Montpelier High School teacher Kerrin McCadden joins Dave to talk about concerns connected with reopening schools. Later, education secretary Dan French replies and provides a status update.

Ric Cengeri, host of the Afternoon News Service, fills in for Dave while he's on vacation. Get book recommendations from Bear Pond Books' Claire Benedict and Hyde Park Lanpher Memorial Library Director Amy Olson. Town Clerks give their perspective on the new normal in voting. We hear about the innovative ways towns handled in-person voting, what the massive number of absentee ballots meant for their offices and the challenges they'll be facing in November. We hear from a UVM professor of plant biology who is one of the few experts on ferns in the world. He travels the world to learn more about the earth's biodiversity.

Montpelier City Councilor Dan Richardson joins Dave to talk about the city’s new street painting policy, the First Amendment, and related matters. Later, three members of Dave’s extended family join to talk about their ancestor, leading suffragist Betty Gram Swing, and her legacy on the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote.

Congressman Peter Welch checks in as Congress begins its late-summer recess. Republican nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Milne talks about his primary win and the fall campaign. Later, leaders of Vermont’s Progressive Party give their own take on electoral politics.

Middlebury College political science Professor Matt Dickinson tallks with Dave about the shape of the fall campaign, now that Vermont's primaries are over and Joe Biden has announced his choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate. Later, it's the 100th anniversary of Vermont's wildlife management areas, and the state has created 100 of them. Jane Lazorchak and John Austin of the Department of Fish and Wildlife join Dave to take stock.

Paul Heintz of Seven Days joins Dave to go over primary results. Don Tinney, president of the Vermont NEA, updates us on talks about schools reopening in the fall. Later, Democrats Dave Zuckerman and Molly Gray talk about their primary victories and the fall campaigns.

Xander Landen, political writer with VTDigger.org, helps Dave lay down what to watch for in Vermont's state primary. Republican gubernatorial candidate John Klar joins Dave to describe why he has decided to file in the general election as an independent. Later, Secretary of State Jim Condos joins Dave to talk about mail-in ballots and other topics connected with this COVID-19-affected election.

Monday’s show starts with a visit from interim Corrections Commissioner James Baker on the COVID outbreak among Vermont inmates housed in Mississippi. Elizabeth Hewitt of VTDigger.org joins in the second half hour for a news review.   Later, UVM Vice President for Research Kirk Dombrowski talks about the school setting a new record for research funding.

Vermont Health Care advocate Mike Fischer checks in to take listener calls about access to health care during the pandemic. Later, Madelie Becherer, head of school with the Orchard Valley Waldorf School in East Montpelier, talks about plans to reopen this fall.

University of Vermont Medical Center officials talk about tough budget times for their affiliated hospitals. Former Rep. Kiah Morris and James Duff Lyall of the ACLU talk about police reform. And, on the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, writer Stephen Kiernan talks about a new fictional work based on that history.