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    <title>Commentary Series (VPR)</title>
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    <copyright>&#xA9; 2007 Vermont Public Radio</copyright>
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    <itunes:author><![CDATA[Betty Smith-Mastaler]]></itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Perspective and opinion about current events, topics of interest, and a showcase for writers and storytellers.

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Perspective and opinion about current events, topics of interest, and a showcase for writers and storytellers.

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        <description><![CDATA[As we all get ready for the last holiday weekend of the summer, author and commentator Ken Davis of Dorset, is thinking about the real meaning - and history - of Labor Day.
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        <title>Thursday August 28, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we all get ready for the last holiday weekend of the summer, author and commentator Ken Davis of Dorset, is thinking about the real meaning - and history - of Labor Day.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44320/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[This time of year, with the political season entering the final stretch and the anniversary of September Eleventh just ahead, commentator Willem Lange can't help but think about the meaning of security - and the cost.
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        <title>Wednesday August 27, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This time of year, with the political season entering the final stretch and the anniversary of September Eleventh just ahead, commentator Willem Lange can't help but think about the meaning of security - and the cost.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44319/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[One of the main policy debates of this campaign is about energy - a complicated topic that commentator Bill Mares decided to discuss with an expert.
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        <title>Wednesday August 27, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the main policy debates of this campaign is about energy - a complicated topic that commentator Bill Mares decided to discuss with an expert.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44314/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Tom Slayton, author and editor-emeritus of Vermont Life magazine, has been thinking about ways to use his lawnmower less.

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        <title>Tuesday August 26, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Tom Slayton, author and editor-emeritus of Vermont Life magazine, has been thinking about ways to use his lawnmower less.

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44326/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:20:49 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As we prepare to hear Senator Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for President this Thursday evening - teacher, historian, and commentator Vic Henningsen thinks it's interesting to note that Thursday will also mark the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s &quot;I Have a Dream&quot; speech - highlight of the 1963 March on Washington.
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        <title>Tuesday August 26, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we prepare to hear Senator Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for President this Thursday evening - teacher, historian, and commentator Vic Henningsen thinks it's interesting to note that Thursday will also mark the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s &quot;I Have a Dream&quot; speech - highlight of the 1963 March on Washington.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Mary McCallum is a free lance writer and teacher who remembers her father with affection - and still practices a Saturday night ritual that reminds her of him.
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        <title>Monday August 25, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Mary McCallum is a free lance writer and teacher who remembers her father with affection - and still practices a Saturday night ritual that reminds her of him.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44311/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In its most recent study, the US Census Bureau reported that Vermont had the nation's second lowest rate of fertility. Predictably enough, the news has sent Commentator Philip Baruth into a tailspin of depression. Here's Philip.
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        <title>Monday August 25, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In its most recent study, the US Census Bureau reported that Vermont had the nation's second lowest rate of fertility. Predictably enough, the news has sent Commentator Philip Baruth into a tailspin of depression. Here's Philip.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44292/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the Olympics wind down, writer, anthropologist and commentator John Fox reflects on a basic human element that's been all but missing in the Beijing games.
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        <title>Friday August 22, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As the Olympics wind down, writer, anthropologist and commentator John Fox reflects on a basic human element that's been all but missing in the Beijing games.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44294/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Alexandre Strokanov is a professor of history at Lyndon State College and a native of Russia. He's spent time in Georgia and South Ossetia and still has friends there - on both sides of the conflict.
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        <title>Friday August 22, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Alexandre Strokanov is a professor of history at Lyndon State College and a native of Russia. He's spent time in Georgia and South Ossetia and still has friends there - on both sides of the conflict.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44285/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Recently, commentator and Canadian journalist Arthur Milnes has been reflecting on public libraries, vacations in Vermont, and constitutional rights in a post-nine-eleven world.
&nbsp;
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        <title>Thursday August 21, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Recently, commentator and Canadian journalist Arthur Milnes has been reflecting on public libraries, vacations in Vermont, and constitutional rights in a post-nine-eleven world.
&nbsp;
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44284/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Millions of people will be watching the upcoming political conventions on television, but Commentator Frank Bryan won't be one of them.

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        <title>Thursday August 21, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Millions of people will be watching the upcoming political conventions on television, but Commentator Frank Bryan won't be one of them.

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44280/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:31:40 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Seamans is concerned that a fresh update on the health care provided to wounded American soldiers - doesn't show much improvement.
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        <title>Wednesday August 20, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Seamans is concerned that a fresh update on the health care provided to wounded American soldiers - doesn't show much improvement.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44267/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Olin Robison has been following the conflict between the Russians and the Georgians with dismay, and he isn't very optimistic about the outcome.
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        <title>Tuesday August 19, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Olin Robison has been following the conflict between the Russians and the Georgians with dismay, and he isn't very optimistic about the outcome.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44264/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As Hydro-Quebec decides this week whether or not to shut down a nuclear power plant in Quebec, and as Vermonters consider the future of Vermont Yankee, commentator Mike Martin has been thinking about a series of recent incidents at French nuclear power plants.
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        <title>Monday August 18, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As Hydro-Quebec decides this week whether or not to shut down a nuclear power plant in Quebec, and as Vermonters consider the future of Vermont Yankee, commentator Mike Martin has been thinking about a series of recent incidents at French nuclear power plants.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44252/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rain or shine, haying is part of summer on the farm. And as this rainy summer winds down and Labor Day approaches, commentator Tom Slayton remembers haying in the Vermont of his youth.
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        <title>Monday August 18, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rain or shine, haying is part of summer on the farm. And as this rainy summer winds down and Labor Day approaches, commentator Tom Slayton remembers haying in the Vermont of his youth.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44248/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:22:57 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Henry Homeyer is looking forward to one of the traditional end-of-the-summer pleasures: going to the fair.
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        <title>Friday August 15, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Henry Homeyer is looking forward to one of the traditional end-of-the-summer pleasures: going to the fair.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44245/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Writer and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman says it's possible to be hit by lightning and live to tell the tale, but that it's much better to take precautions and avoid the experience altogether.
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        <title>Friday August 15, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Writer and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman says it's possible to be hit by lightning and live to tell the tale, but that it's much better to take precautions and avoid the experience altogether.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44242/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator, attorney and lifelong sports fan Brian Porto thinks there's a valuable lesson behind one of football's most recent headlines.
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        <title>Thursday August 14, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator, attorney and lifelong sports fan Brian Porto thinks there's a valuable lesson behind one of football's most recent headlines.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44241/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[This morning, writer, storyteller and commentator Willem Lange has a few thoughts about walls.
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        <title>Thursday August 14, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This morning, writer, storyteller and commentator Willem Lange has a few thoughts about walls.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44226/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[This week, VPR asked listeners to call into Vermont Edition with Circus Stories. And here is a sampling of some of the results from both listeners and our in-studio guest, Rob Mermin of Circus Smirkus.
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        <title>Wednesday August 13, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week, VPR asked listeners to call into Vermont Edition with Circus Stories. And here is a sampling of some of the results from both listeners and our in-studio guest, Rob Mermin of Circus Smirkus.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44201/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator and Russian Life magazine publisher Paul Richardson has been following the conflict between Russia and Ossetia, noting differences in US and Russian media coverage.
&nbsp;
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        <title>Wednesday August 13, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator and Russian Life magazine publisher Paul Richardson has been following the conflict between Russia and Ossetia, noting differences in US and Russian media coverage.
&nbsp;
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44225/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Schubart has been reading a book this summer that has gotten him thinking about how politicians can seduce electorates into supporting them - what works and what shouldn't.

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        <title>Wednesday August 13, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Schubart has been reading a book this summer that has gotten him thinking about how politicians can seduce electorates into supporting them - what works and what shouldn't.

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44219/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Recently, Commentator Philip Baruth traveled to Sweden to spend some time with his wife&rsquo;s family there. As always, he felt physically smaller surrounded by the descendents of Vikings. But, this time around, that feeling of smallness led to some unusually large problems.
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        <title>Tuesday August 12, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Recently, Commentator Philip Baruth traveled to Sweden to spend some time with his wife&rsquo;s family there. As always, he felt physically smaller surrounded by the descendents of Vikings. But, this time around, that feeling of smallness led to some unusually large problems.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44207/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Deborah Luskin is a Baby Boomer who says that with children now in their late teens and parents in their early eighties, she's beginning to feel more like a member of the Boomerang Generation.
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        <title>Monday August 11, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Deborah Luskin is a Baby Boomer who says that with children now in their late teens and parents in their early eighties, she's beginning to feel more like a member of the Boomerang Generation.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44199/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Family vacations are a wonderful thing but, as teacher, historian and commentator Vic Henningsen observes, sometimes they take a little work to appreciate.
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        <title>Monday August 11, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Family vacations are a wonderful thing but, as teacher, historian and commentator Vic Henningsen observes, sometimes they take a little work to appreciate.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44198/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Mares, who failed his high school drama class,&nbsp; has enjoyed following his wife's work around Vermont to find and repair painted theater curtains.
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        <title>Friday August  8, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Mares, who failed his high school drama class,&nbsp; has enjoyed following his wife's work around Vermont to find and repair painted theater curtains.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44200/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Cheryl Hanna is concerned about the role judges play in the wake of the murder of Randolph teenager Brooke Bennett, and she shares her thoughts with us.
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        <title>Friday August  8, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Cheryl Hanna is concerned about the role judges play in the wake of the murder of Randolph teenager Brooke Bennett, and she shares her thoughts with us.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44190/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As we begin to enjoy the first sweet-corn of the season, author, gardener, and commentator Ron Krupp observes that America's over-all dependency on corn is really too much of a good thing.
]]></description>
        <title>Thursday August  7, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we begin to enjoy the first sweet-corn of the season, author, gardener, and commentator Ron Krupp observes that America's over-all dependency on corn is really too much of a good thing.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/20080807_vpr_krupp.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44193/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Willem Lange has some thoughts about kids today, the power of suggestion and the big bad wolf.
]]></description>
        <title>Thursday August  7, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Willem Lange has some thoughts about kids today, the power of suggestion and the big bad wolf.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/LANG-080708.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44197/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[For atheletes, the summer Olympics is an Olympic-sized opportunity, but for the Chinese government, commentator Olin Robison says it may be more like an Olympic-sized headache.
]]></description>
        <title>Wednesday August  6, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[For atheletes, the summer Olympics is an Olympic-sized opportunity, but for the Chinese government, commentator Olin Robison says it may be more like an Olympic-sized headache.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/20080806_vpr_robison.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44180/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[When commentator Dan Rockmore thinks about summer hikes, he thinks about dogs. But being a mathematician, he also thinks about genetics and probability.
]]></description>
        <title>Tuesday August  5, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When commentator Dan Rockmore thinks about summer hikes, he thinks about dogs. But being a mathematician, he also thinks about genetics and probability.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/ROCK-080508.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44179/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Helen Labun Jordan is getting ready for the Fair in a big way this year - and looking forward to having some Big Fun.
]]></description>
        <title>Tuesday August  5, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Helen Labun Jordan is getting ready for the Fair in a big way this year - and looking forward to having some Big Fun.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/20080805_vpr_labun.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44172/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Charlie Nardozzi has some common-sense tips for keeping the neighborhood deer out of your garden.
]]></description>
        <title>Monday August  4, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Charlie Nardozzi has some common-sense tips for keeping the neighborhood deer out of your garden.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/20080804_vpr_nardozzi.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44171/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert tells us about a stunning exhibit of Afghani treasures - currently touring the United States - that took him back to his travels in Afghanistan.
]]></description>
        <title>Monday August  4, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert tells us about a stunning exhibit of Afghani treasures - currently touring the United States - that took him back to his travels in Afghanistan.
]]></itunes:summary>
        <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/GILB-080408.mp3" length="3118811" type="audio/mpeg" />
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/GILB-080408.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44164/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Deborah Luskin knows she could save money on the unleaded she pumps into her car - if only she could get the lead out of her heavy right foot.
&nbsp;
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        <title>Friday August  1, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Deborah Luskin knows she could save money on the unleaded she pumps into her car - if only she could get the lead out of her heavy right foot.
&nbsp;
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/LUSK-080108.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44160/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Opinion polls show the race between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama as much closer than many analysts expected. This morning commentator Barrie Dunsmore, a veteran correspondent for ABC News, has some thoughts on why that might be.
]]></description>
        <title>Friday August  1, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Opinion polls show the race between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama as much closer than many analysts expected. This morning commentator Barrie Dunsmore, a veteran correspondent for ABC News, has some thoughts on why that might be.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/08/20080801_vpr_dunsmore.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44157/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Tom Slayton has been following the recent controversy over compost operations, and he thinks it's really about fundamental values and vision.
]]></description>
        <title>Thursday July 31, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Tom Slayton has been following the recent controversy over compost operations, and he thinks it's really about fundamental values and vision.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/20080731_vpr_slayton.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44156/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Though we shouldn't, many of us take for granted the pleasure of hiking on a well-maintained trail.&nbsp; VPR commentator and former park ranger Vic Henningsen recently paid a visit to one of the hard-working crews that make that experience possible.
]]></description>
        <title>Thursday July 31, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Though we shouldn't, many of us take for granted the pleasure of hiking on a well-maintained trail.&nbsp; VPR commentator and former park ranger Vic Henningsen recently paid a visit to one of the hard-working crews that make that experience possible.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/HENN-073108.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44153/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two summers ago, film make, teacher and commentator Jay Craven bought a seventeen-foot, forty-year old sailboat that turned out to be a bit more than he could handle.
]]></description>
        <title>Wednesday July 30, 2008</title>
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        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two summers ago, film make, teacher and commentator Jay Craven bought a seventeen-foot, forty-year old sailboat that turned out to be a bit more than he could handle.
]]></itunes:summary>
        <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/CRAV-073008.mp3" length="1302779" type="audio/mpeg" />
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/CRAV-073008.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44152/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[National and local candidate debates - and discussions with friends - have commentator Bill Schubart thinking a lot about liberals and conservatives, and he's intrigued to find that many share similar traits.
]]></description>
        <title>Wednesday July 30, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[National and local candidate debates - and discussions with friends - have commentator Bill Schubart thinking a lot about liberals and conservatives, and he's intrigued to find that many share similar traits.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/20080730_vpr_schubart.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44134/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[There's an old saying that every cloud has a silver lining, but commentator Ruth Page thinks that if the rainclouds of this July have a lining&nbsp; - it's probably green.
]]></description>
        <title>Tuesday July 29, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's an old saying that every cloud has a silver lining, but commentator Ruth Page thinks that if the rainclouds of this July have a lining&nbsp; - it's probably green.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/20080729_vpr_page.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44141/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The First Lady of France is also a pop star who's just released a new album with some racy lyrics about her new love, President Sarkozy. Commentator Mike Martin has been listening to the CD and thinks some critics have missed the point.
]]></description>
        <title>Tuesday July 29, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The First Lady of France is also a pop star who's just released a new album with some racy lyrics about her new love, President Sarkozy. Commentator Mike Martin has been listening to the CD and thinks some critics have missed the point.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/20080729_vpr_martin.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44135/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Henry Homeyer is a gardening coach and writer who says that planting a few more seeds now can extend the garden's bounty into the fall.
]]></description>
        <title>Monday July 28, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Henry Homeyer is a gardening coach and writer who says that planting a few more seeds now can extend the garden's bounty into the fall.
]]></itunes:summary>
        <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/HOME-072808.mp3" length="1339768" type="audio/mpeg" />
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/HOME-072808.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44151/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Former governor and commentator Madeleine Kunin recently visited a small town that's reinventing itself - and also perhaps, offering a glimpse of the future of Vermont.
]]></description>
        <title>Monday July 28, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former governor and commentator Madeleine Kunin recently visited a small town that's reinventing itself - and also perhaps, offering a glimpse of the future of Vermont.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/20080728_vpr_kunin.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44114/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Writer and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman has been tending the perennials around her house, and thinking about their enduring appeal.
]]></description>
        <title>Friday July 25, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Writer and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman has been tending the perennials around her house, and thinking about their enduring appeal.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/SCHE-072508.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44123/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Writer, storyteller and commentator Willem Lange and some friends have been exploring the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
]]></description>
        <title>Friday July 25, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Writer, storyteller and commentator Willem Lange and some friends have been exploring the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/LANG-072508.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44121/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As summer reaches its peak many Vermont towns play host to hundreds of young campers who descend upon our lakes and rivers for a few weeks of swimming, boating and waterskiing. And eating. Lots of eating.&nbsp; Commentator Casey Huling thinks that whoever said that an army marches on its stomach - probably went to a summer camp - with good food.
]]></description>
        <title>Thursday July 24, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As summer reaches its peak many Vermont towns play host to hundreds of young campers who descend upon our lakes and rivers for a few weeks of swimming, boating and waterskiing. And eating. Lots of eating.&nbsp; Commentator Casey Huling thinks that whoever said that an army marches on its stomach - probably went to a summer camp - with good food.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/HULI-072408.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44120/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Dick Mallary is a former U.S. congressman from Vermont. He has also served extensively in state government, and he thinks there may be a better way to assess punitive damages in legal actions - that would be in the interest of both fairness and the public good.
]]></description>
        <title>Thursday July 24, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Dick Mallary is a former U.S. congressman from Vermont. He has also served extensively in state government, and he thinks there may be a better way to assess punitive damages in legal actions - that would be in the interest of both fairness and the public good.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2008/07/MALL-072408.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/44101/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Charlie Nardozzi is an all-around gardening expert who agrees that some of the best things in life are free - even in the garden. 

]]></description>
        <title>Wednesday July 23, 2008</title>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commentator Charlie Nardozzi is an all-around gardening expert who agrees that some of the best things in life are free - even in the garden. 

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