Episode 22

Listening to constituents and casting unique votes

May 31, 2024: Rep. Tristan Roberts who serves Windham-6 (Halifax, Whitingham, Wilmington) has decided to step down at the end of his term. In this conversation, he says good-bye to constituents, discusses why he decided to run for office in the first place, and what it's meant to serve the unique towns of Windham-6.

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

To follow Tristan at Quill Nook Farm: https://www.quillnookfarm.com/home

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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.