Connor Cyrus
Co-host & senior producer, Vermont EditionConnor Cyrus joined VPR as host and senior producer in March 2021. He was a morning reporter at WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Lyndon State College (now Northern Vermont University), he started his reporting career as an intern at WPTZ, later working for WAGM in Presque Isle, Maine, and WCAX Channel 3, where he covered a broad range of stories from Vermont’s dairy industry to the nurses’ strikes at UVM Medical Center. He’s passionate about journalism’s ability to shed light on complex or difficult topics, as well as giving voice to underrepresented communities.
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This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak moderates a debate with the four Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor. -
Disease, Argentina's 'dirty war' forge unlikely friendship in 'What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me'Host Connor Cyrus chats with the author Donna Gordon and her debut novel What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me.
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This hour, host Connor Cyrus talks with state Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine about the COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest Vermonters and other virus news.
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Co-host Connor Cyrus talks with Reggie Condra, host of the podcast “Brown ‘n Out,” about what Pride Month and Juneteenth mean to him.
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This hour, host Connor Cyrus moderates a debate with state Sen. Joe Benning and Gregory Thayer.
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Vermont Edition hosts Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak reflect on answers from four recent primary debates with the Republican and Democrat candidates for Vermont's U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats.
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This hour, Connor Cyrus moderates a debate with the three Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate.
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This hour, Connor Cyrus moderates a debate with the three Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate.
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Host Connor Cyrus speaks to Mary Engisch and Peter Engisch, the duo that produces Safe and Sound.
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In this rebroadcast of a show that first aired in March 2022, host Connor Cyrus talks with white Vermonters who adopted Black children, and hears from a Black woman about being raised by her adopted white family.
