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...
by Ryan Newswanger | Sep 6, 2019 | Episodes
After the Crossing Many different groups of people, from many different continents, have helped build our state. But from the 19th century through 2019, the stories of immigrants have largely been excluded from the popular image of Vermont. Color illustration of...
by Ryan Newswanger | Aug 1, 2019 | Episodes
Green Mountain Grab Bag It’s a shame that some of the things we record get edited out of our stories. So here’s an episode of lost clips: bike whistles, pewter purists, halfway houses on the border, needlework, and the grave of “Vermont’s Donald...
