Various Guests (Tom Berry, Suzanne Fleek-Green, Ellen Marsden, Fred Upton, Chris Gilchrist, others)
Collection of interviewees and quoted individuals including a Vermont staffer and former Senate/House members, university researchers, and regional experts who provide perspectives and context on the Lake Champlain/Sea Grant story.
Best podcasts with Various Guests (Tom Berry, Suzanne Fleek-Green, Ellen Marsden, Fred Upton, Chris Gilchrist, others)
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Apr 9, 2026 • 26min
A Good, Not Great Lake (from Points North)
Tom Berry, Suzanne Fleek-Green, Ellen Marsden, Fred Upton, Chris Gilchrist and others, plus longtime senator Patrick Leahy, weigh in. They trace how a 1998 law briefly dubbed Lake Champlain a Great Lake, stir Midwest outrage, and then shifted to secure Sea Grant research funding. The conversation follows political maneuvering, scientific priorities, and a compromise that preserved funding without changing maps.
