The Dave Gram Show on WDEV
Talk Show Replays
The Dave Gram Show is WDEV Radio Vermont's public affairs program. It airs Monday through Friday from 9am to 11am. Hosted by Dave Gram, former Vermont AP reporter and current VTDigger reporter, The Dave Gram show features important topics and important guests and your phone calls! Airing live on WDEV (96.1FM 96.5FM 101.9FM and 550AM), serving Central and Northern Vermont. You can listen to recordings of the show here.
Location:
Waterbury, VT
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Talk Show Replays
Description:
The Dave Gram Show is WDEV Radio Vermont's public affairs program. It airs Monday through Friday from 9am to 11am. Hosted by Dave Gram, former Vermont AP reporter and current VTDigger reporter, The Dave Gram show features important topics and important guests and your phone calls! Airing live on WDEV (96.1FM 96.5FM 101.9FM and 550AM), serving Central and Northern Vermont. You can listen to recordings of the show here.
Language:
English
Episodes
UVM Health Cyberattack, AG on Consumer Protection, and COVID Winter
11/5/2020
Al Gobeille, vice president for operations at the University of Vermont Health Network, updates us on the status of the cyberattack at the hospital network. Attorney General TJ Donovan and UVM student Ben Drape talk about the collaboration between UVM and the attorney general's office to provide consumer assistance to Vermonters. Later, Derek Brouwer of Seven Days, John Bleh of Sugarbush and Molly Mahar of Ski Vermont talk about a COVID-challenged winter ahead.
Duration:01:32:10
2020 Election Results
11/4/2020
Xander Landen of VTDigger gives a breakdown of in-State races. Secretary of State Jim Condos reports on vote-counting and election mechanics. Middlebury College political scientist Matt Dickinson and Times Argus editor Steven Pappas provide perspective on the national scene.
Duration:01:28:22
Election Day 2020: John Odom, James Duff Lyall, and Protect the Results
11/3/2020
Montpelier City Clerk John Odom provides the lay of the land on Election Day. James Duff Lyall, executive director of ACLU-Vermont, talks about working against voter suppression and intimidation. Lauren Hierl of Vermont Conservation Voters and Dan Fingas of Rights and Democracy talk about making sure votes are counted fully and accurately.
Duration:01:27:07
UVMMC Cyberattack and Writers for Recovery
11/2/2020
VTDigger political columnist Jon Margolis joins Dave to talk about the campaigns. Health care reporter Katie Jickling brings us up to date on the UVMMC cyberattack and coronavirus in Vermont. Gary Miller and Johny Widell from the group Writers for Recovery talk about combining literary pursuits with beating addiction.
Duration:01:30:34
Jim Condos, Possible General Strike, and David Zuckerman
10/30/2020
Secretary of State Jim Condos talks about asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a correction. David Van Duesen of the Vermont AFL-CIO labor federation talks a possible general strike if the election goes awry. We visit with Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Zuckerman.
Duration:01:27:10
Parade for First Responders and Health Workers and Molly Gray
10/29/2020
Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete and personnel from Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice talk about a parade of thanks planned for Friday. UVM researcher Eric Bishop von Wettberg and master gardener Sylvia Davatz talk about the seed-saving movement. Later, we talk with Molly Gray, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor.
Duration:01:26:42
UVMMC Selected for COVID Vaccine Trial
10/28/2020
Political blogger John Walters talks about the Vermont’s scene with six days to go. UVM Medical Center Dr. Kristin Pierce talks about the hospital being selected to take part in an international COVID vaccine trial. Legal Analyst Dan Richardson talks about the Supreme Court and possible presidential campaign machinations.
Duration:01:27:21
Sen. Patrick Leahy and Vote-Tracking at UVM
10/27/2020
Sen. Patrick Leahy talks about the ascension of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Health care writer Katie Jickling of VTDigger talks about the COVID-19 crisis and other issues on her beat. Students with UVM’s Community News Service talk about high Vermont towns are strongest and weakest so far on early voting, as well as early voting by prison inmates.
Duration:01:28:45
Lt. Governor Candidate Scott Milne
10/26/2020
Republican candidate for Lt. Governor Scott Milne leads off a series of interviews of candidates for top Vermont statewide offices. Due to technical issues behind the scenes, we do not have the audio for the first hour of the show with Joe Benning and Steve Pappas. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Duration:00:34:07
Trump/Biden Debate Analysis and Chris Viens
10/23/2020
Middlebury College political science professor Matt Dickinson talks about the Thursday night debate, and the campaign road ahead. Later, Waterbury Select Board Chair Chris Viens and Xusana Davis, the State’s executive director of racial equity, discuss Viens’ proposal for segregating police departments.
Duration:01:24:41
Combatting Food Insecurity in Vermont and the Peace Corps.
10/22/2020
Sue Minter of Capstone Community Action and Brittany Sperber of the Skinny Pancake restaurant group talk about a new program to help both people in need of food and Vermont restaurants hurt by the pandemic. Later, Vermont's and the University of Vermont's outsize role in the Peace Corps is the topic, with guests Travis Reynolds, Jane Kolodisky and Mary Bilecki joining Dave to talk about it.
Duration:01:24:57
Climate Change and Vermont’s Water Supplies
10/21/2020
Ken Picard of Seven Days talks about a story on what climate change may do to Vermont’s water supplies. Steve Pappas of the Times Argus talks about local news, including the coronavirus outbreak tied to a Montpelier sports arena. David Mears of Audubon Vermont and Doug Morin of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department update us on the status of Vermont’s migratory bird species.
Duration:01:28:38
How Vermont Schools Are Handling COVID-19 And Computer Tech Ethics
10/20/2020
Lola Duffort of VTDigger joins Dave to talk about how schools are coping with the pandemic. Blogger Kevin Ellis talks about how the roles of Vermont’s two senators could grow with a Democratic majority. Two tech mavens, Rubin Bennett of RB Technologies and Fred Wildt of Computer Barn, talk about the ethics of their industry following the Hunter Biden laptop imbroglio.
Duration:01:29:51
2020 Census Update and Making PPP Grants Easier
10/19/2020
State Librarian Jason Broughton joins Dave to update listeners on the 2020 Census in Vermont. Susan Mazza of the Small Business Administration Vermont office visits to talk about efforts to make applying for payroll protection program grants easier.
Duration:01:27:10
Presidential Town Hall Recaps and COVID-19 Update
10/16/2020
Middlebury College political science Professor Matt Dickinson joins Dave to talk about Thursday’s town halls, the Barrett confirmation hearings and other hot political topics. Later, Deputy Health Commissioner Tracy Dolan provides a coronavirus update.
Duration:01:25:00
Technology for Tracking Climate Change and Businesses Promote Voting
10/15/2020
Dan Bolles of Seven Days talks with Dave about how people are coping with the pandemic. UVM Professor Asim Zia talks about the use of digital technology to track climate change. Later, Jenn Paul of Burton Snowboards and Jabari Paul of Ben & Jerry’s talk about efforts by businesses to promote get-out-the-vote efforts.
Duration:01:28:43
Domestic Abuse and Support WDEV
10/14/2020
Wednesday’s show starts with a discussion of domestic abuse, following Monday’s murder-suicide in Barre Town. Guests include Diane Kinney, co-Director of Circle, a program that helps abuse victims in Washington County; and State’s Attorney Rory Thibault. Later, Radio Vermont Group owner Ken Squier and General Manager Steve Cormier talk about a new fundraising campaign aimed at keeping WDEV strong.
Duration:01:28:56
Amy Coney Barrett Nomination and the Vermont Job Market
10/13/2020
Legal analyst Dan Richardson joins Dave to talk about the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Later, the McClure Foundation Executive Director Carolyn Weir and Matt Barewicz of the Vermont Department of Labor talk with Dave about a joint effort by those organizations to highlight jobs available in Vermont even amid the COVID crisis.
Duration:01:26:56
The November Election and Activists Preparing for a Coup
10/12/2020
Secretary of State Jim Condos and Sonja Schuyler of the League of Women Voters join Dave to talk about the upcoming election. Later, another take from two Montpelier activists who say they are preparing to avert a coup.
Duration:01:31:38
Vice Presidential Debate Analysis and Author Tom Farmer
10/9/2020
Blogger Kevin Ellis talks about his column calling for a new commission on the future of Vermont. Vermont debaters David Kelley and James Tedesco talk about what they saw and heard at the vice presidential debate. Tom Farmer talks about a new book he co-authored on the dangers of how the Internet gathers and distributes information.
Duration:01:30:35