Podcast appearances and mentions of David Zuckerman

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was published 10/23/2025.

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was published 10/16/2025.

10/9/25 Liza Earle-Centers joins David Zuckerman about Vermont's new Phone and Social Media-Free School bill and what it means for students and teachers. Then, Brenda Siegel of End Homelessness Vermont to discuss the state's housing and homelessness crisis.

Hour 1David talks with Rachel Miner, founder of Bellwether International, a nonprofit that works to promote human rights and support vulnerable communities around the world. They'll discuss the group's Five-Year Impact Report and how Vermonters can help build a more fair and caring world.Hour 2David is joined by Alison Nihart, Executive Director of Rights & Democracy Vermont. They'll talk about the group's work to support human rights, economic fairness, and democracy. In this time of political division and economic stress, they'll explore how people can get involved and make a difference in their communitiesThis Episode Of The Vermont Viewpoint Aire on 10/02/2025

Rod Smolla joins David Zuckerman to discuss the First Amendment, and in the second hour, is joined by Miro Weinberger, the executive chair of Let's Build Homes, to talk about their initiatives. This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was published on 09/25/2025.

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint with David Zuckerman was published 09/18/2025.

Send us a textFilmmaker turned playwright, David Kohner Zuckerman, dropped into Playwright's Spotlight to talk about the World Premiere of his play Parallel Process. In this interview, we talk unpack his journey from film to stage and how it affect his writing, his approach to naturalism and honesty to his writing, and how his acting and directing applied to his writing. We also touched on his collaborating with his cast, how rehearsals affected his structure, and being a first time playwright. We end on the struggles of unanticipated recasting, the logistics of Equity, approaching naturalism and realism as a playwright, and pacing on the page.As always, it's a discussion that touch on a new subject I think everyone will benefit from. Enjoy!David Kohner Zuckerman is a playwright and veteran filmmaker whose credits include A Perfect Christmas, Strictly Sexual, and Chump Change. The World Premiere of his play Parallel Process opens at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles September 19th and runs through October 26th.For tickets to Parallel Process at the Odyssey Theater visit - https://www.parallelprocesstheplay.com/To watch the video format of this episode, visit - https://youtu.be/qbxPgofKxs4Websites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's SpotlightPunk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods                  - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods       - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through LACPFest - www.lacpfest.comSupport the show

David speaks with Mary Collins, discussing her work as a 6th-generation Vermonter, being active in her community through her work and her spare time. in the 2nd hour, David will be joined by Melinda Moulton to talk about her journey with activism, business development in Burlington, bringing the train to the waterfront, and her and Rick's new documentary on Ethan Allen

David Zuckerman talks with Lia Ernst, legal director for the Vermont ACLU. We will discuss the work that the Vermont ACLU is doing to uphold the principles of the Constitution with respect to Vermonters' civil liberties. Next, he speaks with Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (P/D) to discuss her recent trip to Ukraine. What she saw on the ground and her meetings with various groups that are involved politically. We will also cover some of the history and present-day realities that you may not hear about in the mainstream media.  This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was published 09/04/2025.

Host David Zuckerman is joined by Nicole DiVita, the President of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals and the President of Healthcare for AFT VT, and Ashley Smith who is a member of the National Writers Union and the Tempest Collective and writes for numerous publications including Spectre, Truthout, Jacobin, New Politics, Against the Current, and Tempest, for a conversation about Labor Day, and the importance of organized labor in helping working class individuals whether unionized or not. He also discusses the upcoming Labor Day events across the state.Then, Brenda Siegel, Executive Director of End Homelessness Vermont, joins David to talk about her work helping find housing for hundreds, if not thousands, of unhoused people, including many who have been kicked out of temporary housing by Governor Scott and the legislature. They also discuss how the state's inaction and lack of planning led to significant challenges for those individuals as well as many communities across Vermont.

In the first hour, David talks with Dan Barlow of the People's Health and Wellness Clinic about how free clinics fill gaps in our healthcare system for Vermonters without insurance.Then Ellen Amstutz and Amy Shollenberger talk about the Vermont Parent Child Center, and the support the VPCC provides for hundreds of families.

David Zuckerman talks with members of Indivisible Vermont, Judi Daly, Ginny Sassaman, and Breanna Walsh about what inspired them to get involved, the issues that matter most to them, and how you can find an Indivisible group in your area.And Fran Miller and Kathy Shapiro of Jewish Voice for Peace will talk about the JVP mission, and perspectives on the horror unfolding in Gaza and Israel.

in todays (July 31st) Episode, Mia Schultz, Melody Mackin, and Amanda Garces join the show for a conversation about the important work of Vermont's Truth and Reconciliation Commission—its goals, progress, and the path ahead.In the second hour, Dean Roy, candidate for Governor in 2026, shares why he wants to take on the Governor, his vision for Vermont and where he stands on key issues facing the state.This Episode of Vermont Viewpoint aired 07/31/2025

In todays (July 24th) episode, Margaret McLean will join the show to discuss the new education law. How will t impact the future of rural schools in Vermont.In the second hour, Joe Wooden (President and CEO) and Anne Bongiorno (Board Chair) from Copley Hospital will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing rural hospitals and patient care under the current financial strains and the upcoming impacts of the massive changes and cuts to Medicaid in the just passed law in Washington.This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was Aired on July 24th, 2025.

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was published on July 17th, 2025.Hosted by David Zuckerman.Guests: Chad Simmons - Liasson for Vermont Housing Finance AgencyPerspectives from Ali Hadji Jafari.. one of the only Iranian Americans living in Vermont

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint was published on July 10th, 2025.Hosted by David Zuckerman.

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint hosted by David Zuckerman aired on 06/19/2025.

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint hosted by David Zuckerman aired on 06/12/2025.

This episode of Vermont Viewpoint aired on 06/05/2025.Host David Zuckerman welcomes Jonathan Pride, a Norwich University graduate, combat veteran, and founder of the Caterpillar Leadership Institute (CLI). Pride shares his journey from military service to leadership development, and discusses how CLI empowers young professionals—particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds—through holistic programs focused on equity, practical skills, and personal growth.In the second hour, Zuckerman is joined by Tim Arsenault—also known on-air as Tim Johnson—a Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee and recently retired Vernon Town Clerk. Together, they explore life in retirement, the value of civic engagement, and Tim's decades of service to his community.

This episode aired on 05/29/2025.

David spoke with Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky and and Billy Ray. With Sen. Vyhovsky, the discussion focused on the education bills. How they will affect tax rates, small schools and more. Is the legislation (Governor's guidelines and Foundation Formula) going save Vermonter's money or improve the quality and access for our kids? With Billy Ray, Screenwriter of Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games and more, also political activist/consultant, we spoke about how the Democrats are not messaging well and what they can do to accurately reflect their values and reach more voters.

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This episode aired on May 8th 2025.David interviews Rachel Nevitt and then Amy Todisco Hartshorn to discus Lyme and tick-borne illness for Lyme awareness month and general green living and simple health choices to reduce toxic exposures in your day to day living.  

We discussed data privacy and how its unregulated nature can really impact everyday Vermonters. Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley has become a national leader in this discussion. We were then joined by Kiki and Rachel from Migrant Justice to discuss milk with dignity as well as the workers who were abducted from a farm in Berkshire. And the show wrapped with Claire Whitehouse, the Secretary/Treasurer of AFT Vermont to discuss International Workers Day (May 1st) and the work of unions as well as todays events across the state.

In this episode, we discussed the full range of housing issues with the Vt. House Chair of the Housing and general committee. David was then joined by Rice Highschool senior Jack Hill to discuss civics, Boys State and Ranked Choice Voting as well as former State Senator Irene Wrenner to discuss the proposed Amazon Fulfilment warehouse and possible Women's Correction and Re-entry facility in Essex Vermont.

David is joined by Chris Pearson and Beth Tanzman representing Vermont Healthcare 911. This in-depth conversation explores why our healthcare costs are so high and what we can do about it. In the second hour David was joined by David Delaney a history scholar at UVM and then Rep. Angela Arsenault to discuss Vermont's education system as well as the proposal to withhold cell phones in schools.

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Jordan Heiden and Tom Hughes from Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) discussing their goals and legislation at the Vermont Statehouse.Followed by Mark Redmond. The Executive Director of Spectrum Youth and Family Services discussing their annual Sleep out fundraiser and more importantly their work to help young kids get back on their feet with job training, life supports and housing when necessary.

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This episode aired 03/06/259:00Representatives Laura Sibilia from West Dover (Ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure) and Kate Logan from Burlington (Committee on Environment) discussing elections laws as well as privacy, coercive debt and more.10:00A discussion with Lauren Hierl, the Executive Director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) to discuss a wide range of issues from energy to forests and forever chemicals.

This episode aired 2/27/259-10 Steph Yu, President and executive director of Public Assets institute. Discussing taxes, education financing proposals.10-11 Connor Timmons, Executive Director of Homeshare Vermont, discussing creative ways to match single individuals with room in their homes (Host), with folks who are willing to help with some basic household needs with reduced rent (guest). 

(9-10)Reps. Mari Cordes and Bram Kleppner on to speak about income based taxes for education (10-11)Vermont Law and Graduate School President and Professor of Law Rod Smolla on to speak about the Constitution and the current Presidential Administration Executive Orders

This episode aired on 02/13/2025. 9-10 Aly Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Lets Grow Kids and Chris who is an owner of a early education facility.

9:00-10:00Sen. Scott BeckFoundation Formula and school funding plan from the administration.10:00 to 11:00Senator Tanya Vyhovsky Public education and affordability

Your Health System CXO podcast host Jasmaine McClain & David Zuckerman, president and founder of the Healthcare Anchor Network, discuss the transformative potential of health systems as anchor institutions in addressing community disinvestment and economic insecurity. Together they emphasizes the importance of leveraging hiring, purchasing, and investing practices to create equitable local economies. Key Takeaways1.Health systems can leverage their resources to address economic inequities.2.The Healthcare Anchor Network aims to create racially equitable local economies.3. Impact investing can yield both financial and social returns.4. Aligning health system goals with community needs can enhance impact.Welcome to the Health System CXO Podcast, sponsored by The Health Management Academy, featuring content designed for Health System Nurse Executives, Health Equity Officers and Strategy Executives provided by our company SME's - Anne Herleth, Jasmaine McClain, Ph.D. and Jackie Kimmell. Subscribe today and receive the latest insights from the country's leading Health System CXO experts regularly, helping you remain current and guide your health system strategy with thought leadership and success.The Health System CXO Podcast activates health system leaders towards outcomes and scalable solutions you can implement now.About The Health Management Academy:Since 1998, The Health Management Academy has cultivated the premier community of healthcare's most influential changemakers from the top U.S. health systems and innovative industry partners. We power more than 2,000 health system senior executives and 200 industry organizations through exceptional peer groups, original market insights, world-class leadership development programs and novel member alliances. Our industry-leading programs and solutions enable members to facilitate meaningful relationships, navigate strategic transformation and address critical industry issues. To learn more, visit hmacademy.com and follow The Health Management Academy on ...

David Zuckerman hosts guests from Jenna's Promise in Johnson discussing recovery and stigma and guests from Migrant Justice to discuss the impacts of President Trumps immigration and deportation policies.

 David Zuckerman speaks with:Jessica Barquist from Planned Parenthood, Felicia Kornbluh a historian and gender studies scholar at UVM and Don Tinney, the President of the Vermont NEA

David Zuckerman speaks with a slew of guests with specialties from The Housing Crisis to Food Scraps here on WDEV

David Zuckerman speaks with Climate experts on how heating your home is possible and how the incoming administration may be able to help.

David Zuckerman hosts VTV for the first time this week as he speaks on local policies, the end of his term, Alzheimer's Care and YOUR CALLS

John Rodgers is the most interesting man in Vermont politics. And he just may be its future.The Democrat-turned-Republican who just won the race for Vermont's lieutenant governor did something that has not been done since 1815: he became lieutenant governor by defeating the incumbent lieutenant governor in a general election.al election.Rodgers' 6,000 vote victory over sitting Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, who ran as a Progressive/Democrat, was part of a statewide backlash that ousted numerous Democratic incumbents. Democrats lost 18 seats in the Vermont House and six seats in the Vermont State Senate, thus ending the Democratic supermajority in both chambers that enabled them to override vetoes by Republican Gov. Phil Scott. Scott, who endorsed Rodgers and campaigned with him, emerged as the election's biggest winner.Rodgers' election as lieutenant governor must still be confirmed by the Vermont Legislature in January, since he won with 46 percent of the vote, just shy of the 50 percent required by the Vermont Constitution.John Rodgers' upset win may help explain Donald Trump's victory nationally. While Rodgers is a vocal Trump critic, both politicians tapped into a deep well of economic anxiety among voters who blamed Democrats for being out of touch with the day-to-day financial struggles faced by many people. In Vermont, those economic anxieties are rooted in double-digit spikes in property taxes and health care costs, compounded by a protracted and worsening housing crisis.Rodgers is uncomfortable with the comparison to Trump, but he understands it. "There are a lot of the folks that supported me that are Trump supporters, and there were some people who wouldn't vote for me because I spoke outright that I would never support Trump because I value honesty, and the man is totally dishonest ... He's lied, cheated and stolen his way through his entire life, and I can't understand why people cling to him other than the fact that he's not a career politician, and people are so fed up with what's happened in Washington over the last 20 years."The voter disillusionment that Rodgers channeled was best captured by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who issued a scathing indictment of the Democratic party following the 2024 election: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”John Rodgers said much the same thing throughout his winning campaign. “I think the Democrats in the legislature have lost their way and no longer are taking care of the working class people in Vermont,” he told The Vermont Conversation.John Rodgers, 59, is new on the statewide political scene but he is a familiar face in Montpelier. He has served in the Vermont State House for 16 years, half in the House and half in the Senate. In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for governor as a Democratic write-in candidate. He is known for being fiercely independent, often to the frustration of his former Democratic colleagues. Democrat Becca Balint, when she was Vermont Senate majority leader, said of Rodgers, "He sometimes votes with us, he sometimes doesn't, and sometimes we don't know until we get on the floor."Rodgers lives on the 500-acre farm in West Glover where he grew up. He balances his work in Montpelier with making a living as a stone mason, running a construction company, and growing hemp and cannabis on his farm. He has spoken candidly about his experience growing up poor and the continuing struggles of working class people in Vermont.Rodgers said that changing parties was a big risk. “I didn't put myself on a glide path in a Democratic state by switching parties to the Republican Party in a presidential year when Donald Trump was running in a state that Kamala Harris won ... It really gives me hope that there are enough Vermonters that are still independently minded that they can pick a person from any party if the message is right.”Asked whether being a Republican in Trump's Republican Party — which has espoused anti-immigrant, anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ and pro-insurrection views — was comfortable, Rodgers replied, “Absolutely not. It is terribly hard for me to carry the R beside my name because of national Republican politics. But when I look here in the state, and I look at Phil Scott, and I look at a lot of the moderate Republicans that I worked with for years when I was in the State House and the folks that are new since I left, they are speaking up for working class Vermonters. And so I do not buy into any party platform.”Rodgers said he is especially concerned by Trump's talk of mass deportation, noting that Vermont's farms would be crippled without the work of undocumented immigrants. "Our economy can no longer run without them."How far is Rodgers willing to go to protect the civil liberties of Vermonters if they are threatened in a new Trump administration?“I'm a bit of a libertarian. I'm willing to go however far as is necessary, absolutely. Bad laws were made to be broken.”Rodgers said he is often asked whether he is interested in running for governor. He replied that he is not sure he would be ready to run for governor in two years should Scott decide not to run for re-election, but “if it's four years, then maybe I've had enough time to have an impact and convince people of who I am and I'm the right person for the job.”Rodgers paused, then added frankly, “When I look at the job of the governor, it's not really that desirable a job. It's super hard. I mean, we never have enough money to go around ... So it would take a lot to convince me that that was the next best thing to do.”Rodgers hopes that his experience in both parties can make him useful in his new role. “When I was a Democrat, the Democrats said, Oh, he's not really a Democrat. Now I'm a Republican (and) there's a bunch of them on the right that say, Oh, he's not really a Republican. But I'm a Vermonter. And what I hope to be is a bridge ... helping in the negotiations between what is perceived as the two sides.”

What drove the red wave for Vermont Republicans on Tuesday. Plus, incumbent David Zuckerman formally concedes the race for lieutenant governor to Republican John Rodgers, Colchester voters approved an expensive school bond Tuesday while also electing a Republican to the Senate, parts of southern Vermont are experiencing moderate drought, fans of Coen brothers movies will want to check out the list of Vermont student-submitted state snowplow names, and we preview college soccer playoff action for UVM and St. Michael's College in our weekly sports report.

Lt Gov David Zuckerman, joins Kurt & Anthony for his monthly segment. David announces he is conceding to John Rogers during his appearance.

David Zuckerman, Vermont Lt Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony for his monthly segment. The Lt Governor talks about his up coming re election campaign.

Vermont Public hosted a debate on Wednesday with candidates for lieutenant governor of Vermont.Incumbent Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman, a Progressive-Democrat from Hinesburg, is an organic farmer and former member of the Vermont House and Senate. His challenger is Republican John Rodgers of West Glover, also a former member of the Vermont House and Senate. Rodgers runs a stoneworking and excavation business and hemp and cannabis farm.During the debate, the candidates agreed on some topics, like banning assault weapons in Vermont, but disagreed on many others, including how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont. They also discussed which political party best represents working class Vermonters.

Today we host Viewpoint from the Tunbridge World's Fair with the one and only Kevin Ellis as he takes on the debate between John Rodgers and David Zuckerman.

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Isaac Evans-Frantz hosts Viewpoint as he speaks with:Jesse Cote in the Northeast Kingdom about recent floodingLt. Gov. David Zuckerman on flooding as well and the new EEE mosquito borne illnessAddie Lentzner of Bennington on rallying the youth across our countryKat, Vanessa and Gene at the Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service Department from Amherst, MA .

Ross talks with Josh Bechhoefer about David Zuckerman about their opposing campaigns and their common interests for the Vermont population.

Let's explore initiatives committed to enriching distressed communities and the collaborative spirit that brings multiple institutions together. In this episode, David Zuckerman, president and founder of Healthcare Anchor Network, talks about the transformative power that health care institutions have to uplift and stabilize communities by becoming anchors of social justice and economic growth. He discusses how health systems can extend their influence beyond the walls of medicine and into the foundation of community health and socioeconomic development. After sharing insights from his personal journey in social justice, David elucidates why he believes in health care's power to bring systemic change. He delves deep into the concept of anchor missions and how they tackle various challenges, from sustainability to workforce shortages, and touches on the pivotal role of executive-level champions, best practices for investment strategies, and the potential for expanding these principles to for-profit entities and beyond. Tune in for an inspiring discussion that offers practical solutions for leveraging health care's role in societal transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices