Yonder Radio

We’re starting out in central Texas with a conversation between Daily Yonder health reporter Madeline de Figueredo and Bastrop County Cares executive director Norma Mercado. We are also checking in with our pop culture crew this week to learn about three new pieces of rural media for the season. Then, we learn about an impressive 40 year commitment from the McKnight Foundation to rural Minnesota....

*Note: This episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio we begin in central Texas with a conversation between Daily Yonder health reporter Madeline de Figueredo and Bastrop County Cares executive director Norma Mercado. We are also checking in with our pop culture crew this week to learn about three new pieces of rur...

This week on Yonder Radio , we begin with Jana Rose Schleis, a news reporter with KBIA in Columbia, Missouri. She visited a nuclear power plant in Callaway County to learn about the financial and technical barriers to expanding the state’s nuclear power capacity. Then, we hear from Heather Dawn Thompson, who spearheads the World Wildlife Fund’s efforts to support indigenous communities as they res...

*Note: This episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio , we begin with Jana Rose Schleis, a news reporter with KBIA in Columbia, Missouri. She visited a nuclear power plant in Callaway County to learn about the financial and technical barriers to expanding the state’s nuclear power capacity. Then, we hear from Heath...

This week on Yonder Radio, we begin with a conversation about healthcare affordability in Tennessee with Daily Yonder health reporter Madeline de Figueredo and Beth Beaudin-Seiler, director of the Healthcare Value Hub. We’re taking a deep dive into the state of rural journalism this week with field notes from Jeremiah Ariaz, a photographer in Kansas, and a story from Daily Yonder contributor Kim K...

*Note: This episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio, we begin with a conversation about healthcare affordability in Tennessee with Daily Yonder health reporter Madeline de Figueredo and Beth Beaudin-Seiler, director of the Healthcare Value Hub. We’re taking a deep dive into the state of rural journalism this week...

Yonder Radio's first-ever special report is called Power Dynamics: The Rural Data Center Boom. We're digging into how different kinds of power – from literal computing power to political and economic power – shape data center development in rural America. Two-thirds of new data centers are going to be built in rural places, according to the Pew Research Center. That puts rural communities at the f...

*RERUN Note: This episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. Yonder Radio's first-ever special report is called Power Dynamics: The Rural Data Center Boom. We're digging into how different kinds of power – from literal computing power to political and economic power – shape data center development in rural America. Two-thirds of new data cen...

We begin by talking with environmental reporter Delaney Nolan about how AI-generated misinformation helped put an end to an industrial-scale solar project in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. Next, Erin Borla, the executive director of the Roundhouse Foundation, talks rural philanthropy in Oregon, and shares some wisdom from her grandma, Gert. Daily Yonder Culture Reporter Susannah Broun interviews filmma...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. We begin by talking with environmental reporter Delaney Nolan about how AI-generated misinformation helped put an end to an industrial-scale solar project in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. Next, Erin Borla, the executive director of the Roundhouse Foundation, talks rural philanthropy in Orego...

We begin with Daily Yonder contributor Kaitlyn McConnell, who takes us to Eudora Baptist Church in Polk County, Missouri. For the last 25 years, the church has been the site of some pretty major folk-artistry, helping generations of children create unique, hand-made mosaics. Next, we talk with Christine Hemp, the president of the National Grange, about their mission of community empowerment, ongoi...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. We begin with Daily Yonder contributor Kaitlyn McConnell, who takes us to Eudora Baptist Church in Polk County, Missouri. For the last 25 years, the church has been the site of some pretty major folk-artistry, helping generations of children create unique, hand-made mosaics. Next, we tal...

This week on Yonder Radio , we’re starting with a conversation between Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueredo and Mia Sarot about high-voltage transmission lines coming to central Texas. Find your next read or watch from a conversation between Daily Yonder culture reporters Susannah Broun, Anya Petrone Slepyan, and Madelon Basil highlighting a few of the best pop culture hits from this summer...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio , we’re starting with a conversation between Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueredo and Mia Sarot about high-voltage transmission lines coming to central Texas. Find your next read or watch from a conversation between Daily Yonder culture reporters Susannah...

Yonder Radio's first-ever special report is called Power Dynamics: The Rural Data Center Boom. We're digging into how different kinds of power – from literal computing power to political and economic power – shape data center development in rural America. Two-thirds of new data centers are going to be built in rural places, according to the Pew Research Center . That puts rural communities at the...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. Yonder Radio's first-ever special report is called Power Dynamics: The Rural Data Center Boom. We're digging into how different kinds of power – from literal computing power to political and economic power – shape data center development in rural America. Two-thirds of new data centers a...

This week on Yonder Radio , we start out talking to Daily Yonder contributor Kaitlyn McConnell about the future of small rural cemeteries in the Ozarks. As donations decline and cemetery caretakers age, communities and individuals will have to decide what happens to these sites of local history. Then we head to Montana, to learn about interactive performances about mental health to communities aro...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio , we start out talking to Daily Yonder contributor Kaitlyn McConnell about the future of small rural cemeteries in the Ozarks. As donations decline and cemetery caretakers age, communities and individuals will have to decide what happens to these sites of local...

This week on Yonder Radio , we bring you a story from KBIA reporter Jana Rose Schleis about energy policy in Missouri. We also bring in Alexis Bonogofsky with the World Wildlife Fund to learn about sustainable ranching. Jocelyn Catterson takes us to the San Luis Valley with her interdisciplinary work interpreting drought through painting and art. Nick Bowlin of the Frontier and Katie Campbell of P...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio , we bring you a story from KBIA reporter Jana Rose Schleis about energy policy in Missouri. We also bring in Alexis Bonogofsky with the World Wildlife Fund to learn about sustainable ranching. Jocelyn Catterson takes us to the San Luis Valley with her interdisc...

This week on Yonder Radio , we have a story from Daily Yonder data editor Sarah Melotte about changes to the voting rights act and gerrymandering in rural areas. Then we head to Wisconsin where Jim Winship and his son are making a film about aging in place in rural areas. Our partners at ICT bring us a story about broadband coming to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. We also bring you th...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio , we have a story from Daily Yonder data editor Sarah Melotte about changes to the voting rights act and gerrymandering in rural areas. Then we head to Wisconsin where Jim Winship and his son are making a film about aging in place in rural areas. Our partners at...

This week on Yonder Radio , we begin in Weiser, Idaho – a town battling a cat-astrophe. Reporter Astra Lincoln brings us the story of the rural town’s efforts to tackle the influx of hundreds of stray cats through a trap and release program. Next, we’re heading to western North Carolina, where Anya Petrone Slepyan reports on Cherokee pottery traditions that have been practiced for nearly 3,000 yea...

*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio , we begin in Weiser, Idaho – a town battling a cat-astrophe. Reporter Astra Lincoln brings us the story of the rural town’s efforts to tackle the influx of hundreds of stray cats through a trap and release program. Next, we’re heading to western North Carolina,...

This week on Yonder Radio , we start off with Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueiredo, who brings us a story about efforts to improve maternal health care in rural Texas. An influx of funding for local providers will boost capacity, and help grow programs focused on holistic and culturally informed care. Then, we travel to East Kentucky, where photographer Malcom Wilson seeks to combat stereo...