Michael Moser, Coordinator of the Vermont State Data Center, helps us parse the numbers from last year’s census. No doubt about it, Vermont is growing, but how? Next, we do more math. This time combined with physics and learn how students from those two majors at NVU-Lyndon studied the safety of demolition derbies. Then, National correspondent Bob Ney provides an news update. After that we then move to Norwich University when Anne Wallace Allen of Seven Days explains how the Northfield school is adding stone arts as a field of study. And we finish the morning at St. Michael’s College to learn about un-lawning! 

UVM Sociology Professor Alice Fothergill studies disasters. She has turned her attention to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on children and elderly populations and opens the show sharing what she has found. Next, as the extended unemployment insurance benefits come to an end, we’ll hear about what those people collecting unemployment need to know and about what local support is available to them. After that, we’ll learn about when the idea of a Green Mountain National Park was proposed and why it might be time for this to happen now. And we finish the show in the most delicious way possible, with a visit to Canteen Creemee in Waitsfield. 

As we celebrate WDEV’s 90th Anniversary, we’re bringing back many of the voices you’ve grown to love through the years. We open the show by catching up with Dana Jewell, who retired last year. Then we spend the next hour getting some perspective on Afghanistan. First UVM Political Science Professor Peter Henne explains how Muslim states use religion in their foreign policies, and how ties between religion and state affect politics. Steve Terry, who served as Senator George Aiken’s legislative assistant, discusses the parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam. And we end the show by heading up Route 14 past Hardwick Lake to visit the beautiful Jeudevine Falls.  

We'll start the morning in Windsor getting a tour of the American Precision Museum, that celebrates the manufacturing history of the country and is home to the largest collection of historically-significant machine tools in the nation. Then we hear about the work of Waterbury LEAP and the Electric Vehicle Fest being held on Wednesday. We finish the morning by meeting entrepreneur Alan Newman, founder of Gardner’s Supply, Seventh Generation and Magic Hat. He’ll tell us what he’s got planned for his latest project, Arts Riot in Burlington.  

Cats, comics and beer! What a way to start a week! To start the show, we meet the couple who have cat fanciers purring with the opening of Catland Vintage in Winooski. Next, we’ll open the phones to hear how you spent the beautiful weekend we just had. Then we head to White River Junction and the Center for Cartoon Studies. And we finish off in Tunbridge to hear about Brocklebank Craft Brewing and the Vermont NanoFest coming up this Saturday. 

We begin the morning in Enosburg Falls strolling around the Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, checking out the work of artist David Stromeyer. Next, UVM Film and Television Studies Professor Hilary Neroni discusses her essay on South Burlington High School changing its mascot from Rebels to Wolves.  After that, national correspondent Bob Ney stops by with his take on world and national news. Then Alison Novak of Seven Days discusses how some Vermont companies are offering their workers family-friendly perks.  And we finish up with a look at an 1883 labor dispute at a Vershire copper mine that got very, very ugly. 

We’ll start in the arts with The Chaffee in Rutland as it gets ready for its 60th Annual Art in the Park event being held this weekend. Next, we learn about Ric’s favorite animal – the Fisher (sometimes referred to incorrectly as the fishercat). After that, Grace Elletson of VTDigger talks about the recent investigation into the Vermont National Guard that found a culture that perpetuated the harassment and abuse of female Guard members. And we finish the show by meeting the new associate director of Norwich University’s Center for Global Resilience and Security, Dr. Kaitlin Thomas.

The Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance had to postpone its celebratory event - Hard Won, Not Done: Voting Matters - for a year until this Saturday because of COVID. We’ll start the show by hearing the details. Then we’ll get an update on how the Community News Service has been working with media outlets across the state. After that, historian Kevin Thornton shares the stories of labor unrest among Rutland’s quarrymen in the 1930s. And we finish the show by learning about hyperbaric oxygen therapy from Dr. Grace Johnstone.   

We start the show by hearing the USDA’s Wildlife Services about the Rabies Bait Drop going on this week. Then we’ll hear about the place the great Ted Williams once owned in Vermont. (That’s right, Teddy Ballgame had a place in VT!) It’s now the Splendid Splinter B&B in Putney. After that, Jack Scully shares selections from his book of poetry – a collection of coming-of-age poems about growing up in Connecticut. And then we finish the show with a half hour of open phones.  

We’re going to pull off the unique feat of featuring two books focused on Franklin County in one show. We begin by learning about a new comic based on the country’s 21st President. It’s called “Searching for Chester Arthur” written by Harry Goldhagen. Next, we hear about an upcoming two-day virtual summit focused on climate action, sustainable business and outdoor sports. And lastly, we talk with author and historian Jason Barney about his book, “Hidden History of Franklin County, Vermont.”