Rural Remix

Daily Yonder reporter Claire Carlson's recent bat encounter on a camping trip prompted this episode all about the only mammal that flies. Over the past decade, a fungal disease has killed millions of bats in North America. The struggle to contain the disease illustrates how little control we humans have over illness and death, much to our own chagrin.

Are rural communities prone to conspiracy? Not necessarily. Daily Yonder reporter Claire Carlson breaks down this misconception by looking at the notorious Bundy family and the election denial movement.

Lois Keller is an avid baker and a spokesperson for the Kansas Wheat Commission. In this episode, she speaks about how her son’s diagnosis of Celiac disease has been a part of her baking history and all about many unique German bread recipes.  Check out recipes, show notes, and more on our website.

On this episode we are learning all about the art of making biscuits! Appalachian leader Margo Miller speaks about how a middle school competition led to a lifelong passion for biscuits and how she is returning to her roots through crafting and baking.   Check out the recipe, show notes, and more on our website.

With the recent conviction of former President Donald Trump, juries have been in the news. And on the mind of Daily Yonder reporter Claire Carlson who just reported for jury duty. In this episode, she discusses her experience and questions if certainty beyond all doubt is possible in courtrooms.

Tina Mozelle Braziel is a poet and author living in rural Alabama. In this episode she shares her secrets to cornbread, what life is like in the glass cabin she built with her husband, and some of her poetry. Check out the recipe, show notes, and more on our website.

On this episode, we are speaking with Cheryl Whitesitt about her grandmother's recipe for white bread. Cheryl is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Future Problem Solving Program where students are taught how to think, not what to think. Cheryl lives in Brownsville, Minnesota on a farm that has been in her husband’s family for many years, where she shares her love for breadmaking with her children and grandchildren. Check out the recipe, show notes, and more on our website.

Our obsession with speed and efficiency might fill our stomachs, but it doesn’t do much else. Daily Yonder reporter Claire Carlson discusses how we can slow down in a fast food culture.

On this episode we are speaking with Eliza Blue about the art of sourdough bread. Eliza is a folk musician, writer, and rancher residing in one of the most remote counties in the contiguous United States, Perkins County, South Dakota. Listen to learn how we can co-evolve with bread and how bread connects us to our ancestors. Check out the recipe, show notes, and more on ⁠our website.

Welcome to Rural Food Traditions. We’re starting where many meals across diverse food traditions begin: with bread. On this episode we visit with Nico Albert Williams about fry bread. We discuss the bread's Native American roots, controversial history, and Nico's personal relationship to the language of food. Check out the Fry Bread recipe discussed on our website.