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Where Are Vermont's 'Aging Hippies'? One's On The State Supreme Court

Angela Evancie
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VPR
Justice Marilyn Skoglund is currently the longest-serving member of Vermont's high court. She moved here in 1973, and her first residence in the state was an uninsulated shepherd's cottage on a 500-acre dairy farm.

“Where are all the aging hippies that moved to Vermont during the '60s and '70s, and what are they doing now?”

That's the question Judy Pond of Norwich asked Brave Little State this month.

To answer Judy's question, Brave Little State collected anecdotes from VPR's audience, and spoke with Montpelier artist Lois Eby and Rutland farmer Greg Cox.

The show also profiled Marilyn Skoglund, who has served as an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 1997.

Listen to an excerpt of this episode from VPR's people-powered podcast above.

Catch the full episode here.

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
Angela Evancie serves as Vermont Public's Senior VP of Content, and was the Director of Engagement Journalism and the Executive Producer of Brave Little State, the station's people-powered journalism project.
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