The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

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Retiring Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine on the state of public health in Vermont

Posted April 2, 2025 • 00:43:16

Dr. Mark Levine retires as Vermont’s health commissioner this week after an eight year tenure marked by historic events. Dr. Levine is best known...

Best of: New York Times columnist Nick Kristof

Posted March 26, 2025 • 00:33:52

This Vermont Conversation was originally published on May 15, 2024.

Nicholas Kristof has been an eyewitness to some of the most iconic political...

Can capitalism save us? Will Patten believes Vermont shows us how

Posted March 19, 2025 • 00:29:52

In the late 1960s, Will Patten was living in Berkeley, California, attending antiwar protests and shaking his first against capitalism and greedy businessmen.

Today,...

'Another World is Possible', says journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Posted March 12, 2025 • 00:51:42

Americans have come to assume that heavy medical debt, unaffordable housing and lack of quality child care are normal features of life. Is there another...

Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov on why Trump admires Putin

Posted March 5, 2025 • 00:34:23

In Donald Trump’s world, friends and enemies trade places with breathtaking speed. Consider the case of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden hailed...