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Brave Little State flies in with the history of Jeezum Crow, plus an attempt to break a world record in Middlebury� with dogs!

The podcast Brave Little State explores listener questions about Vermont, our region and its people. Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak recently dove into a listener-submitted question for a mini-episode: Where did Jeezum Crow come from and is it just a Vermont saying?

Plus, over the weekend, Middlebury filmmaker Andy Knight Mitchell tried to pull off a rather remarkable stunt. To launch his latest film, on Netflix, he decided to try to set a Guinness World Record for the most number of dogs to attend a film screening. Vermont Edition producer Andrea Laurion went to watch and has this story.

Broadcast live on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Andrea Laurion joined as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.