But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world. Know a kid with a question? Record it with a smartphone. Be sure to include your kid's first name, age, and town and send the recording to questions@butwhykids.org!
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What if you could decide what stories Vermont Public should be covering, before they're even assigned? That's the idea behind Brave Little State.
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The Eye On The Sky is Vermont's weather service. It is a production of the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium and Vermont Public Radio.
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Each week, Charlie Nardozzi joins Vermont Public’s Mary Engisch for a conversation about gardening, and to answer your questions about what you're seeing in the natural world.
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Vermont Public's daily news podcast. Get up to speed on what's happening every day in Vermont in under 15 minutes. Available every weekday morning by 6 a.m.
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Special series and audio documentaries from Vermont's public media source.
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Vermont Edition brings you news and conversation about issues affecting Vermont.Subscribe to the Podcast with the links below or via RSS.Visit the Vermont Edition page to listen to the archives and for more about the show.
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News and conversation about issues affecting Vermonters, hosted by Jane Lindholm and Bob Kinzel . Together, we consider the context of current events with the people who make our region buzz.
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The Vermont Center for Ecostudies and VPR unite the sounds and science of nature in this monthly feature. The program is hosted by biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra, who share their knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm for wildlife education and conservation.
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Get your daily dose of what's happening in New York's North Country, the Adirondacks, Vermont, Canada, and beyond. Host David Sommerstein presents the best stories from North Country Public Radio's award-winning newsroom. You'll hear the most interesting voices on the most important issues in the region. There's even a micro-newscast to keep you up to date. When you miss
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An update on the most important news of the North Country
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NEXT was a radio show and podcast that aired its final episode in May 2021 after a successful five-year run. The weekly program focused on New England, one of America's oldest places, at a time of change. NEXT was produced at Connecticut Public Radio and featured stories from journalists across the New England News Collaborative. Most recently, the program was hosted by Morgan Springer. With New England as our laboratory, NEXT asked questions about how we power our society, how we move aroun ...
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No Makeup shares authentic stories of really cool women who sign up to honestly and bravely tell us their stories. We believe stories can do a lot-they inspire, they console, and they shape our understanding of the world. So welcome to a podcast where Tiff and Marissa interview women they admire and ask them to figuratively take of their makeup and tell stories from the heart. This podcast is produced in partnership with Vermont Public Radio.
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Baby Sleep for Modern Parents
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NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.
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The Vermont Conversation is a VTDigger podcast hosted by award-winning journalist David Goodman. It features in-depth interviews about local and national topics with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and ordinary citizens. The Vermont Conversation is also an hour-long weekly radio program that can be heard on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. on WDEV/Radio Vermont.
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Basic Folk features honest conversations with folk musicians hosted by Cindy Howes, a well-versed public radio DJ, and singer/songwriter Lizzie No. While we’re not gassing up the banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin, Basic Folk approaches interviews with warmth, humor and insightful (invasive?) questions. This podcast fosters the folk community and showcases a genre that is often misunderstood. Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from Molly Tuttle, Ben Harper ...
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Baby Carl’s Happy Apocalypse podcast is a lighthearted and inspirational take on a very serious topic that includes interviews with interesting people, laughing children, happy cows, car-talk banter, a labyrinth, an outdoor classroom filled with conversations, and singing. Who is Baby Carl? Well, he’s just a little guy: a toddler with a big vocabulary, a hearty appetite for information, and an even bigger love for humanity. And he loves singing songs. He has a friend, Bill. Bill’s a philosop ...
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A 100-year-old Vermont veteran receives the Legion of Honor for his service in northern France during World War II. Plus, two state senators are suing Gov. Scott over his appointment of an interim education secretary lawmakers had initially rejected, Rep. Balint files legislation designed to prevent what she calls deceptive small donor fundraising …
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At 100 years old, Vermont WWII vet surprised with France's highest honor
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Richard Jackson recently received the French Legion of Honor for his service during World War II. The medal was delivered after a chance encounter at the senior facility where he lives.By Howard Weiss-Tisman
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For about a century, a farm operated on a hillside in Hardwick. At one point, it was said to have one of the finest herds of cows in town. But life for those working the farm was less rosy. They were known as “inmates” — though they hadn’t committed crimes. This was Hardwick’s “poor farm.” Vermont towns used to be required by law to provide welfare…
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Midday Forecast, June 20, 2024 by VPRBy VPR
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A Vermont-based summer camp for LGTBQ+ youth with a years-long waitlist is expanding its footprint to serve more kids. Plus, nurses at Vermont’s biggest hospital are considering a strike if their contract demands aren’t met, high-level nuclear waste from the former Vermont Yankee plant will spend at least another 20 years in Vermont, a national con…
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Swimming, archery and queer sock puppets: A Vermont camp for LGTBQ+ youth expands
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Outright Vermont, a statewide nonprofit that focuses on supporting LGBTQ+ youth, announced last month that it acquired Camp Sunrise, a 146-acre property in Orwell. The organization is aiming to start hosting Camp Outright, a "summer camp with a queer twist," at the site.By Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson
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Archiving the Heart: Greg Brown on Music, Family, and Throwing Out Old Notebooks, ep. 266
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Iowa folk music icon Greg Brown is living that retired life. After playing his farewell retirement concert in 2023, he's returned with a new book: Ring Around The Moon: A Songbook, which highlights a song selection personally picked by the songwriter himself, as well as family photos, personal anecdotes and self-penned drawings. The book features a…
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Climate change & aging, Karen DeWitt retires
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(Jun 20, 2024) Earlier this week, over 100 people gathered at Paul Smith's College to talk about the intersection of climate change impacts and an aging population; after 34 years as public radio's eyes and ears in Albany, reporter Karen Dewitt is retiring on Friday. We talk with her about her career and how Albany has changed for a journalist.…
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(Jun 20, 2024) When we talk about the effects of climate change, we rarely hear about how it will affect older adults. A conversation with an expert about how to protect seniors who will be among the most vulnerable as the Earth warms. Also: Three carriers are competing to provide subsidized air service at the Plattsburgh airport.…
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6/19/24: The meaning of Juneteenth, in Watertown
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(Jun 19, 2024) On Juneteenth, a conversation with the organizer of Juneteenth events in Watertown. Bianca Ellis hopes the holiday motivates people to learn more about Black history and excellence, and encourages people of African descent to tell their own stories. Also: Adirondack forest rangers rescued lost and injured hikers, helped stranded kaya…
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Watertown Juneteenth, local Iraq & Afghanistan war memorials, Laura Lavoie
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(Jun 19, 2024) Watertown Juneteenth is hosting the second part of its Juneteenth celebrations today. Organizers hope the events inspire other Black people to share their stories; while a national memorial for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans goes through a lengthy planning and fundraising process, veterans are working with state and local governme…
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Scott chides 'arrogant' Legislature after Democrats flex supermajority in veto session
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The governor’s willingness to use his veto pen — and Democrats’ ability to erase it — represents a deepening partisan chasm in Montpelier.By Peter Hirschfeld, Bob Kinzel
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Creemees for you and your dog! What's trending in Vermont this month
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Seven Days food editor Melissa Pasanen talks creemees to beat the heat, plus the hottest food news in our region.By Mitch Wertlieb, Andrea Laurion
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Vermont Green FC kicks off their first women's exhibition game
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Fans of the soccer team have been filling Virtue Field, with attendance growing over the last three seasons. Their upcoming women’s exhibition game this Saturday may be their highest attended yet.By Mitch Wertlieb, Andrea Laurion
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Midday Forecast, June 18, 2024 by VPRBy VPR
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The financial conundrum many young women of color face when trying to achieve stardom in the music industry. Plus, breaking down the action from yesterday’s legislative veto session, the state prepares for its first major heat wave of the season, and a Vermonter wins two Tony awards for her musical about the American suffragist movement.…
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Adirondack heat, air quality checks, Betsy Kepes
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(Jun 18, 2024) This week's heat wave is part of a trend of warmer, more extreme weather events in the Adirondack North Country; because of the Canadian wildfires last year, officials are asking New Yorkers to monitor air quality every day this summer; and, our book reviewer Betsy Kepes stops by to talk about a novel set in St. Lawrence County about…
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6/18/24: Get used to more heatwaves like this
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(Jun 18, 2024) This week's heatwave is part of a trend of warmer, more extreme weather events in the Adirondack North Country. A climatologist from SUNY ESF on how the region's summer are changing and how we'll have to adapt. Also: State and local officials have set up cooling stations across the state and the North Country to help people who don't…
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SunCommon's parent company files for bankruptcy— what's next?
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iSun, the parent company of the solar panel maker SunCommon, has filed for bankruptcy. A finance professor explains what led to it and what's next.By Mitch Wertlieb, Daniela Fierro
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What does this year's veto session look like?
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Governor Phil Scott has vetoed eight bills this legislative session. If Democratic lawmakers want to override those vetoes, they’ll need a two-thirds supermajority of lawmakers.By Mitch Wertlieb, Daniela Fierro
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