Will Staats worked for both Vermont and New Hampshire for forty years as a wildlife biologist. He’s also a passionate... more

A conversation with dairy farmer Forrest Foster in his sugarhouse in the blessed, FINALLY almost springtime in Vermont.

This is a show I made a few years ago that very significantly involves Total Eclipse of the Heart, which... more

Kasey Phipps is transgender and has always been transgender. But Kasey didn’t grow up in a place where the word... more

Ashley Messier grew up in Essex, Vermont with an abusive father and with little money, and she found herself repeating... more

Ashton runs a concrete business and in his free time he makes community meals at the American Legion in Hardwick.... more

Kathleen lives in Derby, Vermont in a subsidized apartment with two cats, two pugs, and about 400 clocks. She was... more

Many of you got in touch with me after Isaac's story aired in the first week of What Class Are... more

When I met Ethan Perry, he was taking a break from his job at Family Dollar in Orleans VT. At... more

Mike Donofrio moved to Vermont with his family when he was two years old. He grew up, he left... more

John Rodgers runs a construction business up in West Glover, Vermont most of the year. He runs a plow business... more

In this episode I talk with one of my favorite poets and writers, Garret Keizer. Garret has written extensively on... more

This is episode 5 of What Class Are You. Kytreana was one of the first people I interviewed for this... more

This is episode 4 of a special series called What Class Are You, wherein I drive around asking people to... more

Irfan Sehic and his family fled the war in Bosnia when he was seventeen, and landed in Barre, Vermont. Irfan... more

What Class Are You is a series about money and privilege and how much or little of it you've got.... more

First episode in a series called What Class Are You? This time...Susan Randall, a private investigator in Vermont, talks about... more

This is a rerun of what could be called a VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL, and I hope you enjoy it. Last year... more

These are some stories from Vermont's 100 year flood last July in Vermont. It devastated our state. In my hometown... more

This is one of my all time favorite shows. I made it for Vermont Public in 2019 and I think... more

East Hill Tree Farm is my new sponsor. It’s the place where I buy all my trees and berry bushes... more

I got in a car accident. For some reason I thought it would make me feel better to talk with... more

John Rodgers is a stonemason in West Glover. He also runs a construction business, plows driveways and rents properties, and... more

A lot of people in rural America live near small towns or villages. Here in Vermont, a lot of small... more

My friend Kelly Green is a defense attorney who represents people accused of murder. She spends a lot of time... more

Susan’s been a private investigator in Vermont for 24 years. She defends people who are accused of crimes, which often... more

Forrest Foster is a dairy farmer in Hardwick, Vermont and a friend of mine. This past spring, on Memorial Day,... more

I am a terrible vegetable gardener. And I have friends who are GREAT vegetable gardeners, who also raise their own... more

We just had a massive, devastating flood here in Vermont. And Hardwick got hit pretty hard. This all happened exactly... more

Rose Friedman and Tara Reese were in the early stages of starting the Civic Standard, an organization that gives the... more

This is a show about guns. I made this story for Brave Little State, a podcast of Vermont Public, which invites... more

This is a guest episode by my friend Bianca Giaever, producer of the podcast Constellation Prize. This is the first... more

For years I've been wanting to make a show about the terrible cultural divides growing in our country, but I... more

Mary Lake is a sheep farmer and sheep shearer and itinerant slaughterer. She is a tall, muscular woman in bib... more

It's town meeting day here in Vermont. In most of New England, town citizens become legislators for one day a... more

Sheila LaPoint wrote a post in Front Porch Forum asking if there was anyone in town who could turn her... more

Tom Mustill is a conservation biologist and he makes beautiful films about where nature and people meet. He’s worked with... more

This show is about crime. Really crimey crime.

Jay Allison makes the kind of radio that made me want to make radio. It isn’t news, and it doesn’t... more

Forrest Foster was loading up the tractor with kindling for deer camp. It was two days before deer season. I... more