What's Going On?

Producer

Sandy Baird

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Programs in this Series

Charlottesville and the Uses of History - 08/17/2017

Host Sandy Baird brings in Marc Estrin and Kurt Mehta to talk about the clashes at the Unite the Right event in Virginia, what to do with confederate memorial statues, and how to deal with unwelcome ideas without violating the constitution.

Revolution - Bastille Day and the Second Vermont Republic - 07/14/2017

Sandy discusses the French Revolution's legacy through the American and Haitian Revolutions and into a contemporary secessionist movement in Vermont. Familiar guests Kurt Mehta, Peter Garritano, and Marc Estrin are joined by Rob Williams of the...

How the F*ck Do You Keep Up With Everything? - A Discussion of Current Events - 06/09/2017

Sandy Baird, Kurt Mehta, Marc Estrin, and Peter Garritano discuss current events, Iran, international politics and wars, the Trump administration, Al Jazeera, the U.K. Election, FBI Director Jame Comey, the U.S., Russia, and other world news.

Presidential Politics, Russia, and Current Affairs - 05/10/2017

Kurt Mehta, Sandy Baird, Marc Estrin, and Pete Garritano discuss current political affairs. Will President Trump get impeached? Is it bad for the U.S. to collaborate with Russia? Who do you trust? The FBI? The CIA? The media?

Vermonters for Justice in Palestine - 03/02/2017

Sandy Baird, Wafic Faour, Marc Estrin, and Ian Stokes discuss the work and concerns of Vermonters for Justice in Palestine. For more information visit: https://www.vtjp.org/

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!