The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

Recent Episodes

Legendary cartoonist Ed Koren on art, humor and his mortality

Posted October 12, 2022 • 00:50:01

When the New Yorker published Ed Koren’s first cartoon 60 years ago, it marked the beginning...

A ‘Token Black Girl’ breaks her silence

Posted October 5, 2022 • 00:50:55

Danielle Prescod is done being the “Token Black Girl.” Prescod was one of the only Black students in her prep school in Greenwich, Connecticut....

How anti-science disinformation spreads poison

Posted September 28, 2022 • 00:54:15

Sixty years ago this week, author Rachel Carson published the landmark book, "Silent Spring." Carson argued that pesticides, especially DDT, were poisoning...

America's long battle for voting rights

Posted September 21, 2022 • 00:54:13

American democracy may rise or fall on whether or not citizens succeed in preserving the right to vote. The battle to save voting rights has reached...

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe on how to talk to climate deniers

Posted September 14, 2022 • 00:48:54

Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist, an evangelical Christian and a Texan. Those three parts of her identity do not always play well together. That’s...