Episode #30: Staci Allmaras – Finding Where You Belong: The Power of Connection and Community

“The educator part was just born in me and has been where I have remained.” [...]

Episode #29: Tammy Swenson Lepper – Creating Opportunities, Empowering Students & Changing Lives

“I love being able to work with students. I always say that I open the [...]

Bonus Episode #1: US Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan – 100 Rural Women & Their Stories and KAXE’s Communities We Call Home

“When folks try to get us to turn on each other, we turn towards each [...]

Episode #28: Karen Tolkkinen – The Stories That Connect Us: The Heart of a Rural Columnist

“I’m pretty optimistic by nature, but I’m also a realist. And a lot of things [...]

Episode #27: Melanie Hazelip – Leading Voter Outreach: Know Your Power at the Ballot Box

“All roads lead back to the ballot box. None of those other issues that are [...]

Episode #26: Kathy Tunheim – Stepping Up to Lead: A Life of Business, Public & Community Service

“If we want our communities to be thriving and healthy and strong, we all have [...]

Episode #25: Shelly Muñoz – Rural Education Advocate, Author & Horse Lover

“We’re beginning to see some inequity of STEM opportunities for rural students. And I’m always [...]

Episode #24: Whitney Kimball Coe – Loving Rural People and Places, Finding Her Calling

“I didn’t do any of this alone, and I think that’s really key to the [...]

Episode #23: Syd Bauer – Creating Social Safety Webs and Community in Morris, Minnesota

“We don’t always get agency over the life that we’re put into, but we for [...]

Episode #22: Megan Torgerson – The Power of Reframing Rural Through Storytelling

“The future of rural communities matters, no matter if you’re living in a rural community [...]