Riley and Casey explore technology and society in rural communities. Today's focus: Arts, Culture & Digital Storytelling.

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [All3DP] Is This New $189 "Smart Enclosure" the Missing Piece for Your Bambu Lab A1? and [XDA Developers] 6 self-hosted services I set up once and never think about, and explore what these developments mean for communities like ours.

RURAL CONNECTIONS: Deep dive on Arts, Culture & Digital Storytelling Topics include: connectivity, data sovereignty, AI, infrastructure, funding.

Hosts: Riley (Tech optimist with an engineering background) and Casey (Community-first skeptic of tech promises).

Sources discussed:

• All3DP: [All3DP] Is This New $189 "Smart Enclosure" the Missing Piec...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] 6 self-hosted services I set up once and ne...
• Seeded Content: Vodafone and Tiami turn ordinary phones into real-time radar...

Additional sources provided:

• Quesnel Cariboo Observer: [Quesnel Cariboo Observer] Friday night lights and 1,700 bur...
• Design News: [Design News] 3D Printing Shifts from Prototyping to Product...
• 3D Printing Industry: [3D Printing Industry] MANUFACTURA's CORNCRETL Offers a Sust...
• 3Druck.com: [3Druck.com] Divergent combines design, metal 3D printing an...
• How-To Geek: [How-To Geek] My old Kindle was gathering dust until I turne...
• Marine Insight: [Marine Insight] World’s First 3D-Printed Monolithic Catamar...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Summerlanders puzzled by proliferati...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] WOLF: Does anyone else regularly rea...

Credits
Theme Song: Cariboo Signals by Sumo AI
Content Curation & Script: Claude (Anthropic)
TTS Voices: OpenAI TTS API
Cover Art: ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Podcast Coordination: Erich Zirnhelt
© 2026 Erich Zirnhelt. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.