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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 from editor of the Glasgow Courier, Skylar Baker Jordan and another from columnist Donna Kallner.

We welcome back Kiki Bush to the show with a conversation with Susannah Broun about supporting the arts in rural areas.

Then, we have a segment from our partners at the Rural Faith Initiative about LGBTQ+ affirming rural churches and parishes. It’s a conversation between Whitney Kimball Coe and Reverend Claire Brown.

Our featured musician this week is Sam Miltich, who brings his jazz music and mental health advocacy to the show.

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 Madeline de Figueiredo and Anya Petrone Slepyan head to far West Texas, where the Trump administration is enacting controversial plans to build 500 miles of border wall through the Big Bend region.

Next, we learn about Rural Assembly Everywhere, a virtual gathering taking place in July, which will connect rural leaders, innovators, and community members across the country.

And reporters Julia Tilton and Claire Carlson fill us in about efforts to fight coastal erosion in Washington, whilst standing in – where else – a cranberry bog.

Our featured musician is Gabe Mangold, a heavy metal guitarist out of Del Norte, Colorado.

Tune in for all that, and more, on Yonder Radio.

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 Kristy Bly, who manages the restoration of the Black Footed Ferret with the World Wildlife Fund. Then, we’ll head to western North Carolina, to learn about the tradition of ballad swapping, and its special significance in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Finally, reporter Ilana Newman takes us to the Sandhill Crane Festival in Monte Vista, Colorado, to celebrate the annual migration of one of North America’s oldest species.

Our featured musical guest is Bill Palmer, a musician and producer out of Terilingua, Texas.

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 Madelon Basil dissect the latest albums from Noah Kahan and Kacey Musgraves, two rural artists whose new music is all about leaving home, and coming back again.

Daily Yonder contributor Nhatt Nichols takes us to coastal Washington, to learn about how local organizations are repopulating native Olympia oysters to repair the Salish Sea’s complex ecosystem. And Taylor Sisk introduces us to Yvette McDaniel, an opera singer and community arts advocate from South Carolina’s low country.

We’ll hear music from Clover Lynn, a banjo picker who brings a gothic flair to traditional mountain music.

Tune in to hear all that and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.

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, we head to Minnesota with Arts Midwest reporter Frankie Felegy, to hear about a town that hosts a festival to celebrate the birthday of a local owl.We’ll also take a trip around the world with travel writer Rolf Potts, interviewed by Susannah Broun, who gives insight on how to represent rural places in writing and storytelling.We kick off Pride Month with a discussion about representation in data, and how much data exists about rural queer people. After that, we’ll hear a story from Wisconsin contributor Donna Kallner about rural postmarks and the U.S. Postal Service. Then, our partners at ICT have a story about the Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling on birthright citizenship, and how it could affect Native American Tribes.Our featured artist this week is Nico Albert Williams, an Indigenous musician who is part of the metal band Medicine Horse.

Tune in to hear all this, and more, on Yonder Radio

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 Lakes with Tim Marema and Liz McGeachy in their music-filled camper van, and celebrating the humanity of the roadside rest stop with columnist Claire Carlson. Then we move on to the dry farming movement, which helps farmers use less water for a more sustainable farming future. And finally, we’ll end up in a men’s shed, where older Iowans are building community, and crafts, over coffee and power tools.

The musical guests this week are Larry & Joe, a duo that fuses Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music. Tune in for all that, and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.

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 around PTSD and veteran support in rural areas. Also, we have a conversation about a rural faith project and the status of faith in rural America. We also walk through the Colorado prairies to learn about the landscapes’ past, present, and future.

And of course, the musical guest this week is an incredible duo from the San Luis Valley playing under the name The Beauty & The Horror.

Tune in for all that and more on Yonder Radio.

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.

Then, we talk with actor Kiki Bush about filmmaking in rural Kansas, and her efforts to promote film tax credits, which could transform the kinds of stories that get told about her home state. Daily Yonder columnist Donna Kallner shares some wisdom about how rural communities can get younger generations involved in local leadership, and we travel back to 1920s Appalachia, the site of the world’s first cooperatively-owned coal mine.

ICT takes us to Onchiota, New York, where 600 acres of land have been returned to indigenous ownership, and we have a laugh with comedian Eeland Stribbling, a very funny guy and avid Colorado outdoorsman.

And our musical guest this week is the talented poet, producer, and musician shirlette ammons.

Tune in for all that and more on Yonder Radio, rural conversations with national reach.

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 small town in the Colorado mountains and learn about rural education with the National Rural Education Association. Back in the midwest, we’ll visit a small town with the world’s largest rocking chair with Arts Midwest. Our musician this week is Landon Hughes, a young artist from Appalachia who was a recent competitor on American Idol.

All this and more on Yonder Radio, rural conversations with national reach.

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 telehealth solutions in communities with limited access to broadband, and the powerful magic of your average rural librarian.

Then, we hear from travel writer-turned-culture critic Rolf Potts about big screen depictions of small towns, and why it matters that most Hollywood representations of Kansas aren’t actually filmed there. We head to Appalachia to learn about the time-honored tradition of grave sweeping, and talk to Paul Fennell, the creator of one of rural Colorado’s most exciting new music venues.

And throughout the episode we’ll hear music from Brigid and Johnny Reedy, a brother and sister keeping the western music tradition alive in Dillon, Montana. You’ll hear all that, and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.