
The Rural Towns Project Podcast
In the Rural Towns Project Podcast, Dax Jacobson combines his day job as a business professor with his love for the rural American West he grew up in. He talks to the people who are actually trying to make a living in - and to the researchers, artists, and others inspired by - the rural towns of the American West. He hopes to help himself and others understand the past, appreciate the present, and positively impact the future of rural towns and the American West.
Podcasting since 2020 • 38 episodes
The Rural Towns Project Podcast
Latest Episodes
Bluff (UT) is incredible. Allison Yamamoto-Sparks (Visitor Services Manager for San Juan County, UT) talks about the impact of Bears Ears, COVID, and the current economic climate on tourism (and shares recommendations!)
In this episode, I talk to Allison Yamamoto-Sparks, Visitor Services Manager for San Juan County, UT. Allison gives an overview of the geography of San Juan County/Utah’s Canyon Country and describes her role (a little bit of everything related...
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Episode 38
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29:52

Curious about McCammon’s (ID) main street, I reached out to Marci Goodwin of SmartStart Business Development to learn more about rural main streets and rural microbusinesses
In this episode, I talk to Marci Goodwin, rural entrepreneur, rural microbusiness advocate, and co-founder of SmartStart Business Development. Marci talks about her entrepreneurial background (including starting an online home school science cu...
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Episode 37
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22:39

I wanted to know more about economic development in McCammon (ID) so I talked to Teresa McKnight, CEO of Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho (REDI)
In this episode, I talk to Teresa McKnight, CEO of REDI (Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho). Teresa shares her interesting background - from accountant at Pepperidge Farm in Cache Valley, Utah to technology transfer positions to l...
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Episode 36
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25:55

Thinking about the history of McCammon (ID) so I checked in with HannaLore Hein (Idaho State Historian) on America 250 projects and celebrations
Sticking with the theme of back where this all started, for the second episode of the return of the Rural Towns Project Podcast, I talk to my favorite historian, HannaLore Hein, State Historian for the State of Idaho and friend of the podcast. ...
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Episode 35
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25:54

McCammon, Idaho (back to my hometown): Checking in with Aaron Hunsaker, the Harkness Hotel, and downtown McCammon
And I’m back! I apologize. It’s been too long. Life got busy but my passion for the rural American West has only increased and I’ve got a number of other projects related to rural towns, rural entrepreneurship, and rural economic development go...
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Episode 34
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45:00
