Changes at the Center for Media and Democracy
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07/15/2021
Host Margaret Harrington talks with Lauren Glenn Davitian, CEO of Center for Media and Democracy, Town Meeting tv, about changes at the station which impact the airing of community produced programs. While coronavirus has reduced the number of...
Vermont Legislature Apologizes for ‘Eugenics Survey’
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05/21/2021
Following is a video of our Center for Media and Democracy program which aided in removing the Dorothy Canfield Fisher name from a prestigious Vermont children’s book award. The name has been changed to the Vermont Golden Dome Book Awards.
In...
Does Abortion Belong in Vermont’s Constitution?
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04/30/2021
Proposition 5 would be the first new right ever to be added to the Vermont Constitution. Sharon Toborg, Policy Analyst with the Vermont Right to Life Committee, talks with host Margaret Harrington about what Proposition 5 says, what it means, and...
Vermont’s Irish Rebel Captain John Lonergan
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03/12/2021
Guest: William L. McKone, President of Vermont Fenian Society
Vermont writer Liam McKone brings to life the story of Captain John Lonergan, Union soldier during the Civil War and recipient of the United States Medal of Honor for bravery at the...
Fomite Press: Be Careful What You Wish For
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01/14/2021
Fomite Press publishing team Donna Bister and Marc Estrin talk about their roller coaster ride in publishing paperback books from their home in Burlington, Vermont. This launches the sixth year of FOCUS with host and video journalist Margaret...
Photojournalism
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02/28/2020
Photojournalist Victor Saavedra talks with FOCUS host Margaret Harrington about why he decided to become a journalist in Brazil. They discuss the ever-changing world of journalism and the impact of the internet.
It’s Time We Term Limit Congress
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02/21/2020
Ken Quinn, Northeast Regional Director of United States Term Limits, talks with FOCUS Host Margaret Harrington about the petition to Vermont lawmakers to limit terms for representatives and senators in the US Congress. Article V of the US...
Leaning In with Fomite Press
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10/10/2019
Fomite Press publishers Donna Bister and Marc Estrin talk with host Margaret Harrington about their anti-capitalist or un-capitalist publishing house in Burlington, Vermont.
The Vermont Abortion Law is Bad Legislation - Part 4
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08/22/2019
Vermont Representative Anne B. Donahue talks with host Margaret Harrington about the legislative process for H-57, which became the Vermont Reproductive Health Law, aka The Vermont Abortion Law. She gives insight into the difference between the...
The Vermont Abortion Law is Bad Legislation - Part 3
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07/25/2019
Mary Hahn Beerworth, Executive Director of the Vermont Right to Life Committee, talks with FOCUS host Margaret Harrington about the interconnection of the 2019 Vermont Reproductive Health Law, aka the Abortion Law, to the Eugenics Survey and the...