Best of the Vermont Conversation: Investigative journalist Jane Mayer
New Yorker writer Jane Mayer responds to questions during an appearance at the University of Vermont. Photo by Sophie MacMillan for VTDigger The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: How Vermont embraced eugenics in the 20th century
Mercedes de Guardiola, left, and her new book, “Vermont for the Vermonters: The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State.” Images courtesy of Mercedes de Guardiola The Vermont Conversation with...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Walking across America to fix democracy
Rick Hubbard says he is walking across the country “to fix our democracy.” Photo courtesy of Rick Hubbard The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Rep. Becca Balint navigates attacks, antisemitism and...
“It’s not easy to be on the receiving end of people saying that I’m responsible for genocide, or I’m responsible for this humanitarian catastrophe,” U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, told the Vermont...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: What are the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Bernard Avishai (left), and Ezzedine Fishere. Courtesy photos The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: A collaborative approach to divorce
Nanci Smith’s new book is “Untangling Your Marriage: A Guide to Collaborative Divorce.” Courtesy photos The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Vermont voices on the Israel-Hamas war
Clockwise from top left: Wafic Faour, Grace Oedel, Fuad Al-Amoody and David Edleson. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger and contributed The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast...
View ArticleKen Squier, a champion of radio, racing and Vermont, dies at 88
Ken Squier, the longtime owner of WDEV. Photo from the Stowe Reporter Updated at 1:25 p.m. Ken Squier, an American broadcasting legend and a beloved champion of Vermont, died on Nov. 15, following a...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Ken Squier’s lifelong conversation with Vermonters
Environmental activist Bill McKibben, left, Vermont Conversation host David Goodman, center, and WDEV owner Ken Squier at a live episode of the Vermont Conversation at Bridgeside Books in Waterbury on...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: ‘This hideous crime did not happen in a vacuum’
Three Palestinian American men were shot in Burlington on Saturday, according to police. Family members identified them as Tahseen Aliahmad (left) Kinnan Abdalhamid (middle) and Hisham Awartani...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Garrett Graff on UFOs, conspiracy theories, and the...
A new book by Vermont author and historian Garrett Graff traces the origins of UFO conspiracy theories and takes a serious look at what scientists and the government does — and does not — know....
View ArticleBest of the Vermont Conversation: Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel has been cartoonist laureate of Vermont and a recipient of a MacArthur genius award. Photo courtesy the MacArthur Foundation The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Naomi Klein dives into the far right conspiratorial...
Naomi Klein. Courtesy photo The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists,...
View ArticleBest of the Vermont Conversation: Literary icon John Irving on LGBTQ+ rights,...
John Irving. Photo by Derek O’Donnell The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists,...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Harvard student activist Eva Frazier refuses to be silent
Harvard student Eva Frazier talked to Vermont Conversation about her experience getting doxxed and speaking out for Palestinian rights. Photo by David Goodman/VTDigger The Vermont Conversation with...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Felicia Kornbluh on the perilous state of reproductive...
Felicia Kornbluh. Photo by Carmen George The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists,...
View ArticleBest of the Vermont Conversation: Katherine Paterson on writing books that...
“If you write a book that has any power in it, it has the power to offend,” says acclaimed children’s author Katherine Paterson. “I don’t want to write a book that has no power in it, so I have to run...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: ‘If All Else Fails’: Looking at far right extremism in...
Reporters Emily Russell, left, and Zach Hirsch. Contributed The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: ‘A trail for everybody’ — Catamount Trail founders ski...
Steve Bushey, Ben Rose & Paul Jarris at the start of the Catamount Trail in 1984. Photo courtesy of the Catamount Trail Association The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger...
View ArticleBest of the Vermont Conversation: Who benefits from poverty? Matthew Desmond...
The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: ‘What is happening to really ensure that Black lives...
Mia Schultz, president of the Rutland Area NAACP. Photo courtesy of Mia Schultz The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: ‘An amazing person in this world’ — Mother of Hisham...
Elizabeth Price, the mother of Hisham Awartani, one the three Palestininan-Americans shot in Burlington recently, speaks about the experience on the opening day of the Legislature at the Statehouse in...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: 20 years after the Deaniac insurgency, Howard Dean is...
Former governor Howard Dean endorses Democratic Chittenden County state senate candidate June Heston in Burlington on July 13, 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Former governor Howard Dean...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Emma Mulvaney-Stanak on making history as the 1st queer...
Progressive Emma Mulvaney-Stanak celebrates her election as mayor of Burlington on Tuesday, March 5. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Progressive Emma Mulvaney-Stanak celebrates her election as mayor...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Acclaimed Vermont author Laura Waterman reflects on her...
Laura Waterman in her log house in East Corinth. Photo by David Goodman/VTDigger Laura Waterman in her log house in East Corinth. Photo by David Goodman/VTDigger Laura Waterman in her log house in...
View ArticleBest of the Vermont Conversation: Legendary activist Tom Hayden on SDS,...
Tom Hayden, politician and anti-Vietnam War activist, speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library on April 27, 2016, as part of a three-day Vietnam War Summit. LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin via Flickr...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Filmmaker Bess O’Brien turns her camera on hunger,...
Filmmaker Bess O’Brien, left, and her new film, “Just Getting By.” Images courtesy of Bess O’Brien Filmmaker Bess O’Brien, left, and her new film, “Just Getting By.” Images courtesy of Bess O’Brien...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Adventurer and author Jan Reynolds on breaking the...
Jan Reynolds. Courtesy photo The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists,...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Peace activist Jules Rabin on his century of raising...
Peace activist Jules Rabin. Photo by David Goodman/VTDigger The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with...
View ArticleVermont Conversation: Father Michael Lapsley on becoming a healer after...
The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are...
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