Yonder Radio

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we bring you a story from KBIA reporter Jana Rose Scheils 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we start out with a story from KFF Health News about the ongoing rollout of the Rural Health Transformation Program. Reporter Sarah Jane Tribble explains how large companies are well-positioned to benefit, as states scramble to meet deadlines for administering the funds. Then, we head to rural Nebraska to learn […]

This week, we start out with a conversation with Daily Yonder reporter Ilana Newman who brings us a story from Illinois, where community members are trying to get state policy passed that would stop CO2 pipeline companies from using eminent domain to build pipelines. We have two takes on America’s 250th birthday this week, one […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we’re starting with an update on state governments’ efforts to regulate data centers. Daily Yonder reporter Julia Tilton drops by to tell us about the fate of an Illinois bill, called the POWER Act, which aimed to limit water usage for data centers and increase transparency. Then, Daily Yonder reporters […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we start out with a story from KFF Health News, about the closure of dialysis clinics in rural Nebraska. Arielle Zionts reports that shuttering clinics mean that patients will have to drive several additional hours each way to receive life-saving care. We’ll continue our visit to the Great Plains with […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we start off talking about a movement to grow water-conscious and delicious grains in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Community organizations and businesses are partnering to put rye, and other crops that do well in dry climates, on the map for farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers. Then, culture reporters Susannah Broun and […]

Every week, Yonder Radio brings rural conversations with national reach to listeners around the country. This week, we begin by talking with reporter Kaitlyn McConnell about a small town in Missouri that is recovering after a tornado hit last year. The town’s museum is working hard to keep its history alive despite the destruction. Then, […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we start out talking to Julia Tilton about Sangamon County, Illinois, where the county board recently approved a major data center project even as a major regulatory bill aiming to address data centers is caught up in the state legislature. Then, we’re going on a road trip around the Great […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we have more data center coverage as reporter Julia Tilton explains how nearly a quarter of a million dollars of federal funds meant for affordable housing is going toward a data center instead. For Memorial Day and Mental Health Awareness Month, we are learning about an organization leading important conversations […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we begin with a conversation with Jim Checkel, who grew up wanting to be a farmer in rural Minnesota, and ended up as the lead lab technologist for the Mayo Clinic. His experience and insights have helped shape rural medicine at one of the top medical institutions in the world. […]

This week on Yonder Radio, we’re starting out with a story about thriving newspapers in the Ozarks. We’re headed to Minnesota to learn about a new program for people running for local nonpartisan office, and to Arkansas to learn about another civic engagement program, Lead for America. We’ll hear about a unique festival in a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]