Podcast Episodes

Season 2 Bonus Episode: The Modern West

Our friends at The Modern West have a new season out, and we're excited to share part one with you! Like Reframing Rural, The Modern West shares surprising stories from often overlooked rural places,…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Season 2 Episode 10: Emily Stifler Wolfe & Jason Thompson on "Common Ground" Montana Free Press Series (Part 2)

Season 2 Episode 10

In part two of Megan's conversation with journalists Emily Stifler Wolfe and Jason Thompson of the "Common Ground Series" published by Montana Free Press, they discuss the threat of desertification, …

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Season 2 Episode 9: Emily Stifler Wolfe & Jason Thompson on "Common Ground" Montana Free Press Series (Part 1)

Season 2 Episode 9

Combining profiles of farmers from the Golden Triangle with soil science, history, policy research and transportive imagery, the award-winning "Common Ground" series is sowing hope in the future for …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Season 2 Episode 8: Randi Lynn Tanglen, PhD on Western American Literature and Public Humanities

Season 2 Episode 8

Randi Lynn Tanglen, PhD grew up in the small NE Montana town of Sidney and turned an early love of literature into a career in education. Randi developed a specialty in hidden voices of 19th century …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Season 2 Episode 7: Jeanie Alderson on the "Big Four" Meatpacking Monopoly

Season 2 Episode 7

Jeanie Alderson comes from a storied legacy of ranchers in Southeast Montana. In the 1970s, her parents were among the rural organizers to form Northern Plains Resource Council. Today, Jeanie and her…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Season 2 Episode 6: Ashley Hanson on Rural Cultural Work, Site-Specific Theater and Community Development

Season 2 Episode 6

Ashley Hanson is the director of PlaceBase Productions, a site-specific theater company working with nontraditional actors to create stories specific to small towns, and the founder and executive dir…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Season 2 Season 5: Benya Kraus on Stewarding the Next Generation of Rural Leaders

Season 2 Episode 5

Benya Kraus is the co-founder of Lead for America, a national nonprofit nurturing the next generation of rural leaders. Benya embodies the virtue of getting proximate to issues most affecting her rur…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Season 2 Bonus Episode: Ed Roberson on Creating his Celebrated Podcast, Mountain & Prairie

Season 2

For an event hosted by the Rural Radio Collective Megan Torgerson sits down with Ed Roberson, the founder and producer of the acclaimed podcast Mountain & Prairie, to hear what he's learned over the …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Season 2 Episode 4: Ben Winchester on Rural Brain Gain and Rural In-Migration

Season 2 Episode 4

Ben Winchester is a rural sociologist whose research into the rural "brain gain" has illuminated the trend of 30- to 49-year-olds migrating to rural America. A purveyor of good news that small towns …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Season 2 Episode 3: Miranda Moen on Rural Architectural Design and Norwegian-American Immigrant Architecture

Season 2 Episode 3

Miranda Moen is a rural architectural designer studying the architecture and cultural history of her ancestors through a Fulbright fellowship in Norway. This stirring conversation covers Miranda's mi…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago