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A couple years ago, our producer Annie McEwen listened to an audio documentary that, she said, \u201ctore my heart wide open.\u201d That episode , \u201cFinn and the Bell,\u201d (https://zpr.io/TDjwQuXFDSz6) by independent producer Erica Heilman (maker of the podcast\xa0 Rumble Strip), went on to win some of the biggest awards in audio (including a Peabody, https://zpr.io/tu4hwhKQ3TWN), and the rest of the staff finally got around to listening, and it tore our hearts wide open, too. It\u2019s a story about a death, but as so many of the best stories about death tend to be, it ends up mainly being about life, in this case, the life of a small town in far northern Vermont, the town where Erica lives and makes her show. We think you\u2019ll like it.\nYou can find more than 200 other episodes of Rumble Strip here (https://zpr.io/dwGNnSFmAEFX).\nErica\u2019s episode about The Civic Standard (https://zpr.io/GJMP95QENFKq), the community organization started by Finn\u2019s mom Tara Reese and her friend Rose Friedman, is here (https://zpr.io/9HL9mpZT4LTM). A follow-up episode to \u201cFinn and the Bell\u201d is here (https://zpr.io/ycxSU7ceDXNi). The episode Lulu mentions about the camp for people with and without disabilities is here (https://zpr.io/cnyyUWrfQJey).Special thanks to Clare Dolan, Tobin Anderson, Amelia Meath and of course, Tara Reese \U0001f95a. Rumble Strip is a member of Hub and Spoke, a collective of independent podcasts from around the country.\nEPISODE CREDITS \xa0Reported by - Erica Heilman\xa0Produced by - Erica Heilman\nIf you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, there\u2019s help available. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is open 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-TALK. There\u2019s also a live chat option\xa0on their website(http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/).\nOur newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!\nRadiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.\nFollow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.\n\nLeadership support for Radiolab\u2019s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.