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00:13:30

I Eat the Marshmallow

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2026/04/09

This is a same-day reaction to this morning’s story called: A springtime show about how about the economy that partly explains why we feel ashamed. That story features a wonderful listener in Scotland who is a money manager and made some fascinating comments about the last class series. I asked her if she’d be willing to share some of these thoughts on the phone, and she was willing, and that was this morning’s story.A couple hours later I got a reaction audio from one of the people featured in the

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00:20:18

A Springtime Show about the Economy that Partly...

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2026/04/09

This is a conversation with a money manager in Scotland who has given a great deal of thought to why many of us feel confused and ashamed about our financial lives. After the What Class are You? shows, I often receive interesting commentary, and I’m always frustrated that this commentary can’t become part of a wider conversation. So after receiving two fascinating comments from EM in Scotland, I asked her if she’d be willing to share some of her thoughts on the economy on the phone. She said yes,

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00:16:33

Hold On

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2026/03/06

This is a story about a song.Six years ago, seventeen-year-old Finn Rooney killed himself in his home in Walden, Vermont. A couple days later, his community held a bonfire in the parking lot of Hazen Union High school in Hardwick. Hundreds of people came. Tom Gilbert, who organized the bonfire, asked his friend Heidi Wilson to write a song for the occasion. The song was called Hold On. She made sure it was a song everyone could sing. And they did. Now people are singing this song all over the

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00:07:46

What class are you, Habib and Arwa?

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2026/01/29

I met Arwa and Habib Meiloud because they’re Anne’s kids and Anne works at the post office in the village here in East Calais. They live in the house right across the road from the post office. Arwa and Habib’s father is from Mauritania and lives out of the country, but both Arwa and Habib were born in the US, and their mother Anne grew up in Vermont. Arwa is 17 years old, Habib is 18. In this conversation, we talk about the roles that race and class have played in their lives.

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00:15:14

What class are you Kaye?

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2026/01/28

Kaye Phipps lives in Montpelier, Vermont. Right now she works as a custodian at a local grocery store. She’s also been a florist, a housekeeper, and a house cleaner. But even though she’s sometimes working multiple jobs, she often comes up short. In this episode, Kaye talks about how having a limited income makes her feel like a child, long into adulthood.

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00:09:22

What class are you Jules?

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2026/01/27

Jules Guillemette grew up on their family farm in Lamoille County, Vermont, which has been in the family nearly 100 years. Since then, Jules has worked as a chef, a meat cutter and now they're an electrician. In this episode, we talk about what it means to own land of enormous value but always be struggling to save enough money.

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00:08:53

What class are you Trudy?

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2026/01/26

What Class are You? is a periodic series I make for Vermont Public, which started back in 2022. I wanted to talk with people about growing political and cultural divides without talking about politics or cultural divides. I had no idea how to do it. Then one day I just drove around and asked people what class they are. And what I found was that as dumb and offensive as this question is, people have a lot to say about it. Socioeconomic reality is one thing we all share. Some of us have a lot, some

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00:20:28

The Thanksgiving Show

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2025/12/09

This is a show about Thanksgiving, and what it sounds like. It is made entirely of your recordings. Thank you everyone for sending me recordings. We have made a show that sounds like the whole damn country. Or a lot of it.

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00:03:03

Thanksgiving show SAMPLER

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2025/11/26

A couple days ago I asked you to send me some recordings from Thanksgiving. I figured I'd give you a little better sense of what I'm looking for. Happy Thanksgiving all! Erica

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00:02:53

Let's Make a Show about Thanksgiving

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2025/11/25

Let's make a show about Thanksgiving. I have always wanted to do this, and the time has come.Anyone who is willing, I would love you to record a voice memo this week about your holiday. Stories, anecdotes, songs...I don't know. You don't have to speak in complete sentences. It doesn’t have to be organized. It doesn't have to be funny or important. If you're willing to record some of the holiday ambience, that would also be great. The tv room, the kitchen, the dinner table, the drive or flight to

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00:29:20

An American Life

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2025/11/11

Music for this show is by Brian Clark, who is awesome.

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00:14:25

The Party

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2025/11/03

Thank you Phil Edfors of Vermont Public for cleaning up the whale recordings. This was no small feat and I am grateful.The whales were recorded for an oceanic soundscape project at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

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00:26:42

Joslyn House Revisited

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2025/10/21

CreditsThanks to all the residents who talked with me, and the beautiful Arlene and Becky Wright, managers of the house.My friend Kelly Green produced this show with me. She’s great at this PLUS she’s a great defense attorney! If you're in trouble, call Kelly.Click here for more information on the Joslyn HouseThe song for this show is A Wave in the Air by The Imperfectionists, from their latest album, Universal Consent.And my frickin ALL TIME FAVORITE IMPERFECTIONIST SONG: Astroplane.

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00:11:41

A Barn Update with Forrest Foster

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2025/10/08

I stopped in to visit with Forrest Foster about his barn project. Here's our conversation.

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00:12:57

Tractor Pull

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2025/09/25

Williams Family Field of Dreams Tractor Pulls

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00:22:00

Susan Randall. Hold the Line

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2025/09/13

A couple weeks ago my friend Susan Randall came to visit. She’s a private investigator and we’ve been friends for thirty years and every now and then we get together and compare notes on our lives, and on what the hell is going on. Sometimes we talk about her work, sometimes our kids, once we made a show about a dead owl.This has been a very difficult year for Susan. In this conversation, we talk about her health...and the federal government.

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00:15:43

Zombie Snails

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2025/09/04

Bryan's substack, Chasing Nature Bryan's article about the zombie snails and some wicked video

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00:23:22

Jay Allison on Why We Should Save Public Radio

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2025/07/30

Links:Adopt a Station: Where you can donate to your local public radio station or find stations to supportTransom: The place where good radio beginsRecent New York Times interview with Bill Siemering about the fate of public radioInformation on Transom story trainingsRumble Strip episode w Jay called Fishing with Jay

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00:17:06

Ladies' Pond

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2025/07/28

The women in this show are: Clare Dolan, Holly Rae Taylor, Alison Bechdel, Deb Fleischman, Annie Greensfelder, Rosana Vestuti and Tamar Cole. Thanks to all the kids and families and dogs and loons and crows that were there that day on the pond. And the trumpet guy.Huge thanks to Chelsea Edgar for your edits.

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00:08:24

What class are you Susan Ritz?

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2025/07/18

This is the last episode in season 6 of What Class are You?, a periodic series I make for Vermont Public.Susan Ritz grew up in a wealthy family in Minnesota. For the past 36 years, she's lived in central Vermont, where she writes books and is an active philanthropist. In this episode of "What class are you?" we talk about the surprising complexities of having more than most.

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