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    <title>Commentary Series (VPR)</title>
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Perspective and opinion about current events, topics of interest and a showcase for writers and storytellers.

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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:22:24 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday May 13, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43583/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[When Wendy came to Vermont it was only to be for one
ski season... that was almost 20 years ago.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday May 12, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43584/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Mares is an author - as well as retired teacher and legislator - who for many years, has belonged to a lively - if slightly eccentric - Book Club.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43584/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday May 12, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43573/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Cara has found herself wondering if she could belong to an illicit counter-culture of young Vermonters who
want to live here.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43573/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday May  9, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43570/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The next President of the United States may very well have to deal with Iran as a nuclear power. This afternoon, commentator Barrie Dunsmore, who for more than three decades covered war and diplomacy for ABC News, looks at how that might play out.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday May  9, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43561/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[After moving to Vermont, Alice grew to appreciate
Vermonters' no-nonsense values, their work ethic, their reserve, their basic
kindness and pioneer spirits.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43561/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday May  9, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43560/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Amy has noticed a unique phenomenon here in Vermont: &quot;The Wave.&quot;  She says it's a special part of life in a small
state.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43560/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday May  9, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43557/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[While Dawna often yearns for the Vermont she grew up in, she appreciates that it's still a special
place. It's not perfect, but it just may be as perfect as it gets.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43557/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday May  8, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43590/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This Saturday is the anniversary of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. Author and commentator Ken Davis traces his interest in history back to a swim he took as a child near that historic site.

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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday May  8, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43556/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[It's been said that &quot;Vermont is
what America used
to be,&quot; and that &quot;in Vermont we
live life in the slow lane.&quot;  Josh says both those
statements are true, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday May  8, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43554/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Megan feels that with a little awareness and hard work by all of us, we can
keep the best of the state and change the pieces that need a bit of help.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43554/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:06:36 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday May  8, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43550/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Cara Butterly's Vermont reminds her of who she is and how much of her  character is rooted in this landscape. 
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43550/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday May  7, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43546/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Author, gardener, and commentator Ron Krupp tells us about a way in which the State of Vermont is facilitating the use of locally grown food.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43546/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday May  7, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43545/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Mickey says the process of making art, which can be lonely, challenging and complex, is
appreciated and fostered here. There is something about the
support of the people that steers her, like the stars in the sky, through the
journey in her own studio.  

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43545/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday May  7, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43540/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Dot Helling says the smells, the views, the culture and our way of living are
all part of a package that she has yet to find anywhere else on this planet.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43540/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday May  7, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43536/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Patty Minichiello's Vermont in the future is a state with open doors and open arms, a
breeding ground for opportunity, a place where downtown businesses do
not go to die.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43536/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday May  6, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43530/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Writer-commentator Leora Dowling is looking forward to this summer - and a new summer job.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43530/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday May  6, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43525/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Becka Roolf loves the freedom, and the community, that comes with having  a compact approach to transportation and life.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43525/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday May  6, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43524/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Lali Cobb says that in an era when most Americans have forgotten
the history of the food they eat the cycle in Vermont continues for all to see, and be inspired by.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43524/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday May  6, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43519/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Kate's overriding concern is
that only the highly paid and wealthy individuals will have adequate housing,
heat, nutritional food, and the privilege of serving the community.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43519/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday May  5, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43495/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The end of the legislative session has had Hinesburg writer and commentator Bill Schubart thinking about the need to talk more in our schools and our communities about the role of government in our lives.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday May  5, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43517/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Maxine Leary wrote this poem especially for a nephew who grew up in Montpelier
but at the time was working overseas. She thinks a Vermonter's life-story and
geography resemble each other, so the poem has many layers of meaning. 
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43517/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday May  5, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43516/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Sara Jo Willey's Vermont is about home, roots and connections.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43516/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:23:18 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday May  5, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43508/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jim Woodard says it's challenging to live anywhere. Every place has its own inherent
strengths and disappointing drawbacks.  The key is how we, as a community,
choose to respond to either.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43508/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday May  2, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43503/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Across the country high school graduates are poised to accept diplomas in ceremonies honoring their achievements, but one recent graduation ceremony here in Vermont was especially moving to free lance writer, educator and commentator Mary McCallum.  

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43503/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday May  2, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43498/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator, contractor and storyteller Willem Lange says that if we want to save the earth, we can start by drinking tap water.

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43498/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday May  1, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43490/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[As the legislature works toward adjournment, former state representative and commentator Dennis Delaney reflects on some of the lesser-known aspects of a legislative session.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43490/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday May  1, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43485/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This morning, teacher and historian Vic Henningsen reflects on an anniversary that calls to mind Mark Twain's observation that &quot;History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43485/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday April 30, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43488/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Cheryl Hanna, a professor at Vermont Law School, recently contemplated whether a French law banning the promotion of extreme thinness ought to be adopted here.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43488/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday April 30, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43482/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Veteran A-B-C News correspondent and commentator Bill Seamans regrets the lack of civility in the current contest between Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.&nbsp; And he observes that he's not the only one who feels this way. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43482/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday April 29, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43481/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Inspired by VPR's My Vermont project, commentator and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Moats has been thinking about what it was - exactly - that brought him to the Green Mountains.


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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43481/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday April 29, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43473/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Tom Slayton is a veteran journalist and editor-emeritus of Vermont Life magazine. He says a new book by Vermont writer Jay Parini makes a compelling case for the importance of poetry.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43473/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday April 28, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43455/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This year's rough-and-tumble White House political campaign reminds filmmaker, teacher, and commentator Jay Craven of a penetrating documentary film he recently saw on DVD. &nbsp;


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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43455/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday April 25, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43454/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[On a recent school trip, commentator and nature writer Ted Levin was reminded that when observing wildlife, it's important to remember that it is - after all - wild. &nbsp;

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43454/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday April 25, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43445/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator, contractor and storyteller Willem Lange wonders why so many Americans are still nervous about female leadership.


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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43445/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday April 24, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43444/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Frank Bryan is a writer who teaches political science at the University of Vermont -- and *his Vermont* is a place where community still matters.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43444/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday April 24, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43438/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Madeleine Kunin is a former governor of Vermont, and today she's celebrating the return of Spring.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43438/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday April 23, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43437/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Can't sleep?  Commentator Dr. Rachel Johnson is Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at UVM and an advisor to EatingWell magazine - and she's been looking at the science to find out if anything we eat or drink can help.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday April 23, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43432/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Governor's recent economic development surprise package has Hinesburg writer and commentator Bill Schubart asking about the broader strategic plan for Vermont's prosperity.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43432/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday April 22, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43422/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Roses have a reputation of being hard to grow. But commentator Charlie Nardozzi says that may no longer be true - if you grow landscape-type roses that flower freely, resist pests and are hardy in our cold climate.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43422/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday April 22, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43421/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Philip Baruth&rsquo;s Vermont, whatever else might be said about it, is a very strange place. Today he imagines confronting the Olympic torch, and all of the political contradictions now implicit within it.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43421/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday April 21, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43424/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[April 22-28 is National Turn off the TV Week, and Commentator Deborah Luskin has a problem with that.
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43424/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Monday April 21, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43407/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Bill Mares is an author - and a retired teacher and legislator. He's also been a marathon runner for 30 years; and today he's reflecting on his absence from the most famous running race in the world.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday April 18, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43401/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[With the hard economic news of the past week, cuts are being made in state spending. But to writer and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman one proposed budget-cutting measure doesn't seem to add up. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43401/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Friday April 18, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43402/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[It's been a long road, but storyteller, contractor and commentator Willem Lange finally feels at home.


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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43402/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday April 17, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43403/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Jason Lorber is a state legislator who takes his tax obligations seriously. But he's also a stand-up comedian, who can't help pointing out one especially absurd part of the filing process.    

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43403/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Thursday April 17, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43395/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[There's been a tendency lately for economic pundits to avoid using the word &quot;recession.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Economist and commentator Art Woolf says it's beginning to sound like deja vu - all over again.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday April 16, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43393/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Commentator Alia Stavrand Woolf is a college student in New York City who still feels very connected to her Green Mountain roots. When she heard that Vermont policy-makers are concerned about too many young people leaving the state, it got her thinking.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wednesday April 16, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43386/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Veteran A-B-C News correspondent and commentator Bill Seamans is encouraged by recent activity in support of a new G.I. Bill of Rights, but he says that the future of the initiative is still uncertain.

&nbsp;
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday April 15, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43385/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What do Eliot Spitzer, Bear Stearns and the Iraq War have in common? Commentator Bill Shutkin is a writer, lawyer and Research Affiliate at MIT, who tries to connect the dots in his sometimes quixotic quest for truth.

&nbsp;
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday April 15, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/43368/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Vermont legislature and Governor Douglas will get some difficult economic news to swallow this afternoon. Commentator Timothy McQuiston is editor of Vermont Business Magazine, and he explains what that bad news is.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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