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Manner Effect
Sarah Elizabeth Charles cut her jazz teeth in and around southern Vermont. Now in NYC, she and her pals have become Manner Effect, and will perform at the VT Jazz Center Saturday night, Feb. 4. Great conversation and a fun bunch of people.
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Jamie MacDonald - Open Music Collective
Artistic Director Jamie MacDonald of the Open Music Collective discusses new classes available at OMC, as well as the process and pinnacle moments of making music.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Vermont's Senator Bernie Sanders discusses the state of the progressive movement, the recent Federal Court ruling allowing Entergy Vermont Yankee to continue to operate, the Defense Authorization Act, and his proposed legislation to overturn the Supreme
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Dan DeWalt on Judge Murtha's Vermont Yankee ruling
Musician, woodworker, teacher and activist Dan DeWalt is a weekly guest on "Live And Local" and this is the conversation that followed the recent Federal Court ruling allowing Entergy Vermont Yankee to continue to operate despite the state's wishes.
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ReNew Salvage - Nanci Bern & Keith Fletcher
Nanci Bern is Exec. Director and Keith Fletcher is the store manager at ReNew Building Materials & Salvage, a Brattleboro non-profit that not only helps people save money, but provides job skill services and jobs to people in our area. They're going throu
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David Longsmith, ex-chair, Brattleboro Skatepark Committee
Dave Longsmith resigned recently as chair of the Brattleboro Skatepark Committee and Brattleboro Area Skatepark Is Coming (BASIC), not long after attempts to mediate a dispute with a group of opponents broke down. Dave called into the show, now more ablet
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Peter Adair - Earth Story Calendar
Peter Adair of Westminster West, VT has put together a lovely calendar he calls "Earth Story". He came by to describe and discuss the calendar, and the conversation touched on many of the deeper questions of life and living. http://www.earthstorycalendar.
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Peter Solley - Newfane Gelato, pasteurizers, and rock stories!
Peter Solley came by to discuss Newfane Gelato's www.kickstarter.com campaign to raise money for a pasteurizer that they are now required to use in processing their gelato. Peter also discusses his career in the music business, including engineering andpr
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Steve Gordon - CEO, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Steve Gordon is the CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and had this candid and wide-ranging chat with host Steve West about such topics as the state of health care in Vermont and the country, the planned expansion of the emergency center at BMH, being a
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NH Republican Primary Radio Row - Day 1: Robert "Bud" MacFarlane
Robert "Bud" MacFarlane, former National Security Advisor to Ronald Reagan, came by to sing the praises of his candidate, Newt Gingrich. Mr. McFarlane was a leading architect of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for defending the United States agains
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New Hampshire Republican Primary Radio Row - Day 1: Intro
The opening segment of Day 1 at the New Hampshire GOP Primary Radio Row. The folks at Talk Radio News Service set it all up so we could come in and, well, try to make sense of it all. Here's Steve with John Donaldson, wading into strange waters.
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Lauren Olitski Poster, Andy Reichsmann, & Kate Purdie
"Jules Olitski - Modern Master" -- Andy Reichsman and Kate Purdie of Ames Hill Productions (http://www.ameshillvideo.com) created a film about abstract expressionist painter Jules Olitski, and were joined in the studio by Olitski's daughter, Lauren Poster
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Ann Zuccardy - Minor Traumatic Brain Injury (concussion)
Ann Zuccardy is a writer and founder of Vermont Shortbread Company (http://vermontshortbread.com). In October of 2011, she suffered a head/brain injury that at first appeared temporary and manageable, but later proved to have a deeper impact on Ann's life
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Honey Loring - Pet Adoption
Honey Loring joins Steve to help promote the adoption of dogs from the southern states. A very uplifting story!
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VT Rep. Mike Mrowicki (D-5)
Mike Mrowicki is the Vermont State Representative for Putney, Dummerston, and Westminster and he joined Steve to preview the legislative session that begins in January. Check out Mike's website here: http://southeastkingdom.net
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Linda Salisbury, Author (and Chris Grotke's mom!)
Author Linda Salisbury joins Steve and Chris and Lise from www.iBrattleboro.com to discuss her books, her children's books, her son, fruitcake, and a wide range of subjects. Check out her web site at http://www.lindasalisburyauthor.com.
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Vermont Congressman Peter Welch
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch joins Steve by phone from Washington, D.C. to discuss funding for the houseless, low-income heating assistance, and the Defense Authorization Act recently passed by the other side of Congress.
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Moonlight Davis & Samirah Evans - Sam's Set & Shed
Moonlight Davis & Samirah Evans - Sam's Set & Shed - Vocalist Samirah Evans brings Moonlight Davis in to discuss Sunday's "Set & Shed" at Elliot Street Cafe, where Moonlight will sing with his protege (and son), Girard, as well as his stepson Miro Spragu
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Tim Stevenson - Post Oil Solutions
Tim Stevenson - Post Oil Solutions - Another fantastic conversation with the co-founder of Post Oil Solutions, including the Occupy movement, wind farms in Vermont, and community-0building in a post-oil age.
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Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin - VT Gov. Peter Shumlin joins Steve for a wide-ranging discussion of the state of the State of Vermont, its energy future, flooding recovery, and what makes Vermont a prototype for 21st century America.
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Freedom In Creation - Andrew Briggs & Danny Maxwell
Freedom In Creation - Andrew Briggs & Danny Maxwell - Freedom In Creation - Andrew Briggs & Danny Maxwell joined Steve to discuss this wonderful organization and its work to bring empowerment to children of war in Uganda through creativity, as well as ana
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Winterpills - Philip Price & Flora Reed
Winterpills - Philip Price & Flora Reed - In anticipation of their Brattleboro show at New England Youth Theater on Friday, Dec. 2, The Winterpills' Phillip Price and Flora Reed join Steve to discuss their music, their new CD, how they make songs, and Phi
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The Commons - Deputy Editor Randy Holhut
The Commons - Deputy Editor Randy Holhut - We do a bi-weekly conversation with Editor Jeff Potter and Deputy Editor Randy Holhut from The Commons newspaper, This edition is just Randy, and we discuss the November 16th edition of The Commons.
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Compass School's Fiesta Dominicana
Compass School's Fiesta Dominicana - Compass School Director Rick Gordon and students Isaac Shaw and Starcey Grout discuss the Global Connections program and the Dec. 3 benefit dinner, Fiesta Dominicana – a celebration of the food and music of Latin Ame
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Bob Burch and the 33rd Annual Putney Craft Tour
Bob Burch and the 33rd Annual Putney Craft Tour - Master glass blower Bob Burch (robertburchglass.com) talks with Steve about the art and magic of glass blowing, and the longstanding Thanksgiving weekend tradition of the Putney Craft Tour (putneycrafts.co
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Samirah Evans & Draa Hobbs - Sam's Set & Shed
Samirah Evans & Draa Hobbs - Sam's Set & Shed - Jazz vocalist Samirah Evans & guitar virtuoso and teacher Draa Hobbs came by to talk about Sam's Set & Shed, perform some tunes, and talk about jazz appreciation.
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Fish, WKVT-FM's Morning Guy talks "Tough Mudder"
Fish, WKVT-FM's Morning Guy talks "Tough Mudder" - Fresh off of yet another "Tough Mudder" in New Jersey, Fish is in to talk about his Brattleboro Reformer column and tell the stories, pretty and ugly, and what it takes to survive a tough mudder.
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Bluebird Orchestra - Donald Saaf & Ian Ludders
Bluebird Orchestra - Donald Saaf & Ian Ludders - The Bluebird Orchestra are Donald Saaf, Duke Johnson, Rick Contino, and Paul McTaggart, Donald is joined by band friend Ian Ludders to talk about their upcoming Halloween show (it was snowed out.....the pla
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12th Annual Guilford Studio Holiday Sale
12th Annual Guilford Studio Holiday Sale - Guilford's Carol Schnabel and Mary Ellen Franklin (of the farming Franklin's!) join Steve to tell all about the party/sale/gathering that takes place each November on the Green River.
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Moss Kahler - Brattleboro Recycling Coordinator
Moss Kahler - Brattleboro Recycling Coordinator - Moss Kahler is, along with Cindy Sterling Clark, winding down a year as Brattleboro's Recycling Coordnator. We discuss the successes and challenges in upping Brattleboro's recycling rate, and Project C.O.W
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Vermont Senator Philip Baruth (D-Chittenden)
Vermont Senator Philip Baruth (D-Chittenden) - Chittenden Co. Senator, UVM Professor of English, and mastermind behind www.vermontdailybriefing.com Philip Baruth joins Steve to discuss state politics, Burlington's mayoral race, and labor issues at the Un
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Bob Miller - Home At Last, Inc.
Bob Miller - Home At Last, Inc. - Bob Miller is a purple-heart decorated WWII veteran and co-founder of Home At Last, Inc, a non-profit group working to provide permanent housing to homeless veterans. Bob and Steve discuss the larger issue of homeless vet
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