Episode 38

The myths of rural Vermont

November 3, 2023: Substance misuse, gun violence, and poverty are issues that communities across the state are trying to solve. Recently, however, the impacts of people's struggles have become more visible in communities that previously - perhaps - seemed immune. So what does this mean for Vermont communities? And what stories have we been telling ourselves?

More housing data available through the VHFA's Housing Data site: https://housingdata.org/

Information on Barre City and the recovery of North End: https://www.barrecity.org/north-end-recovery-and-resiliency.html

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

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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.