Episodios

  • Capitol Recap: Signs of Progress
    Apr 4 2026

    In this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, Vermont Public’s Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld discuss signs of progress on education reform.

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    5 m
  • Exploring joy and suffering through song
    Apr 3 2026

    In today’s episode, more on how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down Colorado’s conversion therapy ban could affect Vermont and what’s next for Vermont Green FC following the team’s U.S. Open Cup loss. We’ll also hear a portion of Grammy-nominated Vermont musician Moira Smiley’s piece “Haiku.”

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    11 m
  • As winter wanes, motel voucher recipients face uncertainty
    Apr 2 2026

    In today’s episode, more on how the end of a winter emergency housing program affects some Vermonters, the fate of Gov. Scott’s return-to-office order and continued disputes between police and activists about the recent ICE raid in South Burlington.

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    10 m
  • Immigration raids weigh on moms in lullaby-writing project
    Apr 1 2026

    In today’s episode, more on a bill that would let citizens sue federal agents and the opening of a new terminal at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport. Plus, a New England song-writing project features mothers affected by the recent ICE surge in Maine.

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    11 m
  • Reviving a push to tax the rich
    Mar 31 2026

    In today's episode, more about some bumpy roads in the Upper Valley and plans for Vermont’s first geothermal neighborhood, plus Democrats in Vermont’s legislature talk about raising taxes on the state’s top 1 percent of earners.

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    10 m
  • Checking in with the "Bird Diva"
    Mar 30 2026

    The latest on some proposals advancing in the State House, a new place to catch a flight out of Montreal and a report that finds the work of family caregivers is worth A LOT of money.

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    11 m
  • The Capitol Recap: Efforts to delay major land-use reform law
    Mar 28 2026

    Vermont Public’s housing reporter Carly Berlin explains why hundreds of Vermonters are protesting a land-use law – and what state lawmakers are doing about it.

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    6 m
  • Immigrant rights group leader charge with smuggling immigrants
    Mar 27 2026

    In today's episode, More on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision on a qualified immunity case that’s more than a decade old, and we’ll get a Vermont history lesson on a law that only three other states in the country have, plus some local music, too.

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    15 m