{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Mary Swander's Buggy Land","title":"Season #3, Episode #47: The Weight Farmers Carry","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2159,"description":"Host Mary Swander interviews Christopher Weatherly, a licensed social worker and Ph.D. candidate at Washington University in St. Louis. Weatherley discusses his research on mental health issues for farmers and others in the rural environment. He details the social, economic, and atmospheric challenges farmers and rural youth face, and the availability of care they receive. Includes a discussion of the arts and how they serve as an emotional outlet.\n\nConnect with us on our new Substack pages where you will see photos and extras from the podcast:\nMary Swander's Buggy Land\n\nmaryswander.substack.com\n\nAnd Mary Swander's Emerging Voices, showcasing young, diverse writers on current topics:\nswander.substack.com\n\nBecome a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to bonus interviews, books, postcards, poetry critiques and have Mary join you and a small group for a reading. Visit: https://agarts.supercast.com/\n\nYour donation to AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land helps make this podcast a sustainable business and allows us to do this work. We could not do it without you. Thank you for your support. Make your donation: https://www.agarts.org/donate/\nAgArts is a non-profit organization based in Kalona, Iowa, whose mission is to imagine and promote healthy food systems through the arts. The Executive Director and host of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land is award-winning author Mary Swander. https://maryswander.com/. Learn more about AgArts: https://www.agarts.org/\n\nSay hello on Facebook and Instagram\nListen on Apple Podcasts\nListen on Spotify\n\nToday's episode was produced and mixed by Rick Brewer of Brewhaha Audio Productions.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LwvagpsVmz1oFCxzwHGBLR3iIU8DKgL5u2LkesRaHVk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzODQwLzE2ODM2/Mzc4MTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}