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Vermont Edition

Vermont Edition brings you news and conversation about issues affecting your life. Host Mikaela Lefrak considers the context of current events through interviews with news makers and people who make our region buzz.

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48:55

Four local poets discuss their craft

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/25

Our region is home to celebrated poets from a wide variety of personal backgrounds. On this Vermont Edition, we revisit interviews with four local poets that we recorded in April to mark National Poetry Month. Bianca Stone of Brandon reflects on her first year as Vermont’s poet laureate, Geof Hewitt of Calais tells us about the roots of slam poetry, Alexandria Hall explains how she carries her Vergennes roots with her while living in California, and Sarah Audsley of Johnson discusses the influence

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49:50

What it's like being a first-term state lawmaker

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/24

What it's like being a first-term state lawmaker

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Barre's burgeoning queer community

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/23

Building queer community can be incredibly hard, when you’re facing forces like bigotry or intolerance. It can also be hard when you live in a place like Vermont, where there just aren’t a whole ton of people.Last week, our team went to The Barre Social Club to record a live panel discussion with Barre-area LGBTQ business owners and organizers who are trying to strengthen ties in Barre’s queer community and support vulnerable people there.Our guests were; Liv Dunton of Fox Market and Bar in East

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49:50

Juneteenth celebrations and new books by local authors

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/18

Communities across our region are hosting Juneteenth celebrations this year. The federal holiday marks the end of slavery in the United States and honors Black history and culture. South Burlington recreation specialist Kate Likhite and state Sen. Joe Major of Hartford tell us about their communities' Juneteenth events.Then: two local authors share the stories behind their new books. In "The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science," Vershire's Matthew

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49:45

How Canadian wildfire smoke affects air quality – and...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/17

More than 200 wildfires are currently burning in Canada. They are transforming forests, and becoming more intense and frequent due to climate change. This hour we discuss how wildfires affect our landscapes, and how wildfire smoke affects air quality and our bodies. Our guests are David Grass, a senior environmental health manager at the Vermont Department of Health, and David Phillips, a Toronto-based climatologist emeritus with Environment and Climate Change Canada, a governmental agency.This

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49:50

Navigating changes and challenges on Burlington's...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/16

Navigating changes and challenges on Burlington's Church street

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Vermont Edition At Home: Rosemary Gladstar

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/12

Rosemary Gladstar is said to be the Godmother of modern herbalism. In the latest installment of Vermont Edition At Home, Mikaela visited Gladstar at her house in Milton, Vermont. They discussed her roots in herbalism, from her childhood learning how to forage for food and medicine with her grandmother, to becoming the founder of a world renowned herbal retreat center in Vermont and founder of several companies. Mikaela was also treated to a tour of her herbal garden and heard about all of the

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49:50

Novelist Tim Weed and hikes off the beaten path

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/11

"The long term survival of life on earth has never really been in doubt...it's the survival of homo sapiens that has been in question." That stark reminder, or perhaps warning, comes from one of the central characters in the new novel by Vermont author Tim Weed called "The Afterlife Project."Guest host Mitch Wertlieb speaks with the Putney-based writer about what inspired his book--which blends elements of climate fact with science fiction, telling a story that stretches from the not too distant

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49:50

Stories of childlessness, by choice or by chance

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/10

The birthrate in the United States is on the decline, and of all 50 states, Vermont’s fertility rate is the lowest. We'll listen to a recent episode of Vermont Public's podcast Brave Little State where reporter Nina Keck looks into a listener’s question about childlessness.Then, we'll be joined by sociology professor Amy Blackstone of the University of Maine, who researches why some people opt out of parenting. Her book is Childfree by Choice.Broadcast live on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at noon;

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49:50

As Senate debates the budget, Vermont Sen. Peter...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/09

As Senate debates the budget, Vermont Sen. Peter Welch hopes "we kill the bill"

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49:50

Summer reading: Ease into the season with these book...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/05

Summer reading: Ease into the season with these book recommendations

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New historic roadside markers and soccer star Sam Mewis

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/04

Vermont’s roadways are dotted with iconic green and gold markers. They tell stories of our region’s past.Today on Vermont Edition, the state’s Historic Preservation Officer tells us about the state’s newest historic markers, like the one for Devil’s Bowl Speedway, New England’s fastest dirt track, or another in Fayston for Ralph Waldo Ellison, author of the classic novel Invisible Man.Then, soccer star Sam Mewis will coach two women’s exhibition games this summer for the Vermont Green. She’s a FIFA

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49:17

Why did Governor Scott pause the electric vehicle...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/03

Electric vehicles – EVs – don’t emit pollutants into the air. That’s a good thing, if you’re focused on cutting emissions and curbing climate change. But they’re also often more expensive than gas cars, and the charging infrastructure along roads and highways isn’t fully built out yet. Considering these challenges, how do you get people to buy EVs?In Vermont, the legislature enacted a new regulation in 2022 to end gas-powered car sales by 2035. To do that, manufacturers would have to increase the

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49:50

The education bill that's divided Vermont's legislature

Vermont Edition ·

2025/06/02

Vermont’s legislative session was supposed to be over, but one massive and potentially historic bill will keep lawmakers in Montpelier longer than expected. That bill? Education reform.Today on Vermont Edition: a trio of local education reporters break down the ed reform debate. This bill seeks to fundamentally transform how Vermont schools are run and how they are funded. It could set class size minimums, dramatically cut the number of school districts, and change how we pay for public education

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49:50

What's in the Waterbury water that makes businesses...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/05/29

Darn Tough. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Ben and Jerry’s. Ivy Computer. Verde Technologies. KORE Power Battery Cell Developers. What do all these businesses have in common? They either were, or still are, in the small town of Waterbury, Vermont. Today on Vermont Edition: what makes this one town in Washington County a good home for growing companies? Our guests this hour have their theories. We’ll talk with leaders of companies based in Waterbury and the head of the town’s business development

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49:50

Checking in on Lake Memphremagog and Lake Champlain

Vermont Edition ·

2025/05/28

Lake Memphremagog provides drinking water for around 200,000 Canadians, and recreation for countless Vermonters. It also faces serious environmental challenges. Today on Vermont Edition: the fight to restore and protect the water quality of our region’s largest lakes. We’ll hear from a Quebec-based group about their effort to designate Memphremagog as a lake in crisis. We’ll also talk with a scientist from the Lake Champlain Basin Program, and a shoreline ecologist with Vermont’s Department of

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49:47

Rep. Balint on the budget bill; outgoing VT...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/05/27

First up, we're joined by Josh Wronski, the outgoing Executive Director of the Vermont Progressive Party to talk about his tenure there, what he learned in his nine years leading Vermont's third party, and how they should move forward.Then, Rep. Becca Balint joins us to talk about the Big Beautiful Bill, Medicaid cuts, the war in Gaza, impeachment, and U.S.-Canada relations.Lastly, it's our monthly local food segment with Seven Days food writer Melissa Pasanen.Broadcast live on Thursday, May 22,

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Vermont Edition At Home: Alison Bechdel

Vermont Edition ·

2025/05/22

In the latest installment of our series, Vermont Edition At Home: The award-winning cartoonist Alison Bechdel chats with us from her home studio in Bolton.Alison Bechdel is one of the country’s most renowned cartoonists. Her graphic memoir Fun Home was turned into a Tony Award-winning musical. Her new graphic novel, Spent, is set in Vermont.

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49:54

Got junk? Vermont's home organizers want to help you...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/05/21

Spring is an annual rite of passage, a time of transition and regrowth. Some spend it gardening. Others reconnect with friends. And a few of us, like Vermont Edition's Mikaela Lefrak, derive actual joy from spring cleaning.Two professional home organizers joined Mikaela to share their best spring cleaning tips: Sarah Thompson of St. George and Amie Davis of Georgia, Vt.If you need an extra dose of motivation, you could hire a DJ like Burlington-based Taraleigh Weathers, also known as DJ Cheetahtah

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49:49

Sen. Phil Baruth on the state budget, property taxes,...

Vermont Edition ·

2025/05/20

Sen. Phil Baruth on the state budget, property taxes, and the Trump Administration

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