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Bernie Speaks with the Community: Mall Punks - Mike Blair and Michele Perry 03/05/2020

Mike "Mall Punk" Blair returns with his partner in crime Michele Perry to catch up and recall their time being interviewed by Bernie Sanders in 1988.

Watch the original interview:

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/41-mayor-sanders-sets-burlington-square-mall-speak-passers

Watch the Mike Blair interview:

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/bernie-speaks-mall-punk-interviewee-then-and-now

The Archives of Bernie Sanders 05/16/2019

Here is a look back into CCTV's archives of the "Bernie Speaks with the Community" series. Bernie Sanders produced this series with Nat Ayer, one of the founders of CCTV, when Bernie was mayor of Burlington. Enjoy watching old footage from the 1980's as CCTV Executive Director Lauren-Glenn Davitian reflects on her memories and the importance of this unique series.

Bernie Speaks to the Community Discussed with Politico Reporter Holly Otterbein 05/15/2019

After watching all 52 episodes of the early 1980's CCTV series "Bernie Speaks to the Community," Politico reporter Holly Otterbein discusses what she learned and what she is learning following the campaign of Bernie Sanders for president in 2020.

Bernie Speaks with the Community: Mall Punk Interviewee - Then and Now 05/08/2019

Mike Blair—the 1988 Mall Punk interviewed by Bernie Sanders during an on-the-street interview about politics, high school and hairstyles—visits the Channel 17 studios with an update on his views and memories of Burlington gone by.

Watch the original video:

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/41-mayor-sanders-sets-burlington-square-mall-speak-passers

Watch the Michele and Mike interview:

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/bernie-speaks-mall-punks-interviewees-mike-blair-and-michele-perry

Bernie Speaks with the Community: 52: Jane Driscoll and Bernie Sanders are Married and Return From Yaroslavl 05/28/1988

Bernie Sanders and Jane Driscoll are married at North Beach in Burlington and then shortly after go with a delegation of other Burlingtonians to Yaroslavl in Russia. This program includes the return at the airport as well as a press conference about the trip. The end of this program includes the Edmunds Middle school graduation.

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