Brave Little State
Hosted by Angela Evancie and Josh Crane and Sabine Poux and Burgess Brown and Sarah Bokelberg and Ty Gibbons · Vermont Public
4.8from 523 ratings
- 223
- Episodes
- 52
- Transcribed
- 523
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Brave Little State
What if you could decide what stories Vermont Public should be covering, before they're even assigned? That's the idea behind Brave Little State.
- Publisher
- Vermont Public
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Jul 2016
- Latest episode
- 10 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
52 of 223 episodes have a transcript.
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is private equity taking over Vermont’s veterinary market?
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Inside a recent episode
Is private equity taking over Vermont’s veterinary market?
Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I just found out the practice I've been going to is no longer independent. So in the interest of transparency, corporate veterinary groups or big vet own somewhere between a quarter and a third of all primary care vet practices in the U.S. And among specialty and emergency hospitals, the corporate share is even higher. Roughly three quarters. Not all corporate ownership is private equity. It's a classic rectangle-versus-square situation, with corporate ownership being the broader rectangle category. And the corporation that owns the most veterinary practices is, weirdly, Mars, the private company better known for M&Ms and Snickers. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 412 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 111 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 77
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts Brave Little State?
Angela Evancie and Josh Crane and Sabine Poux and Burgess Brown and Sarah Bokelberg and Ty Gibbons host the show. Published by Vermont Public.
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