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Arrests of two university students sparks debate over ICE detainments in Vermont; plus poet Geof ...
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- Arrests of two university students sparks debate over ICE detainments in Vermont; plus poet Geof ...
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont is at the epicenter of two high-profile arrests by federal immigration officers. Both involve pro-Palestinian university students, Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, and Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk.
Our reporters covering these detentions, Sabine Poux and Lexi Krupp share the latest updates. The cases shine a light on changing federal immigration practices, and Vermont's role in them. We also hear from immigration attorney Brett Stokes and state senator Becca White. who represents Mahdawi's district and was present when he was detained.
Plus: For our National Poetry Month series, poet Geof Hewitt tells us about building a daily writing practice.
Broadcast live on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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- 'It's just not sustainable'
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- 1 year ago
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- In the latest installment of our recurring series on class, we meet Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer who talks about the increasing pressures of maintaining a middle class life in Vermont. Plus, Rep. Becca Balint pens a letter to Trump administration officials asking them to justify the recent arrest of a Vermont citizen, the Communications Director of Vermont’s teacher’s union says the state’s Education Secretary should have been more forceful in resisting the Trump administration’s threats over DEI programs, an elementary school in the Champlain Islands will close following a school district board vote, and Vermont’s Commission on Native American Affairs is publishing a school curriculum on Abenaki history.
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- Made Here Film Festival showcases local filmmakers
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- 1 year ago
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- Made Here Film Festival showcases local filmmakers
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- A different class
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- 1 year ago
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- In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet Tom Burdick and hear about the challenges of breaking into higher education, and raising children in a different class from the one he grew up in. Plus,Canada has introduced a relief period for businesses from its counter-tariffs on some U.S. imports. A protest is scheduled tonight in St. Albans in support of a permanent resident living in White River Junction who was arrested and detained Monday when he arrived in Colchester for a citizenship interview. And, a jury is being selected this week in the upcoming trial of a Vermont man accused of killing a transgender woman in 2022.
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- 3 tips for weathering the current financial upheaval and trade wars
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- 1 year ago
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- A Montreal economist, Burlington financial advisor and Waitsfield money mindset coach share their best advice for this uncertain economic time.
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- How do you pronounce Athens, Vermont?
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- 1 year ago
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- Athens isn’t just the capital of Greece! Welcome to Athens, Vermont.
Brave Little State's town pronunciation tour continues at a roundtable of residents who set the record straight. Where should we visit next?
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- 'It's where you put your priorities'
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- 1 year ago
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- In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet…Kathy Quimby Johnson, who grew up in East Peacham Vermont in the 60s and 70s, when it was mostly farmers and summer people. Plus, Vermont’s tourism industry is seeing mounting evidence that Canadian visitors are canceling travel to the United States.Quebec's government is reconsidering whether to support large national energy projects, in light of President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs and threaten Canadian sovereignty. And a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security faces a major workforce reduction in the coming weeks.
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- Upper Valley resident detained at citizenship interview in Colchester
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- 1 year ago
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- Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent U.S. resident living in White River Junction, was arrested Monday when he arrived for a citizenship interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Colchester, according to court filings. Video courtesy Christopher Helali.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-14/upper-valley-resident-detained-at-citizenship-interview-in-colchester
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- Vt.'s Secretary of State and two superintendents on the real-world effects of federal cuts
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- 1 year ago
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- Today on Vermont Edition, Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas. We’ll discuss the SAVE Act, which she opposes, and get her take on Vermont’s election integrity in the face of cuts to the federal office that handles election security infrastructure.
Then, we'll be joined by the superintendents of two school districts, one from central Vermont and the other in the Northeast Kingdom. We’ll hear how their school budgets are shaping up and how they're preparing for education changes from Washington.
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- ACLU lawyer calls Rümeysa Öztürk's overnight detention in Vermont 'extraordinarily unusual'
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- 1 year ago
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- Speaking outside the federal courthouse in Burlington, Vermont, ALCU of Massachusetts Legal Director Jessie Rossman said it was “extraordinarily unusual” for immigration authorities to bring Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont and hold her overnight at an ICE facility in the state.
Öztürk was picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents near her home in Massachusetts last month and was transported to Vermont. She is now being held at a Louisiana detention center.
Read the story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-14/federal-judge-suggests-tufts-student-detained-by-ice-should-return-to-vermont-for-hearing
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- Come shop for gardening supplies with us 🌱
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont Public's new 10-week newsletter course, Sprouted, will guide you through the process of taking seeds from little hard-shelled harbingers of life to prolific, healthy plants. And, it’ll help you through the process of creating an outdoor garden space where your seedlings can thrive.
Sprouted will show up in your inbox weekly with all the methods and tips you’ll need to get started on your garden journey.
Subscribe: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-11/learn-start-seeds-create-garden-newsletter-sprouted
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- Regular Joe
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- 1 year ago
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- In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet a filmmaker from Richford who discusses the challenges of attending college among more affluent peers. Plus, a federal judge halts a Trump administration order that would have deported two Vermont high school students from Nicaragua, some Vermont lawmakers consider adding citizenship and immigration status to the state’s fair housing law, a bill that would review how Vermont recognizes groups as Native American tribes is introduced at the Statehouse, and invasive zebra mussels are discovered on the American side of Lake Memphremagog.
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- Capitol Recap: House education reform
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- 1 year ago
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- Capitol Recap: House education reform
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- Detainment by immigration authorities on the rise in Vermont
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- 1 year ago
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- VTDigger reporter Ethan Weinstein says people detained by immigration authorities in Vermont have encountered language barriers that limit their ability to access phone systems and medical services.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-04-11/education-and-tax-negotiations-pushback-on-dei-compliance-juvenile-detention
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- Why did Vermont's education leaders push back on federal DEI compliance?
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- 1 year ago
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- House Democrats and the Scott administration attempt to reach a compromise on education and property tax reform. Plus, Vermont’s Education Secretary reverses course on DEI compliance. And a look at who’s helping design Vermont’s new juvenile detention center.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Ethan Weinstein - VTDigger
Sasha Goldstein - Seven Days
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- Legal stay
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- 1 year ago
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- Investigating whether there’s any truth to rumors that Vermont’s only law school might be moving from its home in South Royalton. Plus, two Nicaraguan students at CVU High School face deportation, a psychiatric unit for teenagers opens at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, tariffs have begun to affect Vermont’s business relationship with Canada, and we explore the early days of the new baseball season as well as the wrap-up of hockey’s regular season in our weekly sports report.
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- Spring bird show: the Bird Diva's favorite migratory species
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- 1 year ago
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- Spring bird show: the Bird Diva's favorite migratory species
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- Toilet humor
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- 1 year ago
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- We preview the Paramount Theatre’s staging of the Tony Award winning musical Urinetown. Plus, Vermont communities lose FEMA funding for a hazard mitigation program canceled by the Trump administration, an executive order signed by the president condemns the Vermont Climate Superfund Act created to allow the state to seek damages from major oil companies, Vermont State Police investigate calls made to multiple schools with false reports of shooting incidents, and a Vermont lawmaker says he’s got an alternative and more cost-effective plan for restoring the Bennington Battle Monument.
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- Layoffs at Health and Human Services, and Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone
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- 1 year ago
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- Today on Vermont Edition, we'll explore the massive changes underway at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A program known as LIHEAP offsets utility bills for more than 6 million Americans. Vermont Public reporter Abagael Giles tells us about the future of the program. We’ll also talk with a Head Start supervisor in Windham Southeast school district, and the head of an agency that feeds hundreds of low-income, older Vermonters.
Plus: Vermont’s poet laureate, Bianca Stone helps us celebrate National Poetry Month.
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- Pedal push
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- 1 year ago
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- The effort to get more people biking as a chief mode of transportation in Chittenden County. Plus, Vermont’s Education Secretary reverses course on a Trump administration directive to ban DEI programs for schools that get Title 1 federal funds, a Planned Parenthood center in St. Johnsbury will close in June, Ripton elementary school will shut down next year following a failed bid to recruit more students, the Vermont Humanities council says it will have to reduce programming after federal support was cut by the Trump administration, and the deadline for Real I-D-compliant identification needed for domestic air travel is less than a month away.
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- Bike commuters face an uphill battle in Vermont
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- 1 year ago
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- For some Vermonters, biking is simply a fun form of recreation or exercise. But for others, it’s how they get to work or school.
Bike advocates across the region are trying to make commuting by bike more accessible and safe for Vermonters. Joining us is Jonathon Weber of Local Motion (https://www.localmotion.org/) , Hanif Nazerli of the Capital City Corridor bike share project, and Darren Ohl of the Vermont Bicycle Shop in Barre discussed road safety, to discuss bike infrastructure development, and access to good bikes and gear.
Broadcast live on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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- How do you pronounce Adamant, Vermont?
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- 1 year ago
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- Which town should Brave Little State visit next?
Listen to the show: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state
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- Vermont needs more tradespeople. Is Gen Z the solution?
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- 1 year ago
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- Programs for careers like welding, construction, and automotive tech are in hot demand. The Central Vermont Career Center, a career technical school in Barre, has more applicants than they have space to admit. A recent report by Vermont Public (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-03-31/declining-enrollment-not-vermonts-tech-centers-waitlists-mile-long) found that enrollment is up statewide at most of Vermont’s 17 career and technical education centers. It’s a national trend, and it’s earned Gen Z the nickname “The Toolbelt Generation.”
We talk with CVCC's director Jody Emerson and Nick Cantrick, a construction technology instructor at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury, about their students' career opportunities.
We also discuss current labor needs in Vermont with Richard Wobby, Executive Vice President at the Associated General Contractors of Vermont, and Kendal Smith, Deputy Commissioner at the Vermont Department of Labor.
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- New tariffs could cost Vermonters an estimated $1 billion a year
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- 1 year ago
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- New tariffs could cost Vermonters an estimated $1 billion a year, according to state officials. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week:
https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-04-04/state-budget-health-care-assessment-alcohol
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- ⚠️ Salamanders crossing ⚠️
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- 1 year ago
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- Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-04-04/state-budget-health-care-assessment-alcohol
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- Striking a balance
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- 1 year ago
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- State regulators have approved a new 12-bed adolescent psychiatric unit at a Bennington hospital, despite opposition from the only other adolescent psychiatric facility in the state. Plus, Vermont schools could be on the hook for millions of dollars in unreimbursed pandemic recovery projects, federal funding cuts are expected to limit vaccine access for underserved Vermont communities, state officials are collecting feedback for the next Vermont Climate Action Plan, and the EPA has tapped New England’s new regional administrator.
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- From every corner of Vermont, thousands protest Trump
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- 1 year ago
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- From the Barton village square to the South Royalton green, the sidewalks of downtown Brattleboro to the brick walkway of Church Street in Burlington, thousands of Vermonters rallied Saturday afternoon in opposition to President Donald Trump and his policies.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-05/from-every-corner-of-vermont-thousands-protest-trump
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- Capitol Recap: Funding flux
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- 1 year ago
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- State lawmakers are facing potential federal spending cuts from the Trump administration that may create challenges for Vermont’s budget, just as newly announced tariffs risk shrinking the state’s economy.
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- 2025 Made Here Film Festival | Burlington, Vermont | April 24-27, 2025 at Burlington Beer Company
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- 1 year ago
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- The fifth annual spring Made Here Film Festival (MHFF) is New England’s only competitive festival devoted entirely to films made by New England filmmakers and our neighbor, Québec. A co-production of VTIFF and Vermont Public.
Visit https://www.madeherefilmfestival.org/ for info
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- How is Vermont preparing for potential federal funding losses?
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- 1 year ago
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- House lawmakers have given final approval to a state budget that relies on hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding that might evaporate by summer. Plus, Vermont's top health care regulator says, "we're at a breaking point". And a report out from Seven Days says Vermont needs to confront a drinking problem.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Colin Flanders - Seven Days
Mikaela Lefrak - Vermont Public
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- The write stuff
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- 1 year ago
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- Speaking with the high school junior who won Sen. Bernie Sanders’ annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students. Plus, Vermont’s treasurer says newly imposed tariffs by the Trump administration could hurt state consumers and local businesses that rely on world exports, the head lawyer for the Vermont Legislature criticizes Gov. Scott for what he calls an unconstitutional power grab, U.S. Sen. Welch reintroduces a bill to permanently expand telehealth services covered by Medicare, the state champion of Vermont’s Poetry Out Loud competition prepares to compete for the national title, we review the start to the new MLB season in our weekly sports report, and bid a reluctant farewell to a Vermont Public teammate.
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- What’s next for Vermont’s only law school?
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- 1 year ago
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- South Royalton has something that no other Vermont town does: a law school. But for a long time, there’s been one rumor the town and the school can’t seem to shake — that Vermont Law & Graduate School is on the verge of upping sticks for Burlington.
Question-asker Tess Mix, of neighboring Tunbridge, has been hearing this rumor her whole life. She wants to know, is it true? And how reliant is the community on the law school, anyway?
For more photos and an episode transcript, head to our website (http://bravelittlestate.org) .
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This episode was reported by Sabine Poux. It was edited and produced by Josh Crane and Burgess Brown. Our intern is Catherine Morrissey. Angela Eva...
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- The latest on Vermont sports and food
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- 1 year ago
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- WCAX sports director Jack Fitzsimmons and Seven Days food writer Jordan Barry share recent exciting stories from their beats.
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- Countering anxiety, one goat snuggle at at time
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- 1 year ago
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- There’s a lot going on these days, and studies suggest staying plugged into all of it is partially why more and more Americans are reporting increased anxiety. But what if your arms were wrapped around a fuzzy goat instead of your scrolling device of choice?
Research consistently affirms that interacting with animals can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and abate loneliness.
Vermont Public’s Jenn Jarecki visited New Village Farm in Shelburne to learn about their goat snuggling program. She spoke with executive director Maggie Joseph, longtime volunteer Logan Selkirk and farm owner Michaela Ryan.
Listen to the interview: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-03-28/countering-anxiety-and-disconnection-one-goat-snuggle-at-a-time
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- Stowe style
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- 1 year ago
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- In an excerpt from Brave Little State, we dig into the origins of the widespread, stylized Stowe logo. Plus, the final state budget approved by House lawmakers could be jeopardized by potential federal funding cuts it relies on, the state’s emergency motel voucher program has begun imposing its off-winter limits on length of stays for some homeless Vermonters, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools may join a national lawsuit against a software provider following a data breach that compromised personal information of students and school faculty, and the Vermont senate gives the green light to let freestanding birth centers offer their services.
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- Vermont’s amphibians are amped up for their Big Night
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- 1 year ago
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- As the soil thaws, rain falls, and warmer spring days fill up the forecast, the little critters that live in our region are on the move. It is the amphibian migration season and frogs and salamanders have places to be.
We talk with herpetologist Jim Andrews of Salisbury who tells us about so-called Big Nights, when humans help salamanders, frogs, and toads cross roads without getting flattened by tires. And he suggests ways to support these species during their migration season, and how to report your own sightings of these travelling amphibians.
Broadcast live on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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- How do you pronounce Calais, Vermont?
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- 1 year ago
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- POV: You have no idea how to pronounce the Vermont town name Calais so you decide to visit the Maple Corner Store and ask the locals themselves how it’s done.
ca-LAY? CA-liss? cal-HUH?
Listen to Brave Little State: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state
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- Vermont's health care system is 'at a breaking point,' its top regulator says
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- 1 year ago
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- Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, joined Vermont Edition this afternoon to discuss the state of Vermont’s health care system.
Listen or read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-04-01/we-are-in-a-crisis-situation-vermonts-top-health-care-regulator-says
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- Watch care
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- 1 year ago
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- Highlighting streaming video services designed specifically to help people suffering from dementia and those who care for them. Plus, House lawmakers approve legislation shielding personal Internet information for some state and public officials, the head of the Green Mountain Care Board says the state’s health care system is near a breaking point, a probe by the Agency of Education concludes a private school in southern Vermont that serves autistic students has failed to properly educate them, the author of a UVM study says large dead trees along stream banks should be protected for the significant amounts of carbon they store, and a home in Vergennes for older Vermonters welcomes its first residents since expanding its living space.
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- Vermont's top health regulator says 'We are in a crisis situation'
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- 1 year ago
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- Many Vermonters are frustrated and worried about the high cost of healthcare in the state. One of the main organizations trying to figure out what to do about it is Green Mountain Care Board. It controls the rate of health care costs in the state.
Green Mountain Care Board president Owen Foster joins us to talk about the rising costs of health insurance premiums, and the financial challenges facing rural hospitals.
Then, Some Vermont-based employers are trying to diversify their hiring pool. But it can be tough to get BIPOC hires to move to a majority white state. We’ll hear about a program that helps people of color feel less alone when they move here for work.
Broadcast live on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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- Sweet Ones: The show with sweet questions and even sweeter maple syrup
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- 1 year ago
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- Sweet Ones. It’s the show with sweet questions and even sweeter maple syrup 🥞🍁🧇
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- Tax man
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont’s new tax commissioner explains his approach to the job and how federal action could impact the Green Mountain State. Plus, Vermont’s attorney general says the president’s voter registration plan would limit access to the polls, New England-based lawyers feel the heat from the U.S. Department of Justice as they challenge the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies, drivers are urged to watch out for amphibians crossing roads during their annual spring migration, Waking Windows announces this year’s lineup, and today is the last day for a ban on winter manure spreading.
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- Where do our tax dollars actually go?
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- 1 year ago
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- When we file our taxes, we all have a guess as to where our money’s going. Education, infrastructure, the military, foreign aid. But for most of us, it’s just that – a guess.
We break down where exactly our tax dollars go, both at the state and federal level. Vermont’s new tax commissioner Bill Shouldice explains where the state’s pot of tax dollars comes from, and where it gets allocated He also breaks down how his office estimates property taxes every year.
Then, Chuck Marr helps us understand how it works. He’s steeped in the minutiae of federal tax policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He tells us about the biggest programs our tax dollars fund, like Medicare and Medicaid, and how that could be changing with this new Administration and Congress.
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- Trade wins
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- 1 year ago
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- What’s behind the big enrollment numbers for Vermont’s career and technical centers. Plus, Gov. Scott extends through June emergency motel housing for certain vulnerable households, some state lawmakers are open to increasing state income taxes to offset potential cuts in federal funding, Vermont’s health department will lose up to $7 million in canceled federal grants, contentions linger as the support staff union at Central Vermont Medical Center negotiates its first contract with the hospital, and House lawmakers float a plan to use a portion of Vermont’s opioid settlement to help people struggling with stimulant addiction.
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- Capitol Recap: Hard bargain
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- 1 year ago
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- Capitol Recap: Hard bargain
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- Vermonters are grappling with FEMA's uncertain future
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- 1 year ago
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- At a press conference this week, Gov. Phil Scott said the dismantling of FEMA “would be detrimental to most every state.”
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-03-28/uvmmc-settlement-department-of-health-funding-cuts-education-secretarys-year-in-the-spotlight
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- How will state leaders solve Vermont's education reform conundrum?
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont’s largest hospital has proposed a wide-ranging deal with the Green Mountain Care Board after months of private negotiations. Plus, a request to transfer state land to Waterbury picks up steam in Montpelier. And Vermont’s Education Secretary is now one year into her tenure, we discuss Zoie Saunders’ pivotal role in the state amid big changes to the national education landscape.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lexi Krupp - Vermont Public
Alison Novak - Seven Days
Lisa Scagliotti - Waterbury Roundabout
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- Heart bleat
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- 1 year ago
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- Visiting a Shelburne farm where people can snuggle with goats to help release stress. Plus, after exceeding its budget last year the University of Vermont Medical Center proposes a deal to avoid potential penalties, the former president and CEO of Rutland Regional Medical Center has died, there’s a plan to extend shelters for unhoused families in Williston and Waterbury that were set to close down next week, and Sen. Peter Welch calls on the secretary of defense to resign after sensitive military information was inadvertently shared with a journalist.
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- The therapeutic benefits of snuggling goats
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- 1 year ago
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- A 2023 U.S. Census Bureau report found that nearly 1 in 4 Vermonters said they'd experienced symptoms of anxiety. Studies show that even just petting an animal can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and abate loneliness. Shelburne's New Village Farm invites guests to pet, scratch, hold and snuggle their dog-like herd of Nigerian dwarf, Oberhasli, and French alpine goats.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-03-28/countering-anxiety-and-disconnection-one-goat-snuggle-at-a-time
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- Vermont's outgoing health commissioner 'very concerned' about the future of public health
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- 1 year ago
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- "It's a very challenging time in public health," Dr. Mark Levine told Vermont Edition this week. "The reality is, I'm very concerned."
Watch the full interview: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-03-25/5-years-after-covid-hit-dr-mark-levine-still-feels-good-about-vermonts-response
