education, jobs, or activism put them in danger; they were connected to the Afghan military or a western government; or all of the above. The U.S. evacuated close to 80,000 Afghans. Some were destined for Brattleboro, Vermont.
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro was produced by Two Daughters Productions with support from Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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- Hokum and Pearce
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- 1 year ago
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- We continue our series showcasing Vermont musicians who entered this year’s NPR Tiny Desk contest with the Hokum Brothers and Wes Pearce. Plus, the Trump administration terminates a federal grant aimed at helping low income and aging Vermonters better utilize the state’s high speed broadband network, federal grants have also been scrapped for Vermont arts and culture organizations, several Vermont political leaders visit Quebec to offer apologies for the actions taken by president Trump, and the Granite State’s legal community reacts to the death of former Supreme Court justice and New Hampshire Attorney General David Souter.
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- The local impacts of national arts funding cuts; Trump administration sues Vermont
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- 1 year ago
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- First, Leading arts organizations in Vermont are reeling, after finding out they’ve lost grant funding from the federal government. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Flynn Center, and Northern Stage are just a few of the local groups that face significant cuts. The head of the Vermont Arts Council, Susan Evans McClure, explains the role of federal funding in Vermont’s cultural landscape.
Then, The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Vermont and three other states for legislation that allows them to sue oil companies for damage caused by climate change over the last 30 years. Vermont was the first in the state to pass such a law, called the Climate Action Superfund. Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Law Center, tells us about this lawsuit and the two other lawsuits coming from outside of the state and how they may play out. Independent State Rep. Anne Donahue tells us why she thinks Vermont's law shou...
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- Sarah Bell performs "Oldest Trick in the Book" at Vermont Public
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- 1 year ago
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- Thousands of musicians from across the country are waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. That’s because NPR is currently judging entries for the annual “Tiny Desk Contest,” which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
Nearly 40 artists from Vermont submitted entries this year, and we’ve chosen a few to share with you in the lead-up to NPR announcing a winner.
Sarah Bell is a mom and folk singer/songwriter, based in Worcester, Vermont. Bell's original compositions blend blues and folk with lyrics leaning into empowerment. When Sarah isn't making music, she has a healing studio in Montpelier and studies Reiki and other restorative practices.
See more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-05-12/vermont-musicians-sarah-bell-miles-of-fire-share-npr-tiny-desk-contest-submissions
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- Vermont musician Sarah Bell shares her NPR Tiny Desk Contest submission
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- 1 year ago
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- Just when you thought the #tinydesk couldn’t get any tinier 🎶
Sarah Bell is one of nearly 40 Vermont artists who entered NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest this year. The annual competition provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record with NPR Music — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
A few of those artists sat down with us at Vermont Public to share their original music.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-05-12/vermont-musicians-sarah-bell-miles-of-fire-share-npr-tiny-desk-contest-submissions
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- Fire and Bell
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- 1 year ago
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- We hear from Vermont-based musician Sarah Bell and the band Miles of Fire as they compete to be winners of NPR’s annual Tiny Desk Concert. Plus, the Trump administration sues Vermont and three other states over their climate superfund laws, the state gets some good news regarding the safety of its milk supply from bird flu virus, a funding boost should help more low-income Vermonters connect freely to the state’s high speed fiber broadband network, Quebec sees near record population growth mostly due to a recent influx of immigrants, and the Notch road between Stowe and Cambridge has been reopened after its annual winter closure.
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- Vermont lawmakers buy down property tax rate with $118 million in one-time money
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk this week that relies on $118 million in one-time surplus money to keep education property taxes nearly flat.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-05-09/in-review-property-tax-increase-tax-credit-package-burlingtons-budget-worries
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- Capitol Recap: Houses in motion
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- 1 year ago
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- Lawmakers in Montpelier scramble to finish a bill aimed at alleviating Vermont’s housing crisis.
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- Construction on Burlington's Main Street hurting local businesses
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- 1 year ago
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- As Seven Days' Courtney Lamdin reported last month, the years-long construction project on Burlington's Main Street is hurting local businesses.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-05-09/in-review-property-tax-increase-tax-credit-package-burlingtons-budget-worries
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- Should Vermont use $118 million in one-time surplus funds to buy-down property tax rates this year?
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- 1 year ago
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- Lawmakers hold property tax increases to 1%, after a nearly $120 million infusion of one-time surplus funds. Plus, the Vermont House advances a tax credit package that includes long sought exemptions for military pensions. And Burlington wrestles with a budget deficit and difficult financial decisions.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Courtney Lamdin - Seven Days
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- Federal judge in Vermont orders release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk
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- 1 year ago
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- A federal judge in Vermont ordered immigration officials Friday to release Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk immediately from a Louisiana detention center where she’s been held for six weeks.
Judge William Sessions made his order from the bench, saying he found serious claims of “of both due process and First Amendment violations” in her arrest in Somerville in March.
He said her worsening asthma condition was a consideration of her release, and her need to continue her doctorate studies. He also said the government’s only evidence presented over the past three weeks was an opinion piece Öztürk wrote criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza.
“There is no evidence here,” Sessions said, other than the op-ed.
Read the story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-05-09/federal-judge-in-vermont-orders-release-of-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-citing-no-evidence-of-crime
Video by Catherine Hurley.
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- Tea change
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- 1 year ago
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- Speaking with the designer of a highly reviewed video game called Wanderstop that infuses parts of Vermont’s largest city into the action. Plus, a legal defense fund is created to help non-citizen Vermonters targeted by federal immigration officials, lawmakers in Montpelier float a bill to keep education property taxes nearly flat by relying on $118 Million in surplus funding, the winners of the 2024 Vermont Book Awards have been announced, we’ll preview events happening in Castleton this weekend to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Green Mountain Boys’ defeat of the British at Fort Ticonderoga, and discuss why the favored defending NBA champion Boston Celtics find themselves in a two games to none playoff hole against the New York Knicks in our weekly sports report.
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- Why do Vermont dairies rely on migrant farmworkers? The state's agriculture secretary explains
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- 1 year ago
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- "The reason that we rely on a migrant workforce is because there is not enough local help," Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts told Vermont Public this week.
Read the interview: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-05-08/vermont-agriculture-secretary-dairy-farmers-concerned-migrant-farmworker-arrests
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- The Arts That Shape Us
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- 1 year ago
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- We’re excited to present a new podcast created by the nonprofit Vermont Folklife (https://www.vtfolklife.org/) . It’s called The Arts That Shape Us. It’s devoted to exploring the state’s cultural heritage and what different local artforms say about the past and present of Vermont. This podcast is one of ten projects funded by Vermont Public’s Made Here Fund, created to support Vermont media makers. Vermont Folklife’s Director of Education and Media, Mary Wesley, hosts the show.
In this first installment, she takes us to Barre. As Mary explains, the city had a booming granite industry, and this industrial tradition birthed an artistic one.
Then, we meet a Tibetan musician and dancer who has infused his cultural heritage into Vermont's.
Broadcast live on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
Have questions, comments or tips? Send us a message (https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/v...
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- Dairy case
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- 1 year ago
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- A conversation with Vermont’s Agriculture Secretary about the federal government’s crackdown on immigration and the effect it may have on the future of the state’s dairy industry. Plus, three migrant workers arrested at Vermont’s largest dairy farm have been deported to Mexico, a bill giving the Governor more decision power over whether local or state police can enter into federal immigration enforcement pacts gets initial House approval, House lawmakers give final approval to a bill laying groundwork for a new state office to help immigrants, and Vermont will get more than $20 Million as part of a national tobacco settlement dating back to the 1990’s.
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- How do public media funding cuts threaten press freedom?
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont Public CEO Vijay Singh says efforts to cut public media funding are a threat to the freedom of the press.
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- Vermont Public's CEO Vijay Singh on federal funding, plus a new book on Quebec's Eastern Townships
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- 1 year ago
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- There’s an effort underway by the Trump administration to defund public media in America. Vermont Public's CEO Vijay Singh will answer listener questions along with our own to get a clearer view of public media’s mission, its message, and future if financial support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is eliminated.
Plus, Quebec's Eastern Townships may be overshadowed by the glamour associated with the city of Montreal, but the editors of a new book called "Quebec's Eastern Townships and the World" argue the collection of towns just north of the border have their own historical and cultural footprint that reaches far beyond the province.
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- Message of hope
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- 1 year ago
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- In his first interview with local media since being released from prison, Moshen Mahdawi speaks about his detention by immigration authorities and the message of hope he’s trying to send now. Plus, House lawmakers in Montpelier advance a bill including an income tax exemption on military pensions, Vermont joins a lawsuit trying to block Trump administration cuts to federal Health and Human service programs, a minister at St. Michael’s College discusses the conclave to choose a new pope, and a Real ID requirement starts today for Americans and permanent residents to pass through airport security.
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- Vermont history inspires two new works of fiction
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont author Bailey Seybolt used marvel at the beauty of one old Burlington building. Her research unearthed a dark history. Seybolt sits down with Mitch Wertlieb to discuss her true-crime novel, Coram House, and the notorious real-life abuses at St. Joseph's Orphanage it's based on.
Then; the story of Vermont's founders like Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold has been told ad nauseum. But Vermont State Representative Conor Casey found something inherently funny about these men and their relationship. So, he wrote a satirical take on the events surrounding Vermont's early history, provocatively titled Founding F***ers: The Story of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold. It began it's weeks long run at The Greater Boston Stage Company (https://www.greaterbostonstage.org/shows-tickets/mainstage/founding-fers-effers/) earlier this week and runs until May 18th. Casey sits down with Mitch to talk about why he finds Vermont's founders so funny and how the stage play came together.
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- Bliss Out
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- 1 year ago
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- Longtime New Yorker cartoonist and New Hampshire resident Harry Bliss talks about his new graphic memoir. Plus, Many of Vermont’s federally qualified health centers face dire financial straits, state police close an investigation in a May 2024 murder-suicide, Stowe gets a new police chief, and rabies vaccine drops start this week.
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- Urban and rural Vermont communities face a primary care shortage
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- 1 year ago
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- Urban and rural Vermont communities face a primary care shortage
