Brave Little State

A recent episode answers the question: Who uses a park and ride?

The Midwest is home to five Great Lakes. But for a short time in the late 1990s, there were six — after one Vermont lake crashed the party.

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.

From the cosmic to the paranormal, this year’s investigation into three peculiar road names — Horn of the Moon, Scotch Hollow and Goodenough — took us to some unexpected places.

Vermont just passed a law banning the use of some pesticides that are known to kill bees. Quebec has had a similar law on the books for years. So we headed north of the border to see what we can learn from our Canadian neighbors.

The sale of the Vermont Lake Monsters in 2021 brought lots of changes. In some ways, it’s a story of renewal. But the more things change, the more they stay the same.

The Vermont state flag defies almost every rule of good flag design.

Plus, Brave Little State talks to Vermonters about life after cars

Join us as we tag along with three Vermonters who have given up their car keys — but not at the expense of their communities and friendships.

Wanting children, and not being able to have them, can lead to a lot of private hardship. We spoke to Vermonters about their experiences.