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Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest

By: Kevin Ellis
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 Conflict of Interest is a podcast about the world, through a discerning lens of journalism, politics and above all Vermont. Kevin Ellis goes against the grain of today’s politics and celebrity culture to talk about the massive change all around us and how the world actually works. You will hear from Kevin’s Vermont neighbors AND national voices on difficult issues. Vermont is becoming, or always has been, a place, a real place. We are not interested in the Vermont of the tourist guides. We are not going to talk to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. We will talk to them about what it is like to sell the company and do something new - and the frustrations, fear and uncertainty that comes with changing your life. Part interview, part history lesson about stuff you won’t see or hear on CNN or NPR.820862 Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • ICY Minneapolis with the former US Attorney on Minnesota

    ICY Minneapolis with the former US Attorney on Minnesota
    Feb 16 2026
    Andrew Luger was the top cop in Minnesota under Obama and Biden. He says the ICE surge was a failure because it violates what law enforcement should be about. Note: Luger predicted that Trump would recognize defeat and pull out, which it did shortly after we talked.
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    38 mins
  • William F. Buckley Jr. and the Road to Trump

    William F. Buckley Jr. and the Road to Trump
    Feb 9 2026
    How did we get here? Buckley had a lot to do with it and writer Sam Tanenhaus lays it all bare in his fabulous biography of the conservative writer and provocateur who planted the seeds for Goldwater to Reagan to Trump. What would he say today?
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    59 mins
  • Molly Gray Feels Liberated

    Molly Gray Feels Liberated
    Jan 18 2026
    Why does a former Lt. Governor of Vermont lose a race for Congress and then return to run again for her old office. Welcome to the "Pain Cave.''
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    39 mins
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