We recently took a tour of the vault at the Vermont Folklife Center, which holds recordings of interviews with all kinds of Vermonters - on tape, CD, hard drives and more.
Hear our interview with VFC's archivist Andy Kolovos on today's episode.
https://t.co/FIT7xb7ZPS
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If you’re familiar with Beta Technologies, you likely know a decent amount of the info in this story. But there are a few details here that are relatively new...
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Following the sentencing of the central figures in the EB-5 scandal, left behind is legacy of EB-5 projects – both finished and unfinished – in the Northeast Kingdom.
Residents of the region have mixed feelings about the men, and the projects.
@lseconnors reports:
I recently spoke to the family of David Worthley, a longtime ad man in Burlington who died last month. His work includes the inaugural campaign for the JogBra & Sen. Patrick Leahy's first campaign, just to name a few — listen for his obituary on @vprnet /@TheFrequencyVPR
Today on the show, we have a look at reproductive rights in Vermont from @MikaelaLefrak and @gbenninghoff1 -- and from @JaneLindholm, the sound of a porcupine chattering its teeth.
https://t.co/IuWSHKJRHX
You will not want to miss tomorrow's episode. It's frog day.
Listener Helen Linda sent in this recording of spring peepers and wood frogs in North Hero:
I spent a few rainy nights looking for salamanders and frogs and got to make a radio story about it!
“They come up out of the ground and they’re marching towards those wetlands and vernal pools,” one researcher told me. “It’s amazing.”
.@vprnet devoted part of its morning program, The Frequency, to reapportionment, and rebroadcast an archival program we produced years ago. You can give it a listen here: https://t.co/U2cRyFE4Q1
Gov. Phil Scott is threatening to withhold his support for the Legislature’s budget proposal if lawmakers don’t restore “essential initiatives” that had been included in his spending plan.
@PeteHirschfeld breaks it down: