A New Angle

In this final episode of the S.E.A. Change series, we finish where we started with UM Regents Professor of History Dr. Anya Jabour. Anya is joined by Professor and Director of UM Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Dr. Elizabeth Hubble. We discuss Anya’s new biography of an incredible woman somewhat lost to history, Sophonisba Breckenridge, along with what lies ahead for the ongoing S.E...

In this emergency edition of the Incentives & Instincts series, Bryce and Justin discuss two dimensions of the coronavirus crisis. They cover how to understand the spread of the disease and the wisdom and importance of social distancing. They then discuss what’s happening in the markets, why it's happening, and what policy makers can do about it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

Amid the covid-19 crisis, the pod rolls on with the inspiring story of a local musician. Maiah Wynne wrote her first song at age 7, started performing live at age 15 and is now – a short few years later - winning major recording and performing awards all over the country. The poise and passion of this amazing young woman is an inspiration. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wi...

Megan Molteni is staff writer at WIRED magazine. She writes at the intersection of health, science and technology and in the last few years has emerged as one of journalism’s experts on CRISPR. In this conversation we dig into CRISPR, the internet of things, what makes for a WIRED story, and Megan’s winding path to professional journalism, a path that included studying with the legendary Michael P...

Sarah Calhoun is the founder of Red Ants Pants, a venture borne of a determination to find a better way. Tired of working in uncomfortable men’s pants, Sarah saw the need for women’s workwear. With no experience in apparel design or business, Sarah built Red Ants Pants into a multi-platform brand dedicated to making great products and encouraging self-reliance among women. This is a public episode...

Michelle Weaver Knowles is a nurse practitioner who recently established her own practice – Ava Health. She helps patients navigate cancer and understand the genetics associated with many cancers. This conversation surfaces some incredibly complex questions about genetics, ethics and family communications. If you haven’t thought about this stuff, you’re not paying attention. This is a public episo...

Justin’s monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue, and as promised, our series now has a name: Incentives & Instincts. In this installment, Bryce and Justin discuss material (in)security and how the dynamics of accumulating wealth have changed over time and have affected various age cohorts in different ways. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...

John Pierce grew up in Billings, studied at the University of Montana and is now crushing it as a songwriter in Nashville. In the last several years, John has written hit songs for the likes of Zac Brown, John Pardi and Reba McEntire. He recently visited UM to perform at the inaugural Grizzly Songwriters Showcase, produced by our Entertainment Management students. It was a fantastic event and we w...

When you think of Western art the name Monte Dolack is surely top of mind. Monte’s work is currently on exhibition at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture. In this conversation we learn about Monte’s development as an artist and how he approaches the various media in which he works. It’s a story of grit, hustle and experimentation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...

Jim Elser is the Bierman Professor of Ecology at the University of Montana and Director of the Flathead Lake Biological Station. Jim is a world class scholar, evidenced by his recent election to the National Academy of Sciences. In this conversation we learn all about limnology, why it’s important, and why Montana is the best place on earth for Jim’s research. This is a public episode. If you'd li...

This week Justin Angle and Bryce Ward appeared on Home Ground Radio with Brian Kahn. They discussed their new monthly series on A New Angle. Home Ground was kind enough to let us drop that episode in our feed. 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

This week we bring you #10 in the S.E.A. Change series, an interview with the amazing Joyce Dombrouski. Joyce is Chief Executive for the Montana Service Area for Providence Health & Services. She’s also a newly appointed member of the Montana University System Board of Regents. Joyce and Justin have a far-ranging conversation and ponder the parallel challenges facing health care and higher educati...

Today’s episode is a special preview of this year’s Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which runs February 14-23. Executive Director Rachel Gregg (UM 2009, 2011) previews what to expect from this year’s selections and tells us all about the many other great things happening at the Big Sky Documentary Film Institute. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

In this second edition of our new monthly series, Bryce and Justin discuss the Future of Work and digest what we’ve learned on the podcast over the last two weeks. We reflect on Justin’s conversations with Scott Latham (12/31/19) and Michael Punke (1/7/20) and postulate some principles for thinking about our rapidly changing relationship to work and education. Justin also makes a bold promise – th...

Today we bring you a shining example of a #TomorrowProof person – Michael Punke. Michael’s career includes private law practice, a trade policy position in the Clinton administration, an ambassadorship to the WTO under President Obama, and now VP of Global Public Policy for Amazon Web Services. And we haven’t even mentioned the thing for which Michael is perhaps most known – writing the Revenant,...

If you’re not concerned about the Future of Work, you’re not paying attention. UMass-Lowell Professor Scott Latham is an expert on the topic. No one can predict what jobs will be lost, created, or transformed by automation, artificial intelligence and other technologies, but Scott helps us understand how we should be thinking about the disruption we’re in. This is a public episode. If you'd like t...

In this ninth edition of the S.E.A. Change series, we interview an amazing student. Kat Cowley earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Montana in Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies in 2018 and is now working toward her master of public administration. We discuss her pioneering leadership to establish the Food Pantry at UM as well as her personal experiences with food and housing ins...

Today we click the century mark – 100 episodes of A New Angle – and in so doing, we bring back one of our favorite guests, economist Bryce Ward. In a new monthly series Bryce and Justin will investigate a broad theme: there’s lots going right in our society but something is clearly wrong. We’ll talk about economics, education, technology, health, media, happiness, and occasionally politics. We’ll...

Growth in Western Montana and its effect on our community are recurring themes of A New Angle. In this week’s episode we chat with Grant Kier, Executive Director of Missoula Economic Partnership. Grant’s job is to think hard about this stuff every day. His challenge is to guide, facilitate, and articulate a vision for growth that balances progress with character. This is a public episode. If you'd...

Laurie Francis is Executive Director of Partnership Health Center, a critical provider of a broad array of health care services in Western Montana. Laurie’s wisdom on the social determinants of health and her conception of innovation in health care offer important clarity in an often murky space. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

In this 8th edition of the S.E.A. Change series, we interview Nichole Heyer, Homeless Education Liaison for Kalispell Public Schools and the Evergreen School District. Nichole is a graduate of the University of Montana's Masters of Social Work program, and was recently honored as the Homeless Education Liaison of the Year by the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth...

University of Montana alumna Lara Birkes is a sustainability rock star. She recently returned to Montana after serving in leadership roles with the World Trade Center and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Her fascinating new startup, Eqogo, is attempting to create a sustainability score for all consumer products. Lara also works with local entrepreneurs on nature based solutions to persistent environmen...

Jim Sciutto is Chief National Security Correspondent and Anchor at CNN. His new book, The Shadow War, is a fascinating and terrifying account of the new ways China and Russia are waging war – from systematic election interference campaigns to kidnapper satellites straight out of a James Bond film. Jim visited UM last month and shared his thoughts on how to separate signal from noise in today’s cra...

The Innovation Factory opens on November 8, 2019. It’s a place where ideas collide and come to life. It’s a place where you can do things and make things. University of Montana art professors Elizabeth Dove and Brad Allen spent the last 18 months building “IF” and in this episode we investigate their vision to create an experiential learning hub for our entire community. This is a public episode....

Entrepreneur, teacher and persuasion expert Micah Larsen returns to the pod for #7 in the S.E.A. Change series. Learn all about Micah’s non-linear journey to motherhood and how having a child motivated a huge shift in her business – a specific and empathetic focus on helping women entrepreneurs succeed. To learn more about Micah, check out: www.micahlarsen.com This is a public episode. If you'd li...