About this episode

Isaac Saul previews a story on small-town revitalization and discusses an upcoming event on artificial intelligence.

At Tangle, we don’t discriminate against good ideas based on where they come from. A person on our sales team can have a fantastic pitch for an editorial change we should make, and just because it came from the sales side and not a senior editor doesn’t mean we’re going to ignore it. I’ve learned over the years that I have the great privilege of working with a lot of brilliant people, with smart ideas, who have interesting things to say, who can also write even though they aren’t on our editorial team. So when Candida Hall, our head of product (and featured employee in the  October 2025 edition of  Press Pass ), pitched the idea for a story about small-town revitalization and her experiences in Appalachia, I was immediately intrigued. Over the last few months, Candida has been working on this story with our Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, and today, I’m thrilled to share it with our audience. I hope you all enjoy. Ad-free podcasts are here! To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to  ReadTangle.com  to sign up! We’re coming to the stage! In 10 days, Isaac and a panel of sharp thinkers are  coming to West…

People in this episode

Host: Isaac Saul

Topics covered

• small-town revitalization
• editorial ideas
• artificial intelligence
• community engagement
• collaboration

Keywords

• revitalization
• Appalachia
• Tangle
• artificial intelligence
• community
• editorial
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tangle, Press Pass

Places: West Virginia, Appalachia

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