Rural Remix

How are the values of Southern hospitality and Christian welcome practiced in LGBTQ+ affirming churches in the rural south? Drawing on real-life examples from churches in Mississippi and North Carolina, The Rev’d Claire...

What does it look like to build and sustain an LGBTQ+ affirming church in the rural South? The Rev.’d Claire Brown visited and spoke with more than a dozen such churches to find out. More LGBTQ+ people live in this...

In this episode of Beyond the Clock, Ash and Anna are joined by Tim Z. Hernandez, an award-winning author, poet, and filmmaker whose work has spent decades recovering stories that history tried to forget. Raised in...

<p>When weather-related disasters occur, communities are affected in uncountable ways. We know all too well how climate disasters physically impact communities. Events like hurricanes and wild fires can destroy...

<p>Sig Pugrud’s ranch sits on a high bench above Flatwillow Creek, in one of the least-populated counties in the U.S. Her family homesteaded in Petroleum County, MT in 1910, surviving the Dust Bowl, the '80s farm...

<p>When Jake Fritz moved back home at 19, four generations were trying to make a living off the same piece of ground near Chester, Montana. This episode follows Jake and his mom Dena through an era of transition across...

<p>Determined not to repeat the past, Ryan and Abbey Bruski paired ecological regeneration with a new approach to family planning, creating clear roles, business structures, and a succession plan designed to give future...

<p>Reframing Rural-Season 4, Episode 1</p><p><br></p><p>Reframing Rural is a documentary podcast that challenges mainstream stereotypes about rural places by introducing listeners to people, history and culture that...

<p>When it came time for Gene Curry to pass his operation to the next generation, he found himself facing a challenge that demanded something ranch life had never asked of him before: softening his dominant personality...

<p>In this episode of Beyond the Clock, Ash and Anna are joined by Brigid Reedy, musician, poet, storyteller, and artist from southwest Montana whose work is deeply rooted in the rural American West. In this...

<p>In the United States, people have a complicated relationship with guns. For some, they’re fondly associated with family traditions, like hunting. For others, they’re reminders of pain and violence. In Western North...

<p>In this first episode of the 2026 Beyond the Clock (BTC) season, Anna and Ash are joined by Nikiko Masumoto, this year’s BTC Resident Artist, farmer, and memory keeper who invites us to explore memory as a living...

<p>Weaving has a storied history in Appalachia. Indigenous groups like the Cherokee and Shawnee developed robust weaving traditions using plant fibers. When European settlers colonized Appalachia in the 18th century...

<p>All across Appalachia, communities have historically leaned on music to help get work done. Whether tending the garden or marching along the picket line, music has been a way to keep people motivated and rally them...

<p>In this final episode of the 2025 season, Ash Hanson and Anna Claussen dive deep in conversation with Kyle Mesteth. Kyle is the founder of Ground Control, a skate park and community center in Pine Ridge, SD, whose...