25 episodes
802 News with Mark Johnson WCAX News
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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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In depth conversations with news makers, news breakers and Vermonters making a difference.
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Why an Overdose Prevention Center Makes Sense
Lawmakers will try later this month to overturn Gov. Phil Scott's veto of a bill allowing for the creation of an Overdose Prevention Center in Burlington. Ed Baker, a retired psychotherapist, and David Mickenberg of the Drug Policy Alliance discuss how the center would save lives and reduce the strain on emergency workers.
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The Long Shot
Ashley Van Zandt, a mother of two from Lyndonville, suffered from an unusual aftereffect from Covid that left most foods tasting and smelling like "moldy garbage" or the "bottom of your compost bucket" for a year until she tried a radical treatment in Texas.
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Vermont's Stretched Medical Safety Net
The head of the coalition of Vermont's free health care clinics says: "More people falling through the cracks into the safety net is indicative of a system that is failing." Olivia Sharrow blames "out of control hospital costs" for the rise in uninsured and underinsured people seeking help at the state's nine free clinics.
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Why Mike Pieciak Sent Me $29
State Treasurer Mike Pieciak was elected in 2022. Before that he served as Commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, where he played a key role in the state's Covid response and helped untangle the Ponzi-like fraud at Jay Peak. Part of his job as treasurer includes overseeing the Unclaimed Property Division, from where I received my $29 check.
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The Holocaust and the "Long" Second World War
UVM History Department senior lecturer Andrew Buchanan discusses why it's important to look at what happened before 1941 and after 1945 to understand the full implications of World War II... even to today.
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State Officials and the EB-5 Scandal
Auditor of Accounts Doug Hoffer has released a 69-page report on the role of state officials in the EB-5 ponzi scheme scandal. Three developers, Ariel Quiros, Bill Stenger and William Kelly were sentenced to jail in connection with the fraud.
Customer Reviews
A good source of local news
Always calm, clear and levelheaded interviews. Like sitting at a kitchen table and listening to an interesting conversation.
I’ve never heard a bad interview from Mark
We were colleagues on the air at different 9 o’clocks. We rarely saw each other. But I listened.
I’ve followed what he’s done since. Mark Johnson has a great gift for being able to get the subject of his interviews relaxed enough to get to the heart of the matter. On some topics and with some people, that could understandably be difficult, yet he pulls it off. The Skip Vallee interview was a masterpiece on an extremely difficult subject. He nailed it again.
Superb
Started listening to this pod after seeing promo on TV. What a great public service for Vermont listeners and appreciate the range of topics. Mark Johnson is superb at getting to the heart of the matter. Keep up the fine work.