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VPR's coverage of arts and culture in the region.

Author And Swimmer On Her Travels And Her Path To Sobriety

Courtesy of Nancy Stearns Bercaw
Nancy Stearns Bercaw's new memoir about her travels and her struggles with alcoholism is 'Dryland: One Woman's Swim to Sobriety." She joins us to talk about it.

Nancy Stearns Bercaw is a Vermonter and a championship swimmer who struggled for years with alcohol addiction. She found a path to recovery in an unlikely – and very dry – place: Abu Dhabi. 

Nancy Stearns Bercaw joins us to talk about her journey, and her new memoir: Dryland: One Woman's Swim to Sobriety.

Also on the program: Vermont Gas Systems has announced that its natural gas pipeline through Addison County is now in operation. VPR's Taylor Dobbshas been covering the project and surrounding controversies, and he joins us to look back on significant events over the course of this project's completion.

View an interactive timeline of the Vermont Gas pipeline project.

And to wrap up the show, an installment of VPR Classical's Timeline series that explores film scores.

Broadcast live on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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