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Housing in Vermont is becoming more expensive and harder to find than ever before. Why is that? UVM student Waseya Lawton sits down with State Senator and professor at the UVM Grossman School of Business, Thomas Chittenden, to find out why.

City councilor Gene Bergman sits down with UVM Student Evan Fredericks to reflect on his career as a city councilor and senior assistant attorney for Burlington. Gene discusses his ideas for progressive change in the city, from transportation, to climate change, to policing.

This episode discusses what it is like to attend the Downtown Burlington High School. The original BHS shut down in 2020 after there were unsafe levels of PCBs found in the building. After that, the city had to scramble to find somewhere to resettle the 1,200 students who attend school at BHS. After some modifications the students and teachers were able to move into the abandoned Macy’s in downtown Burlington. Noora Moody joins host Sylvie Dworshak and talks about the challenges of being a high school student at the Downtown BHS.

Emily Anderson, Bridging Coordinator, Champlain Community Services (CCS), introduces students from the CCS Bridging Program. In this episode, we meet The Dream Seekers as they share their artwork created with Topaz Weis of Expressive Arts VT and interview David Frye, member of The Green Mountain Advocates. The students appearing are Ryan Kanat, Kaydance Messier, Grey Stirling, Clara Tarte.