12 APR 2020 · Verena Nelson (UVM '13) was spending the winter in Nicaragua with her boyfriend, teaching english through the website VIPkid to pay living expenses. When the COVID-19 virus hit nearby Costa Rica, Verena was one of many expats trying to get out of the country, which is ruled by a communist dictator and is not putting social distancing measures into place as of this time. Verena and her boyfriend made it out of the country on one of the last flights out of the area, but others did not. The Guardian article mentioned in the podcast: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-missing-anger-fear-month State Department Website on Nicaragua: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/nicaragua-travel-advisory.html

29 OTT 2019 · In Episode 4 of the Dig, Jean MacBride interviews Amanda Chase, Internship Coordinator at the UVM Career Center about getting internships. The Dig now has its own instagram: @cynicdig

16 OTT 2019 · In Episode 3 of The Dig, Jean MacBride interviews Valerie Rohy, Professor of English and one of this years University Scholar's about queer theory. Books mentioned in this podcast: Queer Theory by Anne Marie Jagose and Transgender History by Susan Stryker. The Dig now has its own instagram: @cynicdig.

1 OTT 2019 · In Episode 2 of The Dig, Jean MacBride interviews English Professor and State Senator Philip Baruth about teaching postmodernism and writing while serving in the Vermont State Senate. Feel free to email vtcynicdig@gmail.com with your questions, feedback and recommendations.

23 SET 2019 · In Episode 1 of The Dig, Jean MacBride interviews History Professor Sean Field about studying Medieval Europe and what the topic means for today. Feel free to email vtcynicdig@gmail.com with your questions, feedback and recommendations. Books mentioned in the podcast: Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error. Other books recommended: The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims: A Medieval Woman Between Demons and Saints, and The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages.