A conversation with DonnCherie about compassion, artistic authenticity and taking Blackness back. (Warning: Profanity)

This is the fourth and final installment (for now) of Homegoings, a special series from Brave Little State that features conversations with musicians of color who live in Vermont.

Check out the lyrics to DonnCherrie’s “For Keeps,” see the original art for this episode here. Explore the rest of our series at here.

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A conversation with Rivan Calderin about BIPOC exhaustion, safety and music as a platform for consciousness.

Check out the original art for this series and read the lyrics to "Mayday to Pilot" here.

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

Follow the series here as we release new episodes weekly through June 15.

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(Warning: Profanity) A conversation with Senayit Tomlinson about Black trauma, music and getting through.

See a photo of Senayit, read the lyrics to "Hard Reign" and watch the music video here.

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

Follow the series here as we release new episodes weekly through June 15.

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A conversation with Bobby Hackney Jr. about Black grief, resilience and music.

This is the first installment of Homegoings, a special series from Brave Little State that features conversations with musicians of color who live in Vermont. Follow the series here as we release new episodes weekly through June 15.

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(Warning: Profanity) Vermont's underfunded pension system has forced an awkward question: If the state makes a promise to its workers, does it have to keep its word? And just how urgent is the problem, anyway?

Jon Cherico, of Waterbury asked us to look into Vermont's pension tensions.

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Normally you hear a mixture of VPR reporters on this show, and that’s not gonna change -- but you’ll also be hearing a lot from our new producers, Myra Flynn and Josh Crane.

We journalists like to show, not tell. So today, Myra and Josh are gonna introduce one another to all of you, so you can hear for yourselves how excellent they are, and get excited for what’s to come here on Brave Little State.

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What if you had to choose between working full time and keeping your benefits? We take on a question from Matthew LeFluer of Alburgh about the conundrum facing some Vermonters with disabilities who rely on federal benefits.

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It's an aspect of Vermont history that some say is overlooked.

We return to an episode from May 2018, which explored your questions about Anglicized names and discrimination.

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More than 200 Vermonters have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. How did they live?

VPR reporter Liam Elder-Connors spoke with their loved ones and recorded their memories.

Hear more memories, and see photos, on VPR's digital COVID memory wall.

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How did Vermont end up with so many small, one-room schools? And why don’t we use them anymore?

That's what Chelsea Smiley of Monkton wants to know. To see archival photographs from Vermont's one-room schoolhouse heyday, check out our web feature here.

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