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UVM Community Medical School: Politics, Money, & Science: Current Debates in Public Health & Health Policy 11/07/2017

Could sitting too much really kill us? Are e-cigarettes just as bad as tobacco or an aid to quit smoking? Public health issues are controversial. Join a former Vermont Commissioner of Health for a discussion of current debates in public health and explore how controversy can be both a helpful tool to raise public awareness and a hindrance for progress in health policy. Learn how and why politics, money, and scientific debate fuel these spirited disputes. Jan K. Carney, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Dean for Public Health

UVM Community Medical School: Lyme Disease: Big, Bad Borrelia burgdorferi & the Tiny Tick 10/03/2017

Northeasterners have likely experienced the sharp pang of dread associated with finding a tick embedded in their skin. Unfortunately, for many bitten by a Borrelia burgdorferi-infected tick, that dread can lead to fever, leg and arm weakness, facial paralysis, or short-term memory loss. Learn about the details of Lyme disease in Vermont, the body's immune response to Lyme, the manifestation of arthritis in Lyme patients, antibiotic resistance, and research designed to support and improve education and prevention practices. Panelists include staff from the Vermont Department of Health and the Vermont Center for Immunology & Infectious Diseases, as well as a CDC Lyme Corps member. Ralph C. Budd, M.D., University Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Director, Vermont Center for Immunology & Infectious Diseases; Bradley Tompkins, M.P.H., Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Program Chief, Vermont Department of Health; Molly Markowitz, Student, Larner College of Medicine Class of 2018

Judge Ben: Recreational Marijuana Use 09/29/2017

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Coalition for a Livable City: Making a City Livable 09/29/2017

The Coalition for a Livable City presents the first episode in their Live @ 5:25 series about quality of life issues in Burlington, Vermont.

Preservation Burlington: TBD 09/28/2017

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More information on Preservation Burlington. 

Liisa Reimann Rivera - Originally from England, Liisa has lived in Burlington since 2006. She earned her Master's in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont and is a principal with Blue Brick Preservation. Liisa lives in a 1954 ranch house, whose historic wooden windows she thinks are of a genius design seldom seen since, in Burlington's New North End. Liisa's passions include historic industrial buildings, firehouses and little-known builder-architects of the vernacular landscape.

Ron Wanamaker - Ron has been a member of the Board since 2007 and has served as Vice President and President. A passionate preservationist, he continues to serve on the Education Committee for Preservation Burlington and is also a member of Burlington’s Design Advisory Board. A contractor since 1988, he has lived and worked in Burlington since 1998 and managed Wanamaker Restoration as well as Champlain Valley Millworks.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Medication Assisted Treatment 09/28/2017

ARC host Ed Baker discusses the use of Methadone and Buprenorphine with his guest Jason Goguen, an expert in medications for opioid use disorder. Together they clear up misunderstandings about the way these lifesaving medications work. They talk about the scientific make up and practical applications of these medications in language the general public can understand. They also discuss the nature of opioid addiction and the reasons why so many people in our state and country are dying from opioid overdoses today

In the World of Winooski: TBD 09/26/2017

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Judge Ben: Saving the Vermont State Budget in Trump's America 09/25/2017

Paul Cillo of the Public Assets non-profit based in Montpelier, Vermont joins former Vermont trial judge and Grand Isle County State Represetative Ben Joseph to advocate a strong state budget even up against cuts to Federal programs.

 

For more information visit publicassets.org.

The Comedy of State: Everyone Has a First Time 09/22/2017

Brenda Churchill of the LGBTQIA Alliance of Vermont interviews 2015 Vermont Comedian of the Year Kendall Farrell.

Kendall Farrell is a Burlington, VT based standup comedian who’s wry, sly style and dry wit has made him a favorite in his home state. Kendall won the annual Vermont’s Funniest Comedian Contest in 2015, has been profiled by SevenDays, and features regularly at the Vermont Comedy Club. He has opened for headliners including Rachel Feinstein, Michelle Wolf, Aparna Nancherla, Emma Wilmann, Matteo Lane and Alingon Mitra. Kendall has performed on Night Train with Wyatt Cenac and in the Green Mountain Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, the Rogue Island Comedy Festival, the Waking Windows Festival, and at clubs and colleges throughout the Northeast. He hosts and produces some of the most popular regularly occurring shows in Vermont, including LGBTQLOL, a semimonthly queer comedy showcase at Vermont Comedy Club, Comedy & Crepes at the Skinny Pancake, Brews & Bros at Foam Brewers, Barn Party at Zenbarn, and United We Standup, a political series.

For more information visit LGBTQIAAllianceofVermont.com

RAD-TV Presents: Development and Strikes, Movement and Modus Operandi 09/22/2017

This month on RAD TV - Live @ 525: We’ll be taking you through some local issues with guests Dustin Tanner and Adrian Pascual, as they join host Grant Taylor to bring you updates from the front lines of Rights and Democracy campaigns and related issues.

We’ll attempt to respond to the recent hate crimes in Claremont, NH and the Northeast Kingdom, though it makes us all step back a little when these types of problems come to light and split a community. 

Then we’ll talk about teacher’s unions and their right to strike, in relation to recent events in Burlington. We’ll go over some recent development projects that will define the face of Burlington for the foreseeable future, both Memorial Auditorium and City Hall Park are in danger of pandering to big business and for profit operations, instead of welcoming and entertaining all people. 

Finally, we’ll review a bit about RAD’s overall modus operandi: Movement Politics. We’ll unpack that a bit and let you know how to really get involved to create lasting changes from the ground up in your community.

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