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Remembering Toys: From Suzy Homemaker To G.I. Joe

http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/84/2012/12/VTED_1217_2012.mp3

We crack open the toy box of old with Chris Bensch, Chief Curator at the Strong National Museum of Play, to understand how toys and games became such an integral part of our culture and why children find solace in toys and play. We also check in with a company in Vermont that makes paper toys and flip books.

Also on the program, as they place their vote with the Electoral College, we check in with Windsor State Representative Kevin Christie, one of Vermont's three electors.

Plus, we stop in at a food venture center on Route 7 in Shelburne,where a winery, a brewery, two farms and other food-related businesses have created what some are calling a culinary corridor.

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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