A New Angle

Today's guest is legendary Montana political journalist Chuck Johnson. During Chuck’s forty-five year reporting career he covered twenty-two Montana legislative sessions and eight governors. Known by his colleagues as the Dean of Montana politics, Chuck gave Montanans line of site to many of the state’s most transformation political moments. Transcript available here: https://drive.google.com/file...

Today’s we bring you Winona LaDuke, an internationally renowned activist, economist, and organizer working on sustainable development, renewable energy and smarter, more secure food systems. She’s also a two time United States Vice presidential candidate, running both times with Ralph Nader. Winona visited the University of Montana recently to give the Presidential Lecture Series address. It was g...

Today’s conversation is with Conrad Anker, legendary mountaineer and leader in the outdoor community. He's climbed some of the hardest routes on the most notorious mountains around the world, from Everest to Antarctica. Conrad is a mentor, philanthropist and activist. In particular, he is working to raise the volume on the climate crisis, along with his colleagues at Protect Our Winters - a nonpro...

Starting July 1st, A New Angle is moving to Montana Public Radio. Tune in on Thursday nights at 7:30 or Sunday mornings at 5:00, or just continue to follow us on this same feed in your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening and helping us get to this exciting step! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewangl...

It’s June and life is starting to approach normal again. People are out and about and one thing I’ve definitely noticed is the traffic. Lots of people and lots of cars. This is a challenge for Missoula and many other communities in Montana. Fortunately, we have some good people and organizations working on the problem. I’m joined today by Gene Schmitz and Bob Giordano. Gene is a cycling enthusiast...

D’Shane Barnett is the new Director and Health Officer of the Missoula City-County Health Department. Prior to that D’Shane served as Executive Director for All Nations Health Center, an organization dedicated to providing sustainable healthy lives for Native People and the broader community through culturally based, holistic care. D’Shane earned his bachelors degree in sociology from the Universi...

Brenda Solorzano is CEO of the Headwaters Foundation, an organization dedicated to a Montana in which all people, especially those most vulnerable, are healthy and thriving. Headwaters is a relatively young foundation and Brenda is a relatively new Montanan. But in a sort time, Headwaters has made incredible impact, not only though funding many organizations in need, but also doing so through new...

In this month's edition of Incentives & Instincts, Justin and Bryce speak with University of Montana law professor Craig Cowie. We’ve talked a lot about the pandemic in this series and the various economic policies rolled out to help us get through it. One aspect of those policies we haven’t talked much about is consumer protection. At a time when many consumers can’t make their debt payments, we...

Michael Legg is in his third season as Artistic Director for the Montana Repertory Theater. Much has changed at the Rep since Michael arrived. Beyond just plays in cars and hotel rooms, Michael has brought a commitment to place-based, Montana-inspired programming. Many folks assume the business world owns the term innovation. This conversation should correct that misguided notion as what’s happeni...

Meg Oliver is a 1993 graduate of the University of Montana with a degree in journalism. She is an award-winning CBS News correspondent with more than two decades of journalism experience. Meg joined CBS News in 2006 as overnight anchor of “Up to the Minute” and correspondent for “The Early Show” and today reports for all CBS News programs and platforms. She's covered breaking news stories around t...

Chandra Brown is Director of the Freeflow Institute. She is a writer, a guide and an entrepreneur, and Freeflow is a venture aimed at eliminating barriers between artists and environment. To do this, Chandra and her colleagues create thoughtfully structured trips into wild spaces where emerging writers, artists and athletes can learn and grow together. This sort of community building, creative ent...

Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. In this edition, the two discuss the housing market and where it's headed here in Montana. Transcript available here: https://umt.box.com/s/pnnwv74sjgzw5oxqwq5dvq9tqpcclfgi This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Today we're excited to bring back to A New Angle, legendary climber and New York Times best-selling author Mark Synnott. Mark’s new book – The Third Pole – documents the amazing story of his team’s mission to solve one of the great mysteries of Mount Everest history - whether or not George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were the first people to stand on the summit. That mission is also captured in the a...

Dr. Jonathon Richter is the President and CEO of iLRN, the Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN is an international organization of developers, educators and research professionals collaborating to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning. These folks are out there operating on the frontier of how to communicate and collaborate using the best of technolog...

Today we present a quintessential Montana story. Robin Selvig was head coach of the University of Montana Lady Griz basketball team for nearly 40 years. In that time he amassed an incredible 865 wins and countless other accolades, but more importantly he built a community of inclusion and empowerment that positively transformed the lives of so many young women. That community is documented in a be...

We're especially excited today to welcome friend of the pod Alan Adams back to A New Angle. 2020 was a hard year for pretty much everyone. Alan decided to make 2020 especially challenging on a singular dimension – vertical feet traveled. In honor of his impending 40th birthday, Alan set out to climb 2,000,000 vertical feet on his skis and bike in a single calendar year. Not only did he do that, bu...

Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. This month they are joined by Peter Larsen, Staff Scientist and Deputy Leader in the Electricity Markets and Policy Department at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Peter conducts research and analysis on the economics of electricity reliability and resilience. He’s also an expert on risk to infrastructure from extreme events. He hol...

Kent Haslam was named Director of Athletics at the University of Montana in 2012. During his tenure, he's made major coaching decisions, dealt with controversy, added sports and managed a series of risks through the COVID-19 pandemic. In today's conversation we talk about those challenges, his approach to leadership and what the future holds for Grizzly Athletics. Transcript available here: https:...

Episode 1 of our new series Fireline drops today. Search for Fireline on any podcast player or visit www.firelinepodcast.org . Today we're joined by writers and producers Nick Mott and Victor Yvellez to get their thoughts on what Fireline is all about...then hear Episode 1: Suppressed in full... Episode 1 show notes: When Lily Clarke arrived at the August Complex Fire, it was a fire of sensational...

Montana’s economy is changing rapidly and the technology sector is a big part of that change. Pat LaPointe is managing director of Frontier Angels, a consortium of angel investors spread across Montana. They’re focused on Montana’s tech sector and have funded a variety of exciting and innovative start ups, including NextStep, TransformativeMed and Sellhound. Full transcript available here: https:/...

Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. In this episode they try to make sense of the economic relief policies currently being debated in Washington. We hear the $1.9 trillion price tag. Some say that’s too much, some say it’s not enough. How do we make sense of that question? To think about an answer, we're joined by Dr. Ricardo Reis. Ricardo is the A.W. Phillips Professor of Eco...

Dr. Beverly Tatum is president emerita of Spelman College and a clinical psychologist widely known for her expertise on race relations and as a thought leader in higher education. She is the author of several books, including the best-selling modern classic “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race. On March 3, the University of Montana comm...

Christina Henderson is the Executive Director of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance. She also teaches at the University of Montana College of Business. In today’s conversation we learn all about the important role the Alliance plays in economic development throughout Montana. We also discuss Montana’s changing economy, the growth of the technology sector, the influx of remote workers, the nee...

Amy Allison Thompson is the Executive Director of the Poverello Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing food, shelter, clothing and other essential services to the hungry and homeless population in and around Missoula, MT. In today’s conversation we get the pandemic state of play from Amy’s perspective, debunk some of the pernicious myths about homelessness and learn more about Am...

A New Angle turns 3 years old today! Thanks to all of you for coming along for the ride. In today's episode, Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. This time, the two speak with University of Montana Professor of Law Anthony Johnstone about our current state of disunion and ideas for how to move forward. For full transcript, click here: https://umt.box.com/s/sahsda70s21xkl9e67yuv...