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Spring Gardening With Charlie Nardozzi Friday, 05/25/12 Noon and 7pm Horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi is back to answer all your spring gardening questions. Post your comment
Secure Communities Program Comes To Vermont Thursday, 05/24/12 Noon and 7pm This week Vermont became the latest state to have the federal government implement the Secure Communities program, raising questions and concerns about how it would affect law enforcement and immigrants in the state. Post your comment
UVM Professor Pronounces At The Spelling Bee Wednesday, 05/23/12 Noon and 7pm UVM Classics Professor Jacques Bailly relates his experiences as the pronouncer at the National Spelling Bee and we hear about the Vermont music scene's Ryan Power and NNA Tapes. Post your comment
Tracking Vermont's Bumblebees Tuesday, 05/22/12 Noon and 7pm
As honeybee populations decline, there's a new focus on the role of bumblebees in pollinating plants, and a first-ever effort to document Vermont's native species.
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Treating And Caring For Alzheimer's Patients Monday, 05/21/12 Noon and 7pm Alzheimer's Disease ravages the brain and presents a host of challenges for families grappling with the disease. Last week the federal government announced a new effort to prevent or treat Alzheimer's by 2025. Post your comment
Education Charts A New Course Friday, 05/18/12 Noon and 7pm Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca discusses the department's change to a state agency, and Senator Bernie Sanders looks at the future of rural post offices. Post your comment
Vermont Reads: The Literature Of War Thursday, 05/17/12 Noon and 7pm As part of VPR's weeklong series, Vermont Reads Bull Run, we look at how war is written about in literature, and what we can learn about the experience and the truths of war by reading about it. Post your comment
Rural Transit: Sometimes You Can Get There From Here Wednesday, 05/16/12 Noon and 7pm We discuss how rural mass transit is being accomplished in the state and where Vermont needs to improve. Post your comment
Adjutant General Dubie Prepares To Step Down Tuesday, 05/15/12 Noon and 7pm
Major General Michael Dubie's tenure as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard will end this year, when he's confirmed as deputy commander of NORTHCOM. Dubie talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about his years heading the guard and the issues his successor will face.
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Extinctions As Damaging As Climate Change Monday, 05/14/12 Noon and 7pm A new study published in Nature found that the extinction of plant and animal species may be doing just as much damage to the planet as climate change and pollution. Post your comment
Reporters Roundtable: Results Of 2012 Legislature Friday, 05/11/12 Noon and 7pm We talk with political reporters in the state about how lawmakers and the governor dealt with several difficult issues in the final year of the biennium. Post your comment
Legislative Leaders Assess Session Thursday, 05/10/12 Noon and 7pm House Speaker Shap Smith and Minority Leader Don Turner look back at the successes and failures of the recent session of the Legislature. Post your comment

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Vermont Edition brings you news and conversation about issues affecting your life - plus a bit of the unexpected. Host Jane Lindholm considers the context of current events through interviews with newsmakers and people who make our region buzz. Listener comments and questions via e-mail and calls are incorporated into the live program. (pictured: hosts Jane Lindholm and Bob Kinzel)

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Rep. Peter Welch talks with students at the University of Vermont last month about their experiences with student loans, as part of an effort to compile stories about student debt.

Wednesday, 05/09/12 Noon and 7pm

Welch Speaking Out About Student Loan Debt

Representative Peter Welch has been speaking out about what he says is the necessity of keeping interest rates on Stafford Loans from doubling, and the greater issues of student loan debt and college affordability.

Monday, 05/07/12 Noon and 7pm

Flocking Together: Spring Migration Bird Show

Time to get out your waterproof binoculars, and download the latest birding app - it's time for Vermont Edition's annual bird show.

Thursday, 04/26/12 Noon and 7pm

Reeve Lindbergh On Her Mother's Life And Writings

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a prolific writer, publishing a number of books during her lifetime, many chronicling her life with her aviator husband, Charles. Now, her daughter Reeve Lindbergh is sharing a new chapter in her family's story, publishing "Against Wind & Tide," a book of her mother's letters and journals that span 1947-1986.

An Eastern Black Bear spotted near Bennington.

Thursday, 04/19/12 Noon and 7pm

The Bears Are Out There

State wildlife biologist Forrest Hammond discusses Vermont's efforts to control the bear population, we hear about dairy issues and milk supply and we learn about a Middlebury College team of poets competing in a national competition.

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