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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
REPORT: The devastating impact Digital Isolation is having on older Americans
On this episode of Connected Nation, we examine groundbreaking research that looks at Digital Isolation among older Americans. We talk with those behind the report which found that 22 million U.S. seniors lack the high-speed internet access they need – and thanks to the pandemic – it’s a connectivity problem that this report shows has had devastating effects.
Related Links
About the Humana Foundation:
https://www.humanafoundation.org/
Summary of the report:
https://agingconnected.org/report/
Read the full report:
https://agingconnected.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Aging-Connected_2021.pdf
Follow Older Adult Technology Services on Twitter @OlderAdultsTech
Follow the Humana Foundation on Twitter @HumanaFdn