The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

Best of Vermont Conversation: Author Julia Alvarez on borders and bridges

The acclaimed author Julia Alvarez is the longtime writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her novels include, “How The García Girls Lost Their...

Best of the Vermont Conversation: A new Santa Claus is coming to town and ‘he is a uniter’

This Vermont Conversation was originally published on Nov. 23, 2022.

Santa Claus is coming to town. But the person shimmying down the chimney...

Million meter man Noah Dines on his record-setting year of living strenuously

For Noah Dines, life has been an uphill climb. And that is his dream come true.

Dines, a 30 year-old Stowe local, is in the process of setting...

Civil rights and environmental leader Ben Jealous on fighting and winning in tough times

Ben Jealous has a long and deeply personal perspective on the fight for social and environmental justice.

Jealous was elected president and CEO...

John Rodgers and the future of Vermont politics

John Rodgers is the most interesting man in Vermont politics. And he just may be its future.

The Democrat-turned-Republican who just won the race...