To help get us into the spirit of the Annual National Day of Listening, commentator Bill Schubart has one of his favorite well-told tales - about the time his great Aunt Rose came to visit.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Brent Bjorkman of the Folklife Center and painter Kathleen Kolb about the traveling exhibit, Art of Action.

VPR's Jane Lindholm speaks with Tom Greene, the Founding President of Vermont College of Fine Arts, that is celebrating its 1st anniversary.

A big crowd is expected in Burlington this afternoon for a forum about how federal economic stimulus money will be handed out; the University of Vermont has agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after a fatal car crash;

UVM President Dan Fogel told legislators yesterday that the school is putting off decisions about additional layoffs until officials know more about UVM's financial health this spring.

This economy has people in Vermont's arts scene looking at practical questions of keeping community theater, gallery exhibitions and music festivals in business.  Also, two Vermont rivers may earn the congressional designation of "wild and scenic." And VPR's Steve Zind continues our series of reports from Iran.

Christmas Eve fire destroys historic building in Fairfax; new regulations concern Vermont's handmade toy industry; in VPR's continuing series, Sounds of 2008, water flow after a dam excavation in Northfield.

Public radio's own, Garrison Keillor, headlined the Champlain Valley Fair at the end of the summer. He brought "A Prairie Home Companion'' - along with all of the stories, jokes and music - before a sellout crowd.  

Today in our "Sounds of 2008" series, we're looking at how in Burlington, the Middle East television news network Al Jazeera was itself news.

The job is an important one, because the speaker chooses the makeup of the committees and which bills will be considered where. And the job has evolved over the years.

UVM President Daniel Fogel said the financial crisis sweeping the country has also hit colleges and universities with damaging force.

Former Gov. Howard Dean says he supports the direction that President-elect Barack Obama is taking in assembling an administration; Senator Bernie Sanders says he will push for a substantial economic stimulus package when Congress returns to session in about 10 days;

Hundreds of students at the University of Vermont poured out of their dorms Tuesday night in a spontaneous celebration after Barack Obama won the presidency.

Democrats, Progessives, and vote-splitting in statewide races. And what it takes to be a successful Speaker of the House in Montpelier.

Apparently, it all began with a love triangle in Montpelier in 1897.

A record number of Vermonters are opting to vote early in this year's election, and it has become a key issue in the Secretary of State race.

VPR's series of campaign debates continues Oct. 15 at 7:00pm with the major party candidates for Secretary of State. 

Secretary of State Deb Markowitz and Republican candidate Gene Bifano disagree on two separate issues with Vermont's early voting system.

The University of Vermont has been hit by the American financial crisis; Journalist says the bailout that the U.S. Senate will vote on today is the wrong approach; Phish is getting back together; more...

Union leaders say they're happy with the deal, and that it brings UVM closer to regional and national norms in faculty pay.