Vermont Public
Throwing shade
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- Throwing shade
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- 11:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Description: Veteran meteorologist Mark Breen talks about the upcoming and historic total solar eclipse and why Vermont is a prime viewing spot. Plus, the Vermont Senate approves direct financial aid to towns and cities slammed by summer flooding, the House advances a bill scuttling a tax break in an effort to reduce education spending, why two local substance abuse programs are shutting down, and GE Aerospace takes a financial hit for alleged hiring discrimination against women at its facility in Rutland.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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- Capitol Recap: Overhauling education funding
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- 9:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- With Town Meeting Day just one month away, Democratic lawmakers announced a plan to rewrite the state’s education tax laws to induce at least some districts to go back to the drawing board and cut their budget proposals.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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- A device that translates light into sound helps create a unique solar eclipse experience
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- April’s total solar eclipse will cross over Vermont — and preparations for the phenomenon are well underway. Including for members of Vermont’s blind and low-vision community. Many of them are hoping to experience the eclipse with the help of a device that converts light into sound.
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- Cloudiest January since 1951.
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- According to the National Weather Service in Burlington, this was the cloudiest January on record in the area since 1951. The average cloud cover was 88%, with zero days categorized as “fair.”
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-02-05/after-a-cloudy-january-vermonters-soak-up-the-sun
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- Growing concerns
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- 15:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Vermont lawmakers may tweak the state’s medical cannabis program and potency limits for retail weed. Plus, Town Meeting Day votes on school budgets may face delays as lawmakers ponder major changes to education funding, developers of a big housing project in Burlington scale back apartment construction in favor of hotels, the head of Vermont’s Criminal Justice Council blasts comments made about migrant workers by a former council member, new details on setting up temporary shelters for unhoused Vermonters exiting the state’s motel housing program, and a stretch of warm days scuttles an annual pond hockey game.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thef...
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- How do Vermont libraries stay alive and vibrant?
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- 25:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Vermont is home to almost 200 independent and locally funded libraries. This means they each must evolve to meet the unique needs of their communities with sometimes limited resources. That got listener Diane Church of Fairlee wondering:
“How do our public libraries manage to stay alive and vibrant in this age of technology?”
Vermont Public’s Sabine Poux and Andrea Laurion visit two of Vermont’s libraries to see how things are going.
Find the web version of this episode here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2024-02-08/not-just-academics-and-diversions-how-libraries-remain-at-the-heart-of-vermont-towns) .
This episode was reported by Sabine Poux and Andrea Laurion, and it was produced by Burgess Brown. Editing and additional production from Josh Crane. Angela Evancie is our Executive Producer. Theme music is by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Special thanks to Sophie Steph...
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- Local book lovers share recommendations for Black History Month
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- 48:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Vermont Edition's winter book show returns, with a special focus on books by Black authors.
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- More than numbers
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- 13:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Why it’s difficult tracking how many Vermonters don’t have a place to live. Plus, Republican Gov. Phil Scott agrees with Democrats who want to postpone school budget votes this year, why there aren’t more Vermonters signed up for a program covering the cost of health screenings, there’s still no date for an anticipated methadone clinic to open in Bennington, and January was the cloudiest month in the Burlington region in more than seven decades.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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- Mammograms: Health equity and some Vermont resources
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- 47:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We hear from Morning Edition's Jenn Jarecki on her path to getting her first mammogram and learn about resources in Vermont.
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- Screen time
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- 18:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- What it’s like experiencing a mammogram for the first time, and why the screening is so important. Plus, fast-tracking changes to Vermont’s school funding mechanism, a grant provides financial planning and literacy services to survivors of domestic violence, union membership in Vermont reaches an all-time high, Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team clears a hurdle toward possible unionization, and a Vermont House bill in would ban the licensing of cannabis cultivation in densely populated areas.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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- Still waiting
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- 13:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Relatives of a man who died in a Vermont prison from a fentanyl overdose are frustrated at the pace of the investigation into his death. Plus, the Vermont House considers a ban on a pesticide beekeepers say is killing pollinators, local lawmakers are in the dark about USPS plans to replace the damaged Montpelier post office, efforts to resolve air quality and contamination problems at a farm food center in Rutland near completion, and a Vermonter heads home from Los Angeles with a Grammy Award.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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- Stormy weather
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- 12:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Vermont’s farmers and sugarmakers struggle with the cumulative impact of a series of damaging storms. Plus, short-term rental bookings are piling up in advance of April’s solar eclipse, a delay in the construction of a state-run cannabis lab, revenues from retail cannabis sales are higher than expected, a family settles a lawsuit against the Green Mountain Union School District, and the Vermont House approves a bill prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair types and styles.
And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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- Capitol Recap: The Medicare cliff
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- 8:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Most Vermonters experiencing financial difficulties are eligible for publicly-funded insurance to cover health care costs. But there's a class of Vermonters that isn't allowed to enjoy the full benefits of the state's Medicaid program, and there's no getting around the factor that disqualifies them. Learn what it is in this week’s edition of Capitol Recap.
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- Roland and Mary
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Explore the lovingly contentious relationship behind a legendary Northeast Kingdom towing company, Roland’s Wrecker Service.
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- A tale of three cities: Burlington and her sisters, Bethlehem and Arad | Brave Little State
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- 48:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Burlington has sister cities all over the world. We explore Burlington’s relationship with two of its sisters: Bethlehem, in the West Bank, and Arad, in Israel.
Brave Little State is Vermont Public’s listener-driven journalism show. In each episode, we answer a question about Vermont that’s been asked — and voted on — by you, our audience. Today, a question from Peg Clement of Burlington:
“Burlington’s sister cities are Bethlehem and Arad, one in Palestine, one in Israel. Do other Vermont cities besides Burlington have such programs? What relationships are even possible these days for sister cities?”
The Brave Little State team looks at the origins of Burlington’s sister cities programs during the tenure of former mayor Bernie Sanders. We also speak to the Essex Junction couple who played a key role in getting the Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad program started, and we connect with people whose lives have been touched by the program — at ho...
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- Stumped
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- 14:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- State regulators encounter resistance as they craft plans to manage forests along the Worcester Range. Plus, a bill that could make middle- class Vermonters eligible for government-subsidized health insurance, a coalition of Vermont-based businesses pushes for action on three climate bills, a state’s attorney arrested for alleged drunk driving declines an upcoming meeting with Addison County police chiefs, Vermont gets poor grades from federal education officials for violating the Every Student Succeeds Act, and school board support for educators choosing to discuss the ongoing violence in Gaza.
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- Pulling through
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- 12:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A new documentary explores the relationship behind a legendary towing service in the Northeast Kingdom. Plus, the Vermont Medical Society wants Medicaid coverage for new weight loss drugs, the state Health Department calls for public schools to have access to an overdose-reversal drug, a rare fungal infection is increasingly showing up in Vermont, and early voting for Vermont's presidential primary gets underway.
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- Beyond the classroom
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- 11:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- UVM will partner with rural communities to address economic, housing, and climate related challenges. Plus, betting on more revenue than first projected from Vermont’s new online sports wagering, a campaign to help Vermont farmers recover from damage caused by severe flooding, care for those who offer aid to people with dementia, Vermont arts and culture organizations get a financial boost, and new flight routes from Burlington.
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- Home team
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- 12:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Two statewide housing organizations have joined forces to help combat homelessness. Plus, why winter this year is becoming more associated with rain than snow in the Northeast, concern over new requirements mandating predominantly French signage for Quebec businesses, a journalist with a 40-year career covering Vermont is retiring, and a new report shows the number of Americans struggling to make rent payments has reached a record high.
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- A boy and his dog
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- 12:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Calais author wins a Newbery Honor for his children’s book about a boy and his magical dog. Plus, lawmakers consider making it more difficult for neighbors to block housing development, the top prosecutor in Addison County is arrested after refusing a DUI test, Montreal gets ready to celebrate the winter season, and two Burlington chefs are semifinalists for James Beard awards.
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- Capitol Recap: Time out on school funding
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- 9:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Lawmakers are grappling with a forecasted 17% jump in school taxes next year. Meanwhile, superintendents are worried voters will reject their budgets on Town Meeting Day.
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- Dealing with the elephant
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- 12:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Richmond author talks about the inspiration behind a children’s book that imagines grief as different animals. Plus, Vermont changes course on a federal food benefits program, a wide swath of the northern Green Mountains is conserved, a Dartmouth study shows bad news for New England winters, and state lawmakers can’t override the governor’s veto on a bill to expand Vermont’s bottle deposit law.
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- Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's budget address for fiscal year 2025
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- 1:07:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Jump to timeline 19:40 for start of address - This video is an unedited recording from a live stream.
The governor addressed a joint assembly of the Vermont Legislature at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.
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- The alleged murder of John Harrison #vermont #investigativejournalism
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- eRACEing Race: A conversation with Rachel Dolezal (part two) | Homegoings
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- 35:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- When it comes to the media, Rachel Dolezal has a lot of barriers. In fact, calling them “barriers” is generous. It’s more like a barbed-wire fence.
And this makes sense. After all, it was a media experience that altered Rachel's entire life. In June of 2015, while she was deep in her work as an activist for Black and civil rights, a local TV news crew interviewed her and asked: “Are you African American?”
Rachel froze, turned from the camera and walked away.
That footage of that interview went viral. And not the good kind of viral. And at the same time all this was going on, Rachel's parents, Larry and Ruth Dolezal, released photos of their daughter as a blonde-haired white child. While Rachel acknowledged that she was "born white to white parents," she maintained that she self-identified as Black. Which pissed a lot of people off.
In this final two-part episode of season one of Homegoings, we catch up with Rachel, to hear h...
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- A conversation with Rachel Dolezal
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Rachel Anne Dolezal became infamous when, in 2015, while deep in her work as an activist for Black and civil rights, a local TV news crew interviewed her and asked: “Are you African American?” Rachel froze. Turned from the camera and walked away. At the same time, Rachel's parents, Larry and Ruth Dolezal, outed Rachel as being born biologically white.
While Rachel acknowledged this was true, she doubled down on her chosen identity, which she describes “racially as human and culturally as Black.” In the two-part final episode of season one of Homegoings, we catch up with Rachel to hear what’s changed in her world since then, and what hasn’t. And challenge the idea of race as a social construct — can it be deconstructed?
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- eRACEing Race : A conversation with Rachel Dolezal (part 1) | Homegoings
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- 36:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- When it comes to the media, Rachel Dolezal has a lot of barriers. In fact, calling them “barriers” is generous. It’s more like a barbed-wire fence.
And this makes sense. After all, it was a media experience that altered Rachel's entire life. In June of 2015, while she was deep in her work as an activist for Black and civil rights, a local TV news crew interviewed her and asked: “Are you African American?”
Rachel froze, turned from the camera and walked away.
That footage of that interview went viral. And not the good kind of viral. And at the same time all this was going on, Rachel's parents, Larry and Ruth Dolezal, released photos of their daughter as a blonde-haired white child. While Rachel acknowledged that she was "born white to white parents," she maintained that she self-identified as Black. Which pissed a lot of people off.
In this final two-part episode of season one of Homegoings, we catch up with Rachel, to hear h...
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- Barre Up! Community Flood Recovery Discussions
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Amanda Gustin, a volunteer with the nonprofit Barre Up, delivered remarks to a group of lawmakers last Thursday. She says the group is focused on case management which is "longer, slower and infinitely more complex" than the immediate flood response.
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- Vermont comedian Tina Friml shares how she ended up on the Tonight Show
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Middlebury @tinafriml native's "The Tonight Show" @fallontonight Show" set in November was the latest in a long string of triumphs for the 30-year-old comedian, who now lives in New York City.
Also check out https://www.vermontpublic.org/vpr-news/2018-02-12/comedian-tina-friml-challenges-stigma-with-jokes-about-her-disability#stream/0
#vermont #vermontcomedy #tonightshow #comedyinterview
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- Opening day of 2024 legislative session
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- So here we are day one of the 2024 legislative session back at the statehouse here in Montpelier. We're only a few hours in and it has become pretty clear Abigail. I think that the floods of 2023 are going to be a major issue in Montpelier this year.
Yeah, definitely, was hearing from lawmakers and also to the isle that they're really focused on ways to make Vermont's communities more resilient to these types of events in the future. So it will be interesting to see what comes forward there.
Also a lot of recognition of some of the severe impacts that flood survivors are still facing people that aren't back in their homes yet, businesses that lost a lot of revenue and whose futures are uncertain seems like there's an appetite to use some state funding to address some of those needs as well.
And I think too, looking at land use and policy around housing and where and how communities rebuild helping communities plan together within a watershed. All...
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- Act 250 is often credited with preserving Vermont’s “Vermontiness”. But at what cost?
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Act 250 is often credited with preserving Vermont’s “Vermontiness”. But at what cost? We look at this question in recent episode of Brave Little State.
Vermont's small town charm didn't just happen out of thin air.
It's been legislated and it's especially baked into one really important law Act 250 which sets the standards that developers need to clear before they break ground on projects.
The law has been credited with keeping Vermont looking like Vermont and preventing things like strip malls and the destruction of farmland.
But there's also another way of looking at this effort to preserve Montis critics accuse Act 250 of contributing to Vermont's housing shortage and overwhelming whiteness.
The law emerged in the late 19 sixties as interstates were creeping northward and developments were popping up around Vermont's ski areas.
Governor Dean Davis talked about selective planning as a way to bring in ...
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- Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's 2024 State of the State Address
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- 1:01:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Vermont Gov. Phil Scott delivered his fourth-term State of the State address at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. This video is from the live stream, please skip ahead to 16:30.
Scott used his address Thursday to warn Democratic lawmakers of a “sobering” new economic reality that will require elected officials to slow the rate of growth in the state budget and limit the scope of government in Vermonters’ lives.
Read more:
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-01-04/gov-phil-scott-makes-his-case-and-asks-democratic-supermajority-to-reduce-spending
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- Burlingtonian Abdihamid Muhumed shares his decades-long journey from Somalia
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- 7:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Green Mountain State has become home to many people forced to escape Somalia when the government there was toppled by armed opposition groups in 1991.
The crisis forced a mass exodus of people who often had to leave their homes without their belongings, hoping to find a safe place beyond Somalia's borders.
The fighting left behind a generation of refugees, including 57-year-old Abdihamid Muhumed, who now lives in Burlington.
Abdihamid recently visited the Vermont Public studios with interpreter Mohamed Abdulahi, himself a Somali refugee who learned to speak English in a Kenyan refugee camp. Both men spoke with Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb.
* Vermont Public originally posted this video on Dec. 21, and later learned we included some inaccuracies in the story*
Full story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-12-21/in-deep-north-burlingtonian-abdihamid-muhumed-shares-his-decades-long-journey-from-somalia
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- The relief in grief | Homegoings
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- 56:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Grief. It’s a word with certain acceptable adjectives attached. Words like: layered and complicated, hard and complex. Sad. But there are other words some might feel too scared to admit belong in the conversation describing grief. Words like: liberation, ease and even relief. In this episode, we speak with three Latina women in southern California who have lost someone recently. In a lot of ways, these stories are about the people they lost. But in many ways, they’re also about the them they have found after.
This is the latest episode of Homegoings, a podcast that features fearless conversations about race, and YOU are welcome here.
Full Story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/homegoings/2023-12-14/the-relief-in-grief
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- More flooding in Vermont 'a real gut punch' #vermont #flooding
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Gov. Phil Scott spoke at a press briefing Monday evening after towns around the state flooded, some for the second time this year.
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- Flood warnings in effect around Vermont
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Flooding of the Mad River at Meadow Road in Waitsfield on the morning of Dec. 18, 2023.
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- What’s the deal with Act 250? | Brave Little State
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- 40:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Brave Little State is Vermont Public’s listener-driven journalism show. In each episode, we answer a question about Vermont that’s been asked — and voted on — by you, our audience. Today, a question from Danielle Laberge of Wells:
“What's the deal with Act 250, Vermont's signature land-use law? Why is it important and what's changing?”
Reporter Sabine Poux digs into the story of Act 250, from its origins in the 1960s to a present-day battle over how it should be implemented. This isn’t just a story about a law. It’s a story about our shared values, and how we want our state to change — or not — over the next 50 years and beyond.
Full Story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2023-12-07/vermont-is-changing-many-people-want-act-250-to-change-with-it
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- Classical Music: Who's Allowed In? | Homegoings
- Runtime
- 39:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Powdered wigs, white men, aristocracy — these are just a handful of images and stereotypes historically associated with the world of classical music. But what if we’re wrong? In this episode, guest-hosts James Stewart and Adiah Gholston talk with teenagers, composers and professors to unpack some of our assumptions around classical music: Where its roots really lie, who it’s made for, and where it’s headed.
This is the latest episode of Homegoings, a podcast that features fearless conversations about race, and YOU are welcome here.
Full Episode: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/homegoings/2023-11-30/classical-music-whos-allowed-in
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- Behind the scenes: Vermont Public x Darn Tough Socks
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Supporting Vermont Public may already give you a fuzzy feeling, but our newest member benefit will literally keep you warm.
This fall, we teamed up with Darn Tough to offer a limited edition pair of Vermont Public socks. Get a pair for yourself during our December membership drive when you make a gift of $144 or more, or become a monthly sustainer at $12 a month. SORRY ALL SOCKS ARE SOLD OUT!
But you can still support your local public media at https://vermontpublic.org/donate
#darntoughsocks #socks #vermont
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- Christmas tree journey from Vermont to the White House - From our 1967 archives
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A clip from our archives of "Odyssey of a Tree", one of our first major programs and the winner of a national broadcasting industry award in 1967.
The program followed the tree's journey from the woods of Vermont to the White House lawn. The Presidential White House tree came from Rochester, Vermont. Governor Hoff, on behalf of the people of Vermont, accepted the tree from the man who raised it, Riley Bostwick. And then the Governor officially passed it on to the nation.
Historical background from script of the full episode that aired in 1967: " The normal lifespan of a balsam fir is about 50 years. This chosen tree is 60 years old...The Forest Service is very happy to have a part in presenting this tree to the people of the nation. We feel that it might in some way bring a little cooperation, happiness, and a sense of peace into the hearts of the American people; it certainly comes at a time when we feel that it is very much needed."
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- What effect has noncitizen voting had in the Vermont cities where it's legal? | Brave Little State
- Runtime
- 32:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Brave Little State is Vermont Public’s listener-driven journalism show. In each episode, we answer a question about Vermont that’s been asked — and voted on — by you, our audience. Today, a question from Charlotte Blend of Winooski:
“What effect has noncitizen voting had in the towns where it's now legal: Winooski, Montpelier and Burlington?”
Reporter Mikaela Lefrak talks to new Vermont voters — and a lot of city clerks — about how the at-times controversial changes in local election policy have affected three Vermont cities, from their councils and school boards to their residents.
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- What's so funny? Comedian Ash Diggs heals on stage | Homegoings
- Runtime
- 44:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ash Diggs is funny. So funny in fact that one of his jobs is to make people laugh. He’s a stand-up comedian who grew up in the South, moved to Queens, New York in 2021 but hails from Vermont. We speak with Ash about the relationship between comedy, addiction and depression, and how art can be both an enabler and a healer.
This is the latest episode of Homegoings, a podcast that features fearless conversations about race, and YOU are welcome here.
Full Episode : https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/homegoings/2023-11-09/whats-so-funny-comedian-ash-diggs-heals-on-stage
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- Raising biracial kids — and preserving heritage — in Vermont | Brave Little State
- Runtime
- 32:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Brave Little State is Vermont Public’s listener-driven journalism show. In each episode, we answer a question about Vermont that’s been asked — and voted on — by you, our audience. Today, a question from Sweeney Grabin, of South Burlington:
“How do we maintain our heritage raising a mixed-race baby in a predominantly white state?”
Brave Little State alum Myra Flynn turns to old friends and her own experiences to answer Sweeney’s question.
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- Large structure fire engulfs lumberyard in Montpelier, Vermont
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-11-01/large-structure-fire-engulfs-lumberyard-in-montpelier-closes-traffic
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- That soft strength: A conversation with Audra McDonald | Homegoings
- Runtime
- 50:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Audra McDonald, singer, broadway and television star — is a household name. As well as being the winner of six Tony Awards, two Grammys and an Emmy, The 53-year-old is also a bit of a truth-teller, to say the least. Earlier this summer, we sat down with Audra for a conversation on life, activism and navigating an artistic career in traditionally white spaces.
This is the latest episode of Homegoings, a seasonal podcast that features fearless conversations about race.
Full story : https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/homegoings/2023-10-26/that-soft-strength-a-conversation-with-audra-mcdonald
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- Title
- Ayesha Rascoe, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, in Colchester last week. #npr #radiohost
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Title
- An evening with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe
- Runtime
- 1:10:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Earlier this month, NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester. In a wide-ranging conversation with Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak, Rascoe discussed her time as a White House correspondent for NPR during three presidential administrations, the personal toll of reporting on difficult news, and her forthcoming book, HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience. Rascoe edited the book of essays and wrote an introduction about her time at Howard University, an HBCU in Washington D.C.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-10-26/video-npr-ayesha-rascoe-vermont
- Title
- Recognized: Chapter Three | Brave Little State
- Runtime
- 38:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- "Recognized" is a special series from Brave Little State about Abenaki peoples and the ongoing dispute about who belongs to their communities.
Chapter Three: Today, the state and the groups it recognizes as Abenaki tribes have a different definition of what it means to be Indigenous, compared to many Indigenous Nations in the U.S. and Canada. And that matters, because there is power, authority and money at stake. Now, the First Nations in Canada are calling for a reexamination of Vermont's recognition process.
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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Brave Li...
- Title
- Recognized: Chapter One | Brave Little State
- Runtime
- 37:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- "Recognized" is a special series from Brave Little State about Abenaki peoples and the ongoing dispute about who belongs to their communities.
Chapter One: Two Abenaki First Nations, headquartered in Quebec, contest the legitimacy of the groups that the state of Vermont recognizes as Abenaki tribes — a conflict that has its roots in disputed historical narratives.
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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Brave Little State is a production of Vermont Public and a proud member of the NPR Network.
- Title
- Black Birth: Laboring for justice | Homegoings
- Runtime
- 47:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In episode seven of our podcast Homegoings, host Myra Flynn dove head on into the business of birth. Because it is a business. It’s a cultural, political and for-profit system, and currently that system, for Black women, is in crisis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually calls it the Black Maternal Health Crisis. Data shows that Black women are 2-4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. The CDC also says most of the maternal deaths were, and are, preventable.
And there are people working to prevent Black maternal mortality. People like Mayano Ochi, a certified nurse midwife, and Brandi Jordan, doula to the stars (also to a certain royal family … !).
And then there are the people it’s harming. Like 19-year-old Bailey Carson, who lives with a diagnosis of a traumatic brain injury, and though her story is the exception not the rule — she is a pretty perfect example of someone who sho...
