The Global Warming Solutions Act created the Vermont Climate Council. We’ll talk to one of its members, Abbie Corse, about the council’s work and about her family’s dairy farm in Whitingham. Next, we’ll meet a Marine veteran who turned to ultra-marathoning as a way to outrun the demons that haunted him during his military stint. Since the beginning of the pandemic, pet owners have noticed that it is taking longer to get appointments at their veterinarians for visits, surgeries, and even urgent cases. We’ll speak with Dr. Bradley Temple of the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association to learn why. And we finish by meeting the Vermonter who won two equestrian Olympic gold medals in Montreal and learn about the company he’s founded making saddles that can relieve back pain for both the horse and the rider. 

We’ll open the show with open the phones and see what our brilliant listeners have to say. After that, we’ll hear from national correspondent Bob Ney and get his reaction to Sen. Patrick Leahy’s decision not to run for re-election.  That’s followed by Jordan Barry of Seven Days explaining how a new wave of Vermont distillers are pushing for legislators to modernize liquor laws. After then, we get seriously jazzy as Eugene Uman from the Vermont Jazz Center joins us. And we finish off the morning discussing Alzheimer’s and the challenges of those providing care for their loved ones.  

We’ll let you chat us up for the first half hour as we open the phones. Then we hear from State Sen. Phil Baruth on the 2017 biography he wrote about Sen. Patrick Leahy. Next, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray joins us to discuss what she learned from her statewide “Recover Stronger” Tour and what will happen on her upcoming White House visit. And we finish the show speaking with VTDigger’s Sarah Mearhoff about how the Leahy decision not to run again could shake up Vermont’s 2022 election season.  

Former Vermont state senator Matt Dunne created the Center on Rural Innovation to reverse the nation’s growing rural opportunity gap and create economic prosperity for small town residents across the country. We’ll spend the first hour hearing how that’s being accomplished. After that, we celebrate “America Recycles Day” by learning more about how to be better recyclers and about where exactly all that stuff you’ve been putting in your blue bin rather than your trash actually goes. And we finish the day with your chance to comment on what’s happening in your world as we open up the phones.   

Montpelier was chosen as the premier small-town shopping destination by editors and readers of USA Today. We’ll speak with Montpelier Alive Executive Director Dan Groberg to find out why. Then, Burlington Free Press reporter Joel Banner Baird explains what the recent vote by Essex Junction to secede from Essex will mean for each entity. After that, national correspondent Bob Ney checks in. Next, Margot Harrison of Seven Days joins us to talk about the documentary “Vermont and the Bright Green Nothing”, the Eat More Kale documentary that premiers next week.  And we finish by learning about a group called Confident Care for Kids, that aims to create less stressful vaccine visits for children who have high-sensory needs and experience anxiety when they get vaccinated. 

The holidays are getting closer and that means the scammers are working even harder to separate you from your hard-earned cash and your precious data. Elliott Greenblott returns to warn us of scams to be aware of. After that, we’ll open the phones to honor our Veterans on this Veterans Day. Then we visit the 4th grade classroom at Burke Town School to learn about their Veterans Wall of Honor. And we finish meeting the Vermonter who won two equestrian Olympic gold medals in Montreal and we’ll learn about the company he’s founded making saddles that can relieve back pain for both the horse and the rider. 

Ric Cengeri comes to you live from the 2021 Radio Vermont Group Job Fair, being held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier. He talks with some of the companies at the fair about what positions they're looking to fill.You can catch a video version of this podcast (Or most of it) here: https://fb.watch/9bQOV9Fial/However, we had audio difficulties for about the first half of the show.

We’ll let you chat us up for the first half hour as we open the phones. Then we hear from Greg Guma, author of the book, “Restless Spirits and Popular Movements,” that looks at the history of Vermont’s activists and social movements. After that, for the second day in a row, we hear from one of our WDEV All-Stars as we celebrate the station’s 90th Anniversary. This time it’s Anson Tebbetts. And we finish off by meeting artist Jenny Bryan, whose paintings are currently being exhibited at Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center.

In 2022, the Vermont House of Representatives will vote on the Reproductive Liberty Amendment in its fourth and final stage of legislative review. We’ll hear from supporters of the amendment. Next, we’ll learn about the Washington County Youth Services Bureau’s Country Roads Program, that provides individual and family counseling, family mediation and emergency temporary shelter for youth who are in crisis. After that, WDEV All-Star Brian Harwood joins us to reflect on WDEV @ 90. And we finish hearing about the work being done by UVM Computer Science Professor Chris Danforth analyzing Tweets. 

We’re going to open the show with open phones and revisit the world of coincidence that we explored earlier this week. And you’re invited to share yours. Then we’ll speak with UVM’s Vice President of Research Kirk Dombrowski. We’ll discuss the research going on at the school and why he’d like to increase its standing as a research institution. After that, national correspondent Bob Ney checks in. Then we hear from Colin Flanders of Seven Days about the use and cost of traveling nurses in Vermont hospitals to fill staffing shortages. And finally, we get ready to get cozy with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as they launch their November in New England tour with the Jukebox Quartet, featuring singer Moira Smiley.