Yonder Radio 10/1/26 (Radio versi...

Yonder Radio 10/1/26 (Radio version, with breaks)

Yonder Radio by Center for Rural Strategies
Oct 1, 2026
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Episode notes

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

This week on Yonder Radio, we begin with Jana Rose Schleis, a news reporter with KBIA in Columbia, Missouri. She visited a nuclear power plant in Callaway County to learn about the financial and technical barriers to expanding the state’s nuclear power capacity.

Then, we hear from Heather Dawn Thompson, who spearheads the World Wildlife Fund’s efforts to support indigenous communities as they restore and harvest buffalo populations. We head to Vernonia, Oregon, to learn how a community rail-to-trail gained official status from the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail. And reporter Nicole Musgrave takes us behind the scenes of West Virginia’s viral hip-hop songwriting contest, “Dear West V,” which swept across the Mountain State this summer.

Our featured musician this week is Wyatt Espalin, singer, songwriter, and lifelong entertainer from North Georgia.

Tune in for all that, and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.

0:00-1:00 Billboard

1:00-5:00 Local News/Music

5:00-23:27 A Block

23:27-25:27 Break/Music

25:27-40:36 B Block

40:36-42:36 Break/Music

42:36-59:00 C Block

59:00-60:00 Local Avail/Music