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Kevin Ellis on Trump attack on high educations, National Endowment for the Humanities and Bernie Sanders events around the country Apr 18, 2025

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9:15 - Middlebury Professor and poet Jay Parini on what the Trump attack on high educations means for the classroom and the campus.

10 am - Vermont Humanities Council executive director Christopher Kaufman Illstrup on the proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities and what it means for Vermont.

10:30 - Discussion of the Bernie Sanders events around the country.

Ross Connolly talks Americans for Prosperity, John Reynolds: State Director for NFIB and Jason Sorens: Senior Research Fellow at AIER Apr 16, 2025

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9-9:30am Greg Moore, Regional Director with Americans for Prosperity, tells the story of the Pine Tree Riot, the forgotten beginning of the Revolutionary War

9:30-10am James Czerniawski, Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity, discusses the FISA court system, the need for reform, and his testimony on the topic in Congress last week

10-10:30am John Reynolds, State Director for NFIB, updates listeners about Vermont’s plan to mandate electric truck sales and its potential impact on communities throughout the state

10:30-11am Jason Sorens, Senior Research Fellow at AIER, talks tariffs, their impact, and the Trump Administrations use of them

Brad Ferland talks Vermont Trails and Greenways Council, Vermont’s outdoor recreation economy and Former Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad Apr 15, 2025

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9:00 to 10:00

Nick Bennette, Chair of the Vermont Trails and Greenways Council and E.D. of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association, and Abby Long, E.D. of Kingdom Trails, economic value of recreation trails and the need to recognize the landowners who provide recreation on their property.

Vermont’s outdoor recreation economy continues to grow, bringing $2.1 billion annually, which amounts to 4.8% of State GDP, according to 2023 US Bureau of Economic Analysis.

10:00 to 11:00

Former Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad

Reflections of being Burlington Chief, repeat offenders, recruitment in an age of defunding and what’s ahead.

Brad Ferland on League of Vermont Writers, Meadow Hill Consulting and Kesha Ram Hinsdale Vermont Senate Majority Leader Apr 14, 2025

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9:00 to 9:25

League of Vermont Writers

Spring event report

Stephen Russell Payne

9:30 to 10:00

Matt Cota. Meadow Hill Consulting

Clean Heat Energy and Electric Vehicles Legislative update

10:00 to 10:45

Kesha Ram Hinsdale

Vermont Senate Majority Leader

Kevin Ellis on Morgan Valley, UConn basketball assistant coach, John Sayles, CEO Vt Foodban and Ian Ackerman, Cabot sugar maker Apr 11, 2025

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9 am - week in review

9:15 - Morgan Valley, UConn basketball assistant coach and VT legend.

10 am - John Sayles, CEO Vt Foodbank.

10:30 - Ian Ackerman, Cabot sugar maker.

David Zuckerman talks Vermont Healthcare 911, UVM history and cell phones in schools Apr 10, 2025

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David is joined by Chris Pearson and Beth Tanzman representing Vermont Healthcare 911. This in-depth conversation explores why our healthcare costs are so high and what we can do about it.

In the second hour David was joined by David Delaney a history scholar at UVM and then Rep. Angela Arsenault to discuss Vermont's education system as well as the proposal to withhold cell phones in schools.

Brad Ferland talks on Autism Walk, Meadow Hill Consulting and Homeshare Vt Apr 08, 2025

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Meg Gargano, Danielle Roberts

Autism Walk

what an autism diagnosis is, terminology around autism and discussing person-first versus diagnosis-first language, and then general ways to support autistic individuals

Walk-Sunday, May 19 Registration at 12:30 PM Walk begins at 1:00 PM Collins Perley Sports & Fitness Center 890 Fairfax Road in St. Albans, VT

10:00 to 10:30

Matt Cota

Meadow Hill Consulting

Legislative updates

10:30 to 11;00

Ric Cengeri

Homeshare Vt

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Brad Ferland speaks Rallies, Education, Fraud and Sweethearts & Heroes Apr 07, 2025

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April 7th, 2025

Host Brad Ferland

9:00 to 9;15

Brad- discussion about weekend rallies-listener calls

9:15-10:00

Senator Steven Heffernan

Updates, Education funding changes seem to be headed nowhere in the Legislature. More studies proposed.

10:00 to 10:30

Elliott Greenblott

AARP fraudwatch monthly updates

10:30-11:00

Loudon Granger

Sweethearts & Heroes, a student empowerment and empathy activation

Kevin Ellis speaks Poetry, Legislation and The VSO Apr 07, 2025

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This episode aired on 04/04/25.

Week in Review of the news in Vermont and Washington with Kevin Ellis.

10:30 - Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone on Montpelier’s Poetry Week.

Music comes from the VSO Jukebox Quartet.

VSO Jukebox: This Must Be the Place, Talking Heads

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David Zuckerman talks VPIRG, Spectrum Youth and Family Services and ending of the motel voucher program Apr 03, 2025

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Tom Hughes and Anna Seuberling from VPIRG discussing toxic chemicals, election laws, and consumer safety.

Im then joined by Mark Redmond discussing the work of Spectrum Youth and Family Services followed by Brenda Siegel to discuss the issues around the ending of the motel voucher program for hundreds of Vermonters.

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