by Ryan Newswanger | Mar 1, 2021 | Episodes
A Town Solves a Problem Town meeting is central to our identity as a little state on a human scale that does things differently. But what happens to town meeting when it needs to change during a pandemic? Or when it changes because Vermont itself has changed? Download...
by Ryan Newswanger | Feb 19, 2021 | Episodes
Send Me a Box We examine some of the products that people have mailed to and from Vermont, from maple syrup to complete houses and almost everything in between. Download the Episode Subscribe to the Show This Episode’s Featured Object: Civil War Letters Sent...
by Ryan Newswanger | Jul 23, 2020 | Episodes
Vermont on the Silver Screen From A Vermont Romance to Funny Farm, our state has been featured in films for over a century. What are the myths that Hollywood creates about our lives in Vermont? And what are the myths that we create ourselves? Image of Kenneth...
by Ryan Newswanger | May 29, 2020 | Episodes
Green Up Day Vermont’s Green Up Day celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In 1970, the day featured closed interstate highways, coerced schoolchildren, and shouted encouragement from a buzzing Cessna. Download the Episode Subscribe to the Show This...
by Ryan Newswanger | Feb 20, 2020 | Episodes
The Long Enough Trail Stories from those who founded, hiked, and loved Vermont’s Long Trail, including the first women to through-hike the “footpath in the wilderness” in 1927. Download the Episode Subscribe to the Show This Episode’s Featured...
by Ryan Newswanger | Dec 19, 2019 | Episodes
Princes and Free Men It’s well-known that Vermont is one of the whitest states in the Union. And so the stories of African American Vermonters can sometimes get forgotten, no matter how important they have been to our state’s and our nation’s history. Mural of Martin...
