Vermont Catch-up (Ketchup)

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Vermont's least serious, most entertaining news source.

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June 17, 2022111: Need a Shroom Sherpa, Matt's Cancer Story, and Cats in the Holocaust
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Matt is recovering from cancer surgery. He tells his story at 1:08:38.

On this week's show:

Happy national “Flip Flop” day
Juneteenth is coming Monday
Glo wants to talk shrooms
Vaccines coming to young Vermonters
Balint campaign using “red-boxing”
Police staffing woes
Schools are suspending too many students
Group tries to block logging on Camels Hump
Stowe decides its residents need servants’ quarters
Vermont is getting a suicide prevention hotline
Record high maple production in VT
Burlington storing critical computer hardware in old basement
(1:00:15) Break music: Willow Ash & Trail of Ghosts with “Bloodshovel (Hey Hey Hey)”

Why does this make me sad? Wake Robin tag sale is back
Champlain parkway halted
City Place plans unveiled
Saint Albans Equity Committee votes off anti-equity member
Brattleboro extends Civil War monument to honor black soldiers
And here’s another new marker in Windsor
Uncertainty around Burlington High School
Is this art?: half-eaten leaves
Burlington graffiti task force returns
New name for Christmas Tree Shops
Meet the crazy cotton candy lady
(1:40:06) Break music: lone nexus “Simply Livin’” from the HACKERMUSIC++ album

Scumbag Map

Suspicious Rutland death
Brandon man who threatened neighbors cops a plea
Parent threatens Canaan school
Shooting followed by suicide in Woodstock
Fair Haven murder couple
Maniac Barre “teen”
More Barre kid trouble
Quite a spree
If you’re gonna get a DUI, go big
Rare orchid found in Vermont
Citizen Scientists
Happy the Elephant is not a human
But, bees are fish
Monkeys prefer music over screen time
Be kind to the vets!
Dumbest thing I saw on the Internet: Double decker airline travel
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2h 23min
June 04, 2022110: Bring Back Shame, Lake Monsters Beer Fail, and Too Old for Trampolines
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Probably no show next week. Depends on some life stuff. You'll likely hear about it in a couple weeks, but I can't say anything now. Sorry and as always, thanks for listening! It's super fun recording and we love that some people dig it.

Happy national “Egg” day
Students walk out to protest gun violence
Orleans student charged with domestic terrorism
Kid gets weapons seized
Barre pawn shop takes a stand
Weekly reminder that Gov. Scott is not a shitbag, crazy republican
Where is all the money on housing going?
Google Fiber internet might be coming to the NEK
Black Lives Matter flag comes down in Randolph
Nolan sidesteps question about voting for Trump
A bunch of vehicle deaths
New Lake Monsters beer
(1:05:49) Break music: How We Play by EUSTIS

Debate over Silver Lake hut
Things are out of control at the Williston trampoline park
Too many options about this school enrollment problem?
Grenade found in Colchester
A re-purposed train station in Danville
Let’s hope the LGBTQ+ community takes over Barre
This five-year-old keeps saving his family
Art installation coming to the Essex Experience
(1:36:37) Break music: 8-bit bitch by the Personal Salvation Project

Scumbag Map
Hitman for hire, shady oil deal - ya know, normal VT stuff
Jawbone in gravel pit leads to arrest
City Hall park shooter identified
Campground violence
Another arsonist
Man pretends to be U-Haul employee
Vermont man hit by train while fishing
Cat rescue service
Man eaten by gator while looking for frisbee
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2h 10min
May 29, 2022109: Litter Justice, a Vermont Ski Diss, and Student Loan Usury
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Weird show. Weird time. On this week's show:

A litter story
Weekly reminder that Gov. Scott is a republican
Brattleboro town manager quits
How many homes in VT are vacant?
BTV not sure what to do about Memorial Auditorium
Sinex is out!
Vermont Green Football Club
VT National Guard to pay tuition
More beefin’ on the Saint Albans Belonging, Equity and Inclusion committe
(1:07:38) Break music: Ben Patton - “Cancel All My Plans” from the Hyde’s Hill Henhouse album

Family fights to make a village center in Woodstock
Vail Resorts responsible for Stowe zipline death
Follow-up on cyclist death
Too crowded at Leddy Park
Keesha Ram Out!
Progs say no to Molly Gray
What’s gonna happen to Charlie’s Boathouse?
Vermont milk quality awards
15 year old girl in prison
(1:52:36) Break music: nodrums - “IDONTWANTTOSEEYOUCRYING” from the GOTHMETALZONE album

Scumbag Map
They shootin’ in BurlingtonVT
Man threatens court officials
Troopers injured
Fight over fish
Machete threat
Murder suspect extradited Man charged in 2019 Burlington homicide (wcax.com)
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2h 25min
May 21, 2022108: A European-style Bathhouse, One Free Punch, and Goby - Live or Die?!
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Fairholt Mansion, Burlington Country Club
Happy national Rescue Dog day
National Pizza Party day
Serious business - the Seven Daysies Awards
Pharmacy bill
Gov. Scott is running again
Get ready for ranked choice voting
First weed license - its not going well
Weed violations cost trucker jobs
John Daly, American professional golfer
Don’t expect City Place any time soon
Pine St to get bowling and bathhouses
Oldest Vermont crime
Death with dignity Vermont Laws
Movie - Paddleton with Ray Romano & Mark Duplass
(53:50) Break music: Vermont skate punk - SLOB DROP with “My dad”

Balooners keep balloonin'
Pause on Drag Queen Story Hour
Whatchu know ‘bout Chester, Vermont?
Plymouth Notch - Home of President Calvin Coolidge
Vermont teen breaks tightrope record
Circus Smirkus
Other Vermont teen robbed of record
Vermont Cycling star killed in TX
Is Springfield, VT the new Springfield, MA?
Vermont’s Springfield proclaimed Simpsons’ hometown
Jump in stolen vehicles
Arabic and Mandarin teachers
North Danville, Vermont - home of the hardest corn maze
(1:26:11) Break music: Wool “Are You for Real?”

Scumbag Map
Ex-Saint Albans cop who punched handcuffed woman
Two police chases in one day
Saint Albans' man robs with knife
ATM morons
Man steals from seniors Rutland man denies fraud against seniors |
Perv teacher arrested Vermont teacher accused of secretly recording girls in ho
Scumbag can’t stop scummin'
Spongy moths are back
Round gobys ruin everything
Black market spiders
Are you worried about Monkeypox?
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2h 13min
May 14, 2022107: Ya Can't Just Bury Someone, a Bridge to Burlington, and Still Fighting the War of West Rutland
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We recorded in a cavern. Please excuse the echo...echo....echo.

This week's show:

Happy national Blame Someone Else Day
Happy international World Cocktail Day - your go-to cocktail?
Living wake
What are the rules for burying someone?
H.H. Holmes
Less than a third of Vermonters have had COVID
Lawmakers attempt to make homes more affordable
THC limits kept in place - how much is 60%?
VT police can still take your stuff
Anxiety over Vermont’s religious schools
No rental registry
No airport expansion
VT to NY bridge?
(1:05:54) Break music: Jonny Wanser “Sad Boi Saturday”

Brattleboro students walk out over abortion rights
Folks in Canaan mad about “gay” books
What’s going on with this food truck's secret septic?
Fuel dealer fined for school spill
WWII hand grenade found in West Rutland
One gazebo down
Wilmington is getting the pot
Middlebury gets a downtown market
Killington resort bathrooms are too damn slippery
(1:44:05) Break music: Bad Luck and Illu “Otherwise” off Mourning Son album

Scumbag Map
Murder on the high seas
Highgate murder
Mother and daughter sentenced
Bennington white nationalist
Donuts gone wrong
Failed human trafficking / water rescue
Pownal phone scammer
The best “Rutland man denies…” story of the week
Bobcat attack - not a burst, an aggressive prancing
Vegan diets for dogs
Dog breeds don’t affect behavior
Glue-based protest
Butt lifts are the rage
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2h 34min
May 07, 2022106: People in Old Photos Stunk, What Tree Would You Be?, and the Father of Anesthesia
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Mmmmm, extra-tangenty goodness.

On this week's show:
Happy national beverage day
Vermont’s young people problem
Gov. Scott vetoes just cause eviction law
Update to Act 250
Hannford’s gets straight called out - a Market32 set-up?
South Burlington Starbucks to unionize
Vermont Abenaki legitimacy questioned
Rambling sheriff will not seek re-election - oh, and domestic violence
Upgrades for Essex Junction train station
Incentives for Vermonters to go electric
Beta gets parking
Take home methadone in VT
Vermont has nation’s best coworkers
(1:10:28) Break music: Clover Koval “College Song” from the album Me and The Animals
Norwich student sues over HIV policy - a possible hero origin story?
Liz Cady quits school board
Intervale offers trees to honor loved ones
What tree would you be?
Milton hires former Georgia town administrator
UVM student-run ambulances honored for 50 years of service
Bennington College suspends plans to kick faculty off campus
Colleges that change naes
South Hero building up
NIMBYs in Hartford - fear/love matrix in full effect
Whatchu know ‘bout Hartford, VT?
Father of anesthesia
Repaving 22A
(1:48:55) Break music: in.stinct “Jaguars” the album is From Brazil with Love
Scumbag Map
Possible horse-napping
Grand Isle shooting - pretty sure this dude was posing for the camera
Arlington wallet thief
Off-duty cop found guilty in road rage incident
Colchester incident
Just let the old-timer drive
Feds take over knife robbery case
Wild boars taking over Rome
Win for bees
Mosquitoes sniff out humans
Teens catfish high school teacher
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2h 25min
April 23, 2022105: Shelburne Police Chief is the Best Job, Forget the Bobolinks, and Matt Gets that Acapulco Gold
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No show next week.

On this week's show:
We get Earth Day wrong
But more importantly, Happy Jelly bean day
Fern Feather update
No Apology over anti-trans remarks
Welch swears off corporate money - kinda
We don't understand the pension system
Shelburne police chief - best job going
UVM being cheap
House race update - Molly Gray womp womp
Old racist housing rules
Desecration at a Muslim prayer space in Middlebury
Danville kidnap and murder
(1:00:25) Break music: Blu Pak with “West Side”
Faith Funeral Home gets license suspended
Lawsuit brought against Vail resorts for back pay
We celebrate the South Burlington 2nd place robotics team
Beta Tech flies 133 miles
Private runway in Lincoln, VT
Whatchu know ‘bout Lincoln, VT
Josh Panda Vermont songwriter
Pot swap
May 1st is the big day for adult pot use - how did we not know?
Adopt-a-drain
Green Mountain National forest getting bigger
Fair Haven gets fireworks - wait a minute
(1:45:41) Break music: Terry Donahue “The Only Girl for Me” from the album Nothing Fancy
Scumbag Map
Bad ex-state trooper - at least its "ex"
Danger to the community
Police look for man who fired shots in downtown BTV
Woman robs store with knife
Putney man runs over another
Glover home ransacked
VT actor Ezra Miller arrested again
Drew Barrymore launches meatless chicken campaign
Emu escapes zoo with help from accomplice aka its always a goat
4 words: Snickers bar dick vein
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2h 28min
April 16, 2022104: The Love-Fear Matrix, Tom Jones Was Huge, and Dogs Don't Dig Lettuce
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Just feeling thankful that we can vent our feelings with this lil show and people dig it. Hope y'all have a great week and spread the positive vibes. Do something goofy, and don't eat the cracker.

On the show:
Carpets getting cleaned
Happy clean out your medicine cabinet day
Fox News freaks out about gender identity workshop
Trans Woman killed
Shumlin’s chief of staff in hot water
Barre man still missing
Local police on their own
Debate over unmarked cruisers
Bennington police get mental health training
Go visit your friends in prison
Every country has different conjugal visit rules
Burlington principal - she gone
(1:13:50) Break music: NDK + Nordheim “ANAL.OG”
Can you fire your EMS service? Brattleboro did
Lake Monsters luxury boxes…damn, imagine the fancy mustard
Little Caesar’s taking over Vermont
Student causes flood
Scumbag Map
Big Mac Attack
Shady bookkeeper in Chester
Barre shooter arrested
Bennington perv arrested
Serial molester arrested in Coventry
Whatchu know ‘bout Coventry?
Police find explosives in Wilder
Dogs should go vegan
STDs up for 6th straight year
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2h 7min
April 09, 2022103: The Littlest Little Italy in VT, a Hartland Geological Cover-up, and The Power of Reiki Massage
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On today's show:
Matt's Yankee update
Happy National “Zoo Lovers” Day
Happy International “Romani” Day
Free school lunch….for one year
Its now easier to change your gender identity on a birth certificate
VT Satan spawn bishop
Residents to form a union at UVMMC
Potential ban to no-cause evictions
Parents worried about all the pot
Bill to exempt tribal lands from property taxes
Rest areas on a reduced schedule
Mystery sound in the upper valley ….supposedly it was an earthquake in Quechee
(1:05:19) Break music: No Lemon with “I Dont Care”
Vermonters killing Wordle (or massive cheaters)
VT gets a proper gay bar
New BTV outdoor market (hm, sounds familiar)
Good news for ppl who love junk - VT surplus store
Pittsford farmhouse becomes daycare center
Whatchu know bout Pittsford, VT?
BTV is getting shabu-shabu
Pot in NH liquor stores?
A reason to go to Jeffersonville - gluten-free brewery
We lost another diner
Slate Ridge dude pays
Death at Suicide Six ski area
UVM researchers measure the happiness effects of parks
(2:16:45) Break music: Basic Brains and Illu with “Ephemera”
Scallywag Map
State trooper suspended for abusing a woman (what does it take to get fired?)
Burglar shot, arrested
Attempted kidnapping in South Burlington
Man crashes into school bus while on drugs
Egg prices expected to jump
Invasive fish in Lake Champlain
Cat acupuncture
Reiki massage - Matt is a believer
Man masturbates on SW flight
"Lust on Leave"
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3h 11min
April 01, 2022102: @WriteInJackson, an "Athletic Sock", and Saint Albans Has Salt Problems
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On this week's show:
April Fools is kinda done, right?
Happy National “One Cent” Day
Homeless hotel program to change
Incentive for long-term rentals
Beta tech expansion hits a snag in Williston
Burlington Bezos
Creepy sperm doctor pays, but one detail here makes it so much more disgusting
This week in VT prison news: shady departure + corrections officer pervert
Livestock loophole getting closed
Shove that nuclear waste in a borehole
Williston cops exploring new ways to get more cops
Janice Ryan passes
Las Vegas teen running for governor of VT - his twitter page
(1:00:58) Break music: Narrow Shoulders with “Twelve Acre Fortress”
Miro wants to electrify Burlington
VT DMV gets a new pussy-ass motorcycle
Cobbler faces an uncertain future
Molly Gray news
Hazing at Norwich women’s rugby team
Habitat for Humanity can’t give these houses away
Famous hermit a no-show in court
The Golanka sisters
Saint Albans gets a salty well
James Beard finalist in Randolph, VT
No laptops given in Duxbury, VT
Whatchu know 'bout Duxbury, VT?
(1:49:31) Break music: Bishop LaVey “Bringing ‘Em Down” from the Brot Und Zirkus album
Scumbag Map
Vermont actor arrested in Hawaii
Bus stop child cruelty
Man declines parole
Driver hits, flips, flees
Driver gets DUI after backing into cop car
Parking garage shooter arrested
Dumbass arrested for drugs and guns In Shaftsbury, VT
Vermont man sentenced for murder for hire - worst scumbag of all time?
Fugitive flamingo spotted
Man caught smuggling reptiles
Murder fungus to annihilate crazy ants
California pig law
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2h 23min

FAQs about Vermont Catch-up (Ketchup):

How many episodes does Vermont Catch-up (Ketchup) have?

The podcast currently has 222 episodes available.