All Episodes

Charlie Brown: Don’t Run from the Mess

Derek Burkhardt & Allison Rayburn: Rural Fire Protection Agencies

Kimberly Lindsay: I can lend a hand; I can volunteer; I can be available

Jordan Lewis, PhD: We Still Take Care of Each Other

Dee Anne Everson: The #1 Leadership Quality is Love

Brad Kik: Where Art Meets Earth

Sue Matters: Radio on the Reservation: Continuing the Oral History Tradition

Dave Dallas: Grow Your Own

Stone Hudson: Giving for the Generations You Will Never Meet

Luke Shaefer, PhD: Living in Complexities

Maria Sykes: It Should be a Privilege, Not a Burden, to Fund Rural

Dr. Regina Washington-Arthur: Uplift and Amplify the Bright Spots

Food is Medicine with Carly Auten

Gretchen Guess: It's Always Been About Service

Josh Davis: Do Not Underestimate Your Power

Dallas Hall Defrees: Ranching is Adaptive. Funding Should be Too.

Jessi LaRose: Local Context Matters

John Cornelius: I’ve Been Down This Road Before. It’s Best to Walk with a Friend

Katie Carter: You Shouldn’t Have to Leave to be Your Whole Self

Benjamin Anderson: Start with the Willing

Ash Hanson & Winter Kinne: Leading Locally

Season 3 is heading your way!

Ben Winchester: The Rural Brain Gain

Robert Duehmig: Building Rural Healthcare

Sunny Spicer: Sparking Early Learning

Bobbie Conner: Handmaidens of our Ancestors

Dreama Gentry: Demographics are not Destiny

Andy Mink: Belonging Insecurity

Gina Zottola: We Need More Magic

Lee Kounovsky: Career Technical Education Supports Communities

Greg Weatherford: Fostering Service

Bill Griesar, PhD: The Science of Curious Brains

Kate Kinder: Community Colleges as Rural Economic Drivers

Shirod Younker: Putting Things in Balance

Uriel Aguilar Torres: Youth Development to Bridge Divides

Stephanie Chase: Libraries as Democracy Drivers

Chris Estes: Housing as the Hub of the Wheel

Casey Pearlman: Find the Folks Moving Mountains

Allison Myers, PhD: Building Communities for Health

Tim Marema: Everybody’s Gotta Play

Jaime Arredondo: Giving Your Gift Away

We're back! Here's a sneak peak of season 2 of Funding Rural

Erik Brodt, MD: Kicking the Door Open

Jamie Bennett: Roots and Shoots

Torsten Kjellstrand: Storytelling Can Be Dangerous

Brenda Smith: Building Collaboration

Cari Cullen: All Funders Are Disaster Funders

Tony Pipa: Reconstructing Rural Policies

Belinda Brown: Managing the Egosystem

Margaret ‘Margi’ Hoffman: Deconstructing Unicorns

Barton Robison: Everybody Likes Happy Hour

Lesli Allison: Experts in the Field

Allen Smart: Evaluating Relationships

C’Ardiss ‘CC’ Gardner Gleser: The Love of People

Zavier Borja: Understanding Access

Julie Garreau: ikčé wíŋyaŋ/Common Woman

Kali Thorne Ladd: Focus on the Children

Wynn Rosser, PhD: Urban Issues are Rural Issues

Elizabeth Marino, PhD: Words Matter

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