https://vermontconversation.com The Vermont Conversation is a VTDigger podcast hosted by award-winning journalist David Goodman. It features in-depth interviews about local and national topics with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and ordinary citizens. The Vermont Conversation is also an hour-long weekly radio program that can be heard on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. on WDEV/Radio Vermont. Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:41:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 69994665 VBSR's "The Vermont Conversation," hosted by David Goodman, features interviews with people who are making a difference in Vermont and the nation in the worlds of socially responsible business, politics, education, the environment and activism. Our show also serves as a way to keep current on VBSR's events, policy work and program happenings. David Goodman 338679 no Vermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,EducationVBSR's "The Vermont Conversation," hosted by David Goodman, features interviews with people who are making a difference in Vermont and the nation in the worlds of socially responsible business, politics, education, the environment and activism. Our show ajanec@vbsr.orgDavid Goodman https://vermontconversation.com/2020/11/05/historic-breaking-down-2020-election-with-stuart-stevens-of-lincoln-project-vtdigger/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:41:08 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5361 5361David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/10/31/extreme-majority-impact-of-the-most-conservative-supreme-court-in-a-century/ Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:30:37 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5357 5357David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/10/21/a-caricature-of-illegitimacy-sen-patrick-leahy-on-the-barrett-scotus-hearings/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:23:13 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5352 5352David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/10/19/is-trump-fascist-yale-professor-jason-stanley-on-how-fascism-works/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 03:54:20 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5348 5348David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/10/16/democracy-on-the-ballot-gov-howard-dean-on-the-stakes-in-the-2020-election/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:07:07 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5344 5344David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/10/12/gov-madeleine-kunin-on-trumps-tirades-democracy-in-peril-hope/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 02:40:37 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5339 5339David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/10/07/will-your-vote-count-sue-halpern-on-election-security-threats/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:05:06 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5332 5332David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/30/trump-has-crossed-the-rubicon-authors-lawrence-rosenthal-john-judis-on-the-presidential-debate-and-white-supremacy/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 03:10:16 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5327 5327David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/29/can-the-cdc-be-trusted-ex-top-cdc-official-dr-howard-frumkin-on-political-interference-in-science/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:04:51 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5322 5322David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/24/no-human-is-illegal-trailblazing-journalist-maria-hinojosa-on-the-immigrant-human-rights-crisis/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:54:53 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5318 5318David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/20/we-are-at-a-tipping-point-yale-historian-timothy-snyder/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 01:49:15 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5313 5313David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/18/im-extremely-worried-rep-peter-welch-on-legislating-during-a-national-crisis/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:00:50 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5309 5309David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/14/cnns-brian-stelter-on-trump-fox-news-and-distortions-of-truth/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:51:04 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5304 5304David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/14/music-mental-illness-and-ending-stigma-with-vermonts-me2-orchestra/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:47:22 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5299 5299David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/08/filmmaker-eugene-jarecki-pro-athletes-call-for-voting-in-sports-arenas-to-protect-2020-election/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:29:36 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5293 5293David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/09/02/hatemonger-author-jean-guerrero-on-stephen-miller-white-nationalism/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:17:14 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5281 5281David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/30/stolen-election-ari-berman-on-voter-suppression-and-threats-to-the-2020-election/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:37:15 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5277 5277David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/26/vermonts-rnc-delegates-on-the-extremely-successful-presidency-of-donald-trump-and-democratic-responsibility-for-coronavirus-deaths/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:10:29 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5268 5268David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/21/fighting-to-vote-a-century-of-struggle-for-womens-suffrage/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:33:36 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5259 1490 5259David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/19/we-can-do-this-vermont-dnc-delegates-voice-hope-and-terror-about-2020-election/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:09:52 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5253 1540 5253David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/13/can-vermont-schools-safely-reopen-a-top-educator-pediatrician-confront-the-challenges/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:16:56 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5241 1635 5241David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/12/youre-either-a-coward-or-complicit-why-ex-navy-seal-dr-dan-barkhuff-is-fighting-trump/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:31:18 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5232 1586 5232David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/08/05/it-was-all-a-lie-top-gop-operative-stuart-stevens-on-renouncing-his-party-defeating-trump/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:39:59 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5227 3130 5227David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/29/election-2020-democratic-candidates-rebecca-holcombe-david-zuckerman-make-their-cases-for-being-vermonts-next-governor/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 21:15:09 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5220 3040 5220David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/22/the-fight-to-save-abortion-rights-uvm-prof-felicia-kornbluh-on-the-supreme-court-and-reproductive-justice/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 03:08:29 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5196 1436 5196David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/22/is-it-safe-to-return-to-school-in-a-pandemic-pediatrician-dr-william-raszka-makes-the-case/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:58:26 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5199 1536 5199David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/15/this-is-not-a-public-health-crisis-its-a-political-crisis-stanford-epidemiologist-dr-steve-goodman-on-the-exploding-covid-19-pandemic/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:43:10 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5192 1637 5192David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/15/the-crisis-of-american-democracy-wapo-media-columnist-margaret-sullivan-on-collapse-of-local-journalism/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:27:00 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5184 1502 5184David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/09/were-on-the-road-to-something-new-emily-bernard-acclaimed-author-of-black-is-the-body/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:32:19 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5180 3232 5180David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/01/vt-house-speaker-mitzi-johnson-on-covid-relief-and-the-road-ahead/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:39:37 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5176 1012 5176David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/07/01/black-lives-matter-criminal-justice-reform-vt-judiciary-chair-sen-dick-sears/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:23:37 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5170 1155 5170David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/24/the-greatest-voter-fraud-is-denying-an-american-the-right-to-vote-vermont-secretary-of-state-jim-condos/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:38:07 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5168 1466 5168David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/24/we-need-a-radical-reconception-of-policing-ex-police-chief-brandon-del-pozo/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:21:49 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5159 1593 5159David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/17/black-lives-in-the-green-mountains-race-racism-in-vermont/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:46:42 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5150 3057 5150David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/10/how-democracies-die-harvard-prof-steven-levitsky/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:54:35 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5142 1967 1967 5142David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/10/is-america-at-a-tipping-point-bill-mckibben-on-the-uprising/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:54:13 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5143 1563 1563 1563 1563 5143David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/03/racism-is-death-by-a-million-cuts-former-rep-kiah-morris-on-roots-of-the-rebellion/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:34:28 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5137 1643 5137David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/06/03/we-have-to-defend-the-country-from-martial-law-james-lyall-of-aclu-of-vermont/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:18:50 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5128 1491 5128David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/28/essential-but-abandoned-undocumented-farmworkers-in-vermont-demand-recognition/ Thu, 28 May 2020 19:39:25 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5124 1322 5124David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/28/this-is-a-crisis-on-top-of-a-crisis-undocumented-people-fight-for-survival-and-support-during-pandemic/ Thu, 28 May 2020 19:21:57 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5118 1641 5118David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/20/racism-disease-our-common-humanity-harvard-epidemiologist-nancy-krieger-on-health-disparities-and-covid-19/ Wed, 20 May 2020 21:16:17 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5113 1566 5113David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/20/we-are-in-serious-trouble-prof-amitai-etzioni-on-trump-and-the-threat-of-fascism/ Wed, 20 May 2020 20:41:08 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5106 1751 5106David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/14/we-are-in-an-unprecedented-moment-sens-sanders-leahy-rep-welch-on-covid-19-response-and-road-ahead/ Thu, 14 May 2020 14:37:19 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5102 3193 5102David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/06/is-trump-accountable-for-covid-19-deaths-eugene-jarecki-launches-trumpdeathclock/ Wed, 06 May 2020 21:15:31 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5098 1524 5098David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/05/06/its-time-for-the-next-generation-of-leadership-molly-gray-runs-for-vermont-lt-governor/ Wed, 06 May 2020 20:52:22 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5092 1584 5092David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/04/29/lean-on-me-coping-with-covid/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:10:38 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5086 3189 5086David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/04/23/were-nowhere-near-where-we-need-to-be-stanford-epidemiologist-steve-goodman-on-covid-19-testing-easing-restrictions-a-second-wave/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:00:41 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5079 1614 5079David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/04/22/hunger-grows-in-vermont/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:51:57 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5074 1525 5074David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education https://vermontconversation.com/2020/04/16/this-is-a-wake-up-call-donna-carpenter-of-burton-snowboards-on-fighting-covid-19-climate-change-paying-it-forward/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:36:12 +0000 http://vermontconversation.com/?p=5068 1651 5068David bcski janec@vbsr.org (David Goodman)noVermont,Business,VBSR,Corporate,Social,Responsibility,Green,Activism,Environment,Public,Policy,Triple,Bottom,Line,Education