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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.
Podcasting since 2020 • 210 episodes
Connected Nation
Latest Episodes
The father and son duo focused on helping telecom manufacturers deliver their products
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 li...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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What a Danish company now manufacturing in the US can do to help improve broadband buildouts
On this episode of Connected Nation, we ask what the Danish can do to help build out broadband in America? I talk to a rep with Lynddahl Telecom about the product they're now manufacturing in the US to do just that. Recommended l...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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15:33
Special edition: Why Wichita is about to stake its claim in the AI revolution
On this special edition of Connected Nation, we head back to Wichita, Kansas one last time for the AI Interconnection Summit, which took place on Thursday, September 11th. This time we talk with leadership from Stevens Fiber Group a...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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27:40
Special edition: Two visionaries behind Kansas' digital leap
On this special edition of Connected Nation, we head BACK to Wichita, Kansas for an AI Interconnection Summit.This time, we talk with the woman many credit with greenlighting the FIRST EVER Internet Exchange Point in Kansas and wit...
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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22:22
From metaverse to AI: what’s next for broadband?
On this episode of Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from Mountain Connect 2025 as we sit down with broadband entrepreneur Scott Sampson, CEO of Blueprint Broadband and founder of Light Craft and Mac Mountain to talk about the fast-cha...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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27:40
