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Hosted by Michelle Rathman · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes
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Rural Matters is a biweekly, 30-minute podcast about rural education, business, and health. The podcast’s mission is to increase awareness, inform discussion, and expand the dialogue on the most important issues facing rural stakeholders every day. Guests on the podcast include rural education decision-makers, rural business owners and entrepreneurs, and rural health care representatives. The National Rural Education Association and the Center for Rural Affairs are marketing partners.
Michelle Rathman hosts Rural Matters, a education show with 100 episodes published.
In this episode, Michael chats with Meg Taft, Executive Director of the Rural Youth Institute . They discuss rural youth development and opportunity; the development of the Aspirations Incubator model in rural Maine; rel
In this episode, Michael chats with Angela Galbreath, Director of Partnerships for uFondwa USA, and Lesly Joseph, Agronomist and Statistician specializing in biostatistics. They discuss what the University of Fondwa is a
In this episode, Michael chats with Mara Tieken, Professor of Education at Bates College and former Rural Matters host. They discuss school closures, how communities respond to them, common misconceptions about school cl
In this episode, Michael chats with Adam Ferrari, CEO of Phoenix Energy, an oil and gas company operating in the Williston Basin. They discuss current market conditions, responsible energy development in rural communitie
In this episode, Michael chats with Andrea Fox, Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News . Together, they discuss a recent study on how rural hospital at home programs have improved the patient experience—who conducted the st
In this episode, Michael chats with Michael Backus, President and CEO of Oswego Health; Brian Fisher, Managing Director at BRG; and Dr. Julia Clark, Managing Director at BRG. Together, they discuss the realities rural ho
In this episode, Michael chats with Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA); Brian Fisher, Managing Director at BRG; and Dr. Julia Clark, Managing Director at BRG. Together, they discuss the curr
In this episode, Michael chats with Max Silber, Vice President of Mobility and IoT at MetTel. Together, they discuss connectivity and the role copper-based landlines play in rural hospitals; how rural healthcare faciliti
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Rural Matters is hosted by Michelle Rathman. The show is categorised under education (news) and has published 100 episodes.
Rural Matters has published 100 episodes.
Rural Matters regularly covers education, news, business. It sits in the education category, with a news focus.
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