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”Life Became Very Blurry” is a podcast sharing the voices of Vermonters as they recall the experience of COVID-19. It is based on a three year project collecting oral histories and other records of the pandemic, and released in March 2025 for the fifth anniversary of the first lockdown. This podcast feed is home to a series of audio productions from the Vermont Historical Society, which believes that understanding the past changes lives and builds better communities. Our purpose is to engage Vermonters and Vermonters-at-Heart with outstanding collections, state-wide outreach, and dynamic programming.
Episodes

Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Episode 45: The Aiken Formula
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/aiken-formula-myth-and-reality-1966

Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Episode 44: Dowsing in Danville
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/dowsing-in-danville-1961

Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Episode 43: Democrats Rising
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/democrats-rising-1958

Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Episode 42: High Tech Comes to Vermont
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/hi-tech-comes-to-vermont-1957

Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Episode 42: Consuelo Northrop Bailey
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/consuela-northrop-bailey-1954

Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Episode 39: The Case of Alex B. Novikoff
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
The most noteworthy expression of McCarthyism in Vermont involved the University of Vermont’s 1953 firing of Professor Alex B. Novikoff for the “crime” of invoking the Fifth Amendment before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/case-of-alex-b-novikoff-1953

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Episode 38: Maple Sugaring
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/maple-sugaring-1947

Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Episode 37: Town Bands
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/town-bands-1946

Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Episode 36: Senator Ralph Flanders
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/senator-ralph-flanders-1946

Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Episode 35: Electricity Comes to Rural Vermont
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
For more information on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/turning-on-the-lights-1943