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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 • 215 episodes
Connected Nation
Latest Episodes
New game. New rules. The show broadband providers don't want to miss
On this episode on Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from rom Calix ConneXions 2025, which took place in Las Vegas in mid-October. We sat down with the Corporate VP of Marketing for Calix to discuss innovating custome...
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Season 6
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Episode 52
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25:00
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Investing in connection: How Mac Mountain helps businesses build better broadband
On this episode of Connected Nation, we talk with leadership from Mac Mountain. A recently launched company that's taking a unique approach to expanding broadband by helping other businesses grow. Listen and find out how th...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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45:16
Connecting the land of 10,000 lakes
On this episode of Connected Nation, we talk with Bree Maki, Executive Director,, Office of Broadband Development, Minnesota. She explains why the state was already well on its way to connecting everyone *before* BEAD. Plus, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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27:03
From Alabama to the Navajo Nation: The company that's putting rural communities first
On this episode of Connected Nation, we begin our coverage from Calix ConneXions 2025, taking place in Las Vegas Nevada. We talk with Jacob Smithee, the Director of IT from a Co-op in Alabama, about the challenges of bringing high s...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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16:28
What a decade of digging into the Digital Divide and meeting those impacted by it has taught one researcher
On this episode of Connected Nation, we're joined by a special guest who has spent nearly a decade researching the Digital Divide and meeting many of those who are directly impacted by it.Find out what Dr. Christopher Ali is workin...
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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16:30
