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Remote Work Radio

by Paul Hill, PhD

Welcome to Remote Work Radio, where we chronicle the stories of people who live where they want and make their living by working remotely as employees, freelancers, and entrepreneurs. This podcast aims to empower you to make your work situation remote-friendly so you can improve your quality of life. Remote Work Radio is an original production of Utah State University Extension's Rural Online Initiative.

Copyright: Copyright 2023, Utah State University Extension. All rights reserved.

Episodes

s4e6_The relevancy of remote work skills in technical field work: How retired combat veteran Kevin Goodwin of Juab County uses remote work skills as a federal water technician, grad student, and father of 7 kids

36m · Published 11 May 22:22
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, Marta interviews Kevin Goodwin, a water technician for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation living in rural Juab county. Kevin is also a retired combat veteran and father of seven kids with a wide-ranging educational background and many unique skills. As an alum of the the Rural Online Initiative program, Kevin uses the remote work skills he has learned in his current job testing materials and setting up mobile labs in the most remote locations of Utah.

s4e5_Helping Utahns with disabilities find remote work: Jake Marino's experience in the Rural Online Initiative as a participant and coordinator

51m · Published 26 Apr 21:24
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, Marta interviews Jake Marino, a former vocational rehabilitation specialist, who recently joined Utah State University Extension as a Regional Program Coordinator for the Rural Online Initiative program. Tune in to learn about Jake's background and his passion for improving the lives of those who are disadvantaged and underserved.

 

s4e3_From college to co-founder of a remote-first software company: How Liam Martin is now helping to empower the world's transition to remote work

48m · Published 22 Apr 17:39
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, Marta interviews Liam Martin, a 20-year veteran of remote work. As a teaching assistant and tutor in grad school, Liam noticed a problem with how tutors would log their hours. This led him to co-founding Time Doctor, where he now serves as the company's Chief Marketing Officer.  Learn how his experience led him to also become the co-organizer of the Running Remote conference, the biggest conference on distributed teams and remote work.

s4e3_From college to co-founder of a remote-first software company: How Liam Martin is now helping to empower the world's transition to remote work

48m · Published 22 Apr 17:39
In this episode of Remote Work Radio , Marta interviews Liam Martin, a 20-year veteran of remote work. As a teaching assistant and tutor in grad school, Liam noticed a problem with how tutors would log their hours. This led him to co-founding  Time Doctor , where he now serves as the company's Chief Marketing Officer.  Learn how his experience led him to also become the co-organizer of the  Running Remote conference , the biggest conference on distributed teams and remote work.

s4e2_From city employee to business owner: Randy Kenney's journey from urban to rural through learning remote work skills

22m · Published 23 Mar 20:07
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, Marta interviews Randy Kenney, a new small business owner living in Emery County, UT. Randy is not a remote worker, but he used the knowledge and skills from USU Extension’s Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course to start a new business. After commuting over 200 miles from Ferron to Salt Lake City for over 5 years, Randy used the Rural Online Initiative program to update his skills and is now running his business in his rural community and spending everyday with his family.

s4e1_Getting promoted as a remote worker: Carri Beck's story as an employee of a remote-first company

15m · Published 21 Feb 23:13
In this episode of Remote Work Radio , our host Marta Nielsen reconnects with Carri Beck, a remote worker living in Iron County, UT. Carri is an alumni of USU Extension’s  Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course who found a remote job as a staff accountant for LedgerGurus , a remote-first accounting company for e-commerce businesses. She provides an update on her recent promotion and her long-term plans for moving up within her company.

s4e1_Getting promoted as a remote worker: Carri Beck's story as an employee of a remote-first company

15m · Published 21 Feb 23:13
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen reconnects with Carri Beck, a remote worker living in Iron County, UT. Carri is an alumni of USU Extension’s Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course who found a remote job as a staff accountant for LedgerGurus, a remote-first accounting company for e-commerce businesses. She provides an update on her recent promotion and her long-term plans for moving up within her company.

s3e10_Brynn Larsen from Carbon County shares her experience on running her animation business fully online.

25m · Published 14 Dec 18:27
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen interviews Brynn Larsen, the youngest alumni of USU Extension’s Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course. Brynn is an artist who lives in Carbon county and started an animation business while she also devotes her time to attending college and working as a math tutor. All of her business operations are fully remote and she provides a unique perspective as a young adult on starting a business and working remotely.

s3e9_Carolyn Lewis's transition from a night shift nurse to an online nursing course professor.

53m · Published 16 Nov 18:28

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen interviews Carolyn Lewis, a nurse and teacher who lives in Washington County, Utah. Carolyn shares how she transitioned from being a nurse working night shifts to becoming a nursing educator and pursuing her masters and Ph.D. degrees. She recently moved to Utah in order to care for her mother and worked at a nursing home while taking the Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course from USU Extension’s Rural Online Initiative program. After completing the course, she was hired to teach online nursing courses for Dixie State University.  

s3e8_Audio from the short documentary film: Empowering Rural Utah Through Remote Work

19m · Published 16 Sep 20:12
In this episode, our executive producer, Paul Hill, features the audio of the film “Empowering Rural Utah Through Remote Work," a short documentary on the impact of the Rural Online Initiative program in the lives of three women from rural Utah who found remote work: Marriah Birch in Carbon County, Vicky Kuykendall in San Juan County, and Carri Beck in Iron County. The film also features Joshua Aikens, Chief of Staff at Zonos, a Utah tech company, and Spencer J. Cox, Governor of the Great State of Utah. 

The full-length documentary is available on the USU Extension - Rural Online Initiative YouTube Channel. 

Remote Work Radio has 76 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 39:55:05. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 23rd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 6th, 2024 10:11.

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