Vermont Public
Northern slights
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- Northern slights
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Gauging the economic impact as Canadian visitation to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom drops in response to president Trump’s hostile rhetoric and tariffs. Plus, the UVM Medical Center will reduce the number of patients admitted for overnight care in a cost cutting move, there’s a shortage of school counselors and psychologists in Vermont as public school students prepare to return to the classroom, an international graduate student at Dartmouth drops his lawsuit against the Trump administration after getting his legal status reinstated, and Vermont’s Secretary of State says she will ignore any request from the Trump administration to share Vermont voters’ personal information.
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- Bracket Fungi | Biraland #9
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- 00:00 Spores
05:04 Music video: Bracket Fungi
Dotto Sayenteez is gone along with the three sisters. The group meets Buh, learn what the kingdoms of life are, and about bracket fungi.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Amadou | Biraland #12
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- 00:00 Dungle Filthgrin
05:10 Music video: Amadou
The group learns more about Fomes fomentarius and meet Dungle Filthgrin the Amadouist who shows them how to make Amadou.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Ganoderma tsugae | Biraland #10
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- 00:00 Reconnecting to nature
02:21 Music video: Interdependence
René and Gene discuss their experiences of reconnecting to nature, see The Great Lady Tsugae in the woods and learn about Ganoderma tsugae.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Fomes fomentarius | Biraland #11
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- 00:00 The Nymph of the Fallen Woods
03:22 Music video: Fomes fomentarius
Gene and René talk to Lady Tsugae and she invites them to the Bracket Fungi Festival where they are introduced to Fomes fomentarius.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Live from the Vermont State Fair
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Every summer, the Vermont Edition team heads to a local fair for a special live broadcast, and this year we chose the Vermont State Fair in Rutland.
Our team set up shop right by the milking parlor at the fairgrounds as the food was getting fried, the kids were gearing up for the 4H competitions, and the rides were getting ready to provide the ambiance of summer fun.
We spoke with the fair's president, Robert Congdon, Jr., who told us about the past and present of this storied Rutland tradition. We also heard from Marsha Johnson who is the superintendent of the Bucket of Junk Sculpture Contest, the writing contest, and runs the fair museum. UVM Extension 4H Coordinator for Rutland & Bennington Counties, Moonshine "Mooney" Shorey, talked to us about the 4H contests and brought along some young competitors. We got an on-air magic trick from magician Blaine Goad, a close encounter with a large snake courtesy of Alex Knapp, owner of Captain Aquat...
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- To put in a new $12 million chairlift at Killington, you need helicopters and lots of crews
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A helicopter pilot works with ground crews at Killlington ski resort to install 11 new chairlift towers. It's part of a $12 million lift upgrade on the Superstar trail.
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- Spurning bridges
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Why a New Hampshire town is pausing work on a multi-million dollar project to fix a pair of pedestrian bridges between Brattleboro and the Connecticut River. Plus, a renowned Vermont climate expert calls for a national day of activism to rally for solar energy projects amid federal rollbacks, parts of the northern Champlain and St. Lawrence Valleys have been under a heat advisory while drought conditions are being seen throughout the state, and Vermont increases the amount of Medicaid dollars people can use moving back home from long-term care facilities.
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- Fall 2025 Made Here season begins September
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Every week Made Here features the best films from Vermont and the region made by and about your neighbors. Unique stories you won't find anywhere else.
New episodes with Fall season every Thursday
Subscribe at our Made Here channel https://www.youtube.com/@UC9jTXE8koxJxZY3tk9d3Jzg
Learn more about the series at https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/made-here
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- Navigating A.I. therapy
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The use of artificial intelligence for therapy is growing, including for minors. AI makes therapy more accessible. But clinicians want to make sure kids get medically sound advice and stay safe.
We weigh the pros and cons of this mental health approach with Dr. Steven Schlozman, the chief of child psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, as well as an associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, and Shannon Newell, who works with the Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union and is president of the Vermont Association of School Psychologists.
Plus: Dartmouth researchers recently conducted the first-ever clinical trial of an AI therapy chatbot. Nicholas Jacobson is the study’s senior author. He’s an associate professor of biomedical data science, psychiatry, and computer science at Dartmouth. He also directs the AIM HIGH Lab at Dartmouth, which stands for AI and Mental Heal...
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- Words carried on the wind
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Montshire Museum in Norwich has what’s known as a wind phone in its 100-acre forest for people who want to speak to lost loved ones. Plus, State regulators review budgets from Vermont hospitals with a requirement to keep expenses and insurance rates at no more than a three percent hike from last year, construction begins on forty new affordable housing units in Burlington, a federal lawsuit seeks to overturn a new New Hampshire law that denies state funding for schools with DEI programs, and a new poll shows more young people in Quebec want the province to become independent.
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- Some crops love cool weather. August is the perfect time to plant them
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- August is the perfect time to plant cool weather-loving crops — like lettuce, kale and spinach — that will romaine in your garden until the fall 🥬
Charlie Nardozzi has tips from his home garden to help you get started.
Read more from All Things Gardening: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/all-things-gardening
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- Bill McKibben's new book on solar power / Congressional cuts to veterans' services
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Today on Vermont Edition, we'll talk with climate writer and activist Bill McKibben of Ripton. In his new book, he makes the case for solar power as the cheapest energy source on the planet. And he says it’s time to stop thinking of solar as “alternative energy” and bring it into the mainstream.
Then, programs to support Vermont veterans have lost staff due to cuts in federal funding this summer. We’ll talk with the head of the Vermont National Guard’s family programs, and an organizer with a storytelling group for local vets.
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- Bira focuses on gut health | Biraland
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- For more on your favorite legumes, stream the latest episodes of Biraland from Vermont Public.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@VermontPublic
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- State of the state’s prisons
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A conversation with the retiring head of Vermont’s Department of Corrections after his nearly four year tenure. Plus, Gov. Scott faces backlash for his decision to provide the federal government with the sensitive personal information of people receiving food assistance benefits, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital puts its budget before state health care regulators as it tries to mitigate severe financial deficits, housing advocates advise people forced to leave Vermont's motel voucher program to appeal to the state's Human Services Board, and Gov. Scott says he’s working on a strategy to bring a good number of state employees back to work in downtown Montpelier.
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- The Trump administration demanded SNAP recipients' personal data. Vermont complied
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Vermont Gov. Phil Scott faced pushback this week over his decision to transfer SNAP recipients' personal data to the Trump administration.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-08-08/in-review-snap-data-transfer-education-redistricting-task-force-a-look-at-legislative-reports
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- Scott defends transfer of Vermonters' personal information to Trump administration
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Vermont Governor Scott faces pushback this week over his decision to transfer SNAP recipients' personal data to the Trump administration. Plus, a look at how state lawmakers are utilizing legislative reports and study groups. And unsheltered homelessness spikes in Vermont.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Hannah Bassett - Seven Days
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- Adult day service needs
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Day programs providing critical care for older adults and people with disabilities have been closing in Vermont, but efforts are underway to extend services in some areas. Plus, state officials move to expand access to Vermont’s medical cannabis program, a local donation will add more than 50 acres of land to Roxbury State Forest, Vermont’s Supreme Court is preparing to hear a lawsuit over who can maintain public trails that run through private land, an associate justice is set to retire from the state’s high court, and we reflect on a very good week for fans of the Boston Red Sox in our weekly sports report.
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- Why Vermont is 'the frontier of climate change' in the Northeast
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook sees scientists, land use planners and policymakers in Vermont breaking away from tradition and managing the state's rivers and streams in ways that other states could mimic.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-08-05/why-vermont-is-the-frontier-of-climate-change-in-the-northeast
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- How today's college students navigate romance in a digital age
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- How today's college students navigate romance in a digital age
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- Essential Salt
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Today, we're sharing an episode of a podcast we really like. It's called Essential Salt (https://www.mainepublic.org/podcast/essential-salt) , a show about connection, local storytelling and how getting to know your neighbors might change the way you see yourself. It's a collaboration between Maine Public and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art and Design.
In this episode (https://www.mainepublic.org/podcast/essential-salt/2025-07-28/a-bandit-papers-a-city-in-hearts-and-strangers-meet-their-matches) , we get to know a famous figure who drew a city together while remaining completely anonymous. Then, we look at what being a good opponent at chess can teach us about building strong, long-lasting relationships.
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- Strategizing for summer school
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Vermont’s after school summer programs are using a patchwork approach to get the funding they need to operate this year. Plus, a new affordable housing project opens in Berlin, Vermont remains on a list of states the Justice Department claims have regulations preventing the enforcement of federal immigration laws, why a former state Governor has stopped just shy of visiting every one of Vermont’s 251 towns, villages, and cities, and New Hampshire becomes the first New England state to ban transgender health care for minors.
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- Legumes | Biraland #5
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- 00:00 Bean Bending with Gordon.
03:54 Music video: Legumes
Gene and René discuss legumes, Brayden does fart yoga, and tells the others about the dangers of ultra processed foods and the analog between our gut microbes and soil biota.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Flat Bow | Biraland #7
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- 00:00 Bow trivia
04:27 Music video: Flat Bow
A game of naming archery bows from around the world is played.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Robinia | Biraland #6
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- 00:00 Seeds with Dotto
07:50 Music video: Robinia
Menderglen learns about legumes and black locust trees from Dotto Sayenteez and then teleports to find Garbanzo Gordon and return his sea heart to him after which the two return to BIRALAND.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Interdependence | Biraland #8
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- 00:00 Biodiversity
04:52 Music video: Interdependence
Gene and Menderglen meet Stewart The Steward in the meadow and learn about interdependence.
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Town by town: The 251 Club
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Town by town: The 251 Club
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- Vermont as a leader in flood mitigation / Seven Days food writer Jordan Barry
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- In Vermont, annual precipitation has increased six inches since the 1960s. That, plus the state’s steep terrain, make Vermont a laboratory for the study of intense rainfall and flooding.
Today on Vermont Edition, The New Yorker magazine staff writer John Seabrook explores how Vermont manages its rivers in his latest article. He sees scientists, land use planners and policymakers breaking away from tradition, and making choices that other states could mimic. We’ll also hear from Kevin Geiger, a land-use planner with the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, in Woodstock.
Plus, Jordan Barry of Seven Days shares the latest food news from around our region.
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- What’s happening to the personal data of Vermont SNAP recipients
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Trump administration demanded SNAP recipients personal data and Vermont chose to comply. Plus, Vermont's main energy sources from Canada will not be subject to new tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration, Canadian authorities say they intercepted a group of asylum seekers and potential smugglers in Quebec near the Derby Line border crossing, Only about 200 property owners have taken buyouts from flood damage in Vermont since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and The Vermont department of health will host a free dental clinic in Hartford Village.
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- Federal money for public defenders runs dry
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Some criminal defense lawyers could go months without getting paid. Plus, Vermont gives the Trump Administration the sensitive personal data of all residents receiving SNAP benefits, Vermont officials issued an air quality alert for pollution from wildfire smoke, the state is partnering with local businesses to encourage Canadians to travel to Vermont, and Hartford high school will lose access to 12 classrooms this fall due to toxic contamination.
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- Tracking down Vermont's historic schoolhouses
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Old school
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- How to spot old schoolhouses in Vermont even when they’ve long since been converted to buildings for other purposes. Plus, the Scott administration says it probably overestimated how many Vermonters will lose health insurance because of federal cuts to Medicaid, a St. Johnsbury hospital announces service closures in an effort to lower health care costs, state officials hope a chemical compound can help suppress algae blooms threatening Lake Carmi, attendance at Vermont state parks has been affected by rainy summer weather and the current political discord between the US and Canada, and our weekly sports report appears today to focus on Major League Baseball and analysis of the moves made and not made by teams at the trading deadline.
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- Vermont Green FC wins national championship
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
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- More modest proposals for health insurance rates still leave major affordability concerns
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Health insurance companies are proposing more modest rate increases for 2026 plans offered on the state marketplace than in recent years. But health care regulators say the proposed costs are still insurmountable to many people purchasing insurance after three years of double-digit rate hikes.
Full episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-07-30/more-modest-proposals-for-health-insurance-rates-still-leave-major-affordability-concerns
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- University of Vermont Health Network cuts & layoffs
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Vermont’s largest hospital system announced dozens of layoffs this week as part of a plan to cut nearly $185 million in spending by the end of next year. It’s an effort to rein in ballooning health care costs in the state, which are among the highest in the country.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-08-01/in-review-uvm-health-layoffs-education-agency-hire-vermont-soccers-big-weekend
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- Vermont’s largest hospital system announces cuts and layoffs
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Vermont’s largest hospital system announced dozens of layoffs this week as part of a plan to cut nearly $185 million in spending by the end of next year. Plus, a Vermont Agency of Education hire raises questions. And a big weekend ahead for soccer fans in the state.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Mark Johnson - WCAX
Lexi Krupp - Vermont Public
Liam Elder-Connors - Vermont Public
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- Point in time
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Analyzing data on the number of unhoused people in Vermont collected from a single night in January. Plus, revenues in Vermont are expected to grow by over one percent in the new fiscal year but economists warn new federal tariffs could weaken the numbers, insurance companies with state marketplace plans are proposing more modest rate hikes this year but concerns remain that they’re still too expensive, the state Attorney General settles with a Saint Albans creamery over violations of its federal wastewater permit, and more than half a million liquid rabies vaccine baits will be spread across northern Vermont over the next few days.
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- Where would we be without corn?
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Elote - maize - corn - the cereal which so much revolves around. From BIRALAND.
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- Checking in with Québec / Emerald Ground Water / "Biraland"
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Canada and the U.S. are in an intense period of negotiations over a trade deal. Many Canadians are boycotting the States this summer over President Trump’s policies and 51st state rhetoric. We talk with Shawn Appell, host of our sister show on the CBC, Radio Noon in Québec, about what he's hearing from his listenership regarding their feelings on travelling to Quebec in the age of Trump.
Then, during the pandemic lockdown musician and songwriter Katy Hellman began to dig into her Irish heritage, particularly the folklore of the pre-Christian era. She used her newfound passion as inspiration for her newest musical venture Emerald Ground Water (https://emeraldgroundwater.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-below) . Their new album is called "The World Below."
Lastly, a new musical comedy video series explores the natural world and our connection to it. It’s called “Biraland,” and it’s a 20-part video series created by Bira Vanara. He’s a mu...
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- Squash | Biraland #1
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Biraland faculty welcome Dotto Sayenteez and meet the benevolent entity Ayotli.
00:00 Dotto's flat tire
05:15 Music video: Squash
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Green dream
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Speaking with the head coach of Vermont Green FC about the soccer club’s chance to complete an undefeated season by winning the U-S-L League Two title this weekend. Plus, Vermont’s largest hospital system is laying off nearly 80 staff members as part of an effort to rein in costs, why Vermont’s criminal defense lawyers face the prospect of not getting paid until fall, the Vermont National Guard will utilize a program pairing veterans and military service members with vacant jobs, and a new mobile simulation lab will help with emergency training for the state’s rural EMS companies.
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- Beans | Biraland #3
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- René has a freak out about all the pesticides used on the environment and scares Gene.
00:00 Is René OK?
06:05 Music video: Beans
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Corn | Biraland #2
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- After Brayden’s possession, Dotto Sayenteez learns more about what Biraland is, and Elote (maize) appears.
00:00 What is Biraland?
04:49 Music video: Corn
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- The Three Sisters | Biraland #4
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Gene wakes up after fainting and meets Etl (beans), the group learn about mutualism, and Dotto discusses humanity’s plight in its disconnection from the natural world.
00:00 Gene wakes up
05:40 Music video: The Three Sisters
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling.
Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/biraland
Watch more Biraland: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1bETyEfgYpu82ob4T1L6gqpO7SGDB0k
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- Money runs out to pay federal defense lawyers, and Champlain College hones in on cybersecurity
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Money runs out to pay federal defense lawyers, and Champlain College hones in on cybersecurity
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- Troubling hire at a state education agency
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Vermont State Agency hired a man who had been ordered to pay millions for filming teens undressing. Plus, Vermont filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to overturn a provision in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"; Vermont’s annual sports betting report contains some surprising trends;The city of South Burlington has hired a new police chief and a popular cliff-side hiking and rock climbing area has reopened.
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- How sibling dynamics can inspire high acheivement
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Today on the show, we explore the sibling dynamic, and how some families have multiple high achieving kids. Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Her new book, “The Family Dynamic,” looks at classic sibling examples, like the Bronte sisters, and modern ones.
We’ll talk with two New Hampshire sisters featured in the new book – Olympic triathlete Sarah True and renowned novelist Lauren Groff. Plus, two Vermont brothers who come from a VERY large family.
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- How a once-rundown farm is transforming a community
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- 10 months ago
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- A local couple gifts their town a farm and tasks them with transforming the property to benefit their community. Plus, the head of Vermont’s prison system is stepping down, federal tax credits that help Vermonters install solar panels are going away, new hunting regulations in the state aim to tackle overpopulation of deer and Dartmouth Health adds more providers.
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- Vermont towns continue to debate short-term rental rules
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- 10 months ago
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- Tourism-heavy towns often have a lot of AirBnBs per capita. Some towns, like Londonderry, are putting stricter rules in place on short-term rentals.
Their goal, in large part, is to maintain housing for full-time residents — Vermont has a housing shortage (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-09-16/vermont-needs-at-least-24000-more-homes-in-next-five-years-housing-needs-report) , after all. But some short-term rental owners think the new rules are too strict and end up hurting the local economy.
Vermont Public reporter Howard-Weiss Tisman shares an update on current debates over short-term rentals in southern Vermont towns. We also hear from Julie Marks, the founder and executive director of the Vermont Short Term Rental Alliance, the chair of Londonderry's housing commission Patty Eisenhauer, and Nate Lantieri of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency.
Broadcast live on Monday, July 28, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 ...
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- A new treatment option
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- 10 months ago
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- Examining the role a new methadone clinic will play now that it’s ready to treat people in Bennington. Plus, Vermont appears to have missed a mandatory deadline to curb greenhouse gas emissions this year, why regional Planned Parenthood health centers can't get reimbursed for the care they provide to Medicaid patients, health officials warn of two mosquito-borne viruses detected in St. Albans and Rutland, and state transit companies experiment with on-call bus service to help mitigate rising costs and ridership changes.
