Brave Little State

We hear from former Vermonters about their relationship with our state, from the love that brought them here to the disappointments that prompted them to leave.

Vermont Public’s Bob Kinzel recently reported on the state of Vermont’s retail cannabis marketplace for Brave Little State. Retail sales will begin soon in Vermont as stores are scheduled to open throughout the state on Oct. 1. Kinzel joined Vermont’ Public’s Mitch Wertlieb to share some of what he learned talking to cannabis and hemp entrepreneurs.

Exploring the origins of bizarre Vermont road of your choosing. In this edition: Iranistan Road in Burlington, a Jericho tour de force — and to change gears (so to speak), those punny signs on Vermont's highways.

Vermont’s first cannabis retail stores are set to open to the public on October 1. Brave Little State looks at how we got here, and how the new cannabis marketplace will work.

This is the latest installment of Homegoings, a special series from Brave Little State that features conversations with artists of color who live in Vermont. Follow the series here.

Since moving back to Vermont, Sam Leveston has been searching for a local connection to Jewish life. So she sent Brave Little State on a quest to uncover a history — and a community — that's been built over hundreds of years.

It’s a scary thought, to be sure. Brave Little State considers a few apocalyptic scenarios, including some that have already begun. And: Just how neighborly would we be, really, if the world were ending?

Naomi Fitzpatrick, Faith Awotho and Don Kiputa speak to Brave Little State about being young and Black in Vermont in 2022, and answer listener questions.

Amanda Calder of Winooski asked Brave Little State what it would look like if we raised money for our schools in a totally different way. It’s a hypothetical some lawmakers hope will become a reality.

A question from Dani Gagnon of Montpelier leads Brave Little State to find out why Vermont’s housing crunch has become a crisis — and what people are doing about it.