*Note: this episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes.

This week on Yonder Radio, we’re talking about how we can bring more virtual mental health resources to crisis care to support rural law enforcement with Daily Yonder reporter Madeline de Figueiredo. Our musician of the week is Sparrow Smith from western North Carolina, who paints a picture of the North Carolina mountainside. We’ll visit outer space for Earth Day to talk about alien movies, and we'll learn about data center development in southern Virginia. We’ll hear about farm succession in Montana from podcaster Megan Torgerson and learn about a blacksmithing program that turns swords into plowshares in Appalachia. Also, we’ll take a trip upstrea ...