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Episode 3: Tuleah Palmer & R.T. Rybak explore the importance of rural-urban interdependence in Minnesota

R. T. Rybak and Tuleah Palmer lead the most urban and rural Minnesota foundations. They both wrote editorials in the Star Tribune in 2023 about the importance of rural...

Episode 2: Nick Jacobs, author of The Rural Voter, shares his findings and explains how the 'gap effect' leads to simple stories about rural and urban spaces

In this episode, Ellen interviews Nick Jacobs, co-author of "The Rural Voter," about the nuances of rural America and how they are often overlooked when we consider th...

Episode 1: Former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp explains why rural and urban America should care about each other

In our first episode, former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, now Director of University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP), discusses the vital connections between ...

Welcome to Side by Side, a new University of Minnesota Extension podcast exploring the connections between rural and urban spaces

Side-by-Side definition: 1. beside one another 2. in the same place, time, or circumstance. What does it mean for rural and urban communities to live side by side? Rur...

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