Next month, Vermont will welcome a new state librarian. Chittenden County native Cathy Delneo comes to the role with more than 25 years of experience in libraries, most recently as the chief of branches for the San Francisco Public Library.

It's been an especially cold few weeks in Vermont. This hour, we're taking your calls about how you're doing, how you're feeling and how you're keeping your spirits up while staying in.

Mental health is a phrase we hear a lot these days, as we head into the Covid-19 pandemic's third year. This hour, we talk with health professionals and others about the mental health hurdles Vermonters are facing.

Gov. Phil Scott says there's a shortage of some 23,000 workers to fill open jobs in Vermont, and one way to address the workforce shortage is getting more people into the trades through Career and Technical education, or CTE. This hour, we discussion Vermont's CTE pathways.

From Gov. Phil Scott’s budget address to Omicron, there is a lot going on right now. Vermont Edition hosts Mikaela Lefrak and Connor Cyrus open up the phones for a conversation about what’s on listeners' minds.

Gov. Phil Scott delivered his 2022 budget address this week, outlining a mammoth $7.7 billion dollars to spend over the next year. This hour, a roundtable of political journalists discusses what the budget address means for spending in the state, and where the priorities of Gov. Scott and lawmakers could diverge.

Almost one year ago today, a Vermont fashion icon broke upon the world and nearly broke the internet: Sen. Bernie Sanders' mittens.

A hostage situation at a Texas synagogue left the attacker dead — but all three hostages were able to escape. The synagogue's rabbi says security training helped them survive. This hour, a Burlington rabbi who's done that similar training with her community reflects on the continued need for that kind of preparation today.

Mountains hold near-magical places in our imaginations: hulking, immovable and unpredictable in ways human-made structures are not. In her new book Imaginary Peaks, Vermont author Katie Ives tells the story of blank spaces on maps, and the pull to explore and fill them in.

This hour, Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine shares the latest on COVID-19 in Vermont. He also answers questions about recent record-breaking hospitalizations, the availability of rapid at-home tests for individuals and those testing through the Agency of Education's new "test at home" program, and more.