Dirty wars, peace, & the media: A conversation with two of America’s top muckraking journalists: former NY Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, and Jeremy Scahill, bestselling author of Dirty Wars and national security correspondent of The Nation.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Global Adventurer Jan Reynolds; Accessible Vt. Adventures, 10-23-13
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Vermont global adventurer and author Jan Reynolds talks about her life as “one of the guys” and her new book, High-Altitude Woman. We also speak with Peter Kriff, director of the Vt Statewide Independent Living Council and founder of AccessibleAdventuresVT.org, which helps people with disabilities navigate Vermont.
Workers: Vt labor struggles; Saru Jayaraman & restaurant workers, 10-16-13
Workers: We look at key current issues confronting workers in Vermont and nationally with James Haslam, executive director of the Vermont Workers Center; Amanda Sheppard, organizer with AFSCME Vt.; Shelly Mangden, organizer with the Vermont Fair Food Campaign; and Saru Jayaraman, founder and director of Restaurant Opportunities Center-United.
Obamacare in Vermont: Vt Health Connect, 10-9-13
We discuss the details of Health Connect, Vermont’s new health insurance marketplace, the state exchange that is part of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, with Mark Larson, commissioner of the Dept. of Health Access, VBSR executive director Andrea Cohen and Anissa Lewis, health care exchange navigator with VBSR.
Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito, 10-2-13
Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito discusses restorative justice, the roots of crime, the exploding prison population, and where he finds hope.
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