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But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world. Know a kid with a question? Record it with a smartphone. Be sure to include your kid's first name, age, and town and send the recording to questions@butwhykids.org!
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Vermont Edition brings you news and conversation about issues affecting Vermont.Subscribe to the Podcast with the links below or via RSS.Visit the Vermont Edition page to listen to the archives and for more about the show.
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The Vermont Center for Ecostudies and VPR unite the sounds and science of nature in this monthly feature. The program is hosted by biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra, who share their knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm for wildlife education and conservation.
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Story of the Day

NCPR: North Country Public Radio

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Get your daily dose of what's happening in New York's North Country, the Adirondacks, Vermont, Canada, and beyond. Host David Sommerstein presents the best stories from North Country Public Radio's award-winning newsroom. You'll hear the most interesting voices on the most important issues in the region. There's even a micro-newscast to keep you up to date. When you miss
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NEXT New England

Connecticut Public Radio

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NEXT was a radio show and podcast that aired its final episode in May 2021 after a successful five-year run. The weekly program focused on New England, one of America's oldest places, at a time of change. NEXT was produced at Connecticut Public Radio and featured stories from journalists across the New England News Collaborative. Most recently, the program was hosted by Morgan Springer. With New England as our laboratory, NEXT asked questions about how we power our society, how we move aroun ...
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No Makeup Podcast

Marissa Parisi

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No Makeup shares authentic stories of really cool women who sign up to honestly and bravely tell us their stories. We believe stories can do a lot-they inspire, they console, and they shape our understanding of the world. So welcome to a podcast where Tiff and Marissa interview women they admire and ask them to figuratively take of their makeup and tell stories from the heart. This podcast is produced in partnership with Vermont Public Radio.
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Top Stories from NCPR

NCPR: North Country Public Radio

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NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.
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The Vermont Conversation is a VTDigger podcast hosted by award-winning journalist David Goodman. It features in-depth interviews about local and national topics with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and ordinary citizens. The Vermont Conversation is also an hour-long weekly radio program that can be heard on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. on WDEV/Radio Vermont.
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Basic Folk

The Bluegrass Situation

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Basic Folk features honest conversations with folk musicians hosted by Cindy Howes, a well-versed public radio DJ, and singer/songwriter Lizzie No. While we’re not gassing up the banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin, Basic Folk approaches interviews with warmth, humor and insightful (invasive?) questions. This podcast fosters the folk community and showcases a genre that is often misunderstood. Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from Molly Tuttle, Ben Harper ...
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Baby Carl's Happy Apocalypse

Doyle Dean and Bill Vitek

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Baby Carl’s Happy Apocalypse podcast is a lighthearted and inspirational take on a very serious topic that includes interviews with interesting people, laughing children, happy cows, car-talk banter, a labyrinth, an outdoor classroom filled with conversations, and singing. Who is Baby Carl? Well, he’s just a little guy: a toddler with a big vocabulary, a hearty appetite for information, and an even bigger love for humanity. And he loves singing songs. He has a friend, Bill. Bill’s a philosop ...
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A methadone van to help treat people addicted to opioids debuts in western Massachusetts. Plus, police investigate a double homicide in Montpelier, the National Labor Relations Board rules against a Colchester company that fired four employees after they created a salary transparency document, Beta Technologies conducts its first successful flight …
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Why do we have to poop? Why does fiber make you poop? Why is poop brown? Why does it smell so bad? Why do farts smell bad, too? Yup, we’re going there! In this episode, Mary Roach, author of Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, answers your questions about those things that we’re told not to talk about in polite company: poop and farts. We lea…
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Wrapping up season two of the Vermont Public podcast Homegoings, a show about art and race. Plus, the town of Chester rejects new zoning rules to promote housing development, Barre City passes a new flood resiliency plan, former Gov. Madeleine Kunin reflects on what Kamala Harris’ loss means for the Democratic Party, Vermont Fish and Wildlife offer…
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After a failed gubernatorial run in 1982, Madeleine Kunin secured 50% of the vote in her second run in 1984, winning against her Republican challenger. John J. Easton, Jr. Forty years ago, Kunin became the first and only woman to Vermont's highest-elected office. She’s also the first and only Jewish person to serve as Vermont’s Governor."I think th…
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The cost of running two temporary shelters for families evicted from the state’s motel voucher program. Plus, towns and cities damaged by last summer’s floods can now access extra FEMA money due to an enhanced federal match, Vermont saw record participation in the 2024 general election, hundreds turned out in Randolph to support Gifford Medical Cen…
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Hot off the heels of Twisted Pines' latest release, Love Your Mind, Kathleen Parks is here to dig into her uncelebrated polka origins. Daughter of renowned trumpetist Eric Parks, the younger Parks grew up in New York's Hudson Valley in a very creative family (her mother was also a dancer and the one who made Kathleen practice all the time). She sta…
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(Nov 14, 2024) A new pilot program is exploring a different approach to the region’s housing crisis. Three Adirondack nonprofits have teamed up to help homeowners turn existing short-term rentals, like Airbnb and VRBO, into more traditional long-term rentals. Also: Adirondack green groups react to Lee Zeldin's nomination to head the Environmental P…
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How public access to hundreds of miles of legal trails in Vermont could be limited depending on a case likely to come before the Vermont Supreme Court. Plus, hate crime charges are not expected to be filed against a man accused of shooting three Palestinian college students in Burlington, a new invasive clam is identified in southern Lake Champlain…
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(Nov 13, 2024) The Adirondacks' population decline is in part tied to its whiteness. People of color often haven't felt welcome to visit or eventually move here. We look at efforts by the Adirondack Diversity Initiative to change that. Also: The Plattsburgh city council voted against launching an investigation into the police department and mayor’s…
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Vermont has numerous invasive species, including zebra mussels, Japanese knotweed, false indigo, and golden clams. Invasive species are plants, insects, or other organisms introduced—intentionally or accidentally — from other places. A recent episode of Brave Little State centers on a listener's question about which invasive species has done the mo…
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