Podcast: Season 5

On this episode, Julie Tesch, President and CEO of the Center for Rural Policy and Development, speaks with 3x Emmy-winning Documentarian and TV Anchor Cory Hepola. They discuss his journey from growing up in Perham, Minnesota and always being drawn back to small towns in his work and life. Cory currently produces the My Town ...

In this episode, Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher at the Center, interviews Erik Osberg, Rural Rebound Coordinator for Otter Tail County. They discuss how Otter Tail County created the Rural Rebound initiative, the research framework backing their initiative, and some tips for other rural regions wanting to develop a similar initiative.

In this episode, Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher at the Center, interviews Kari Thurlow, President and CEO of LeadingAge MN, and Tracy Hendrickx, the Vice President of Long Term Care at Perham Health. They discuss not only some of the challenges facing elder care providers in rural Minnesota, but also promising initiatives and programs being supported ...

On this episode, Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research and Operations at CRPD, speaks with Dr. Tracie Rutherford Self, Faculty at MSU, Mankato’s Center for Rural Behavioral Health and Dr. Darcie Davis-Gage – Director of MSU Mankato’s Center for Rural Behavioral Health. The conversation talks about the new clinic that just opened within the Center ...

On this episode, Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research and Operations, interviews CRPD Senior Research, Kelly Asche, to discuss highlights from this year’s State of Rural report. The State of Rural is an annual report tracking various economic and demographic trends in rural Minnesota.

In December, researcher Sarah Harstad Ph.D, released a report titled “Rural Minnesota Business Succession and Sale: Barriers and Opportunities“. On this episode, Director Research, Marnie Werner, dives deep into the research with Sarah discussing her findings.

On this episode, Marnie Werner interviews Jakub Tolar who is the Dean and Vice President for Clinical Affairs for the University of Minnesota Medical School. They discuss the new commitment by the school to develop a new campus in St. Cloud with the mission to serve rural Minnesota.  

One of our most listened to episodes coincided with our research highlighting the suicide epidemic in rural Minnesota. On this episode, researchers and authors of the report, Marnie Werner and Tracie Rutherford Self, discuss the various elements of how we got to this point in rural areas, the factors that are playing a role, and ways ...

On this episode, Kelly Asche interviews Joan Naymark, Executive Director of the Minnesotan's for the ACS, and Mary Jo Mitch, co-director of The Census Project. They discuss current funding for the Census Bureau and it's impacts on providing accurate data for rural Minnesota in the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey.