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Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Founder's Fortunes 02/23/2022

"Willard Sterne Randall discusses his new book, 'The Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the American Revolution,' an illuminating financial history of the Founding Fathers, revealing how their personal finances shaped the Constitution and the new nation."

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

First to Fall: A Book Reading and Discussion with Ken Ellingwood 02/22/2022

From the organizers:

"Journalist and author Ken Ellingwood discusses his 2021 publication First To Fall, a biography of the American abolitionist journalist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. Lovejoy's life and times provide crucial insight into a central topic of U.S. history as well as its present - the freedom of speech and expression, including freedom of the press. Presented by Champlain College in collaboration with Phoenix Books, and moderated by Champlain College Assistant Professor Tanya Lee Stone."

Moments with Melinda: Willard Sterne Randall, Author of "The Founders' Fortunes" 02/18/2022

Melinda Moulton interviews Willard Sterne Randall, author of "The Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America."

"Willard Sterne Randall is a Distinguished Scholar in History and Professor Emeritus at Champlain College. Prior to academia, he worked for seventeen years as an investigative reporter - during which he garnered the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize, the Loeb Award, and the John Hancock Award - eventually pursuing advanced studies in history at Princeton University. As a biographer and lecturer, he specializes in the history of the Founding Fathers. He has been teaching at Champlain College for twenty years."

VICII: Always Cuba 02/16/2022

From VICII:

"In 1959, Fidel Castro marched into Havana and became the new leader of the Island nation. Fulgencio Batista the President of the Republic of Cuba and close ally of the United States fled the country taking most of the assets of Cuba with him.

In the middle of the Cold War against the Soviet Union the United States reacted to the Cuban Revolution with trepidation: would Cuba be an ally of Russia the enemy of the United States? Would the island nation so formerly friendly to US capitalism and organized crime become an outpost of Communism 90 miles from Florida?

When Fidel Castro announced his Socialism and drifted toward the Soviet Union the powerful neighbor to the North saw "Red" and began its Cold and Hot War policy against Cuba: regime change by any means. At first the USA adopted a hot war against the Island in the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961; when that invasion failed to topple Fidel Castro and when Cuba sought defensive assistance from the Soviet Union, the Cuban Missile Crisis between the USA and Russia almost triggered a Nuclear War bringing the leaders of the US, the USSR and Cuba to the horrifying realization that a war which could destroy the world and all its inhabitants was not one which any power would win. While that crisis was averted with the Soviet Union, Washington did not give up in its dreams of regime change. Washington then turned to acts of war by other means against Havana. In 1962 the USA established a trade and travel embargo (termed the Bloqueo by the Cubans) against the Cubans prohibiting most travel and trade with the Island in cruel attempts to destroy the economy of Cuba and the lives of the Cuban people.

In one of the longest blockades in history, 60 years later those acts of war are still in existence. While the people of Cuba are the people most hurt by these sanctions, the United States continues its cruelty toward a poor nation full of people of color in the vain hope of destroying socialism in what Washington has always considered its back yard."

For more information: vicii.org

Sandy Baird Commentary: Ukraine 02/14/2022

Sandy Baird discusses the current events with Ukraine.

The Science of EFFECTIVE Prevention: High Potency THC and Public Health Warnings 02/11/2022

Dawn Reinfield from Blue Rising Together speaks with Catherine Antley, MD, about high THC content cannabis in Colorado.

VICII: Roe v. Wade - A Victory for Women and Girls 02/09/2022

From VICII:

"Roe v. Wade decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1973 was a victory based on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, Roe guaranteed that "persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States and that no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Under this historic amendment passed during Reconstruction after the Civil War in 1868, which guaranteed to freed formerly enslaved persons citizenship, women being born are persons and therefore citizens of the United States and the State in which they reside and are therefore entitled to have their rights to life and liberty respected and guaranteed by the State. Roe v. Wade stated that women and girls were moral agents and citizens who had the right to make their own medical decisions free of government interference.

Justine Snow, Esq., is an attorney and Public Defender in Florida. She is a graduate of Burlington College in Vermont and a graduate of Southern Coastal Law School in Florida. She is a scholar who studies the Constitution and practices law to make constitutional liberties a reality."

For more information: vicii.org

Education and Enrichment for Everyone: What Happened to the World's Greatest Deliberative Body? - The Shrinking of the U.S. Senate 02/04/2022

A presentation from Linda Fowler, Professor of Government and Frank J. Reagan Chair in Policy Studies, Emerita, Dartmouth College.

For more information: eeevermont.org

Judge Ben: Interview with Sharon Levy 01/28/2022

Ben Joseph interviews Dr. Sharon Levy, a board certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, Director of the Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

What's Going On?: Ukraine and Russia 01/27/2022

Sandy Baird and Kurt Mehta discuss the gathering of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, the potential for conflict, and the geopolitical implications.

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Applications Now Open for the Spring 2025 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program

Town Meeting TV is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring 2025 cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship program. Join up to 8 other youth to engage in interesting media making projects! This paid media internship opportunity is designed for youth aged 16-20 who are eager to gain professional experience in the audio-visual field and develop a deeper understanding of their local community. The group will meet under the leadership of Town Meeting TV's Travis Washington from the end of January 2025 to the beginning of June 2025, on a schedule agreed upon by the whole cohort. Click here to apply!