Vermont Viewpoint

May 20, 2025

9:00 to 9:30

Matt Cota

Montpelier updates

9:30 to 10:00

Tyler Austin Whitley

Kilkare State Park Manager

Award winning state park, new bio initiatives, Father’s day events, monument restoration , Ferry to Burton Island

10:00 to 11:00

Highland Center for the Arts

Concert June 7th , 7;00 to 9:00

Glorious Leader

Kyle Woolard

Jess O’ Brien.

Glorious Leader is the musical project of Vermont-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Woolard. Writing and recording from his cabin in Glover, deep in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, Woolard creates songs that flow naturally from quiet acoustic narratives to lush, orchestral-rock arrangements and vibrant pop melodies.

May 19th, 2025

Host Brad Ferland

9:00 to 10:00

Mark Isselhardt Elmore Community Trust

Becca and Tim Lindenmeyr

New owners of Elmore Store

Grand Opening

Complete restoration

Historical artifacts in the walls

Complete Lake view and community center

10:00 to 10:30

Senator Sam Douglas

A freshman’s Senator’s observations

10:30 to 11:00

Senator Scott Beck

Montpelier updates

Session coming to an End

Education Bill???

TBA

This episode aired 5/15/25

David Zuckerman hosts Authors Peter Cammann and Chuck Collins. The first discussion flows through fishing stories and life lessons of what's important. In the second hour we discuss how the political and economic system has concentrated wealth in the hands of the very few and how that has harmed our whole society.

9-9:30am Dennis Hull, Americans for Tax Reform, rejoins the show to update listeners on the federal tax bill renewal process and when Americans can expect more certainty on taxes

9:30-10am Representative Alissandra Murray (D-NH) informs listeners about New Hampshire’s efforts to lower housing costs by putting partisanship aside and working together to make meaningful change and how Vermont should follow the same model

10-10:30am Honorable Timothy Egan, Professor at Northern Vermont University and Chair of the Board of the NH Cannabis Association, joins the program to discuss the potential impact of tariffs on the film industry and updates listeners on changes in cannabis policy

10:30-11am Sofia Hamilton, Policy Analyst for Americans for Prosperity, breaks through the noise in healthcare policy. What actually reduces prices and efforts to reform healthcare nationally. 

Vermont Viewpoint

WDEV

May 13, 2025

Guest Host Jon Murad

9:00 to 10:00

Governor Jim Douglas

Secretary of State to State Treasurer have the roles changed?

Middlebury College is embroiled in a lawsuit stemming from its decision to remove the name of former Vermont Governor John Mead from its chapel. Updates on the lawsuit and public reaction

How changes in Washington are affecting Vermont. Vermont's relationship with Quebec: how does ongoing "51st state" rhetoric affect that?

Funding and tariffs

Check and balance in the United States

10:00 to 10:30

Tucker Jones

Assistant General Counsel of Department of Public Safety
Raise the age legislation and bail revocation.

Are we making progress with public safety. What roles are State’s attorney’s and Judges playing in all of this?

10:30 to 11:00

Highland Center for the Arts 
Highlights of the Highland Center for the Arts
Exciting new shows and about the arts in Vermont

David Kelly, Board member

Keisha Luce Executive Director

May 12, 2025

Host Brad Ferland

Guest Host Jon Murad

9:00 to 9:15

Brad and Jon chatting about guest hosting

9:15 to 10:00

Sen Thomas Chittenden

Legislative update

10:00 to 11:00

Kate Blouin Executive Director Hope Grove Recovery

Cheryl Diersch. Step Out Vermont

Rep. Peter Conlon, Chairman of the House Education Committee. Ken Fredette, member of the Friends of Vermont Public Education. Cheryl Charles from the Vermont Rural Schools Community Alliance, and Miriam Hansen on her trip to Montreal with 50 Vermonters to pursue goodwill. 

This episode aired on May 8th 2025.

David interviews Rachel Nevitt and then Amy Todisco Hartshorn to discus Lyme and tick-borne illness for Lyme awareness month and general green living and simple health choices to reduce toxic exposures in your day to day living.  

This episode aired May 7th, 2025

9-9:30am Rep Zak Harvey joins the show to discuss the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Vermont over climate initiatives

9:30-10am John Goodnight, foreign policy expert, discusses the War in Gaza restarting and the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan

10-10:30am Eric Brakey, Executive Director of the Free State Project, informs listeners about Liberty Forum, the Porcupine Freedom Festival, and their mission in New Hampshire

10:30-11am Rep Keith Ammon, Majority Floor Leader in the New Hampshire House, discusses his bill becoming law in NH making the Granite State the first in the nation in investing in Bitcoin.