Best Rumble Strip Podcasts (2024)

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Rumble Strip: Tara 8:16

4d ago8:16

8:16

On the latest installment of Rumble Strip, Erica Heilman explores the evolution of grief with Tara Reese.By Erica Heilman

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The World Under the World 29:36

22d ago29:36

29:36

This is a story about active drug addiction. Last year I made a story about my private investigator friend Susan Randall, after her office was robbed in the middle of the day in downtown Burlington by a woman with a heroin addiction. She walked into Susan’s office while people were working there and loaded a bag with electronics, and left. I couldn…

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Rutland voters share what's on their minds as they get ready to vote 4:16

6h ago4:16

4:16

Vermont Public is working to hear from as many Vermonters as we can about what issues they want candidates to address.By Brittany Patterson, Nina Keck

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Family shelters are scarce as hundreds of children and caregivers exit motels 6:03

1d ago6:03

6:03

According to preliminary state data, there were 1,927 unhoused students enrolled in Vermont public schools last school year — nearly double the figure from five years prior.By Carly Berlin, Lola Duffort

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Underhill's unofficial town crier has been part of the town's harvest celebration for almost 40 years 5:23

6h ago5:23

5:23

For 50 years, the United Church of Underhill’s Old Fashioned Harvest Market has welcomed scores of visitors. And James Morris has been there most of that time — his voice booming over the hubbub.By Abagael Giles

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Vermonter, Lakota elder reflects on documentary about residential schools & intergenerational trauma 13:26

21h ago13:26

13:26

Huntington resident Beverly Little Thunder, who is enrolled in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, recently attended the Burlington screening of the documentary Sugarcane.By Elodie Reed

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Vermont's landlocked. You can still find plenty of seabirds here 4:52

21h ago4:52

4:52

For an ocean bird traveling from its breeding grounds in the Arctic, Lake Champlain looks a lot like the sea. This skinny stretch of water serves as a migration corridor for some birds who are usually hundreds of miles away, in the Atlantic.By Lexi Krupp

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'They haven't been fed': Legal troubles, forfeitures continue for Townshend horse breeder 5:44

5d ago5:44

5:44

The most recent horse seizure came on Sept. 10, when Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department game wardens and Vermont State Police troopers took at least 20 horses from Townshend's Friesians of Majesty. Troopers seized two more horses earlier this year, and 13 last year, due to a lack of care.By Nathaniel Wilson

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Did Act 46 work? It's complicated 6:12

6d ago6:12

6:12

Grace Miller parsed 15 years of school spending data to figure out if the school district consolidation law saved any money. And while her statistical analysis found that merged and unmerged districts ultimately spent about the same amount, she also found they spent money in very different ways.By Lola Duffort

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Peer-led class at Vermont women's prison teaches restorative justice principles 5:00

7d ago5:00

5:00

Restorative justice is a process that focuses on the offender repairing the harm caused by their actions, and uses dialogue and empathy rather than punishment. Vermont's only women's prison has had restorative justice classes for the past few years.By Mae Nagusky

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Harmony's Kitchen owner is on a mission to bring soul to Vermont 7:51

7d ago7:51

7:51

Local entrepreneur Harmony Edosomwan is taking part in a 10-week program through New York University intended to lift up Black business owners. Her catering business, Harmony's Kitchen, serves authentic soul food from its Winooski hub.By Adiah Gholston, Mary Williams Engisch

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FEMA's plodding bureaucracy exacts financial toll on Vermont towns 7:16

8d ago7:16

7:16

The same federal bureaucracy that hampered flood recovery for individuals after last summer's floods is plunging small, rural towns into crippling debt.By Peter Hirschfeld

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Early voting has begun for Vermont's general election. Here's how it works 6:43

8d ago6:43

6:43

Early voting for the general election began on Monday in Vermont. Voters have a 45-day window to vote in-person or by mail. General election day is ⁦Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024⁩.By Bob Kinzel, Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson

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Vermont hospitals are heading for bankruptcy. A plan to keep them afloat calls for dramatic changes 6:15

11d ago6:15

6:15

“There is no hospital in Vermont that is not in jeopardy,” stressed the consultant who led work on the report. Recommendations include closing inpatient beds and converting emergency departments into urgent care centers at Gifford Medical Center, Grace Cottage, North Country, and Springfield hospitals.…

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'I'm being priced out': Putney residents demand answers after property taxes spike 3:48

12d ago3:48

3:48

More than 100 people eventually showed up for a meeting to voice anger and frustration about taxes — and seek answers.By Howard Weiss-Tisman

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An off-grid artist community in the Stockbridge woods offers solitude and community 7:47

12d ago7:47

7:47

In the woods of a Windsor County town, artists leave behind their smartphones and embrace working and living off the land. While in residence with The Sable Project, the artists also showcase their works-in-progress at community events, and share locally-produced food.By Mary Williams Engisch

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Vermont's largest taxidermy collection is losing its home 7:01

13d ago7:01

7:01

The Luman R. Nelson taxidermy collection, which includes more than 600 birds and animals, has been in Marlboro since the early 1960s. The museum where it’s housed lost their lease and the collection is to be put into storage.By Howard Weiss-Tisman, Joey Palumbo

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Health care workers are unionizing across Vermont. They say better work conditions mean better care 8:22

14d ago8:22

8:22

The union representing health care and higher education employees, AFT Vermont, says it’s doubled the number of workers in its ranks over the last six years.By Elodie Reed, Mitch Wertlieb

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Vermont needs at least 24,000 more homes in the next five years, report says 7:48

15d ago7:48

7:48

Vermont needs 24,000 new year-round homes to get the housing market to a healthy place — that's according to the recent Vermont Housing Needs Assessment report, from the Vermont Housing Finance Agency and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Housing official Alex Farrell breaks down the report.…

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Liam's burger: Local man takes on the Dozer Challenge at Rozzi's in Colchester 7:33

18d ago7:33

7:33

The Dozer is 2 pounds of burger, eight strips of bacon and cheese, and a pound of fries. It has to be eaten in 30 minutes or less.By Liam Elder-Connors, Erica Heilman

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Barre, the only district in Vermont still without a budget, hopes to turn the page 5:45

19d ago5:45

5:45

The school board has once again trimmed its spending plans for the year, and scheduled a fourth budget vote for Sept. 17. Early voting has begun.By Lola Duffort

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Mark Utter Revisited 23:18

1M ago23:18

23:18

Mark Utter was born with a form of autism that makes it impossible for him to say what he's thinking. For the first thirty years of his life, Mark did not have access to the world of words, except as a listener. An observer. When he was thirty, he was introduced to supported typing, and for the first time in his life, with the help of a facilitator…

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Allison after the Flood 7:00

2M ago7:00

7:00

On the one-year anniversary of a 100-year flood, Vermont experienced another devastating flood. This is the story of one Plainfield, Vermont resident, who lost everything. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me run this show on Rumble Strip.By Allison, Erica Heilman, Vermont Public

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The Aphasia Choir 20:01

3M ago20:01

20:01

There are about 15 million people in this world having thoughts and ideas that they can't put into words. People who have had had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia, or difficulty talking or using language. Their thoughts are intact, but the language gets stuck. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the…

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Tara 19:35

4M ago19:35

19:35

This is a follow-up show to Finn and the Bell. If you haven't heard that story, you might want to start there. At Bread and Puppet in Glover, Vermont, there is a magical pine forest full of small homemade buildings and shrines to memorialize dead puppeteers and friends. It’s a place where my friend Tara Reese’s sons Finn and Lyle spent a lot of tim…

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Will Staats, Hunting Biologist...Redux! 25:18

5M ago25:18

25:18

Will Staats worked for both Vermont and New Hampshire for forty years as a wildlife biologist. He’s also a passionate hunter. He knows the back country of the Kingdom right up through Maine and into Labrador. One day in October he took me bird hunting deep in the unorganized town of Ferdinand. We talked about birds. And we talked about the growing …

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Sugaring with Forrest Foster 11:12

5M ago11:12

11:12

I hung out with Forrest Foster in his sugarhouse a few weeks ago. Sugarhouses are the best because they’re full of warm, sweet steam and there’s nothing to do but hang around and make sure the pan doesn’t burn. Also, if sugaring is happening it means that winter is almost over and that is a joyous time for me. I love the hell out of April. So here …

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Fifty: A Phoenix Moment. REDUX! 21:18

6M ago21:18

21:18

This is a show I made a few years ago that very significantly involves Total Eclipse of the Heart, which is my favorite song. I am playing it again now because it is ECLIPSE WEEK. I hope you enjoy it.By Bianca Giaver, Erica Heilman, Scott Carrier

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Kasey is Figuring it Out 34:29

6M ago34:29

34:29

Kasey Phipps is transgender and has always been transgender. But Kasey didn’t grow up in a place where the word transgender was well understood. Or understood at all. It’s only in the last four years that Kasey’s put a name to this lifelong experience of living life in the wrong gender. This is just one story about the experience of being trans. Cr…

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What Class Are You Ashley? 8:11

7M ago8:11

8:11

What Class Are You is a periodic series I make for Vermont Public. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me share the series on Rumble Strip.By ashley messier, Erica Heilman

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What Class Are You Ashton? 7:46

7M ago7:46

7:46

What Class Are You is a periodic series I make for Vermont Public. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me share the series on Rumble Strip.By rumble strip, Erica Heilman

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What Class Are You Kathleen? 5:51

7M ago5:51

5:51

What Class Are You is a periodic series I make for Vermont Public. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me share the series on Rumble Strip.By Kathleen Patrick, Erica Heilman

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Revisiting Isaac 19:30

7M ago19:30

19:30

Many of you got in touch with me after Isaac's story aired in the first week of What Class Are You. Isaac's on his way to Columbia in the fall, on a full scholarship, and you came up with amazing ideas for how you might be helpful, so I went back up to Newport to discuss it all with Isaac. And it turned into a really interesting conversation on a n…

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What Class Are You Ethan? 9:53

7M ago9:53

9:53

What Class Are You is a periodic series I make for Vermont Public. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me share the series on Rumble Strip.By ethan perry, Erica Heilman

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What Class Are You Mike? 7:57

7M ago7:57

7:57

What Class Are You is a periodic series I make for Vermont Public. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me share the series on Rumble Strip.By Mike Donofrio, Erica Heilman

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