Category Archives: Radio

Across Vermont’s wide valleys we can sometimes see two or even three mountain ranges at once: the Greens, the Taconics and the Adirondacks. Learn more about these peaks by listening to my VPR commentary.

The breadth of Vermonter’s creative activity is astounding. Get inspired by listening to my VPR commentary on some of Vermonter’s lesser-known creative pursuits.

Why do we strive to name the world, to classify and organize its leafy inhabitant? Listen to my VPR commentary about my struggles with and love of plant taxonomy.

A recent VPR commentary. You can listen to it here. *** At a recent Select Board meeting in my town of Castleton, instead of cooperation, divisiveness and vindictiveness ruled. Instead of allowing individual talents to benefit all of us, partisanship … Continue reading →

Shopping for food used to be simple. But since moving to Vermont in 2008, this ordinary task has become highly complex. Hear my VPR commentary about the ethical vagaries of eating.