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For a particularly difficult Thanksgiving this year, we thought, what is one of the most

heartwarming economic stories we have ever done on Planet Money?

And also, wouldn't it be nice if it happened to have gravy in the title?

And so, we bring you Swamp Gravy, which originally ran in 2018.

We thought that we had heard every kind of story about a dying small town trying to save

itself.

And then, we went to Calquat, Georgia.

Oh, it's humid, I like it.

Calquat has a population of about 2,000 people.

It claims to be the Mayha capital of the world.

Mayha is a kind of berry that people like to make jam out of.

And this city feels like it pops straight out of a book by the children's author Richard

Scare.

Like, Calquat is built around this town square.

It's got the county hall right there in the middle.

You walk five minutes and there's the town newspaper.

Hello?

Hey, come in.

Inside is the editor and publisher.

By himself finishing up that week's paper.

Are you, how many people work here?

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