• The Irasburg Investigation
    May 4 2022

    In this episode, Gary Shattuck, author of Night Rider Legacy: Weaponizing Race in the Irasburg Affair of 1968, and Lane Marshall, a former Vermont State Trooper, and later director of the Vermont State Police, speak of the Irasburg Affair, a shooting-turned-adultery case from the 1960s in Irasburg, Vermont. Marshall was the first officer to respond to the shooting and describes for the first time his involvement and impressions in this racially charged case that soon became a pivotal moment in Vermont history.


    Special thanks to Gary Shattuck, Lane Marshall, Emmet Avery, Sarah Blow, and Richard Watts. Produced by Ben Keil.


    Narration and Music by Ben Keil

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    11 mins
  • Police Spending
    Oct 7 2021

    In this episode, Vermont Viewpoint host, Ric Cengeri talks with UVM students about the Center's report on town police spending across the state.


    Link to the project: https://www.vermontresearch.org/


    Audio by WDEV Radio, and interview by Vermont Viewpoint host, Ric Cengeri. Mixed by Leah Kelleher.

    Check out the full-length Vermont Viewpoint episode: https://wdevradio.com/town-police-spending-report-path-paws-wdev-90/


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    22 mins
  • Town Leaders Survey
    Oct 7 2021

    In this episode, Vermont Viewpoint host, Ric Cengeri talks with UVM students about the Center's Vermont town survey.


    Link to the project: https://www.vermontresearch.org/


    Audio by WDEV Radio. Interview by Vermont Viewpoint host, Ric Cengeri.

    Check out the full-length Vermont Viewpoint episode: https://wdevradio.com/embassy-wife-sculpture-trail-the-bobolink-project-vt-town-survey/


    Mixed by Leah Kelleher.

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    18 mins
  • The Story of Church Street
    May 15 2020
    Bill Truex, was one of the founders of the Church Street Marketplace – Emma Bipart-Butler tells the story of one of the first and most successful outdoor pedestrian malls in the US.

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    12 mins
  • President Trump's Federal Bench
    Mar 17 2020
    In this episode of Mudseason, we sit down with University of Vermont professor of political science Lisa Holmes to talk about President Trump's judicial appointments.

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    14 mins
  • SHORTCUT: Vermont Town Meeting
    Feb 25 2020

    In this episode of Mudseason, we talk with scholar and historian Frank Bryan about the importance of Town Meeting in Vermont.


    Produced and edited by Eliza Giles.

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    5 mins
  • 1981: Burlington's Mayoral Election
    Feb 10 2020

    In 1981, Bernie Sanders, with the help of community organizers around Burlington, defeated Mayor Gordon Paquette in a mayoral race that shook the city. It was the beginning of Bernie's rise in Vermont politics... one which would eventually lead him to his campaign for president. In this episode of Mudseason, we talk with Phil Fiermonte who worked alongside Bernie for most of the last 40 years.


    Phil Fiermonte served as Senator Bernie Sanders’ State Director for 20 years, was his Field Director for several statewide campaigns, was a Senior Advisor on Senator Sanders’ 2016 Presidential race, and worked as a community organizer at the King St Youth Center in the early 1980s, and as union organizer for the American Federation of Teachers.


    This episode was also featured by Vermont Digger in their weekly podcast, The Deeper Dig:

    https://vtdigger.org/2020/02/07/deeper-dig-bernie-sanders-phil-fiermonte-burlington-mayor/


    Episode produced and edited by Eliza Giles.

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    13 mins
  • Efficiency Vermont
    Jan 14 2020
    As the Vermont Legislature considers expanding the role of Efficiency Vermont, we talk with one of the organization’s founders about the creation of the first state-wide electric efficiency utility in the country. Producer Leah Kelleher discusses Vermont and clean energy with Beth Sachs and Scudder Parker for this episode of Mudseason.

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    17 mins