Episode 24

Flooding 2023: Rebuilding isn't enough

July 14, 2023: Earlier this week, heavy rains led to flooding across multiple towns in Vermont. Several towns in Rep. Laura Sibilia's district were hit. In this episodes she discusses climate change and that rebuilding what is, may no longer work.

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.