Jane Lindholm recently left her position as host of Vermont Edition, VPR’s midday public affairs show. In her fourteen years on the show, Jane interviewed governors, senators, authors, wildlife biologists…she interviewed me once, which was awful because I couldn’t think fast enough. I have no idea how she does it, which is why I wanted to talk with her. What is it like to be live every day with a different person? And what is it like to be a regular fixture in the lives of Vermonters every day? And then…not?
Mostly this is a show for those of you who’ve been listening to Jane for fourteen years. To hear about what’s actually going on in that studio, and in her mind during Vermont Edition. We sat in her garage, in foldout chairs, between her husband’s bee keeping equipment and her kids old bikes.
Where is Jane now??
She’s focusing on her podcast, But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids, which she produces with Melody Bodette, and plans to produce special projects with VPR. And that will be awesome.
Music for this show is by my excellent friends Brian Clark and Mike Donofio.
Thanks to Tobin Anderson for his help, as always.
Amazing interview, Erica.
Thank you Rebecca. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I sure enjoyed making it…
I LOVED this interview between two interviewers with totally different styles. I will miss the familiar voice of JL but wish her well. I’m sure we will hear her again on special occasions.
I agree with her that VPR seems designed for the middle to upper classes, in fact for Chittenden Co. It’s the great unifier for all news because it’ s the ONLY station that I and most people I know listen to. But, there is another “culture” in Vt. that isn’t getting enough “voice” but YOU Erica do your part in your rumblestrip kind of way to giving them voice and, hopefully, they are turning on the radio more often as a result. I have not heard any interviews that are controversial, however, say on the subject of politics where there is a great divide.
Wow, what a fabulous show!
As I’m not from Vermont I on’t listen to VPR and have not heard of her before. BUT, the ideas and preoccupations are universal, and totally relevant to my context, my community.
I particularly liked how Jane gets that you – and everyone does at some point – need time to find an answer to a question, or maybe don’t even have hold of a thread to follow towards an answer. These moments are so often my most beloved bits – I don’t mean expression of pain or shame or coming p with nothing, I mean the chance to wonder, inarticulate.
I feel like that could go on my tombstone. ‘ she wondered, inarticulately.’