© 2023 Vermont Public | PRIVACY

Public Files:
WVTI · WOXM · WVBA · WVNK · WVTQ · WVTX
WVPR · WRVT · WOXR · WNCH · WVPA · WBTN-FM
WVPS · WVXR · WETK · WVTB · WVTA · WVER

For assistance accessing our public files, please contact hello@vermontpublic.org or call 802-655-9451
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations

Should political ads be allowed on social media? Podcast 'The Last Archive' asks a Vermont high school to judge

Voters make their choice in Montpelier in this file photo. The podcast "The Last Archive" asked Vermont high school students to decide if political ads were "true enough" to post on social media.
Toby Talbot
/
AP
Voters make their choice in Montpelier in this file photo. The podcast "The Last Archive" asked Vermont high school students to decide if political ads were "true enough" for social media.

The podcast The Last Archive is a show about the history of truth in the United States, hosted by Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore. In the third episode of the third season, the show features an experiment in the democratic process: what if high school students fact-checked political advertisements to see if they were "true enough" to go on social media? They turned to Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, Vermont, to test the idea.

Broadcast on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at noon.

Have questions, comments or tips? Send us a message or tweet us @vermontedition.

Connor Cyrus joined Vermont Public 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.
Originally from Delaware, Matt moved to Alaska in 2010 for his first job in radio. He spent five years working as a radio and television reporter, radio producer, talk show host, and news director. His reporting received awards from the Alaska Press Club and the Alaska Broadcasters Association. Relocating to southwest Florida, he was a producer for television news and NPR member station WGCU for their daily radio show, Gulf Coast Live. He joined Vermont Public in October 2017 as producer of Vermont Edition.