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Josh Crane
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senior producer/managing editor, Brave Little State at Vermont Public

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Vermont’s lone landfill? Skyrocketing health insurance costs? Class diversity in the classroom? Tiny cemeteries?

More curiosity-quenching stories coming in 2025…

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Brave Little State
What if you could decide what stories Vermont Public should be covering, before they're even assigned? That's the idea behind Brave Little State.
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
We closed out the year by going hunting (or was it a long hike?). Also, learning about “hipster hunters.” open.spotify.com/episode/4IFy...
Brave Little State goes hunting
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Vail + Vermont ski resorts… it’s a controversial mashup. A status update on Vermont ski culture and ski towns: open.spotify.com/episode/26U0...
How has Vail’s acquisition of Vermont ski areas impacted locals?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
We love our Postal Service workers in Vermont. We don’t love the Postal Service woes in Vermont. Here’s what’s happening and… why it’s like this: open.spotify.com/episode/4d7j...
Why is there such a problem with the U.S. Postal Service in Vermont?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Invasive species… scary, ubiquitous. Also way more interesting than I ever imagined open.spotify.com/episode/2VOs...
What invasive species in Vermont has done the most damage?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Why are there no strip clubs in Vermont? Title really says it all… (plus: a trip to the fair!)
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Why are there no strip clubs in Vermont?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Increasing homelessness and Vermont’s motel program sparked rumors about *where* people experiencing homelessness were coming from. We reported this one out so you don’t have to (answer to titular question? …nope)

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Is Vermont’s motel program a ‘magnet’ for out-of-staters experiencing homelessness?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
The latest installment of a fun BLS tradition: origins of weird road names! Pumpkin Harbor Road, anyone??? open.spotify.com/episode/2bz8...
Our 7th Annual Brief History of Vermont Road Names
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Jeezum crow! It’s a story about the phrase jeezum crow🐦‍⬛ open.spotify.com/episode/3ZNM...
Jeezum crow!
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
We solved an enduring Montpelier mystery about a human tooth stuck in a retaining wall 🕵️‍♂️

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The Montpelier Molar Mystery
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
You know how Vermonters wave to each other all the time? Yeah… people have questions open.spotify.com/episode/4gjg...
What’s up with the Vermont wave?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
A fun attempt to define an odd region of Vermont (and New Hampshire) open.spotify.com/episode/4El1...
What is the Upper Valley?
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December 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
This is awesome. Filter by state?
December 24, 2024 at 8:11 PM