
Karen Anderson
Director of Radio Programming & OperationsKaren is ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's Director of Radio Programming & Operations, serving Vermonters by overseeing the sound of ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's radio broadcast service. Karen has a long history with public radio, beginning in the early 2000's with the launch of the weekly classical music program, Sunday Bach. Karen's undergraduate degree is in Broadcast Journalism, and she has worked for public radio in Vermont and St. Louis, MO, in the areas of production, programming, traffic, operations and news. She has produced many projects for broadcast over the years, including the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's live multi-platform coverage of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, and interviews with local newsmakers alongside former Morning Edition host Mitch Wertlieb. In 2021, Karen began working on a national collaboration with StoryCorps One Small Step, connecting Vermonters across the political divide one conversation at a time.
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After serving 48 years in the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy is retiring at the end of his term in early January. He's written a book about his experiences called, The Road Taken.
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Earlier this month the novelist Salman Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed before a talk he was scheduled to give in western New York. The attack left the 75-year old with serious injuries that required surgery, and he was unable even to speak after being placed on a ventilator. His long-term prognosis is uncertain.
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A literary journal published out of Bennington College has been honored as one of just five publications around the country to win the prestigious Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
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Join guest host Eric Brooks and sing along to Handel's Coronation Anthem, "My heart is inditing"—Sunday morning at 11 a.m. and Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
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The conventional wisdom has been that Vermont is a state people move from, rather than to. But recent census data reveal that the Green Mountain State has experienced its highest population growth in a decade. What’s driving the trend? And will it continue?
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Vermonter Danielle Marmer recently made history when she was named the new player development and scouting assistant for the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins.
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Sing along with Franz Schubert on this week's Choral Hour, with guest host Eric Brooks.
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The northwest Vermont town of Richford is a small, rural community that sits along the Canadian border. And it recently hired � for the first time in its history � a town administrator: 22-year-old Michael Olio.
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Vermont’s primary election is coming up. We're one of about a dozen states that holds an open primary. What exactly does this mean, and what’s the history of Vermont’s open primary system? We turn to ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý’s senior political correspondent Bob Kinzel for some of the answers.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý’s Bob Kinzel recently reported on the state of Vermont’s retail cannabis marketplace for Brave Little State. Retail sales will begin soon in Vermont as stores are scheduled to open throughout the state on Oct. 1. Kinzel joined Vermontâ€� Public’s Mitch Wertlieb to share some of what he learned talking to cannabis and hemp entrepreneurs.