The Frequency
Vermont Public's daily news podcast. Get up to speed on what's happening every day in Vermont in under 15 minutes. Available every weekday morning by 6 a.m.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 170
- Years Active
- 2025
Overhaul
In this week’s edition of the Capitol recap, we examine a bill that would fundamentally overhaul Vermont's response to homelessness and provide a potential off-ramp to the mass-use of motel rooms as …
00:06:45 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
Home/school
In our recurring series on class we hear from Isaac McDonald who spoke previously about growing up in the Northeast Kingdom, and is now back to talk about attending his freshman year at Columbia Univ…
00:15:35 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
'It's just not sustainable'
In the latest installment of our recurring series on class, we meet Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer who talks about the increasing pressures of maintaining a middle class life in Vermont. Plus, Re…
00:07:57 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
A different class
In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet Tom Burdick and hear about the challenges of breaking into higher education, and raising children in a different class from the one he grew up in. …
00:11:20 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
'It's where you put your priorities'
In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet…Kathy Quimby Johnson, who grew up in East Peacham Vermont in the 60s and 70s, when it was mostly farmers and summer people. Plus, Vermont’s tourism…
00:10:27 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Regular Joe
In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet a filmmaker from Richford who discusses the challenges of attending college among more affluent peers. Plus, a federal judge halts a Trump administ…
00:10:50 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Capitol Recap: House education reform
Capitol Recap: House education reform
00:05:54 |
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Legal stay
Investigating whether there’s any truth to rumors that Vermont’s only law school might be moving from its home in South Royalton. Plus, two Nicaraguan students at CVU High School face deportation, a …
00:14:15 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Toilet humor
We preview the Paramount Theatre’s staging of the Tony Award winning musical Urinetown. Plus, Vermont communities lose FEMA funding for a hazard mitigation program canceled by the Trump administratio…
00:08:18 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Pedal push
The effort to get more people biking as a chief mode of transportation in Chittenden County. Plus, Vermont’s Education Secretary reverses course on a Trump administration directive to ban DEI program…
00:11:12 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Striking a balance
State regulators have approved a new 12-bed adolescent psychiatric unit at a Bennington hospital, despite opposition from the only other adolescent psychiatric facility in the state. Plus, Vermont sc…
00:12:57 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Capitol Recap: Funding flux
State lawmakers are facing potential federal spending cuts from the Trump administration that may create challenges for Vermont’s budget, just as newly announced tariffs risk shrinking the state’s ec…
00:07:17 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
The write stuff
Speaking with the high school junior who won Sen. Bernie Sanders’ annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students. Plus, Vermont’s treasurer says newly imposed tariffs by the Trump admin…
00:16:42 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Stowe style
In an excerpt from Brave Little State, we dig into the origins of the widespread, stylized Stowe logo. Plus, the final state budget approved by House lawmakers could be jeopardized by potential feder…
00:09:50 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Watch care
Highlighting streaming video services designed specifically to help people suffering from dementia and those who care for them. Plus, House lawmakers approve legislation shielding personal Internet i…
00:10:04 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Tax man
Vermont’s new tax commissioner explains his approach to the job and how federal action could impact the Green Mountain State. Plus, Vermont’s attorney general says the president’s voter registration…
00:09:42 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Trade wins
What’s behind the big enrollment numbers for Vermont’s career and technical centers. Plus, Gov. Scott extends through June emergency motel housing for certain vulnerable households, some state lawmak…
00:10:34 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Heart bleat
Visiting a Shelburne farm where people can snuggle with goats to help release stress. Plus, after exceeding its budget last year the University of Vermont Medical Center proposes a deal to avoid pote…
00:10:04 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Cold shoulder
How President Trump’s tariffs and aggressive rhetoric toward Canada are putting a serious political and social strain on the relationship between Vermont and Quebec. Plus, a rally in Montpelier calls…
00:16:12 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
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