by Ryan Newswanger | May 8, 2023 | Episodes
A Foot in Both Worlds People speaking Spanish as they milk cows may not fit our traditional image of a Vermont farm. But workers from Mexico and Central America are crucial to the state’s economy. And such migrant labor has a long history in Vermont. Download the...
by Ryan Newswanger | Mar 21, 2023 | Episodes
The Curious Catamount Though said to be extinct, catamounts live on in the minds of many Vermonters. In this episode we retrace a Barnard panther hunt from 1881 and consider the hold that these big cats continue to have on our imaginations. Download the Episode...
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...
