‘Behind the mic’ with Brave Little State
Aug 13, 202649m
Instead of answering a listener question about Vermont, we indulge the curiosity of a live audience about the making of the show itself.
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Hosted by Unknown Host · EN · 20 episodes
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What if you could decide what stories Vermont Public Radio should be covering, before they're even assigned? That's the idea behind Brave Little State, a podcast where you ask the questions, you decide what VPR investigates, and then you work with us to find the answers.
Unknown Host hosts Brave Little State, a society show with 20 episodes published.
Instead of answering a listener question about Vermont, we indulge the curiosity of a live audience about the making of the show itself.
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It’s a Brave Little State milestone! Vermont Public’s listener-powered journalism podcast published its 200th episode. To celebrate, the team set themselves a challenge: answer 20 listener questions in a single episode.
“There was this huge divide in, like, social grouping and connection … No one really talked to each other.”
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Three reporters spent 12 straight hours at one of the busiest park and rides in the state — on one of the busiest travel days of the year — to get to know Vermont from a new perspective.
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