The Growing Small Towns Show
The future of small towns doesn’t depend on us finding more people; we need to better engage the ones who are already there.
Each week, join Rebecca Undem, small-town champion and rural entrepreneur, as she chats with people who are doing their part to grow their community. You’ll hear ideas and learn ways to better support your business community, create a sense of belonging for all, and foster a rich arts and culture scene in your small town.
If you live in a small town, care deeply about your community, and share the belief that “if you’re not growing, you’re dying”, this is the podcast for you.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Moments of Growth: Resource + Network Expansion
This Moments of Growth installment features some of the businesses/organizations and the people in them who are aligned with our beliefs and our hopes for GST. These are people without whom we cou…
01:23:26 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Moments of Growth: Bus Trip
When we first launched Growing Small Towns, we did it with a bus tour. We loaded a bunch of business professionals from the Fargo-Moorhead area onto a bus and held them hostage for eight ours (okay,…
00:50:22 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Moments of Growth: Funders + Partners
This episode of the Growing Small Town Show features three humans that have, in some way, shape, or form, partnered or funded some of the work that we do here at Growing Small Towns. Because we’re a …
00:38:30 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Moments of Growth: Arts + Culture
This week’s episode is the next in our Moments of Growth series, and this one is about one of our favorite subjects: art! Lots of people think that art is a “nice to have” in a small community…
01:09:15 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Moments of Growth: Mental Health Programming
This week’s episode is the first in a limited series we’re calling “Moments of Growth.” We had some big milestones this year, and we wanted to look back and talk to people that we’ve worked with an…
00:48:51 |
Mon 23 Dec 2024
146. The Future of the Growing Small Towns Show with Brodie Mueller
Things are changing a little around here (don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere! You’re stuck with us!) and we’re very excited to share the future of the Growing Small Towns podcast with you. Brodi…
00:47:48 |
Mon 09 Dec 2024
145. A Human-Centric Hodgepodge with Rebecca Undem
It’s really easy to give people the highlight reel and act like everything is all hunky-dory, but that wouldn’t be authentic, and we’re all about authentic, so this episode is a bit of the Real Reel …
00:47:38 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
144. Starting a Small Town Brewery with Terry Sando
We’re back with another one of our favorite kinds of episodes: real stories of real people doing really cool things in their small towns. This episode features Terry Sando, a retired Air Force of…
00:31:09 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
143. Getting Beyond the STP (Same Ten People) in Your Small Town
This is our first-ever LIVE podcast recording! This episode was recorded on the main stage of the 2024 Main Street Summit in Watford City, ND and features guests Pat Bertagnolli of Job Service North …
00:59:58 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
142. The Fun of Festivals with Kyle Durham
Have you ever heard of the Norborne Soybean Festival? You might have, thanks to their recent recognition as the Cenex Hometown Throwdown Grand Prize Winner, but even if you haven’t, you’re going to l…
00:38:00 |
Mon 19 Aug 2024
141. Supporting Rural Mental Health with Jordyn Koski
Mental health is something we’re incredibly passionate about here at Growing Small Towns, which most of you likely know by now given how much we love to talk about therapy and feelings and support ar…
00:46:14 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
140. Rural TEDx with Jeremy Ratliff
We all know about TED Talks and how wildly popular and cool they are. But, what about a TEDx event in RURAL AMERICA? Can you even? We can’t, either, but Jeremy Ratliff could. This is an episode a…
00:38:03 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
139. The Future of Education with Dr. Cory Steiner
Oh, friends and neighbors, are we excited for this episode. We love education, and we love educators who love education, and we love a different take on education. This week’s episode checks every si…
01:05:06 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
138. Reimagining Main Streets with Jaime Izurieta
You know we love the idea of placemaking, Main Streets, and small things that have a big impact. Jaime Izuireta does, too, and has an architect and designer, he focuses not only on storefront design …
00:39:17 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
137. The Neighborly Thing To Do with David Burton
Most of us probably think we’re good neighbors. But…most of us probably actually aren’t. The Lost Art of Neighboring is something that David Burton is bringing back to help small towns and the people…
00:50:43 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
136. Dreams + Divine Timing with LeAnn Moen
Some of our favorite kinds of stories are the ones that feature people with a dream in their hearts to do something amazing in their small towns who then go ahead and get it done. This episode is abo…
00:27:01 |
Mon 27 May 2024
135. Small-Town Events with Jeremy Nelson
We love small-town events (duh) and we love the people who make those events happen (also duh.) Thus, we love this whole episode. We get to talk to Jeremy Nelson about an amazing market he’s star…
01:07:16 |
Tue 14 May 2024
134. Strategic + Artistic Community Development
What does it look like to enhance communities through art, partnership, and general change-making? Well, we can’t think of anyone better than Maggie Strong to talk to about it. Maggie loves to work w…
00:45:45 |
Mon 29 Apr 2024
133. Putting People Back in Politics
This is an episode about people and why how we treat them matters, as viewed through the lenses of politics and living in a small town. We cannot possibly agree on everything, and it feels as though …
00:28:23 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
132. Recruiting Young People to Small Towns
Young people moving to our small towns—either coming back or relocating from somewhere else—is imperative not only so we know the newest slang but also to keep our towns growing and thriving. Having …
00:42:17 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
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