Episode 20
What it takes to move an idea through 150 people
June 14, 2019: The Legislature has returned for a special session. Rep. Emilie Kornheiser fills us in on what it takes to pass a bill when there are 150 opinions.
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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...".
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.