How did Becca Balint, a “scrappy little dyke’’ from Brattleboro, VT, come out of nowhere to win a seat in Congress. Her campaign manager Natalie Silver takes us inside the campaign and how they came from way behind to win big.

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George Woodard has been milking cows and making films and music in Vermont for 40 years. His latest feature film - The Farm Boy - explores life on the farm in Waterbury Vermont and transports us to the fighting in World War II Belgium. How does he turn his “Back 40’’ into the Ardennes Forest? And where does he find his actors? And where does he find the time? It is all here.

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Vermont politics has been taken over by women. The new attorney general, the speaker of the house, the newest member of Congress and the key players in the Vermont General Assembly are all women. The reason for much of that lies with a tiny non-profit started by former Governor Madeleine Kunin. Executive Director Elaine Haney explains how they did it, along with Emerge graduate and former select board member Brenda Churchill.

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The US Government will declare and end to the COVID pandemic “health emergency’’ this spring. The lead COVID expert for the NY Times explains what that means - for all of us.

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In our second episode, Vermont farmer and entrepreneur Allison Hooper describes her journey from French farm intern to the woman who created the American taste for goat cheese.

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In our first episode we talk to NY Times reporter Maggie Haberman about her best-selling book on Trump. Nobody gets Trump better deeper than Haberman, who knew him from their New York days before he took over - and broke - American politics.

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Conflict of Interest is a podcast about the world, through a discerning lens of journalism, politics and above all Vermont.

Kevin Ellis goes against the grain of today’s politics and celebrity culture to talk about the massive change all around us and how the world actually works.

You will hear from Kevin’s Vermont neighbors AND national voices on difficult issues.

Vermont is becoming, or always has been, a place, a real place. We are not interested in the Vermont of the tourist guides.

Part interview, part history lesson about stuff you won’t see or hear on CNN or NPR.