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Episode 160
The first time I learned of Amelia Meath was in an email exchange. She’d written me a nice note about Rumble Strip and at the end she wrote–in rat…
8 years, 8 months ago
Police Log, Burning Lawn Chairs Edition
Episode 110
It’s been some time since we’ve heard reports from the police about criminal activity here in Vermont. And I’m sorry to say that so far this summer, …
8 years, 8 months ago
Crime and Punishment Under Trump
Episode 104
Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo to all federal prosecutors, with new directives for charging and sentencing in criminal cases…
8 years, 9 months ago
Leland is Almost Done Seventh Grade
Episode 97
It’s spring in Vermont, and it’s been a full year since we heard from my friend Leland. When we left him last year, he was just about to graduate fr…
8 years, 10 months ago
We Are Sending You Light
Episode 100
The Eventide Singers are a volunteer hospice choir based in Greenfield, Massachusetts. They aim to comfort people who are ill, homebound, or actively…
8 years, 10 months ago
Robert Ford Last Ambassador
Episode 143
Robert Ford served as the last U.S. Ambassador to Syria. He arrived in the country right before the protests began there in 2011 and he was witnes…
8 years, 10 months ago
Hunger is Boring
Episode 101
This is a show about how the charitable food system works and how it’s not working.
The topic of hunger is not very exciting. Stories about problem…
8 years, 11 months ago
The Wildlife
Episode 93
In the concrete jungle, it all starts out innocently enough: especially if you live in a high-rise.
It was a blustery Tuesday morning, when two pige…
8 years, 11 months ago
Judge Cashman
Episode 96
Ed Cashman spent twenty-five years on the bench, presiding over drunk driving cases and murders and everything in between. After a while, he started …
9 years ago
Your Neighbor
Episode 102
For the last four and a half years, Victor’s been working on dairy farms in the Northeast. Like 11 million other people in this country, he’s undo…
9 years ago