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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 20:03
- Purchases: 3
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 ...
- Added: Apr 19, 2013
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 2
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
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
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
Jessie reflects on one of the simple joys of rural living ... the wild raspberry patch.
- Added: Oct 13, 2011
- Length: 05:21
Reflections on the joys and challenges of ranch life.
- Added: Oct 13, 2011
- Length: 04:47
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
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
A reflection on earlier ranch life in winter.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
Growing up in small town Michigan during the 70's.
- Added: Jun 22, 2007
- Length: 10:42