Musician and teaching artist Rebecca Mack discusses her new song cycle, "Body," inspired by her experiences with long Covid disability, climate change, and the shared impermanence of the human body and the Earth body. Learn more about Rebecca and her work at rebeccamackmusic.com. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF). This episode of Vermont …

Acclaimed circus educator Troy Wunderle discusses Vermont’s vibrant circus community, the essence of clowning, and receiving the 2022 Excellence in Circus Education Award from the American Circus Educators Association. Learn more about Troy and his work at bigtopadventures.com. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF). This episode of Vermont Ma…

Artist-builders Thea Alvin and Meg Reinhold discuss the new Yestermorrow Design/Build School exhibit Elements of Shelter, on view in the Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden through May 2025. Learn more about the exhibit, the artists, and Yestermorrow at vermontartscouncil.org/sculpture-garden where you'll also find links to resources and informat…

Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden discusses her two Eisner Award-winning graphic novels, Spinning and Are You Listening?, her Cosmic Slumber Tarot deck, teaching at the Center for Cartoon Studies, and more. Learn more about Tillie Walden at tilliewalden.com. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF). This episode of Vermont Made is sponso…

HB Lozito and Grace Johnston-Fennell of Out in the Open collaborate with Rae Garringer of Country Queers to launch the 2023 Trans Audio Retreat, an opportunity for rural trans and nonbinary creatives in Vermont to foster community and let their voices be heard. Learn more about Out in the Open at weareoutintheopen.org and more about Country Queers …

Sed One of Montpelier-based hip hop duo Boomslang discusses two albums, the recently released Boomslang III and the upcoming Boomslang Forever, and leaving a creative legacy after the passing of his other half, JL or Johnny Morris. Learn more about Boomslang and buy their music at boomslangvt.bandcamp.com. The episode includes samples from Boomslan…

Novelist Ann Dávila Cardinal discusses her upcoming horror novel for Middle Grade readers, Dry Bones, and reads an excerpt from her upcoming magical realist novel for adults, The Storyteller's Death, available Oct. 4, 2022. Learn more about Ann and her books at anndavilacardinal.com. Download a transcript of the episode (PDF). Support the Show.…

Two of the minds behind independent film company WalrusDice Productions discuss their new feature-length fantasy adventure, The Butterfly Queen, filmed entirely around Ryegate, VT and releasing in fall 2022. Learn more about the film and the production company at walrusdice.com. See photos from the filming of The Butterfly Queen in the show notes o…

Acclaimed essayist Emily Bernard discusses life after her 2019 book Black is the Body, intimacy and the page, and her next project, a collection of essays about Black women artists in the public eye. Learn more about Emily Bernard at emilybernard.com. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF). Support the Show.…

State legislator and former executive director of The Flynn John Killacky discusses because art, his new collection of commentary, critique, and conversations from over 30 years in the arts. Learn more about John at johnkillacky.com, and order because art direct from Vermont bookseller Phoenix Books. Download a transcript of the episode (PDF). Supp…

The co-founders of SheFly share how they invented pants that make it easy for everyone to answer nature's call outdoors, and how they took their product from concept to prize-winning startup. To learn more about SheFly visit sheflyapparel.com. See photos and more in the show notes on our website. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF). Support…

Eco-fashion designer Tara Lynn Scheidet shares how she brings nature to life on custom wedding gowns, and how she grew from a typical New York City fashion student to an eco-conscious couturier in the woods of Vermont. To learn more about Tara Lynn's bridal work visit taralynnbridal.com. Explore her other eco-couture earthbitch.com. This episode co…

Shanta Lee Gander shares how she worked with local women to tap into the lesser-celebrated aspects of the sacred feminine for her photography series, Dark Goddess. Explore more of Shanta's photography and writing—including her new book of poetry, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA—at shantaleegander.com. Find details on Shanta's Dark Goddess exhibit at Southern …

Kelly McMahon of May Day Studio shares how she interprets poems into letterpress broadsides and discusses her recent collaboration with the Kent Museum to display a broadside outdoors in the summer of 2020. Explore more of Kelly's work at maydaystudio.com. Find details about the fall 2021 exhibit at the Kent Museum featuring some of Kelly's work. S…

Jarvis Green shares how JAG Productions partnered with King Arthur Baking Company to revive live theater after a year of Covid closures with five weekends of Black theater presented outdoors on the King Arthur campus in Norwich. Learn more about JAG Productions and Theatre on the Hill at jagproductionsvt.com. See photos of Jarvis and Theatre on the…

Introducing Vermont Made, a podcast from the Vermont Arts Council. Follow us on your favorite podcast player. Download a transcript of the trailer. Support the Show.By The Vermont Arts Council

In this episode, Tanesha, Nehemiah, Jason and special guest, Adriane Farley, break down the obstacles Black communities face in trying to sustain mental wellness while fighting police brutality--especially in schools with police presence. How can defunding police and reallocating those funds to social and emotional supports help? Can Black communit…

We're tired, we're angry and we're fighting. But in all of that, some important elements are lacking--like unity and healing. In this episode, Tanesha, Jason, Nehemiah and special guest, Ashley Munson, talk about how we unify as a community and mean what we say when we say ALL Black Lives Matter. And they discuss the importance of maintaining the m…

Protests, riots, looting, racism. Black communities are catching hell from all sides! In this episode, Tanesha, Jason and special guest, Daniel Jean Jr., dive deeper into the George Floyd murder, their feelings about what's going on around the country and solutions on rebuilding Black communities and sustaining movements that attack racism and oppr…

In this episode, Tanesha is joined by Jason Allen and Nehemiah Frank in discussing the recent lynching of George Floyd and how black people are sick, tired and pissed off. What role does the public school system play in eradicating racism? What do white people need to do to minimize oppression? Find out in this episode!…

A real life obstacle faced by many black and brown children trying to navigate through the school-to-prison system, Tanesha talks criminalization and imprisonment with Christina Laster and Nadine Escalante.

In honor of Women's History Month, Tanesha chopped it up with Dia Jones, Isis Spann and ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson about how black women are building their own tables and offering sideline seats to anyone trying to get in their way.

Stealing from Jay Z: What's better than one powerful woman? Three! Specially if they're from the same hue as you. In this episode, activist extraordinaires Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Lakisha Young and Tanesha Peeples talk about what it means and takes to carry a movement as Black women. Keep the conversation going with us on twitter @PeeplesVoicePod…