Vermont Viewpoint

TBA

Tim Egan, former NH State Representative and professor of media and economics at Vermont State University to discuss tariffs and impacts for local business as well as cannabis law in Vermont.

Followed by an irreverent conversation with Blues Harmonica player and Former VT State Representative Bob Stannard from Manchester Vermont. We discussed his recent trip to Uganda and various topics related to federal and state policy as well as random banter about a few different topics.

9:00 to 9:30

Rachel Feldman

Shalom Alliance

Update on town meeting day votes

9:30-10:00

Gary Miller

Gary is the creative director of Writers for Recovery, a series of workshops for people recovering from susbtance use disorder. He is the co-host of My Heart Still Beats, a project of Writers for Recovery.

10:00 to 11:00

Author Stephen Russel Payne

Stephen Russell Payne is a fourth-generation Vermonter from the Northeast Kingdom town of St. Johnsbury. A lifelong writer, he has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry in a number of publications including Vermont Life magazine, the Tufts Review, The Vermont Literary Review, Livin’ the Vermont Way magazine and Route 7- Vermont Literary Journal. 

9;00-9:45

Meghan Sullivan

Vermont Chamber

Legislative updates

9:45 to 10:00

Senator Scott Beck

Crossover Legislation updates

10:00 to 11:00

Elisabeth Von Trapp

Childhood in Vermont coming from Austria

Concerts in the Southern United State in 2024

What's next in life

This episode aired 03/06/25

9:00

Representatives Laura Sibilia from West Dover (Ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure) and Kate Logan from Burlington (Committee on Environment) discussing elections laws as well as privacy, coercive debt and more.

10:00

A discussion with Lauren Hierl, the Executive Director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) to discuss a wide range of issues from energy to forests and forever chemicals.

9am - Essay or news review

9:15 - Child Care with the owners of Turtle Island in Montpelier. Where to get it, why’s it’s so expensive and what the legislature is doing about it. 

10 am - Bob Ney

10:30 - Upcoming Green Mountain Film Festival with the festival’s organizers. 

9-9:30am Rob Roper updates listeners on the stalemate in the legislature on energy, taxes, and affordability and how the inaction is impacting Vermonters

9:30-10am Rep Zak Harvey joins the show to discuss legislative priorities and the current status of key policy priorities for lowering costs

10-10:30 John Gay, Executive Director of the John Quincy Adams Society, discusses the recent tensions with Ukraine, a path to peace, and a new world order in foreign policy

10:30-11am John Reynolds, State Director for National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), informs listeners how his organization helps small business, the economic outlook for VT, and how we can improve VT’s business climate

9:00 to 9:30

Matt Cota

Meadow Hill

Meadow Hill helps navigate Vermont’s business, political, and regulatory landscape. We provide management and advocacy assistance to trade associations, focusing on energy, transportation, and economic development.

9:30 to 10:00

Matt Cota continues

Open phone lines,

VP Vance visit to Vermont, favorite candidates on Town meeting day

10:00 to 11:00

 Jessica Fike

Champlain Toxicology Lab

Account manager

This episode aired 03/03/25

9:00 to 9:30

Senator Russ Ingalls

Politics in the Northeast Kingdom and Town meeting day break

9:30 to 10:00

Senator Sam Douglas

Politics in the Northeast Kingdom and Town Meeting Day break

10:00 to 10:30

Elliott Greenblott

AARP Fraudwatch

monthly segment

10:30 to 11:00

Amanda Headley

Selectboard Candidate, St. Albans Town

9-10 - journalist John Walters for seeking review.

10 am - Bob Ney

10:30 - Roger Allbee on his new book on the history of VT agriculture.