HeyJaredSide by Side
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “side by side” as the state “of existing beside one another” and “of being in the same place, time, or circumstance." What does it mean for rural and urban communities to live side by side?
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Savannah Barrett, co-founder of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange, reflects on 12 years of building relationships across rural and urban places (opens the original)
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Ellen talks with Savannah Barrett, co-founder of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange (RUX), which brings together people from rural and urban communities to build relationships, deepen understanding, and strengthen civic life. Through storytelling, shared experiences, and immersive gatherings, RUX creates space for participants to explore differences, hold complexity, and imagine shared futures. Savannah reflects on RUX's origin and growth over the past decade as well as what she's learned along t
Pt. 2: Professors Simona Zollet and Meng "Mo" Qu explain how Japan's Local Revitalization Cooperator Program brings urban residents to rural communities (opens the original)
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In the second part of Ellen’s conversation with Hiroshima University professors Simona Zolett and Meng “Mo” Qu, they explore Japan’s Local Revitalization Cooperator Program, an initiative that brings urban residents to live and work in Japan’s depopulating rural communities. Episode Highlights: 04:05 How The Program Works 10:08 Mismatches And Pitfalls 17:57 Entrepreneur Funding And Risks 22:23 Staying Long Term 28:55 Advice For Other Countries More Information: Professor Simona Zollet is an Assi
Pt. 1: Professors Simona Zollet and Meng "Mo" Qu explain the relationship between Japan's rural and urban communities in a super (super) aging society (opens the original)
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In the first part of their conversation, Ellen talks with Hiroshima University professors Simona Zollet and Meng "Mo" Qu about community revitalization in rural Japan amid rapid aging, depopulation, and urbanization, and the relational dynamics between Japan's rural and urban areas. Simona and Mo describe Japan’s rural depopulation, strict immigration policy, and demographic imbalance in which nearly 30% of the national population is 65+, while in some rural communities, older adults exceed 60%
Drew Arrieta and Michele Anderson describe the "Art of Rural-Urban Solidarity" (opens the original)
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Ellen talks with Minneapolis-based documentary photographer Drew Arrieta and Springboard for the Arts rural director Michele Anderson about the Art of Rural-Urban Solidarity project which used arts-based approaches to hold space for complexity and to foster dialogue, curiosity, and relationships across geographic and cultural differences. Episode Highlights: 03:28 Rural and Urban Identities 08:07 Creative Change Coalition 11:53 Crossing Lines Phone Booth 19:04 Joy and Social Infrastructure 26:18
Ann Eisenberg, author of "Reviving Rural America," describes the (often) invisible ways rural America helps sustain urban communities and economies (opens the original)
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Ellen talks with Ann Eisenberg, a law professor at West Virginia University, about her book Reviving Rural America. Ann examines how urban places depend on often invisible rural resource extraction. Drawing on her experiences studying land use and energy in Appalachia, Ann challenges myths about rural decline, political power, and unsustainability. She offers ideas on the stewarding of rural resources as a shared commons that benefits both rural and urban people and places. Episode Highlights: 0
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