Vermont Public
Flooding in Richmond, Vermont
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- Flooding in Richmond, Vermont
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Winooski River floods the Volunteers Green in Richmond Thursday morning. Residents are stuck in their houses along the park’s Esplanade Road. Video by Elodie Reed/Vermont Public.
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- Montpelier businesses still facing challenges one year after the flood
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- 2 years ago
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- Walking around Vermont's capital today, it's hard to believe the city experienced catastrophic floods just a year ago. It’s been estimated that roughly 140 businesses in downtown Montpelier suffered more than $20 million in damages in just a 24-hour period.
In addition, it’s estimated by the Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation that many property owners and a number of larger businesses also suffered enormous building, equipment and inventory losses as a result of the flood. It calculated that the total physical damage to downtown Montpelier businesses is roughly $100 million.
Under the surface of a clean and welcoming downtown business district, the effects of the flood and the lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the economic future of Montpelier into question.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-07-10/montpelier-businesses-still-facing-challenges-one-year-after-the-flood
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- Stories from the spotlight: Surviving the music industry as a woman of color (part two)
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- 2 years ago
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- ***A heads up: This episode contains strong language and unbleeped swearing as well as discussions of sexual abuse***
In part two of “Stories from the spotlight,” we continue our deep dive into the problematic nature of the music industry, the roots of misogyny in hip-hop, and unpack what it takes to stay safe, healthy and true to yourself as a female musician of color.
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- Ask Me Anything: Myra Flynn and Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. (Part 2)
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Homegoings host Myra Flynn and guest Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. interview each other in front of a live audience. Saidu is originally from Sierra Leone but now lives in New York City. He's a poet, an actor and the voice and co-creator of the podcast "Resistance," which shared stories about people who refuse to accept things as they are.
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
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- Ask Me Anything: Myra Flynn and Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. (Part 1)
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Homegoings host Myra Flynn and guest Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. interview each other in front of a live audience. Saidu is originally from Sierra Leone but now lives in New York City. He's a poet, an actor and the voice and co-creator of the podcast "Resistance," which shared stories about people who refuse to accept things as they are.
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
For more from Homegoings:
• Visit https://www.homegoings.co
• Subscribe to the podcast: https://pod.link/1688616856
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#homegoings #vermont #liveevents #MyraFlynn #podcasts
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- What were Vermont’s ‘poor farms’ like?
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- For about a century, a farm operated on a hillside in Hardwick. At one point, it was said to have one of the finest herds of cows in town. But life for those working the farm was less rosy. They were known as “inmates” — though they hadn’t committed crimes. This was Hardwick’s “poor farm.”
Vermont towns used to be required by law to provide welfare locally. That’s where poor farms came in. A listener from Shelburne wants to know if there’s anything we can learn from this approach — in spite of its problems:
“What were Vermont's 'poor farms' like, and could parts of the poor farm model of local aid be adapted for the needs of today?”
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2024-06-20/what-were-vermonts-poor-farms-like) .
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- July highlights on Vermont Public Passport!
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Learn more at https://www.vermontpublic.org/vermont-public-passport
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- Stories from the spotlight: Surviving the music industry as a woman of color (part one)
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- ***A heads up: This episode contains strong language and unbleeped swearing as well as discussions of sexual abuse***
Fame, or the idea of it, is deeply woven into our society. It’s currency — people knowing you, knowing your name, knowing your art — can be priceless for an artist. Something to spend your whole life seeking. But fame also comes at a cost, and for young women of color in the music industry, and those costs have names. They are: financial devastation, mental health challenges, violence and sexual assault. In this two-part episode of Homegoings, we’ll pull back the curtain and hear from three female musicians and an expert about what it means to be ambitious, broke and brown and Black in the music industry.
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- Homegoings: A Live Performance | S2 E5 - Marissa Herrera
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- For the first time ever, Homegoings features a dancer. Marissa Herrera is a chicana indigenous woman from Los Angeles, California. Inspired by the loss of her mom, Rosie Hererra, Marissa dances out her grief in a piece she calls: “One last dance with mom.”
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
After speaking with so many prolific and talented artists, host and musician Myra Flynn and Vermont Public staged another Homegoings: A Live Performance in February of 2024. Now we're sharing these inspiring performances with you in this five-part video series. Recorded live at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont.
For more from Homegoings:
• Visit https://www.homegoings.co
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- Homegoings: A Live Performance | S2 E4 - Ash Diggs
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Ash Diggs is a stand-up comedian who grew up in the south, moved to New York in 2021 but hails from Vermont. Ash has some demons and those demons have names: they’re addiction, depression and sometimes, he sprinkles in a dash of self-sabotage. The problem is, these demons, over time, become familiars. Assets even, for the stage. So Ash has had to ask himself over the years: is the stage a place to heal? Or is it an enabler?
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
After speaking with so many prolific and talented artists, host and musician Myra Flynn and Vermont Public staged another Homegoings: A Live Performance in February of 2024. Now we're sharing these inspiring performances with you in this five-part video series. Recorded live at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont.
For more from Homegoings:
• Visit https://www.homegoings.co
• Subs...
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- Why is it so hard to get a primary care provider?
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hours and hours of calls. Months-long waitlists. Vermonters are spending a lot of time looking for primary care providers — and those providers are struggling, too.
Question-asker Jen Kaufman is a doctor practicing in Vergennes who got into primary care because she likes spending time with patients. But she’s cut back on her hours seeing patients to manage her workload. She wants to know:
What is the state of primary care in Vermont and where is it anticipated to go? Why is it so hard to get a primary care provider?
Find the web version of this episode here (http://bravelittlestate.org) .
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- June highlights on Vermont Public Passport
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Vermont Public Passport is a member benefit that provides extended access to PBS content. When you become a member of Vermont Public, you’ll gain access to our favorite member benefit: Vermont Public Passport. Think your favorite streaming service, but for PBS shows!
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/vermont-public-passport
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- Homegoings live: One night in February
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Earlier this year, we hosted a special night at the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont. Five of the artists featured in our podcast took to the stage for a magical evening of poetry, music, dance and comedy. On this episode of Homegoings, we’ll hear highlights from that one night in February.
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- Homegoings: A Live Performance | S2 E3 - Kiah Morris
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Kiah Morris is one of those people who speaks only in the language of truth. She’s an artist, author, poet, advocate, leader, mother, sister, a former Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and Commissioner for Vermont Commission for Women. She’s also a singer and a poet, Black beauty personified.
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
After speaking with so many prolific and talented artists, host and musician Myra Flynn and Vermont Public staged another Homegoings: A Live Performance in February of 2024. Now we're sharing these inspiring performances with you in this five-part video series. Recorded live at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont.
For more from Homegoings:
• Visit https://www.homegoings.co
• Subscribe to the podcast: https://pod.link/1688616856
• Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://www...
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- What is AfroPneumaism? Matthew Evan Taylor explains #saxophone #composer
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- If there is a door or a barrier to classical music, Matthew Evan Taylor busted that thing down years ago. As a composer, musician and professor of the genre, Matthew reminds us that we don’t have to wait to be invited into spaces, that were already ours to own. Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
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- Housing accessibility, affordability and development in Vermont
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Jenn White, host of WAMU’s 1A, joined panelists Maura Collins, executive director of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency; Carly Berlin, housing and infrastructure reporter for Vermont Public and VTDigger; and Nancy Owens, president and co-founder of the affordable housing and community development nonprofit Evernorth, to discuss housing in Vermont.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-05-24/watch-how-can-vermont-address-its-housing-crisis-with-jenn-white
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- Marlboro family gets artwork back that was taken by the Nazis 84 years ago #vermont #arthistory
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Why doesn't Chittenden County have better public transit options?
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Chittenden County has been using buses to move people around for almost a century. But with ridership down and the bus system heading toward a fiscal cliff, one listener wants to know — is there a better way?
In the not-too-distant past, Burlington and its surrounding towns dreamt big transit dreams: more efficient buses, commuter trains and light rail. In 2024, those dreams remain unrealized or abandoned, and we’re fighting to keep the system we do have alive.
Winning question-asker Nathaniel Eisen wants to know what happened. He asks:
Why doesn't Chittenden County have better public transit options?
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2024-05-23/mind-the-gap-transit-in-chittenden-county-faces-uncertain-future) .
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- Homegoings: A Live Performance | S2 E2 | Matthew Evan Taylor
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- If there is a door or a barrier to classical music, Matthew Evan Taylor busted that thing down years ago. As a composer, musician and professor of the genre, Matthew reminds us that we don’t have to wait to be invited into spaces, that were already ours to own.
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
After speaking with so many prolific and talented artists, host and musician Myra Flynn and Vermont Public staged another Homegoings: A Live Performance in February of 2024. Now we're sharing these inspiring performances with you in this five-part video series. Recorded live at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont.
For more from Homegoings:
• Visit https://www.homegoings.co
• Subscribe to the podcast: https://pod.link/1688616856
• Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://www.vermontpublic.org/newslet...
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- Finding my voice: A conversation with Tracy ‘The D.O.C.’ Curry
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- ***A heads up: This episode contains strong language and unbleeped swearing***
Tracy “The D.O.C.” Curry is the OG of hip-hop, one of the originators of the genre itself. In 1989, a horrible car accident damaged his vocal cords at the height of his career. On this episode of Homegoings, Tracy shares how he found his voice and his purpose again on the other side of tragedy.
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- Homegoings: A Live Performance | S2 E1 | Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. is originally from Sierra Leone but now lives in New York City. He's a poet, an actor and the voice and co-creator of the podcast, Resistance, which shared stories about people who refuse to accept things as they are.
Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.
After speaking with so many prolific and talented artists, host and musician Myra Flynn and Vermont Public staged another Homegoings: A Live Performance in February of 2024. Now we're sharing these inspiring performances with you in this five-part video series. Recorded live at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont.
For more from Homegoings:
• Visit https://www.homegoings.co
• Subscribe to the podcast: https://pod.link/1688616856
• Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://www.vermontpublic.org/newslet...
• Join us on Instagram: / wearehomegoings ...
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- AI is changing how Vermont maps flood risks
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Extreme flooding has caused severe damage in Vermont. Can floodplain maps made with artificial intelligence help protect the state from future storms? Vermont Public's Mikaela Lefrak speaks to researchers at the University of Vermont about how they're using machine learning to build floodplain maps that can predict where water will flow during flood events.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-05-14/ai-vermont-flooding-maps
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- The case of the mysterious Montpelier molar
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- There’s a tooth embedded in a retaining wall alongside East State Street in Montpelier. Who put it there?
This question has been keeping Brave Little State producer Burgess Brown up at night. He and question-asker Elvira Dana channeled their best Holmes and Watson to crack this cold canine case right open. And they enlisted the entire town of Montpelier for help along the way.
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2024-05-09/the-case-of-the-mysterious-montpelier-molar) .
This episode was reported and produced by Burgess Brown, with editing from Sabine Poux and Brittany Patterson. Our managing editor and senior producer is Josh Crane and our executive producer is Angela Evancie. Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.
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- Never at home: The biracial conundrum
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- “How do people who identify as Black but have a white parent identify with that part of them? What are the complicated issues, if any? How do you manage day to day?” These are the questions posed by listener Janice Solek-Tefft that we’ll seek to answer in this episode of Homegoings. Myra Flynn shares her own experiences and speaks with three other biracial individuals as they discuss what it’s like to hold two of the world’s most opposing races in one body.
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- Recognized: Chapter Two | Brave Little State
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- "Recognized" is a special series from Brave Little State about Abenaki peoples and the ongoing dispute about who belongs to their communities.
Chapter Two: That disputed history is partly why Vermont’s groups failed to get federal recognition. But about a decade ago, Vermont set up its own process and recognized four tribes: the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, the Elnu Abenaki Tribe, the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation and the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuck Abenaki Nation. A key aspect of the groups' argument is that Abenaki peoples hid for nearly 200 years in Vermont, in part to avoid statewide eugenics policies. But recent evidence casts doubt on this narrative.
Full story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2023-10-19/vermont-recognized-tribes-canada-abenaki-first-nations-odanak-wolinak
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- Aging in full color
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- ***A heads up: This episode contains strong language and unbleeped swearing***
Forget about aging in place, how about aging in paradise? For the launch of season two, Homegoings goes out of the country, to Mexico, for a conversation with Angel Clouthier and her grandmother Jean, a duo who are defining elder care in their own creative and colorful way.
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- Mud Season Madness (encore)
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Vermont’s messy transition from winter to spring always brings its fair share of surprises and obstacles. And this year has been no exception: The mud came early, and it came often.
Keith Gadapee is on the front lines of battling mud season as road foreman for the town of Danville — which has more dirt roads than anywhere else in Vermont. We spoke to Keith back in 2022 for an episode we called “Mud Season Madness” and put your pressing mud questions to the expert. We dug out that episode for an encore and checked back in with Keith as this year’s roller coaster of a season comes to a close.
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2024-04-18/mud-season-madness-return-of-the-mud) .
This episode was reported and produced by Sabine Poux...
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- How do you describe the total solar eclipse? #2024eclipse #vermont #eclipse2024 #science
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Roughly 160,000 people traveled to Vermont to see it.
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- The Great Vermont Eclipse: Reflections on totality
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- 2 years ago
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- On April 8, 2024 – mid-day skies darkened over Vermont as a total solar eclipse cast the shadow of the moon across a swath of the North America. Vermont Public’s team of filmmakers spread out along the path of totality. Over the course of the day, we spoke to dozens of people - families, solo travelers, eclipse chasers, amateur astrologists, scientists, and others. It was a day for everyone to see and feel the power of the cosmos, and gaze up in wonder at our universe.
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- FULL VIDEO: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse LIVE from St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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- 2 years ago
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- Northern Vermont paused in collective wonder during the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Vermont Public and the Fairbanks Museum carried extensive coverage of this once-in-a-lifetime event, including live coverage from But Why host and executive producer Jane Lindholm and astronomy expert Mark Breen from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium.
Learn more at https://www.vermontpublic.org/eclipse
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- What’s up with the Vermont wave?
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- If you live in a rural part of Vermont, you know it — the one-finger lift or full-hand gesture from the steering wheel. Everyone has their own take on the so-called “Vermont wave.”
Who gets a whole-hand wave and who doesn’t? When exactly do you do it and what does it mean? Reporter Nina Keck set out with question-asker Mica Tucker to learn the unwritten rules of the road and find out: “What’s up with the Vermont wave?”
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2024-04-04/ode-to-the-vermont-wave) .
This episode was reported by Nina Keck and produced by Burgess Brown. Editing and additional production from the rest of the Brave Little State team: Sabine Poux and Josh Crane. Angela Evancie is Brave Little State’s executive producer. Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons; other mu...
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- Exciting shows this April on Vermont Public!
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Vermont Public Passport is a member benefit that provides extended access to PBS content. When you become a member of Vermont Public, you’ll gain access to our favorite member benefit: Vermont Public Passport. Think your favorite streaming service, but for PBS shows!
Stream your favorite PBS shows, create your perfect watchlist, connect with Vermont Public, and more - anywhere you want. You can access Vermont Public Passport on the web by visiting PBS.org or using the free PBS App available on your Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Smart TV, or on your Android or iPad/iPhone device.
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- ‘Recognized’: An update
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- 2 years ago
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- Two Abenaki First Nations headquartered in Canada contest the legitimacy of Vermont’s state-recognized tribes. How are Vermont lawmakers responding?
Last October, Brave Little State published “Recognized”: a three-part investigation into contested claims that Vermont’s four state-recognized tribes are not legitimate. The Abenaki First Nations making those claims have called on Vermont lawmakers to reconsider the state recognition process.
Reporter Elodie Reed followed up on her original reporting and shared her findings with The Frequency podcast host Mitch Wertlieb. We’re resharing their conversation here.
You can find a transcript of that conversation here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-03-26/abenaki-nations-call-for-vermont-to-reconsider-state-recognition-is-getting-mixed-response) .
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- Solar Eclipse 2024: Path to Totality
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- 2 years ago
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- Around the country, people are deep in preparations for a total solar eclipse on April 8. Host Jane Lindholm talks with experts to uncover the science, history, and excitement surrounding this rare astronomical event.
00:46 - Mark Breen discusses the astronomical science behind solar eclipses, describing why these events are so rare.
04:50 - Martina Arndt, a physics professor at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has visited 12 eclipse sites. She describes how scientists collect data during eclipses to better understand our sun.
09:05 - Host Jane Lindholm gives tips for avoiding eye damage when viewing the eclipse — and visits a Winooski elementary school to demonstrate how to build a pinhole viewer.
14:43 - Reporter Lexi Krupp visits a church in Burlington that organized a homestay program to provide lodging to eclipse visitors and build community.
16:52 - Rita Cambria, a science teacher at Peoples Academy in Morrisville...
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- 2024 Made Here Film Festival | April 10-14, 2024 at Burlington Beer Company
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- 2 years ago
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- The 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.
April 10-14, 2024 at Burlington Beer Company | Burlington, Vermont
Program online March 26th. Tickets go on sale April 2nd at 10:00am.
Made Here Film Festival does not impose a fixed price ticket - please pay as you can. We have pledged to share a portion of your donations with the filmmakers. All screenings and events take place in the Lumière Hall at BBCO, unless stated otherwise. Please come to the festival, support local and help us spread the word.
Full details at https://www.madeherefilmfestival.org/
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- Capitol Recap: Crossing over
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- We’ll break down which climate and environment bills made it past the crossover deadline at the midway point in the legislative session.
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- Dancing with the Blue Devils
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- 2 years ago
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- Speaking with University of Vermont head basketball coach John Becker as his team hopes to upset Duke University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Plus, state House lawmakers pass a bill requiring every electric utility to get its power from renewables by 2035, the House also moves a bill to grant people state-regulated professional licenses regardless of immigration status, the owner of a military-style training facility in West Pawlet pleads not guilty to assault, northern area ski resorts prepare for what to do when the sky goes dark during eclipse day, and a Vermont actor who appeared in several highly acclaimed films has died.
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- Investigating far-right extremism in northern New York
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- 2 years ago
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- This week, a story from our neighbors at North Country Public Radio. If All Else Fails is a recent podcast about the growing presence — and threat — of far-right extremism in northern New York, and the voters and local law enforcement that are engaging with the movement there.
You can learn more about the series here (https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/shows/if-all-else-fails) . That’s also where you can find photos from NCPR’s reporting, and listen to the rest of the series.
Heads up: The show contains some harsh language and some listeners might find certain parts of this episode disturbing.
This episode was reported by Emily Russell and Zach Hirsch for North Country Public Radio, with grant support from Grist and the Center for Rural Strategies. A big thanks to NCPR for letting us share their show here.
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- Vast importance
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- 2 years ago
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- Heading out on the VAST trail to gauge the economic impact of snowmobiling in Vermont. Plus, state House lawmakers move a bill requiring homeowners and landlords to disclose if they have property previously damaged by flooding, the owner of a West Pawlet military-style training facility is arrested after an altercation with a local constable, an existing statewide contract for teachers’ health care is extended, fewer students in Vermont are applying for college financial aid, and a former president thinks UVM is going to bust some brackets in the opening round of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament.
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- The science behind solar eclipses
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- 2 years ago
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- Astronomer Mark Breen, director of the planetarium at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, answers common questions about solar eclipses like the one we'll see on April 8, 2024.
Why isn't there an eclipse every time the moon orbits the earth? How often can an eclipse pass one location? How does an eclipse change when the moon is closer to or farther from the earth?
🌒 Watch the full 30-minute special, "Solar Eclipse 2024: Path to Totality" on Vermont Public's main TV channel on Wednesday, March 27.
🌒 Find all of Vermont Public's 2024 eclipse coverage at https://vermontpublic.org/eclipse.
#eclipse #2024eclipse #solareclipse #vermont #eclipse2024
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- Make your own solar viewer for the April 8 eclipse
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- 2 years ago
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- One of the safest ways to view the April 8 total solar eclipse is by using a pinhole solar viewer. All you need is a cardboard box, tape, some white paper and tin foil.
To make the viewer:
1. Cut two holes on one side of the box.
2. Attach white paper on the opposite side of the box.
3. Cover one hole with tin foil.
4. Seal up the box.
5. Poke a small hole in the tin foil.
6. Facing away from the sun, line up the sun with the tin foil hole and look through the opening.
Vermont Public's Jane Lindholm visits the first grade class at JFK Elementary School in Winooski to demonstrate.
🌒 Watch the full 30-minute special, "Solar Eclipse 2024: Path to Totality" on Vermont Public's main TV channel on Wednesday, March 27.
🌒 Find all of Vermont Public's 2024 eclipse coverage at https://vermontpublic.org/eclipse.
#eclipse #2024eclipse #solareclipse #vermont #eclipse2024
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- How to safely view a solar eclipse
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- 2 years ago
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- Looking directly at a solar eclipse can do serious damage to your eyes. Sunglasses don't block out enough of the sun's light to be safe, but eclipse glasses, specialized viewers and certain welding helmets can be used to watch the April 8 solar eclipse. Vermont Public's Jane Lindholm demonstrates.
🌒 Watch the full 30-minute special, "Solar Eclipse 2024: Path to Totality" on Vermont Public's main TV channel on Wednesday, March 27.
🌒 Find all of Vermont Public's 2024 eclipse coverage at https://vermontpublic.org/eclipse.
#eclipse #2024eclipse #solareclipse #vermont #eclipse2024
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- Phishing lessons
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- 2 years ago
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- Anticipating thousands of tourists for next month’s solar eclipse, Vermont officials hope to avoid a repeat of the massive traffic jams that occurred 20 years ago when Phish held its Coventry concerts. Plus, a bill to ban cell phones in Vermont schools is rejected, but another providing privacy rights for children who use social media platforms moves forward, the FBI issues a new reward in connection with the disappearance of a Vermont teenager 20 years ago, global conglomerate Unilever announces a split from Ben & Jerry’s, and what led to one of the warmest winters on record this year.
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- Fellowship of the wing
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A unique collaboration links college students in Burlington with elementary school kids to learn birding skills. Plus, plans to build a locked juvenile facility in Newbury are dropped, Vermont’s House speaker pushes back on criticism that Democrats aren’t doing enough to ease the state’s housing crisis, weather is the X factor in determining how many tourists come for the total solar eclipse,dogs rescued from a facility in New York are now up for adoption, and a big week for Vermont college basketball fans.
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- A taxing process
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The pressures faced by a family in danger of losing their farm to a tax sale auction. Plus, lawmakers advance a bill that would force big oil to pay a share of damages the state has suffered due to climate change, UVM’s effort to add more highly trained nurses to the workforce, Sen. Welch says he’s lost confidence in Israel’s prime minister, and a bill that would give adults previously in foster care greater access to their past records.
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- Capitol Recap: Seeing red
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Democrats in the Vermont House have identified more than $250 million in new initiatives to tackle in the next fiscal year, despite warnings from Republican Gov. Phil Scott to keep the budget lean. Now, lawmakers must let some of those priorities go – or find new ways to cover the extra spending, like tax increases.
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- Corn chowder and Buckaroos: The economic impact of the VAST trail
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Snowmobiling is one of the top contributors to Vermont’s winter economy. But what does the future hold for a sport so dependent on reliable snow?
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- This Vermonter will enjoy twice-in a-lifetime eclipse
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- She’ll always have Vermont
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Where moderate Vermont Republicans go after Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign. Plus, how much the state received from its first weeks of online sports betting, Casella Waste responds to criticism after reporting a leachate spill, three school districts decide to keep kids home for the day when next month’s solar eclipse takes place, and biologists are urging you to avoid peregrine falcons during nesting season.
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- Your questions about Vermont's moose, answered
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- "Our moose actually aren't doing as bad as some people might think," a wildlife biologist reports.
