Melodie Edwards
Reporter at Wyoming Public Radio
Host and Producer at The Modern West Podcast
The Modern West podcast host/producer, Wyoming Public Radio reporter, co-owner of Night Heron Books & Coffeehouse. Mom to amazing twin teenage girls.
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6 days ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Caitlin Tan |Hannah Habermann |Kamila Kudelska |Melodie Edwards
About 2,000 people live in Kemmerer, which is in the corner of southwest Wyoming, where the mountains meet the desert. It is known for a few things – the original JCPenney store, ancient fossils and consequently, the fossil fuel industry. But, in late 2021, the company TerraPower, founded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, announced their plans to build a nuclear plant nearby. While there is some push back with the project, the hope is to create ‘greener’ energy and jobs for former coal workers.
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1 week ago |
891khol.org | Melodie Edwards
Make our newscast part of your daily listening routine. Subscribe on Spotify (or wherever you listen to podcasts). Wyoming parents are paying 47% more to raise their young children than they did two years ago. It’s the biggest increase of any state, according to a new report from the financial service company Lending Tree.
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2 weeks ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Melodie Edwards
Wyoming Public Radio’s award winning podcast, The Modern West, has a new season coming out starting April 9, and we thought our listeners might want to get a sneak peak. The show’s host, Melodie Edwards, talked about what she’s been cooking up for the podcast’s tenth season, called The Gray In Between, with Kamila Kudelska. Kamila Kudelska: For those who don't know much about it, what's The Modern West podcast and why should people give it a listen?
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2 weeks ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Melodie Edwards
Wyoming parents are paying 47% more to raise their young children than they did two years ago. It’s the biggest increase of any state, according to a new report from the financial service company Lending Tree. Wyomingites pay almost $293,000 over the 18 years of raising their children, the sixth highest in the U.S.“That is not a list that you wanna be on the top of,”said Matt Schulz, a consumer finance analyst with the company.
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2 weeks ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Alex Hager |Caitlin Tan |Chris Clements |Hannah Habermann |Jenna McMurtry |Melodie Edwards
Today on the show, healthcare providers with the Veterans Administration (VA) are worried that upcoming return-to-office orders might violate standards of patient privacy. A freshman legislator personally experienced mental health problems. We check in on how this impacted his lawmaking in the landscape. And, if you’ve been jonesing for some fresh Modern West episodes, you’re in luck. We have a preview of the new season. Those stories and more.
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Last but not least...the final installment of our series The Burn Scar. Find out how one family chooses to face the realities of the climate crisis that ravaged their lives. You can even binge all five now!
Ariel makes the trip out to see the new construction of her family home. But it's nothing like the one that burned down in the Marshall Fire. Her feeling of solastalgia is long gone. It's the final episode of #TheBurnScar. Listen now: https://t.co/4QxLNoYJvR https://t.co/1Z3sjkboLu
A little extra Christmas cheer for your travels.
Listen to a conversation with The Burn Scar's producer Ariel Lavery and The Modern West host Melodie Edwards. "I just needed to record this," Ariel says. "I just needed to somehow remember the feelings of visiting the site, being there." Check it out now: https://t.co/HbsPXeIY12 https://t.co/cSqIxe6xJk
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