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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 • 203 episodes
Connected Nation
Latest Episodes
What makes the best ISP? We talk to leadership at one of CNET’s top picks for 2024 AND 2025
What makes Fort Collins’ community-owned internet one of the best ISPs in the nation? Find out from their Broadband Executive Director on this latest episode of the Connected Nation podcast. Join us as we sit down with Chad Crager t...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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Attention hyperscalers, political leaders, and decision-makers: This project can help America win the AI race
On this episode of Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from Mountain Connect 2025 as we sit down with Connected Nation's very own Brent Legg, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs. We discuss the one-of-a-kind Connected Nation Int...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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25:30
How a company with a century of experience in infrastructure is helping improve broadband
On this episode of Connected Nation, host Jessica Denson talks with Mike Miller, Broadband Practice Leader at HDR—a 107-year-old company that recently entered the broadband space.Discover how HDR is leveraging its Matrix model to tackle ...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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23:49
How one company delivers on the promise of "frictionless" support for heavy hitters like Google and Verizon to small providers
On this episode of Connected Nation, recorded live at Mountain Connect 2025 in Denver, Colorado, host Jessica Denson sits down with Osmo’s Troy Cross, Vice President of Sales, and Sadie Conley, Demand Generation Specialist.Osmo powers “f...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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15:34
Inside the NDIA with Executive Director Angela Siefer
On this episode of Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from Mountain Connect 2025 as we sit down with Angela Siefer, Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). We discuss the origins and mission of NDIA, the ev...
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Season 6
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Episode 36
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