Episodes 8
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (4)
Since Jul 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Semi-Annually
Format
Episodic
Hosting
feeds.castos.com

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About This Podcast

Hosted by Alex Torpey, the Rethink Local Podcast shares about the people, policies, and practices that support effective local government, decision making, community trust, organizational development, and more. We focus on the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont and New England as a whole, but discuss topics and stories from across Rethink Local's own work and volunteering portfolio as well as the work of our contractors, colleagues, partners, and friends. PREVIOUSLY known as the Upper Valley Vibes podcast, we have 'rebranded' to expand our focus beyond the Upper Valley but stay committed to exploring dynamics critical to our local democracies and communities.

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Recent Episodes

Ep 8: What we're missing in the discussion about local government public records

Mar 09, 2026 32m

Today I want to talk about public records requests — not from an abstract legal perspective, but from the ground level of actually working in towns across Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and…

Ep 7: The high stakes of land use and zoning

Jul 30, 2025 23m

In this quicker update type episode, I share a bit about the contract that Rethink Local just started over the last couple weeks in Randolph Vermont, where my company was brought in to provide…

Ep 6: Community nursing in the Upper Valley

May 14, 2025 35m

In this episode of Upper Valley Vibes, we're going to talk about community nursing - the program mostly centered in small rural communities in the northeast US, get to know some of the folks who…

Ep 5: "I voted!" Now what?

Dec 12, 2024 27m

Last month, millions of people turned out to vote in the 2024 elections.  I voted stickers made their way across social media, ads and signs littered our internet and streets for weeks and months…

Ep 4: Discussion with Greg Prince of Norwich about education, youth, civility, critical thinking, and community

Nov 18, 2024 1h 29m

In this episode of Upper Valley Vibes we took another visit to Norwich over the summer where I sit down with Greg Prince.   Greg has been an educator for the bulk of life - teaching English oversees…

Ep 3: Discussion with Susan, Dana, and Debra from Raymond Voter Information Project on informed Town Meetings and civic engagement

Oct 10, 2024 1h 13m

Hi everyone, Alex Torpey here, your host of Upper Valley Vibes.   In this episode, I invited some VIPs from outside the Upper Valley up to Junction Arts Media's (Formerly CATV) podcast recording…

Ep 2: Discussion with Josh Crane of Norwich about the Upper Valley's borders, small community and journalism in local civics

Sep 07, 2024 46m

Hi Alex Torpey here, your host of Upper Valley Vibes. In this episode, I take a walk on the rail trail in Lebanon with Josh Crane of Norwich, Vermont. Josh is the Senior Producer and Managing Editor…

Episode 1: Welcome to Upper Valley Vibes, and meet your host, Alex Torpey

Jul 29, 2024 14m

Hi everyone my name is Alex Torpey, your host of the new Upper Valley Vibes podcast. As we get this thing going I wanted to share a little bit about my goals for the podcast, and first, share a…

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