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Yonder Radio
by Center for Rural Strategies
This feed includes two versions of every episode. One is 60 minutes, which includes breaks for radio broadcasting, and the other is for podcasting and does not include breaks. Yonder Radio is a new, free, hour-long show that is fresh every week and designed to help fill programming gaps. We’ll feature nuanced stories that represent the 60 million people who live in rural America, and the distinct communities they call home.Each week will start with a news round-up: think of this as the top headlines read through a rural lens. For instance, how does a government shutdown affect federal workers living in rural communities? Or, what do changes in Medicare policy mean for small town hospitals? We’ll also talk with reporters for in-depth but conversational segments going beyond the headlines, exploring their coverage on topics shaping rural communities. We
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Yonder Radio 4/30/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
This week on Yonder Radio, we’re starting out with an update from reporter Julia Tilton about a proposed moratorium on building large-scale data centers in Maine. Then, we take a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to report on rural health care in West Texas. Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueiredo walks us through innovative telehealth solutions in communities with limited access to broadband, and the powerful magic of your average rural librarian.Then, we hear from travel writer-turned-culture critic Rolf Potts about big screen depictions of small towns, and why it matters that most Hollywood representations of Kansas aren’t actually filmed there. We head to Appalachia to learn about the time-honored tradition of grave sweeping, and talk to Paul Fennell, the creator of one of rural Colorado’s most exciting new music venues. And throughout the episode we’ll hear music from Brigid and Johnny Reedy, a brother and sister keeping the western music tradition alive in Dillon, Montana. You’ll hear all that, and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.
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Yonder Radio 4/30/26 (Radio version, with breaks)
*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 out with an update from reporter Julia Tilton about a proposed moratorium on building large-scale data centers in Maine. Then, we take a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to report on rural health care in West Texas. Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueiredo walks us through innovative telehealth solutions in communities with limited access to broadband, and the powerful magic of your average rural librarian.Then, we hear from travel writer-turned-culture critic Rolf Potts about big screen depictions of small towns, and why it matters that most Hollywood representations of Kansas aren’t actually filmed there. We head to Appalachia to learn about the time-honored tradition of grave sweeping, and talk to Paul Fennell, the creator of one of rural Colorado’s most exciting new music venues. And throughout the episode we’ll hear music from Brigid and Johnny Reedy, a brother and sister keeping the western music tradition alive in Dillon, Montana. You’ll hear all that, and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.0:00-1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00-25:16 A Block25:16-27:16 Break/Music27:16- 41:55 B Block41:55-43:55 Break/Music43:55-59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 4/23/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
This week on Yonder Radio, we’re talking about the results of a new poll of rural voters, conducted by us here at the Center for Rural Strategies and expert pollsters Lake Research. Then, we’ll hear a conversation among community members in the Florida Panhandle about their efforts to save a pristine local watershed from a proposed sewer plant. And, we’ll head to Quilcene, Washington to talk to a forest farmer about producing syrup from big leaf maple trees. Then we’ll hear about the Rural Health Transformation Fund from Sarah Jane Tribble of KFF Health News, and an interview with the deputy editor of the Midcoast Villager, a hard-hitting rural newspaper in Camden, Maine. And throughout the show, we’ll hear music from Holiday Friends, an indie rock band out of Astoria, Oregon. It’s all happening on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.
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Yonder Radio 4/23/26 (Radio version, with breaks)
*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes.This week on Yonder Radio we’re talking about the results of a new poll of rural voters, conducted by us here at the Center for Rural Strategies and expert pollsters Lake Research. Then, we’ll hear a conversation among community members in the Florida Panhandle about their efforts to save a pristine local watershed from a proposed sewer plant.And, we’ll head to Quilcene, Washington to talk to a forest farmer about producing syrup from big leaf maple trees. Then we’ll hear about the Rural Health Transformation Fund from Sarah Jane Tribble of KFF Health News, and an interview with the deputy editor of the Midcoast Villager, a hard-hitting rural newspaper in Camden, Maine. And throughout the show, we’ll hear music from Holiday Friends, an indie rock band out of Astoria, Oregon. It’s all happening on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.0:00-1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00- 24:35 A Block24:35-26:35 Break/Music26:35-42:04 B Block42:04-44:04 Break/Music44:04-59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 4/16/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
This week on Yonder Radio, we’re talking about how we can bring more virtual mental health resources to crisis care to support rural law enforcement with Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueiredo. Our musician of the week is Sparrow Smith from western North Carolina, who paints a picture of the North Carolina mountainside. We’ll visit outer space for Earth Day to talk about alien movies, and we'll learn about data center development in southern Virginia. We’ll hear about farm succession in Montana from podcaster Megan Torgerson and learn about a blacksmithing program that turns swords into plowshares in Appalachia. Also, we’ll take a trip upstream in the Pacific Northwest with ICT to hear about salmon returning after dam removal. Join us for all that and more on Yonder Radio, rural conversations with a national reach.
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Yonder Radio 4/16/26 (Radio version, with breaks)
*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes.This week on Yonder Radio, we’re talking about how we can bring more virtual mental health resources to crisis care to support rural law enforcement with Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueiredo. Our musician of the week is Sparrow Smith from western North Carolina, who paints a picture of the North Carolina mountainside. We’ll visit outer space for Earth Day to talk about alien movies, and we'll learn about data center development in southern Virginia. We’ll hear about farm succession in Montana from podcaster Megan Torgerson and learn about a blacksmithing program that turns swords into plowshares in Appalachia. Also, we’ll take a trip upstream in the Pacific Northwest with ICT to hear about salmon returning after dam removal. Join us for all that and more on Yonder Radio, rural conversations with a national reach.0:00- 1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00- 22:42 A Block22:42-24:42 Break/Music24:42-41:55 B Block41:55-43:55 Break/Music43:55- 59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 4/9/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
This week on Yonder Radio, we’re starting out with a conversation about rural childcare and its many challenges, as well as innovative solutions from communities like Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where an empty building on Main Street was transformed into a cluster of small-scale childcare centers. We’ll also learn about the resurgence of traditional weaving in Appalachia. Then, we’ll talk about efforts to preserve southern Rosenwald schools, historic buildings that represent one of the most important educational movements in the country’s history. We’re celebrating the beginning of baseball season with a look at central Kentucky’s historic Tobacco League, and catching up with Clinton Harris, a writer roving the country in his van. And it’ll all be tied together with great music from Catgut String Band out of Lawrence, Kansas.Join us for all that and more on Yonder Radio, rural conversations with a national reach.
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Yonder Radio 4/9/26 (Radio version, with breaks)
*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 out with a conversation about rural childcare and its many challenges, as well as innovative solutions from communities like Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where an empty building on Main Street was transformed into a cluster of small-scale childcare centers. We’ll also learn about the resurgence of traditional weaving in Appalachia. Then, we’ll talk about efforts to preserve southern Rosenwald schools, historic buildings that represent one of the most important educational movements in the country’s history. We’re celebrating the beginning of baseball season with a look at central Kentucky’s historic Tobacco League, and catching up with Clinton Harris, a writer roving the country in his van. And it’ll all be tied together with great music from Catgut String Band out of Lawrence, Kansas.Join us for all that and more on Yonder Radio, rural conversations with a national reach.0:00- 1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00- 20:05 A Block20:05-22:04 Break/Music22:04-39:11 B Block39:11-41:11 Break/Music41:11- 59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 4/2/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
This week on Yonder Radio, we’ll hear about an innovative healthcare approach in rural Wisconsin that combines daycare with elderly care. Intergenerational care, as it’s called, has been shown to improve community connections along with well-being and social skills. We’re also talking rural representation in reality TV this week, breaking down the TLC show Suddenly Amish, which follows six participants who leave their digital worlds and modern-day comforts behind to join an Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This week we’re also digging into the numbers about how remote workers compare in rural and urban places, and we’re bringing you reflections from a canoe journey 50 miles down the Hudson River. Plus, we’ll hear tunes from folk musician and South Dakota rancher Eliza Blue. She speaks about life in the prairie, along with the album of songs she created based on conversations in the Beyond The Clock podcast series.Join us for all that and more, this week on Yonder Radio.
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Yonder Radio 4/2/26 (Radio version, with breaks)
*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes.This week on Yonder Radio, we’ll hear about an innovative healthcare approach in rural Wisconsin that combines daycare with elderly care. Intergenerational care, as it’s called, has been shown to improve community connections along with well-being and social skills. We’re also talking rural representation in reality TV this week, breaking down the TLC show Suddenly Amish, which follows six participants who leave their digital worlds and modern-day comforts behind to join an Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This week we’re also digging into the numbers about how remote workers compare in rural and urban places, and we’re bringing you reflections from a canoe journey 50 miles down the Hudson River. Plus, we’ll hear tunes from folk musician and South Dakota rancher Eliza Blue. She speaks about life in the prairie, along with the album of songs she created based on conversations in the Beyond The Clock podcast series.Join us for all that and more, this week on Yonder Radio.0:00- 1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00- 18:39 A Block18:39-20:39 Break/Music20:39-41:40 B Block41:40-43:40 Break/Music43:40- 59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 3/26/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
This week on Yonder Radio, we start with a Daily Yonder story about rural counties whose sheriffs are collaborating with ICE to increase immigration enforcement. We’ll also hear from Boris McCutcheon, a musician from New Mexico, whose music will grace your ears throughout the episode. Later, you will hear a Reveal and Daily Yonder collaboration about the Trump Administration’s cuts to funding for solar development in Montana. Also, we’ll hear about seed savers with reporting from the annual Appalachian Seed Swap. Finally, we’ll take a trip to a small town in Washington state where artist Perri Lynch Howard uses sound to create art and bring awareness to the importance of quiet spaces. Join us for all that and more on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.
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Yonder Radio 3/26/26 (Radio version, with breaks)
*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes.This week on Yonder Radio, we start with a Daily Yonder story about rural counties whose sheriffs are collaborating with ICE to increase immigration enforcement. We’ll also hear from Boris McCutcheon, a musician from New Mexico, whose music will grace your ears throughout the episode. Later, you will hear a Reveal and Daily Yonder collaboration about the Trump Administration’s cuts to funding for solar development in Montana. Also, we’ll hear about seed savers with reporting from the annual Appalachian Seed Swap. Finally, we’ll take a trip to a small town in Washington state where artist Perri Lynch Howard uses sound to create art and bring awareness to the importance of quiet spaces. Join us for all that and more on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.0:00- 1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00- 18:55 A Block18:55-20:55 Break/Music20:55-41:40 B Block41:40-43:40 Break/Music43:40- 59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 3/19/26 (Radio version with breaks)
*note this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes.Welcome to Yonder Radio. Rural conversations with national reach. This week, we’re kicking off the hour with a story about what happens when corporations like Meta and Amazon build data centers in a rural community. These data centers are powering cloud computing and the AI boom, and supporters say they bring much needed economic development. But others are concerned about a lack of transparency, and that the centers will drain community resources. In the pop culture world, we’ll also hear how rural films fared at this year’s Academy Awards. Plus a conversation on some of the wonders of roadside America…. We’ll step back in time to learn about ancient folk pottery traditions still being practiced in North Carolina, and we’ll hear some great rock and blues – and an interview – from an artist behind the music, a member of Blue Mountain Tribe, three-time winners of the Native American Music Awards.0:00- 1:00 Billboard1:00-5:00 Local News/Music5:00- 21:35 A Block21:35-23:35 Break/Music23:35-40:16 B Block40:16-42:16 Break/Music42:16- 59:00 C Block59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music
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Yonder Radio 3/19/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)
Welcome to Yonder Radio. Rural conversations with national reach. This week, we’re kicking off the hour with a story about what happens when corporations like Meta and Amazon build data centers in a rural community. These data centers are powering cloud computing and the AI boom, and supporters say they bring much needed economic development. But others are concerned about a lack of transparency, and that the centers will drain community resources. In the pop culture world, we’ll also hear how rural films fared at this year’s Academy Awards. Plus a conversation on some of the wonders of roadside America…. We’ll step back in time to learn about ancient folk pottery traditions still being practiced in North Carolina, and we’ll hear some great rock and blues – and an interview – from an artist behind the music, a member of Blue Mountain Tribe, three-time winners of the Native American Music Awards.
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This feed includes two versions of every episode. One is 60 minutes, which includes breaks for radio broadcasting, and the other is for podcasting and does not include breaks. Yonder Radio is a new, free, hour-long show that is fresh every week and designed to help fill programming gaps. We’ll feature nuanced stories that represent the 60 million people who live in rural America, and the distinct communities they call home.Each week will start with a news round-up: think of this as the top headlines read through a rural lens. For instance, how does a government shutdown affect federal workers living in rural communities? Or, what do changes in Medicare policy mean for small town hospitals? We’ll also talk with reporters for in-depth but conversational segments going beyond the headlines, exploring their coverage on topics shaping rural communities. We
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