
Reframing Rural is the award-winning documentary podcast founded in 2019 by writer, Montanan and farmer's daughter, Megan Torgerson. Reframing Rural does the much needed work of challenging stigmas about rural places by introducing listeners to working people, history and culture that don't always get the spotlight. Season 1 transports listeners to Torgerson's rural homeplace, a tight-knit agricul... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 43 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureDocumentary | |||

When Howie Hammond learned he might only have months to live, he and his daughter Andrea had to make quick decisions about the future of their family's farm and ranch. In the Milk River Valley of northern Montana, the Hammonds' story shows how one fa... more
Curious to know the man behind the deep voice we heard at the beginning of Reframing Rural's Season Four preview? That's cowboy poet, Jim Hamilton. Here he is reading his poem about succession, "The Changing of the Guard."
Aging farmer demographics, rising land values and farm stress are creating a challenging environment for the successful transfer of farms and ranches to the next generation. Behind the legal, financial and familial considerations of farm and ranch tr... more
Megan has come back from maternity leave and is working with Winnett ACES on a new podcast season!
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What a great, heartwarming podcast. Congrats on all your openness.
She is a very good speaker but definitely spent sometime out of Montana.
Having grown up in Billings Montana, then moving to Missoula in the mid-1970s, and now living in a very rural location in Stillwater County, I have a great appreciation for the insights that Megan shares during her podcast. I love her sense of neutrality with regard to politics, which is greatly needed in this day and age. This podcast is appropriate for anyone, whether urban or rural, as it sheds sensitive light on both environments.
The work of “Reframing Rural” challenges the stereotypes of rural America and delves into topics which are at once illuminating and vitally important. In the current climate where people are quick to label one another, I hope this brings compassion to both sides of the conversation. At the heart of these stories, people want and need to live with dignity in America. No matter which side of the political spectrum a person is on, this perspective seems infinitely reasonable. I hope this podcast ca... more
She is a very good speaker, but not a great representation of Montana very much left leaning.
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