The Moment Given
This is...The Moment Given. On this show we’ll try to practically help you figure out what to do with this moment, and the next one, and the bigger picture absolutely bonkers moment we’ve all been given. We’ll attempt to build shared analysis and vision for the future, look at the concrete strategies it will take to get there, and what it takes for us on a personal level to move from overwhelm, shame, or spinning out to grounded, strategic action-- or at least, like, maybe hydrating or doing our laundry.
Overwhelm w/ Margot Kelley
In this episode: we get some professional help from a shrink! We discuss the concept of overwhelm with therapist and friend of the show Margot Kelly, dig into the ways it manifests in our own lives, and learn a couple exercises to help us self-regulate. Time to brush up on our vagals! (It's not dirty, we swear!)
We want to hear from you! What are you struggling with in this moment? What questions would be useful for us to try to answer? How can this show practically serve you as you navigate surviving under oppressive systems, finding...
Smorgasbored? More like Smorgas-Entertained!
In this episode: we've got a theme, we promise! We hype up our radio’s fundraising auction, react to a surprisingly deep mini-interview with Ari’s housemate Kaye, and learn how Ari turned Iris into a harmonica virtuoso in a single lesson!
This episode includes time-sensitive fundraising material that may not be relevant by the time you listen, but we gotta keep our beloved local radio station funded! If you feel so inspired you can check out WGDR.org for information on how to get involved in helping keep local radio in Vermont thriving!
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Another Music Show
In this episode: It's part two of our music listen and tell! We play even more songs that are related to our show’s theme (we promise!). We trade song selections and ask the important questions, like how to leverage our collective power, how to build a movement, what aliens must think of us, and if the Vengabus will ever come.
Once again, this music-heavy episode is shorter in podcast form. We could only play fair-use friendly clips of all the songs in this podcast format. But we've included the songs we listened to in the show no...
A Music Show
In this episode: We play a bunch of music tangentially related to our show themes and talk about it! We trade songs and discuss the important topics, including climate change, civil rights music, leading with kindness, keeping good boundaries, and how it feels when your heart goes shalala lala.
Apologies for the blown out sound levels in this episode, we’re still getting used to the soundboard in the studio.
It’s also a relatively short episode, we had to cut the music down to podcast-friendly clips (alas, we don't have the rights to play the...
Unions and Solidarity Work w/ Elizabeth Dunford
In this episode: We've caught the union bug! We learn about unions and solidarity work with new friend of the show and lovely local organizer Elizabeth Dunford! Elizabeth gives us the inside scoop about her work as an area steward with UVM Staff United, and their work in supporting other worthwhile local organizations and initiatives. Are unions an effective way to meet the challenges of the moment given? How do we get involved? Did this interview turn us into radical communists? We answer those questions and many more in this super informative episode!
This episode is honestly...
Talkin' Tolkien w/ Rachel Field
In this episode: we’re nerds! What can the Middle-Earth legendarium tell us about navigating this moment? We’re talking about Tolkien with our pal Rachel Field, a brilliant Tolkien nerd! We look at both fascist and resistance tactics from the Scouring of The Shire, Hurin’s hope for dark times (like literally being surrounded by orcs and hewing off all their arms) from the Silmarillion, and Gandalf’s analysis of false hope vs. true hope.
We want to hear from you! What are you struggling with in this moment? What questions would be useful for us to try t...
Community Radio and Theories of Change w/ Llu Mulvaney Stanek (WGDR Spring FunDrive 2026)
Welcome to our first episode! Woohoo! We introduce ourselves and our show! Also, what the heck is a “theory of change”? We interview Llu Mulvaney-Stanek, the badass station manager at WGDR where we record and air this show. We learn about WGDR’s theory of change, the ethos of community radio, and invite people to pitch in for the station’s FunDrive!
It’s our very first show! It’s kinda janky! We’re learning as we go! We say “um” a lot and ramble! I think it’s kinda endearing and there’s some good stuff there, but if you’re a...
