Episode 22

REBROADCAST: Civil debate, or the lack thereof

Hello Beautiful People! Emilie Kornheiser and I are away this week. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of our conversation on civil discourse with Professor Meg Mott.

February 26, 2021 (rebroadcast 6/30/23): Self described Constitution Wrangler Meg Mott is holding a series of events around civil debate. So why does debate matter? Why does Vermont need to practice these skills?

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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.