The Rural Impact

The Rural Impact

Hosted by: Michelle Rathman

A Podcast that Connects the Dots between Policy and Rural Everything.

Episodes

Rural Impact on the Road in D.C-2025 Health Policy Issues & Urgent Priorities Part 2

Season #9

A Programming Note: This episode was recorded in February of 2025. As it drops on March 13, 2025, it's important to note that topics and issues raised about Medicaid funding, Congressional Appropriations, a potential...
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Rural Impact on the Road in D.C-2025 Health Policy Issues & Urgent Priorities Part 1

Season #9

Guests: Joan Alker, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Gina Capra, Chief Education Officer, National Association of...
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Exploring Fragile Neighborhoods with Dr. Seth Kaplan

Season #9

In this extra episode, Michelle sat down with Dr. Seth D. Kaplan, a leading expert on fragile states, societies, and communities, and the author of Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a...
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2025 & The Impact of Policy Shifts with Dreama Gentry

Season #9

In the third episode of the new series, 2025 & The Impact of Policy Shifts, Michelle sat down with Dreama Gentry, President and CEO of Partners for Rural Impact, a national intermediary that mobilizes rural...
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2025 & The Impact of Policy Shifts with Mark Lieberman and David Ardrey

Season #9

In part one of the second episode of the new series, 2025 & The Impact of Policy Shifts, Michelle sat down with Mark Lieberman reporter for Education Week covering K-12 school finance nationwide. He previously...
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2025 & The Impact of Policy Shifts with Larry Levitt and Edwin Park

Season #9

In part one of the first episode of the new series 2025 & The Impact of Policy Shifts, Michelle sat down with Larry Levitt, Vice President for Health Policy at KFF. Levitt oversees policy work on Medicare,...
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