Jul 20, 2026 · 37 min · 11 segments
We meet Josh Muck and learn a little bit about who he his, growing up in rural Missouri, and what's important to him. That stuff matters!
Josh MuckGuestHostHostUm, you know, in your opinion, like, what do you think rural Missouri is most concerned with today?
Uh, it seems like there's a lot of things that, uh, they, they try to put their thumb on us.
Hmm.
Um, and just getting that area to, to build a new house, so that's a thing we've dealt with.
Um, oh, I don't, like at a, at a regional level with being commissioner is how do we get adequate housing, but that's also, you know, affordable-
Hmm
... for people to come back 'cause everybody wants to talk about economic development.
But the truth is, if we were to bring a big job or industry in today that needed 100 people to work for it-
Where are you gonna-
Where are you gonna get the workforce from? And if you brought 'em in, yeah, where are they gonna live? So, um, that, that's kind of one of the foundations o- of it, um, is, is definitely, you know, just how do you, how do we keep it built up? How do we keep the population up to where, to where we, we have a voice and, and keep our existence? But then also just protecting the values that we've had and the traditions that we've had that have, have shaped of who we are today.
Um, seems like the more and more that it shifts towards the urban areas and, and out of the rural areas, some of those traditions tend to be forgot about.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Um, you know, in your opinion, like, what do you think rural Missouri is most concerned with today?
Uh, it seems like there's a lot of things that, uh, they, they try to put their thumb on us.
Hmm.
Um, and just getting that area to, to build a new house, so that's a thing we've dealt with.
Um, oh, I don't, like at a, at a regional level with being commissioner is how do we get adequate housing, but that's also, you know, affordable-
Hmm
... for people to come back 'cause everybody wants to talk about economic development.
But the truth is, if we were to bring a big job or industry in today that needed 100 people to work for it-
Where are you gonna-
Where are you gonna get the workforce from? And if you brought 'em in, yeah, where are they gonna live? So, um, that, that's kind of one of the foundations o- of it, um, is, is definitely, you know, just how do you, how do we keep it built up? How do we keep the population up to where, to where we, we have a voice and, and keep our existence? But then also just protecting the values that we've had and the traditions that we've had that have, have shaped of who we are today.
Um, seems like the more and more that it shifts towards the urban areas and, and out of the rural areas, some of those traditions tend to be forgot about.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
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