The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

Recent Episodes

How Sen. Bernie Sanders went from perennial trifle to progressive trailblazer

Posted February 4, 2026 • 00:38:59

Young Bernie Sanders arrived in Vermont in 1964 as part of a counter-cultural wave. The tall Jewish kid with the thick Brooklyn accent who spoke of...

Vermont clergy see Minnesota as 'testing ground' for Trump's immigration crackdown

Posted January 28, 2026 • 00:38:15

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota has sparked furious backlash. Protests have been held around the country following the...

House Speaker Jill Krowinski on the state budget and federal immigration crackdown

Posted January 21, 2026 • 00:41:06

Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, was elected Speaker of the House in 2021. It was the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and state coffers were unexpectedly...

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel on cultivating a 'little oasis of queer freedom'

Posted January 14, 2026 • 00:33:08

“Who can draw when the world is burning?” asks celebrated Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel in her new graphic novel, Spent.

This tension...

'An act of war' — Sen. Peter Welch on Trump's Venezuela and Capitol insurrection

Posted January 7, 2026 • 00:36:03

President Donald Trump marked the new year by launching a military assault on Venezuela and abducting President Nicolas Maduro. Some 75 people in Venezuela...