VPR Commentary Series

By Vermont Public Radio

More than 50 commentators provide perspective and opinion about current events, topics of interest, and often showcase the work of writers and storytellers.... more

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The podcast currently has 1,231 episodes available.

VPR Commentary Series episodes:

May 31, 2016 Albright: Report Cards
We baby boomers cling to a lot of childhood memories younger generations find quaint. Take report cards. Mine was a study in simplicity. Sturdy tan...
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May 27, 2016 Porche: Memorial Day
Among the lilacs, tag sales and black flies, Memorial Day in Vermont invites us to ponder mortality, sacrifice, and the passage of time. “Show me your...
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May 26, 2016 Cassidy: Foster Care
May is National Foster Care Month. And while the month is ending, here in Vermont the need for foster parents, especially for infants and adolescents,...
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May 26, 2016 Mares: Memorials
In nearly every Vermont village cemetery today, American flags flutter near weathered gravestones - with a few rusting five-star medallions nearby. A...
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May 25, 2016 Craven: Remembering Bill Eddy
Bill Eddy was an explorer of places and ideas. At Williams College he studied literature, poetry, and philosophy and it was then that he developed an...
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May 25, 2016 Kleppner: Full Time Parent
Whether you chose not to work full-time while you were raising your children, or whether you were forced out of the full-time workforce by the crisis...
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May 24, 2016 Krupp: Brown Thumb
Thirty one percent of all U.S. households, an estimated 36 million, participated in food gardening in 2008. Twenty one percent of food gardening...
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May 24, 2016 Lahey: Choosing Personal Action
By age 29, Albert Schweitzer had constructed a life of comfort and respectability. He’d earned a Ph.D., worked as principal of a theological seminary,...
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May 23, 2016 Schubart: Bathroom Politics
If you’re wondering why our bridges collapse, our trains collide, security lines stretch on, and our courtrooms have no judges … it’s because “potty...
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May 23, 2016 Albright: Inch By Inch
Shopping for salad fixings the other day, I saw a little freckled boy - he looked about six - reach for a big, red, beet. The grown-up pushing the cart...
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FAQs about VPR Commentary Series:

How many episodes does VPR Commentary Series have?

The podcast currently has 1,231 episodes available.