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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 2026 and 2024 with an Award of Excellence for Podcast Series - Technology. This is the highest honor given by the Communicator Awards. In addition, the podcast received Awards of Distinction in the same category in 2025, 2023, and 2022.
Learn more about the national nonprofit behind this podcast at connectednation.org. Interested in being one of our sponsors? Email us at info@connectednation.org.
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How Connected Nation is evolving digital skills training to help you understand and use AI
Season 6 · Episode 57
jeudi 20 novembre 2025 • Duration 22:17
On this episode of Connected Nation, we examine digital skills training and what it takes to evolve from the basics - like learning to use email and the internet - to really mastering emerging trends like AI.
Related links:
AI Literacy Resource Hub
Digital Literacy and Learning Program
Teens Teach Tech, powered by AT&T
Digital Works
The new blueprint for building broadband networks
Season 6 · Episode 56
mercredi 19 novembre 2025 • Duration 20:37
On this special episode of Connected Nation, we talk to leadership from the broadband program office at Cisco Systems.
Learn about the new blueprint they're taking for building the networks that power your connectivity. Plus, we talk about AI, AI pods, and the company's broadband innovation centers.
Recommended links:
Robin Olds' LinkedIn
Cisco webpage
The father and son duo focused on helping telecom manufacturers deliver their products
Season 6 · Episode 47
mercredi 1 octobre 2025 • Duration 16:16
On this episode of Connected Nation, we talk to a father and son team who rep a host of manufacturers in the broadband space. Find out how their model fills the needs of a wide range of companies, programs, and projects.
Recommended links:
Communications Marketing Systems - https://superrep.com/
Ken Lazear (dad) and Jake Lazear (son)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-lazear-586a20149/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacoblazear/
Innovative solutions for underserved populations: A conversation with Kwikbit Internet's CEO
Season 5 · Episode 11
mercredi 10 avril 2024 • Duration 45:04
On today's two guest episode we are first joined by Joe Costello, the founder and CEO of Kwikbit Internet – an internet service provider with a mission to help some of the most underserved populations in the country.
Learn how the company is focusing on bringing access to everyone from rural communities to inner city households – by using what it calls “flexible deployment.”
BONUS: Following Joe, we are joined by Brad Randall of Terrapinn. Brad and Jessica preview the upcoming Broadband Communities conference in May!
Recommended Links:
Kwikbit website
Joe Costello LinkedIn
Brad Randall LinkedIn
Broadband Communities summit
Broadband Communities news
Unlocking telehealth potential: State policy spotlight
Season 5 · Episode 10
mercredi 3 avril 2024 • Duration 40:17
A recently released report examines how states are approaching reforms to telehealth laws – from allowing access to specialists across borders to creating more flexibility for innovation.
On today's installment of the Connected Nation podcast, we’ll talk with one of the co-authors of the research project – which provides a report card of sorts on how states are doing. Find out if your state is among the top performers – or the lowest.
Recommended Links:
The Cicero Institute Website
Agenda Report
Data Report
Josh Profile
Lights! Camera! Action! Internet? One filmmaker shares how taking her craft online changed her work, opened new doors for moviemaking
Season 5 · Episode 9
mercredi 20 mars 2024 • Duration 47:20
In recognition of Women's History Month, we're putting a spotlight on women who are leaders in tech or leveraging technology in new ways.
On this episode of Connected Nation, we talk with award-winning writer, producer, and director Jessica Mathis (aka Divinity Rose) about taking her craft online in the days of and following the pandemic.
Learn how it changed her approach to making her critically acclaimed project titled “Triggered.” Plus, we explore how it’s informed her screenwriting work since, what challenges remain for filmmakers, and what she sees on the horizon for movie making *outside* of Hollywood’s normal channels.
Related Links:
Websites: https://divinityrose.com/ and shedreamscontent.com
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1550617/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Rxjt4qBTMvcDH-f8q94uA
A technology-based model for mental health: How it's improving quality of care, expanding treatment options
Season 5 · Episode 8
mercredi 13 mars 2024 • Duration 41:41
In recognition of Women's History Month, we're putting a spotlight on women who are leaders in tech or leveraging technology in new ways.
On this episode of Connected Nation, we're talking with the CEO and co-founder of Oria Health, Amanda Havard. Learn how the company is addressing the critical need for more mental health practitioners in rural America; why its approach is both improving quality of care and expanding treatment options; AND where Oria Health recently expanded its services.
Related links:
Oria Health - https://www.oria.health/
Oria Health Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oria.health/
Oria Health Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/oriahealth
Oria Health Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oria-health/about/
Unveiling the hybrid network model: GeoLinks' vision for connectivity
Season 5 · Episode 7
mercredi 6 mars 2024 • Duration 34:19
On today's episode of the Connected Nation podcast, we welcome Ryan Adams, the President and Chief Operations Officer of GeoLinks, a California-based telecommunications company.
Ryan shares what he believes in standing in the way of helping millions more Americans, AND we explore the hybrid network model he says can connect the hardest to reach communities in the U.S.
Recommended Links:
GeoLinks Website
Ryan's LinkedIn
Breaking barriers: Black tech leaders' vision for digital equity
Season 5 · Episode 6
mercredi 21 février 2024 • Duration 01:23:14
On today's episode we celebrate and mark Black History Month by exploring issues important to African Americans relating to broadband, technology, and the Digital Divide.
We welcome guests that are leaders in a variety of areas in tech for a round table discussion on everything from the misuse of the term “diversity” to the future of Black tech in America.
Recommended Links:
Sabrina Morton:
Sabrina's LinkedIn
Sabrina's Company
Doug McCullough:
Doug's LinkedIn
Color Coded Labs
Black Tech Columbus
Heather Gate:
Heather's LinkedIn
Connected Nation’s Heather Gate earns spot in Women We Admire’s Top 50 Women Leaders of Kentucky for 2023
Dr. Fallon Wilson
Fallon's LinkedIn
Brookings article
Code for America article
A call to action for closing the digital access, design, and use divides
Season 5 · Episode 5
mercredi 14 février 2024 • Duration 30:04
On Season 5 Episode 5, we walk through the 2024 National Educational Technology Plan. It examines how technologies can raise the bar for elementary and secondary students – and offers solutions already being utilized by schools, districts, and states to close digital inequities in learning.
We are joined today by one of those who helped author that plan, Zac Chase, who is a Digital Equity Impact Fellow within the Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology.
Recommended Links:
Read the plan -> https://tech.ed.gov/NETP/
U.S. Department of Education Releases 2024 National Educational Technology Plan | U.S. Department of Education
Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services (PDF) (ed.gov)
Digital Safety | Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (ed.gov)
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