Vermont Commons Audio

Free Vermont Radio: Secession Songs and Transportation Moves (August 26, 2008)

Rob Williams — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:09:46 -0700

Vermont neo-trad musician and secession advocate Pete Sutherland joins us to talk about "Two Hundred Years Is Long Enough" and his new "Wilderness Road" CD in the first half hour, and Mad River Valley Planning District Executive Director Joshua Schwartz discusses the state of Vermont's new "Go Vermont" initiative for mass transportation in the second half of our program.

Recorded live at the WDEV studio in Waterbury.

Free Vermont Radio: China and Vermont - Ying and Yang (August 12, 2008)

Rob Williams — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:59:19 -0700

"China: Ying and Yang" - Join Chris Barbieri, director of the Asia division of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, and Steve Wilmarth, Visiting Lecturer at Ningxia Polytechnic & TV University, as we discuss 21st century China and Vermont's relationship to a country with the third largest economy in the world. Recorded live at the WDEV studio in Waterbury.

Green Mountain Noise: Gubernatorial Debate 7/20/08

Rob Williams — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:02:23 -0700

Listen to the first gubernatorial debate of the 2008 electoral season, featuring the three major party candidates at Mad River Valley's Lareau Farm Pavilion.

The event was co-sponsored by Mad River Valley Localvores, George Schenck's American Flatbread, and the Vermont Natural Resources Council. and moderated by prize-winning Vermont journalist David Moats.

Free Vermont Radio: Carbon Shredding for Energy Independence (July 22, 2008)

Rob Williams — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:41:22 -0700

From the Mad River Valley to Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival, a new Vermont volunteer group of individuals, nonprofits, and businesses called the "Carbon Shredders" is taking "personal responsibility" for their carbon footprint, saving energy and money in the process, and teaching others how to do the same. Meet Gaelan Brown, Bob Ferris and Jasna Brown - Shredders all - in this live conversation from the WDEV studio.

Free Vermont Radio: Designing an Independent Vermont Vernacular (July 15, 2008)

Rob Williams — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:04:37 -0700

"Designing an independent Vermont Vernacular," with guests Bob Ferris of the Yestermorrow Design and Build School, and John Connell, green architect. Guest caller: UVM political science professor, secession advocate, and town meeting expert Frank Bryan of Starksboro.

Live from WDEV's Waterbury studio.

Free Vermont Radio: Celebrating Secession and Vermont Independence Day (July 8, 2008)

Rob Williams — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:29:01 -0700

Happy secession day! Vermont was an independent republic from 1777 - 1791, and many Vermonters are advocating that the Green Mountain State be its own independent republic once again. July 8, 1777 marks the signing of the first Vermont constitution in Windsor - join Vermont Commons publisher Ian Baldwin and Second Vermont Republic founder Thomas Naylor for a conversation celebrating Vermont's once and future republic.

"200 Years is Long Enough" (A Secession Anthem)

Rob Williams — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:15:14 -0700

Thanks to Vermont veteran fiddler and story-teller Pete Sutherland for the permission to get his song about secession out to the world. Download it and spread the word.

Free Vermont Radio: A Conversation with Indy Gubernatorial Candidate Sam Young (July 1, 2008)

csadmin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:52:15 -0700

We hosted our very first Free Vermont Radio conversation with independent gubernatorial candidate Sam Young of West Glover and his campaign manager Nicole Colston in WDEV's Waterbury studio.