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VT Untapped
by Vermont Folklife Center
Folklife is everyday life. Drawing from archival audio and the ongoing ethnographic research of the Vermont Folklife Center, VT Untapped™ explores the diverse cultures of Vermont through the voices of its residents. By sharing these stories we seek to make Vermonters more visible to one another and build stronger connections between people. Welcome, and thanks for listening. Learn more at www.vtfolklife.org/untapped
Episodes
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Under the Golden Dome Part 10: Citizen Legislature
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 9: Civility and the Art of Compromise
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 8: Political Courage
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 7: Getting Involved, Learning the Legislature
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 6: The Senate
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 5: The Speaker of the House
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 4: Women and the Legislature
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 3: Philip Hoff and Reapportionment
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Under the Golden Dome Part 2: The Young Turks
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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Election Season Special: Under the Golden Dome - Part 1: The Legislature Before Reappointment
In the run up to election day 2022 VT Folklife is re-releasing our audio series Under the Golden Dome: The Stories Behind Vermont’s Citizen Legislature. In 2004 the Snelling Center for Government commissioned Vermont Folklife to interview 35 former legislators. VT Folklife founder Jane C. Beck...
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The Mask Makers: Episode 3 - Masks and Identity
MEET VERMONT’S MASK MAKERS In spring of 2020, face masks were one of the few tools we had against covid-19, and you couldn’t buy one. Anywhere. When hospitals started calling for homemade fabric masks amid a world shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), people with sewing skills in…
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The Mask Makers: Episode 2 - Community and Collaboration
MEET VERMONT’S MASK MAKERS In spring of 2020, face masks were one of the few tools we had against covid-19, and you couldn’t buy one. Anywhere. When hospitals started calling for homemade fabric masks amid a worldwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), people with sewing skills in...
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The Mask Makers: Episode 1 - Sewing in a Crisis
In spring of 2020, face masks were one of the few tools we had against covid-19, and you couldn’t buy one. Anywhere. When hospitals started calling for homemade fabric masks amid a world shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), people with sewing skills in Vermont and around the world...
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Episode 23: Spooky Halloween Special 2021
This year for our annual SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL We teamed up with our friends at Vermont Public Radio and put out a call to all Vermonters, inviting them to get in touch and tell us their scariest ghostly encounters and supernatural sightings. We spoke with folks all over the state and we share...
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Episode 22: Revisiting Irene - Mendon Remembers
This episode is the second in a pair of shows in which we reflect on the impact and legacy of Tropical Storm Irene. In Mendon Remembers, we hear from a group of Mendon, VT residents who gathered for a story circle in July, 2021 to share how their perspectives on Irene and its impacts have…
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Episode 21: Revisiting Irene: ”Weathering the Storm”
Nine years ago the Vermont Folklife Center released Weathering the Storm - an audio documentary created with Vermonters from towns across the state hard hit by tropical storm Irene. In this special episode of VT Untapped we are re-presenting “Weathering the Storm” in its entirety to mark the 10th...
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Episode 20: A Year of Listening in Place
Over a year since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic we take a moment to look back on a year of the Listening in Place project, focusing on submissions to our Sound Archive. This facet of Listening in Place began with a small collection of audio recordings submitted via a portal on our website in...
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Episode 19: Sweetest Joys Indeed
Sugaring is a central part of life in Vermont. Anthropologist Marge Bruchac tells us that the Abenaki people, the indigenous group native to Vermont, called the fourth new moon of the year the “maple sugar-making moon.” The Abenaki were the first people in the place we now call Vermont to boil…
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Episode 18: Meet Cute 2021 - Everest and Marjo
It’s that time of year again! Although our annual “Meet Cute” episode is a bit different this year, isn’t everything? We’re coming up on one year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, and as a part of our Listening in Place project, we’ve focused on hearing from Vermonters about their...
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Episode 17: The Audio Diary of Pete Sutherland
Back in March 2020, Pete Sutherland opened up the voice memo app on his phone, hit record and said “This is just day-one of one person's journal about isolation in the time of the Coronavirus outbreak worldwide.” In the following nine months, Pete continued to hit record and share his thoughts…
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Episode 16: 2020 Thanksgiving Special!
Driving turkeys THANKSGIVING SPECIAL! As we’re all gearing up for what is likely to be one of the most, shall we say “unusual,” Thanksgivings of our lifetimes (thanks again, 2020), here at VT Untapped™ we reached out VFC founder Jane Beck once more in search of suggestions for a seasonal story.…
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Episode 15: The Apprentices
Established in 1991, our Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (VTAAP) was created to support the vitality of Vermont's living cultural heritage. In this episode we explore VTAAP by talking with some of the program participants—master artists and their apprentices—to explore their...
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Episode 14: Spooky Halloween Special 2020
It’s Halloween! Which means it’s time for our annual SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! This year we reached out to VFC founder Jane Beck to see if she could think of any extra spooky stories in the archive—and boy did she come up with a corker! Jane interviewed Floyd Cowdrey on November 14, 1994. It’s a...
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Episode 13: Sounds of Camp
What does a vibrant camp sound like without its campers? Camp Killooleet sits on the banks of the Hancock Branch, a tributary to the White River in Hancock, Vermont. Since 1927 it’s welcomed kids ages 9-14 for a classic summer camp experience. Hiking and swimming, arts and woodworking, sports,...
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Episode 12: Project Independence
This episode of VT Untapped™ is the first in a six-part series built around our “Listening in Place” project. We’ll take you into six different Vermont communities where we’ve spent some time listening to what people are going through and what they’re thinking about during the pandemic and…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Folklife is everyday life. Drawing from archival audio and the ongoing ethnographic research of the Vermont Folklife Center, VT Untapped™ explores the diverse cultures of Vermont through the voices of its residents. By sharing these stories we seek to make Vermonters more visible to one another and build stronger connections between people. Welcome, and thanks for listening. Learn more at www.vtfolklife.org/untapped
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Vermont Folklife Center
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Folklife is everyday life. Drawing from archival audio and the ongoing ethnographic research of the Vermont Folklife Center, VT Untapped™ explores the diverse cultures of Vermont through the voices of its residents. By sharing these stories we seek to make Vermonters more visible to one another and...
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