
Vermont Edition brings you news and conversation about issues affecting your life. Host Mikaela Lefrak considers the context of current events through interviews with news makers and people who make our region buzz.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 347 | Founded | 21 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Society & Culture | |||

The road from addiction to long-term recovery can be arduous. Recovery professionals have tried lots of different approaches, but substance use remains a public health crisis in the region. Peer support can play an important role in substance use rec... more
About 200,000 people rely on Lake Champlain for drinking water. But if you go down to the lake in the summer, you might see something that does not make you want to drink up — blue-green algae.
The 2015 Clean Water Act promised to limit pollution an... more
Plastic is an incredibly helpful material, especially in the kitchen. But when we throw these plastic items away, they don’t go anywhere good.
Today on Vermont Edition: author and scientist Rachael Zoe Miller of Granville. She aims to help consumers... more
A huge night for Democrats -- a renunciation of Trump. In Vermont, the country’s most popular governor, a Republican, wins a sixth term.
On Vermont Edition: we recap the midterm results, with a focus on our region. You’ll hear from Vermont’s top-of-... more
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I’m from New England and love visiting Vermont. The hosts are always polite even when callers are a little blunt. Although the callers tend to be very nice! You can learn a lot from this show regardless of where you live.
One suggestion I have is that while each episode says it’s been edited for clarity and brevity, it feels like some content could be cut such as calls from people who can’t hear the hosts or vice versa. The hosts having to cut off callers who go on for too long is a little awk... more
You don’t seem to have an editor. You leave in irrelevant calls, and the resulting fluster that it causes the hosts. Mikaela stutters and stammers and she sounds perpetually stuffed up. “Verbont” I can’t stand it. The guests are good, and the topics are interesting. Please make it sound more professional and smoother
I love the show but some of the programs are just boring and useless.
I love Jane Lindholm and miss her very much, the new hosts voices are super annoying.
I love when brave little state does it because they are clear and factual.
Aren’t some of the Nuremberg codes “The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury” and “Proper preparations should be made and adequate facilities provided to protect the experimental subject against even remote possibilities of injury, disability, or death“? How is giving a vaccine at an inn, Jazzfest or speedway conducting the (emergency authorized) vaccination as to avoid all unnecessary physical and mental injury? How is administ... more
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Daily conversations about the news, public policy, culture and everyday concerns affecting Vermont and its neighbors. Journalist Mikaela Lefrak guides interviews with elected officials, reporters, researchers, artists, business owners and residents, often explaining how state and national decisions affect local communities. The format ranges from expert interviews and listener call-ins to election debates, candidate interviews and recurring town-focused features.
Coverage moves between urgent issues such as health care, housing, elections and climate risks, and lighter subjects including local arts, food traditions and wildlife. A strong regional focus is paired with practical context and a broad mix of voices, making the coverage useful t... more
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Recent guests on Vermont Edition include:
1. Bill McKibben
2. Steven Schlozman
3. Susan Benjamin
4. Sheena Smith
5. Kaisa Eaton
6. Howard Hall
7. Ale Rellini
8. Ron Rost
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