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Brave Little State

Happy Birthday, Brave Little State!

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VPR's people-powered journalism project has criss-crossed Vermont many times over to answer your questions about the state. This month, we listen back to some memorable moments.

We celebrate the show's third birthday with a trip down memory lane to some favorite moments from our archive.

We launched in August of 2016. It was a total experiment, and we had a simple question: Could we make a show that would take all its cues from you, our audience â€� and answer your questions, instead of ours? Could we make our journalism people-powered?

The very first question came from Erin Creley of Saint Albans: "Where did the Vermont accent come from, and where is it going?" So we debuted with a catalog of Vermont accents:

And since then, our experiment has proven successful. You’ve kept asking fantastic questions about Vermont � hundreds of them! � and we’ve criss-crossed the state many times over to find the answers. (Oh, and we've made some .)

You've asked about and . and . , , , , .  and â€� .

Explore an interactive map of our on-the-ground reporting:

Map credit: Elodie Reed & Noah Cutter

This month, we reflect on where we've been, and share some highlights from a handful of our best episodes:

We've worked hard and had a lot of fun reporting for you these past three years, and we're excited to keep going. So remember...

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Brave Little State is a production of ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Radio. We have support from the VPR Innovation Fund, and from VPR sustaining members. If you like our show, consider .

Our editor is Lynne McCrea and our theme music is by . The stories featured in this episode were reported by Emily Corwin, Liam Elder-Connors, Henry Epp, Angela Evancie, Peter Hirschfeld and Rebecca Sananes. Engineering support from Chris Albertine; digital support from Elodie Reed and Meg Malone. 

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Angela Evancie serves as ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's Senior VP of Content, and was the Director of Engagement Journalism and the Executive Producer of Brave Little State, the station's people-powered journalism project.

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