The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

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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...

Vermont Conversation: Yankee editor Mel Allen on a half century of New England storytelling

Posted December 17, 2025 • 00:44:48

For 90 years, Yankee Magazine has been telling stories of and about New England. And for more than half of the magazine’s life, Mel Allen has been...

A former EPA official on how the plastics industry sabotages real recycling

Posted December 10, 2025 • 00:33:22

“Plastic is everywhere — wrapped around our food, stitched into our clothes, even coursing through our veins.”

That’s how Judith Enck...

A Vermont Jewish student banished from Israel speaks out

Posted December 3, 2025 • 00:41:16

Leila Stillman-Utterback graduated from Middlebury Union High School in June and decided to take a gap year to pursue a dream. The 18-year-old Vermonter...