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Connected Nation
This is Connected Nation – an award-winning podcast focused on all things broadband. From closing the Digital Divide to simply improving your internet speeds, we talk technology topics that impact all of us, our families, and our communities.
The podcast was honored in 2024 with an Award of Excellence for Podcast Series - Technology. This is the highest honor given by the Communicator Awards. More recently, the podcast received an Award of Distinction in 2025. It received the same honor in 2023 and 2022.
Learn more about the national nonprofit behind this podcast at connectednation.org.
Connected Nation
How Digital Inclusion Impacts Us All
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We talk with Heather Gate, the Director of Digital Inclusion for Connected Nation about digital inclusion. Heather is responsible for strategy development and implementation of programs that impact Digital Inclusion for all people in all places. Heather also serves on the Federal Communications Commission’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).
We discuss how this is impacting millions of kids, what’s being done at the federal level to help more families, and why including everyone in a digital world is a win-win for us all.
