Episode 30

Our Political Ancestor Gov. William H. Wills

August 25, 2023 (prerecorded 8/24): In this episode, we'll hear the January 1941 inaugural address of former Gov. William H. Wills. While serving as governor, Wills oversaw minimum wage legislation for teachers and enacted emergency wartime powers for the state. 

Read the full speech here: https://sos.vermont.gov/media/s0bj1emk/wills1941.pdf

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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.