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Monday June 30, 2008
Jellyfish Studies
Commentator Ruth Page has been reading about current studies of jellyfish - and remembering childhood vacations at the beach.
Friday June 27, 2008
Earwicga!
Commentator Willem Lange has some thoughts on the little creature you often find in wet towels in the summertime.
Thursday June 26, 2008
Technical Vision
Technology can change the world, but commentator Bill Shutkin thinks that when it comes to climate change, what's most important is vision.
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Remembering Russert
Commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman has been thinking about TV journalist Tim Russert - his sudden death, a high school friendship and home town values.
Monday June 23, 2008
Bamboo
Charlie Nardozzi is an all-around gardening expert who says that East can meet West in the garden - by planting bamboo.
Friday June 20, 2008
Turning Points
To round out this week's sampler of the "Turning Point" essays - recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch - commentator Willem Lange observes that sometimes it's the little things that count.
Friday June 20, 2008
Turning Points
This week, we've been sampling the "Turning Point" essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch. This morning we hear from commentator Barrie Dunsmore as he recalls events that led up to a "watershed moment" in world history.
Thursday June 19, 2008
Turning Points
This afternoon, in our "Turning Point" sampler of essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch, commentator Deborah Luskin recalls a moment of both clarity and profound transformation.
Thursday June 19, 2008
Turning Points
Continuing our "Turning Point" sampler of essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch, commentator Helen Labun Jordan has some thoughts about the passage of various childhood friends into adulthood.
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Turning Points
As we continue to sample the "Turning Point" essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch, we hear about a major transition in the life of commentator Jay Craven that involved a creative mix of art and money.
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Turning Points
This morning, as we continue to sample the "Turning Point" essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch, commentator Mike Martin reflects that some transformative events are very slow in coming - if indeed - they come at all.
Tuesday June 17, 2008
Turning Points
As we continue to sample the "Turning Point" essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch, commentator Howard Coffin recalls how one event had a profound effect on his sense of priorities.
Tuesday June 17, 2008
Turning points
This week we're sampling the "Turning Point" essays recorded at this year's Commentators' Brunch. Commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman thinks that life is full of potential "Turning Points" - but that their meaning is determined by how we respond to them.
Monday June 16, 2008
Turning Points
On a Saturday morning in mid-April, thirty-plus commentators and assorted guests gathered for brunch - and a reading of short essays on the theme of "Turning Points". VPR recorded the event - and this week we're sampling some of the results. Commentator Ruth Page departed from her usual environmental beat to discuss some of the "Turning Points" she has encountered in family life.
Monday June 16, 2008
Turning Points
On Saturday, April 12th, more than thirty commentators gathered at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort and Spa for brunch - and to present a series of short essays on a common theme of "Turning Points". The event was recorded and this week we're sampling some of the results. Commentator Tom Slayton, veteran journalist and editor-emeritus of Vermont Life magazine, came to his "Turning Point" on a mountain hike.
Friday June 13, 2008
Friday the 13th!
Today's date - Friday the 13th - has inspired anxiety and superstition for generations. And commentator Dan Rockmore - professor of math and computer science at Dartmouth - wonders why.
Friday June 13, 2008
My Vermont: Andrew Wellman
Andrew thinks we've abandoned "Authentic Vermont" in favor of the lazy and uncreative
harvesting of the low hanging fruit of nostalgia.
Thursday June 12, 2008
The Case for Leahy
With the Democratic nomination finally in hand, Barack Obama last week created an informal committee to help sift the names of potential running mates. Vermont Senator Pat Leahy has apparently agreed to lend a hand. But commentator Philip Baruth, himself an early supporter and now an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention, believes that Leahy could easily play a more central role.
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Homemade Pesto
The gardening season is now in full swing, and commentator Tom Slayton, veteran journalist and editor-emeritus of Vermont Life magazine, is remembering last year's garden - even as he plants this year's basil...
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Commencement
It's the season of commencement addresses. And commentator Peter Gilbert, the executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council, offers some advice for graduating students - and all of us - about the difference between goal-setting and the process of getting to that goal.
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Sea Turtles of Ostional
Commentator Ted Levin recently returned from Costa Rica, where he discovered a business venture based on the conservation of an dangered species and the preservation of a rural culture.
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Vacation?
School will be out soon. Historian, teacher and commentator Vic Henningsen reflects that what teachers do - and might do - makes summer "vacation" a misleading term.
Monday June 9, 2008
Family Adventure
Rebecca Coffey is a freelance writer with a special interest in mental health issues, who believes that sharing adventures may help make famlily ties stronger.
Monday June 9, 2008
Gardening with Kids
Charlie Nardozzi is an all-around gardening expert with some creative ideas about how to get kids involved in gardening.
Friday June 6, 2008
The Rapid River
According to commentator, storyteller and contractor Willem Lange, Maine's Rapid River more than lives up to its name.
Friday June 6, 2008
My Vermont: Kerstin Lange
Kerstin Lange, of Burlington, feels at home in a place where love of the land is a shared value.
Thursday June 5, 2008
The Small Garden
Commentator Henry Homeyer is a gardening coach and writer who lives in Cornish Flat, New Hampshire - and he says that even a very small garden can add a lot to your table.
Thursday June 5, 2008
Obama and Israel
There are several important groups that are uneasy with the prospects of a President Barack Obama, among them the American Jewish community. This morning commentator Barrie Dunsmore, former diplomatic and foreign correspondent for ABC News, examines that issue.
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Fair Trade
You may like cream with your coffee, but commentator Bill Mares, who is an author as well as a retired teacher and legislator, likes a little social activism with his....
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Rooney Verdict
Commentator Cheryl Hanna, a Professor at Vermont Law School, attended much of the trial of Brian Rooney for the rape and murder of Michelle Gardner-Quinn. She shares her thoughts on the meaning of it all.
Tuesday June 3, 2008
The Poetry of Pitching
The New England Collegiate Baseball League season is here, and the champion Vermont Mountaineers play their first exhibition game tomorrow at Montpelier's Recreation Field on Elm Street at 5 o'clock. Commentator and Executive Director of the Vermont Humanities Council Peter Gilbert has some thoughts about the poetry of pitching.
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Energy and Climate Bills
The legislature made an effort this past session to grapple with two huge issues that tower over Vermont: energy and climate change. Commentator Alan Betts, President of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering, reviews the results and urges Vermonters to take action.
Monday June 2, 2008
Math Superheroes
Commentator Dan Rockmore is a professor of math and computer science at Dartmouth, and - as many network TV series wrap up another season - he's reflecting on the one in which mathematics has a starring role.
Monday June 2, 2008
Year-round Green-up
Green-up day may have come and gone for another year, but free lance writer, teacher and commentator Mary McCallum says that on her road - the effort to keep Vermont green - goes on forever.
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