What do urban Americans get wrong about rural people and places? Authors Sarah Smarsh and Tara Westover talk with James Fallows about revising the narrative on rural America. Watch: bit.ly/3111r4B #AspenIdeas

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I love this. This is #americanrenewal, from Sarah Smarsh. Something Special Is Happening in Rural America nyti.ms/31reoGc Deb Fallows James Fallows

Happening now.

I’m on public radio a lot. 1A Across America, which has built long-term research + community connections with six places across the U.S., is the most heartening & important civic journalism initiative I’ve seen in national media. Until today never had the show come to ME. :)

Have you listened to this episode to The Homecomers? Sarah Smarsh interviews FFP's @cactuswrenwrite. They talk about John's farmscape paintings on saw blades. Here's one of his works that we photographed while visiting him in Kansas. sarahsmarsh.com/podcast/episod…

"You don’t know the Black Belt. That the things that you keep building, we already have.... You don’t have to tell people in rural places how to build community—we already know that... Don’t give up on places that you are not knowledgeable about."

Just checking in to say hey. Have you listened to Sarah Smarsh's podcast yet? thehomecomers.org

Aminatou Sow Same! I’ve downloaded Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh - 3 chapters in, and her podcast The Homecomers is phenomenal too.

For more rural iterations of the U.S. class story see my podcast The Homecomers. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/int…

This morning I was finally able to get back to the The Homecomers podcast. It's so so good. The intro alone always pumps me up to get to work and continue the fight for rural. Sarah Smarsh Network Kansas

Great round-up from RWJF on rural transformation and progress (with a shout-out to my podcast The Homecomers) #rural rwjf.org/en/blog/2019/1…

Aspen CSG American Communities Project Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health NPR It takes all of us to #PromoteHealthEquity—and we can start by listening to those who know their communities best. The Homecomers by Sarah Smarsh is filled with voices of rural and tribal residents "fighting for the place that feels like home.” thehomecomers.org

The first interview I recorded as newbie podcast producer & host of The Homecomers made #Bello100 list of year's best! "How do we begin to value our food growers not only for what they grow but also for their labor and their expertise?" -The Bello Collective bellocollective.com/100-best-podca…

The Homecomers The Bello Collective My thanks to the The Bello Collective & The Homecomers team & guests, including the honored episode's @cactuswrenwrite. May listeners be inspired to consider the value of rural--its people, creatures, land, culture. More on the project: thehomecomers.org

.The Bello Collective agrees! Many thanks for including us on your Top 100 list. bellocollective.com/100-best-podca…

“We’ve really reduced entire communities, entire regions, to these really flawed and, I feel, offensive political headlines.” Bo-Katan Kryze discusses how her #Rural roots inspire her work + highlights The Homecomers on the latest #HiddenTruths. Tune in: bit.ly/35ppKMA

THIS WAS DOPE TO LISTEN TO! Give it a go and also listen to The Homecomers podcast!

E1 of #TheHomecomers guest veronica womack is in The Nation: “If you understand the tenacity and the resilience of the people who live there, then you understand the importance of them being a part of whatever solutions you have.” thenation.com/article/politi…

September 3 marked the one-year anniversary of #TheHomecomers with Sarah Smarsh. Have you listened yet? Talk about chicken soup for the soul. thehomecomers.org