Yonder Radio 10/1/26

This week on Yonder Radio, we begin with Jana Rose Shleis, a news reporter with KBIA in Columbia, Missouri. She visited a nuclear power plant in Callaway County to learn about the financial and technical barriers to expanding the state’s nuclear power capacity.

Then, we hear from Heather Dawn Thompson, who spearheads the World Wildlife Fund’s efforts to support indigenous communities as they restore and harvest buffalo populations. We head to Vernonia, Oregon, to learn how a community rail-to-trail gained official status from the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail. And reporter Nicole Musgrave takes us behind the scenes of West Virginia’s viral hip-hop songwriting contest, “Dear West V,” which swept across the Mountain State this summer.

Our featured musician this week is Wyatt Espalin, singer, songwriter, and lifelong entertainer from North Georgia.

Tune in for all that, and more, on this week’s episode of Yonder Radio.