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Addiction Recovery Channel: Opioid Overdose Fatalities Reduced by 50% in Chittenden County, Vermont 03/20/2019

Join Host/Producer Ed Baker and his accomplished guests Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Chief of Police Brandon del Pozo as they examine the policies and protocols they and their partners have initiated to both stem and reverse the tide of opioid related overdose deaths in Chittenden County. Join them as they discuss partnerships, policies and innovations that work.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Treatment 02/19/2019

We in Vermont face an unprecedented public health crisis today: The Opioid Epidemic. Join host/producer Ed Baker and his three distinguished guests, leaders in the field of Addiction Treatment, as they fully explain the treatments for Opioid Use Disorder that are saving many lives in our state.

Guests:

John Brooklyn, M.D., Medical Director, Howard Center Chittenden Clinic and Baymark, St. Albans Hubs, and Architect of the Hub and Spoke System.
Christopher Lukonis, M.D., Medical Director, Gifford Addiction Center Hub.
Deborah Hopkins, Chief Operations Officer, Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Emergency Department Peer Recovery Coaching Program 02/07/2019

This show highlights a truly innovative partnership between the University of Vermont Medical Center Emergency Department and the Recovery Coach Program at the Turning Point Center of Chittenden County. Guests Maureen Leahy and Cam Lauf join host/producer Ed Baker and explain how this partnership is designed to engage people with Substance Use Disorder at a “crisis moment”—the Emergency Room encounter.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Touring the Turning Point Center 01/10/2019

Join ARC Host/Producer Ed Baker and his guests from the Turning Point Center of Chittenden County (TPCCC) Gary De Carolis, Executive Director, and Craig Weatherly, Board President. This show zeroes-in on recovery from substance use disorder and the importance of recovery supports and programs. Ed and his guests explain recovery and recovery supports in detail and take the viewing audience on a tour of the TPCCC's new location in Burlington, VT, a beautiful building actually purchased by TPCCC, made possible by a successful fund-raising campaign and the generous support of a compassionate community!

Contact Information:

Turning Point Center of Chittenden County

179 South Winooski Avenue, Suite 301

Burlington, VT 05401

802-861-3150 | www.turningpointcentervt.org

Addiction Recovery Channel: The Science of Addiction 12/07/2018

Join Host and Community Producer Ed Baker as he sits down with Peter Jackson, MD, an Addiction Psychiatrist practicing at UVM Health Center.

Dr. Jackson explains the science of the human brain, the risk factors for addiction, and changes that occur in the brain as the disease of addiction, or substance use disorder, develops and progresses. Dr. Jackson discusses stigma, treatment, and recovery from addiction, as well as the heightened vulnerability to addiction that adolescent children face. If you are interested in having your questions about addiction and recovery answered in a clear and compassionate way, you will want to tune in to this show.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Cocaine and Methamphetamine Use in Vermont 11/09/2018

Host Ed Baker and his noted guest Richard Rawson, Ph.D., Research Professor at UVM, discuss the current situation we face in Vermont today—unprecedented opioid use and the very real rapid increase in both cocaine and methamphetamine use—and Vermont’s historic response to opioids.

Dr. Rawson is a leader in the field of research into opioid, cocaine, and methamphetamine use and treatment. He has focussed on these subjects for many years and is truly an expert.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Looking at Bess O'Brien's New Documentary - "Coming Home" 10/08/2018

Ed Baker and his esteemed guest Bess O’Brien discuss Bess' new documentary film “Coming Home,” a film focused on five people returning back to their Vermont communities from prison. Bess is perhaps most noted for her landmark documentary “The Hungry Heart,” which played an extremely important role in beginning to educate the public to the opioid crisis in Vermont in 2013.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Attorney General TJ Donovan 09/07/2018

Join host Ed Baker and Attorney General TJ Donovan for an important update on the Attorney General’s recent positions on selling marijuana in Vermont; access to Buprenorphine, a very effective pharmacological treatment for Opioid Use Disorder; a new interactive opioid-project website; and progress being made in Vermont’s efforts in holding the pharmaceutical industry responsible for its involvement in the opioid crisis.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Life-Saving Prescription Practices and Emergency Department Innovations - UVM Health Network Leads The Way 08/03/2018

Host Ed Baker and his guest Stephen Leffler, M.D., discuss opioid prescribing trends within the UVM Health Network and life-saving innovations now in place at the UVM Emergency Department. Dr. Leffler is the Chief Population Health and Quality Officer for the UVM Health Network, and he describes the successful efforts within the UVM system to reduce the amounts of opioids being prescribed for patients being treated for pain, thus reducing patient risk.

Dr. Leffler also discusses the recent life-saving innovations made available to patients admitted to the UVM Emergency Department for opioid overdose: Recovery Coaching and Buprenorphine, a successful and widely-used medication assisting in the treatment of opioid use disorder.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Legal Marijuana in Vermont - Myths, Facts and Talking To Your Adolescent 07/06/2018

In this episode, Ed speaks with guests Mariah Sanderson, Coalition Director of Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community, and Dean Whitlock, an author and a member of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM-VT). As both medical and non-medical uses of this drug become more common in Vermont, public opinion is being influenced in ways that tend to under-focus on potential dangers. Join Ed Baker and his noted guests to discuss marijuana, its “normalization” in Vermont, and talking to children and adolescents in ways which will appropriately educate them regarding the real dangers of this drug.

Ed Baker is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Alcohol/Drug Counselor with over 30 years’ experience in the Substance Use field. Join Ed in learning from individuals with extensive professional and personal experience related to all aspects of addiction, recovery, prevention, and policy.

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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!

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