Riley and Casey explore technology and society in rural communities. Today's focus: Working Lands & Industry.

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [My Cariboo Now] Wildfire Risk Reduction project scheduled near Ten Mile Lake and [BC Gov News] Supporting tech companies to boost B.C. critical minerals sector, plus 1 more stories, and explore what these developments mean for communities like ours.

RURAL CONNECTIONS: Deep dive on Working Lands & Industry Topics include: satellite, precision agriculture, solar, data sovereignty, AI.

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

Sources discussed:

• My Cariboo Now: [My Cariboo Now] Wildfire Risk Reduction project scheduled n...
• BC Gov News: [BC Gov News] Supporting tech companies to boost B.C. critic...
• 3Druck.com: [3Druck.com] BYD relies on metal 3D printing for the Yangwan...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Gold and copper located on mining pr...
• My Cariboo Now: [My Cariboo Now] Palmer Project focused on treating extensiv...

Additional sources provided:

• Egypt Oil & Gas: [Egypt Oil & Gas] Egypt, Norway’s Scatec Explore Expanding R...
• NYT Business: [NYT Business] Abu Dhabi’s State Oil Company Looks Beyond Oi...
• WIRED: [WIRED] The Latest Repair Battlefield Is the Iowa Farmlands—...
• News-Medical: [News-Medical] Upcycled Food Ingredients: Nutrition, Safety,...
• TechCentral: [TechCentral] Sola Group starts work on SA’s first solar-and...

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
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