Vermont Podcasts

A flood warning gives way to campaign money, then a bikepacking conversation, an Irish-history celebration and a ghost story from Stowe. That range is the appeal of listening to podcasts about Vermont. The strongest coverage stays close to lived concerns: weather, housing, politics, local history and ways of moving through the landscape. Elsewhere, Vermont becomes the setting for folklore or a destination within a larger story.

The depth varies. Several shows return to Vermont as their central subject, while others offer one clearly marked visit. Start with the dedicated local programs for continuity; use the narrower episodes when you want a particular trail into the state.

Weather, elections and public life

The Vermont Weather Podcast is the most immediately practical listen. The feed becomes a sequence of changing conditions through episodes including Vermont Weather 3/23 - Morning - Winter Weather Advisory and Vermont Weather 3/25 - Midday - Sunny Day Today. Vermont Weekend Forecast 3/27 - Feels Like 5 Degrees is even more specific about what listeners should expect. This is Vermont coverage at ground level: short-horizon, concrete and meant to be useful now.

Vermont This Week widens the frame without losing that local focus. Spotlight on Vermont political campaign money promises a concentrated look at election financing, while Primary election outlook, Vermont towns contend with housing crunch places electoral coverage beside pressure on towns. The pairing is revealing. Politics here is discussed through the problems sharing the same week, rather than as an isolated contest.

For longer, more searching public-affairs conversations, The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is the stronger choice. Its patient, issue-focused interview style gives guests room to develop an argument and then returns to clarify the stakes. Vermont Asylum Assistance Project confronts Trump's assault on immigrant rights approaches the state through immigration and legal conflict. Journalist Garrett Graff on the rise of authoritarianism and how Covid changed Vermont connects a broad political concern to a distinctly Vermont question.

The Social Work Lens offers a much thinner Vermont strand, but Vermont Resource Spotlight on Camp Outright! gives it a clear purpose. It is a focused on-ramp for listeners looking for a resource-oriented conversation rather than continuing statewide coverage.

History through books, food and institutions

Before Your Time takes the most explicitly historical route. Vermont Reads 2025 Episode One: Power frames one entry around reading and power, while The Library Map of Vermont turns attention toward libraries and their distribution across the state. Together they suggest a version of regional history assembled through cultural projects and community institutions.

Vermont Edition offers a warmer, more social entry in Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Vermont's Irish history and food. The title makes room for history and celebration in the same conversation. It is a good counterweight to the more urgent political programs: still place-specific, but organized around memory, identity and food.

Neither show tries to provide a grand chronological account. Their appeal lies in choosing one object—a reading program, a library map, a holiday meal—and letting Vermont come into focus around it.

Following roads, bridges, bikes and flies

The Vermont Outdoors Podcast is the obvious starting point for listeners who encounter a place by traveling through it. #19 - Bikepacking in Vermont with Daniel Jordan promises a route-level conversation with a named guest. #17 - Peter Vollers - Vermont Overland shifts toward an organized outdoor setting while keeping the format personal. These episodes are likely to suit listeners who prefer experience and terrain to a studio overview.

Covered Bridges of New Hampshire makes a single, sharply defined excursion across the state line with The Quest for Vermont Covered Bridges with Phill Gatenby. The word “quest” gives the episode a sense of pursuit, and the guest-led framing makes it feel more like a specialist journey than a general travel guide. Its Vermont coverage is narrow, but usefully so.

The Articulate Fly narrows the lens further. Essential Patterns: Drew Price Talks Favorite Flies for Vermont is aimed squarely at listeners interested in fishing choices for the area. It will not orient a general visitor, yet it may be the most direct recommendation here for someone who already knows exactly what kind of outdoor conversation they want.

Haunted Vermont and the one-off visit

Citegeist leads with story in Emily's Bridge & Boots Berry: The Ghosts of Stowe, Vermont. The episode title ties its hauntings to a named place and two named legends, offering a compact entry into Vermont folklore.

NVus Alien takes a more exploratory route through Haunted Vermont: Poltergeists, Ghost Photos, and the "Zone of Fear". The show’s conversational style gives strange experiences room to breathe, with open-ended questions and patient follow-ups instead of a tightly compressed verdict. For a longer, earnest discussion of the weird, try NVus Alien; turn to Citegeist if a specific Stowe story sounds more inviting.

Walk Softly Children has only one episode that clearly announces Vermont as its destination: A Trip to Vermont: A Conversation with Jess & Joe. That makes it a one-off visit rather than sustained coverage. It belongs on the list for its explicit focus, though listeners seeking a broader guide should begin elsewhere.

Where to start

For the most useful everyday entry, try The Vermont Weather Podcast with Vermont Weather 3/23 - Morning - Winter Weather Advisory. For public affairs, The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman offers the deepest interview approach in Journalist Garrett Graff on the rise of authoritarianism and how Covid changed Vermont. Before Your Time’s The Library Map of Vermont is the cleanest cultural-history on-ramp. If you would rather begin outdoors, choose The Vermont Outdoors Podcast and #19 - Bikepacking in Vermont with Daniel Jordan.

Featured shows below are part of the PlayNext catalog. Updated weekly.