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Older, middle and younger generation guests compare their perspectives on the issues facing rural and urban life over time.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 51:32
Caption: Adam, Francisco, and Marcus at the Blackstone Library in Chicago
Kids from Chicago discuss a heartbreakingly beautiful book set in Maine: "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt. The writer shares the inspiration f...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 23:21
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Brulé returns to the Big Top bringing their blend of contemporary Native American sounds and rhythms in a powerfully, stunning performance. Now one...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, WGZS, WTIP, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 13
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Episode 2: In our second podcast, we have interviewed Monica Webb with the Wired West Initiative in rural western Massachusetts. Like our first pod...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 15:41
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Episode 162: A few weeks back, we noted an excellent new report on Holyoke Municipal Light Plant in Massachusetts published by the Berkman Center f...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
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Episode 113: Though much of western Massachusetts has poor access to the Internet, the town of Leverett is in the midst of fiber build that will of...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 18:25
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Episode 65: Holyoke Gas & Electric has been connecting community anchor institutions and local businesses in Western Massachusetts with fiber netwo...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:25
Caption: Made with Canva.com
Episode 98: Located in rural southwest Colorado, Cortez is just 20 miles from the famous four corners of the US southwest. When incumbents were eit...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 20:46
Caption: Made with Canva.com
Episode 137: Last year was the first year I attended Mountain Connect, an event in the Rockies west of Denver that discusses approaches to improvin...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 17:56
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Episode 72: We are back with the fourth volume of our responding to "Crazy Talk" theme on the Community Broadband Bits podcast. The source of this ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 24:06
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Episode 55: Following up on our first "Responding to Crazy Talk" episode last month, we decided to publish a second edition this week. Again, Lisa...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 21:11
Caption: The view looking west down Wisconsin Ave. in Tieton, WA. , Credit: Photo by Phoebe Flanigan
How a detour, a patch of goathead thorns, and a flat tire changed one guy's life, and brought an economic boost to a sleepy, little town in rural W...

Bought by WMMT, KALW, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.
A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
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With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Aneri Patel of UN Foundation Sustainable Energy for All
Wow are these stories great! Listen to Aneri Patel of the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative tell host Joan Michelson about the innovative s...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
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During this program, Bonnie Jo Campbell talks about and reads from her novel, 'Once Upon a River,' which received a stellar review in the Washingto...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
Jessie reflects on one of the simple joys of rural living ... the wild raspberry patch.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
Reflections on the joys and challenges of ranch life.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:47
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A woman reflects on her decision to give up equestrianism and go to college.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
A heartwarming essay of a young girl's visit to the ranch, with reflections on the human relationship with horses. It's perhaps my favorite of Jess...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
A reflection on earlier ranch life in winter.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Growing up in small town Michigan during the 70's.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 10:42