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

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [The Tyee] Half of BC’s Community Paramedic Positions Are Unfilled and [Williams Lake Tribune] Williams Lake Fire Department responds to vehicle fire in Dairy Fields, 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, connectivity, precision agriculture, solar, AI.

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

Sources discussed:

• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Half of BC’s Community Paramedic Positions Are Un...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Williams Lake Fire Department respon...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Venus Flytrap Takes Ride Through a Particle Accel...
• BC Gov News: [BC Gov News] Strengthening flood resilience in East Kootena...
• Nautilus: [Nautilus] Why We Don’t Have a Lyme Disease Vaccine
• Gizmodo: [Gizmodo] Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Quietly Leaking Radiati...
• Boing Boing: [Boing Boing] Hoover Dam could lose most of its power as Lak...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] B.C., UBC partnering on $40M fund to...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] I built a gesture-controlled desk buddy wit...
• NYT Top Stories: [NYT Top Stories] MDMA Therapy in Australia Shows Results fo...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] Claude can now automate your entire desktop...
• CNET: [CNET] Anthropic's Claude Can Now Control Your Computer
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Harvesting Burned Trees May Seem a No-Brainer. Bu...
• Civil Eats: [Civil Eats] Nearly 150 USDA County Offices Have No Conserva...

Additional sources provided:

• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Low Self-Discharge, High-Voltage Supercapacitors ...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Gigantic 'Heat Dome' Baking The Whole US May ...
• IndigiNews: [IndigiNews] First Nation aims to grow its food security in ...
• 100 Mile Free Press: [100 Mile Free Press] Undercover officer testifies at gangst...
• ZDNet: [ZDNet] Opera GX for Linux is way more than great gaming bro...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] The 'Biggest Mistake' People Make With GLP-1 ...
• New Atlas: [New Atlas] 60-sec cube camper rises & slides into much more...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] Stop wasting 10% of your SSD on an old tric...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] PicoZ80 is a Drop-in Replacement for Everyone’s F...
• MacRumors: [MacRumors] Kwikset Smart Locks Can Now Be Controlled Throug...
• Android Authority: [Android Authority] This Android brand is launching the firs...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] I still regret these 4 PC building blunders...
• Quesnel Cariboo Observer: [Quesnel Cariboo Observer] Prince George RCMP seeking witnes...

Credits
Theme Song: Cariboo Signals by Suno
Content Curation & Script: Claude (Anthropic)
Script Review Model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
TTS Voices: OpenAI TTS API
Cover Art: ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Podcast Coordination: Erich Zirnhelt
© 2026 Erich Zirnhelt. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.