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VPR Presents

VPR Presents

VPR's occasional series featuring compelling thoughts and ideas from a wide variety of people.

Visit the archive of VPR Presents for more discussions with politicians, justices, artists, and other thought leaders during their visits to Vermont.



  • John Hockenberry, the host of WNYC and Public Radio International’s "The Takeaway," spoke at St. Michael’s College on Nov. 4. His lecture focused on the…
  • Former Vice President Al Gore spoke at the University of Vermont's Ira Allen Chapel on October 6. He presented his talked "The Climate Crisis and the Case…
  • Is the risk of serious injury tempered by the love of sport, the desire to compete and win, and the potential scholastic benefits of being involved in…
  • VPR Presents Eric Fingerhut's lecture, "Jewish Life on Campus: Vermont, America, Israel and the World," a discussion of the robust programs for Jewish…
  • What does the rise of China mean for the United States? How has U.S. foreign policy shaped the changing Middle East? What will be the legacy of the Obama…
  • Tom Ashbrook began hosting On Point shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But his career as a journalist years earlier. Ashbrook spoke…
  • Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 4:30 pm. On the day he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel, Empire Falls, Richard Russo didn't sit around waiting for…
  • Tom Bodett, author and regular panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me never finished college. He dropped out and began an adventure that led him to…
  • On April 15, 2013 we launched a new VPR.net. Much of the program content from the past 6 months, along with several weeks of news, migrated to the new…