A New Angle

This week’s guest is Bridger Pierce, president of Warm Springs Productions . Warm Springs is a full service production house focused on television series. Warm Springs commenced operations in 2008 and has produced content for the History Channel, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel and many other prominent outlets. Bridger talks about growing up in Manhattan, Montana and working for a stint...

This week’s guest is Vu Le, a prominent and irreverent voice in nonprofit leadership. Vu recently published his first book, Reimagining Nonprofit and Philanthropy , and has been posting weekly at his blog, Nonprofit AF , for many years. Vu recently visited Montana to speak about nonprofits and philanthropy. In this episode, Vu describes nonprofits as air - something people don’t appreciate until t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com This week is the June edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. And this month, the theme is population decline. People around the world are having fewer babies and it’s being framed a...

This week’s guests are David Spear and Julie Cajune of A VOICE : Art, Vision and Outreach in Community Education. This nonprofit organization’s mission is to foster individual, group, community and cultural expression through art, outreach and education. A VOICE has served the Flathead Nation for 20 years. In this conversation, David talks about how he made it from New York to Polson, and how he b...

This week’s guest is Eleanor Kiloh , British Consul General and senior representative of the British government in Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska. Eleanor recently toured Montana and we were fortunate to get some time on her schedule. In this conversation Eleanor explains what diplomacy actually is and gives advice for those considering the career path...

This week's guest is Marc Moss, creator of Tell Us Something , a live storytelling program producing events across Montana. Tell Us Something is now in its 15th year and expanding into new forms of storytelling. In this conversation, Marc explains to Justin how Tell Us Something came to be, talks about the submission and selection process and dives into the only two times the event has encountered...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com This week is our May edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. And affordability is the name of the conversation this time around. It's a word and a concept we've heard a lot about in...

As part of Climate Solutions Week here at Montana Public Radio, Justin speaks with Devin Morales, founder of Cool Earth Creamery , a plant-based creamery committed to sustainability and local agriculture. Devin established Cool Earth in 2019 after a 25-year career in natural resources and engineering. In this conversation, Devin talks about how responding to various disasters led to the understand...

This week's guest is Joy French, executive artistic director of Bare Bait Dance . Bare Bait began in 2011 as an effort to create more opportunities for aspiring professional dancers in Montana. Bare Bait operates out of Missoula's Westside Theater , which has quickly become a lively community hub for the performing arts. In this conversation, Joy tells Justin she didn't set out looking for a dance...

This week is the next edition of The Ripple Effect, a quarterly series in which Justin speaks with grantees of the Headwaters Foundation . Today’s guest is Casey Fuson, kids program director at the TFS Community Hall in Trego, Montana. What’s happening in Trego offers a wonderful example of how communities can come together to fill gaps in services and support each other. In this conversation, Cas...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com This week is our April edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. A lot of these I&Is can get a little heavy. And often Justin and Bryce talk about problems with unclear solutions, or s...

This week's guest is Casey Zablocki, a ceramic artist based here in Missoula, Montana. His art occupies the space between sculpture, monument and function. Casey's work is shown at galleries around the world and is held in several prominent collections. His work is currently being shown in New York at the Guild Gallery .In this conversation, Casey talks about his path to ceramics and his process t...

This week's guests are the folks who created a beautiful new book , A History of Montana in 101 Places , Christine Brown, Kirby Lambert and Martha Kohl. This book is a production of the Montana Historical Society and is dedicated to the late Ellen Baumler, a beloved member of the author team. In this conversation, the guests discuss the beginnings of the book, which included gleaning a lot of info...

This week’s guest is Sean Patrick Higgins, founder and CEO of Story House , a world-class film production facility located in Missoula, Montana. Sean and his colleagues at Story House are making the case that Montana should be considered a premiere location for all aspects of film production. In this conversation, Sean explains Story House’s goals of addressing housing affordability, economic deve...

This week Justin is talking with Megan Torgerson, creator and host of Reframing Rural, a podcast celebrating rural people and their stories. Megan and her team recently launched their fourth season, Succession Stories .In this conversation, Megan talks about growing up on her family’s ranch and how she came upon the idea of Reframing Rural. Megan talks about the difference between a “living” and a...

We're switching things up this week. Justin interviewed Megan Torgerson of the podcast Reframing Rural this week for Montana Public Radio. For our Substack feed, we're giving you an episode of Reframing Rural to sample. If you're interested in more, find Reframing Rural here . And, make sure to listen to Justin's conversation with Megan on MTPR on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. or here on Substack. This is...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com This week is the March edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. It’s also pledge week at Montana Public Radio and in that vein, Justin and Bryce figured they would explore the concept...

This week we bring you a live recording of Justin’s conversation with Whatnot Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Logan Head. Whatnot is the largest live stream shopping platform in the country and beyond. Logan visited the University of Montana to give the annual Gilkey Lecture at the College of Business. In this episode, Logan talks about his entrepreneurial background and how Whatnot came t...

This week is the first edition of The Ripple Effect, a quarterly series in which Justin speaks with grantees of the Headwaters Foundation . Today’s guest is Alice Boyer, executive director of Forward Montana , a nonprofit organization dedicated to building political power for young people. Alice has held a variety of leadership positions in her young career, all focused on getting more people enga...

This week’s guest is Bobby Hauck, who recently retired after his second long tenure as head football coach at the University of Montana. Justin was interested in Coach Hauck’s thoughts on the state of collegiate athletics and football in particular. After his retirement from UM, Coach Hauck was named defensive coordinator at the University of Illinois. In this episode, Coach Hauck talks about his...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com This week is the February edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. Justin has been asking guests a new closing question this year, “When was the last time you changed your mind?” Rese...

In the spirit of ANA’s new tagline: “How we’re doing and where we’re going,” this week Justin speaks with Cascade County Commissioner Joe Briggs and Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnick. Though these two come from different political parties, they came together to work on improving Montana’s tax system. This collaboration shows us that cooperation across party lines is not only possible, but...

It’s time once again to check in with A New Angle’s Chief Legal Correspondents Craig Cowie and Constance Van Kley, law professors at the University of Montana. 2026 is sure to bring many consequential legal developments, and Constance and Craig will help us try to make sense of what to expect. In this conversation Justin, Craig and Constance talk about the changing power of the executive and the r...

This week’s guests are Logan and Jordan Lefler. Together, these brothers are making “Journey to the Sun,” a documentary film about Glacier National Park’s Going To The Sun Road. This film not only tells the history, but peers into the future at the many challenges facing this iconic piece of Montana. In this conversation, the brothers talk about their early filmmaking, which included making clips...

This week is the January edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. A New Angle is excited to announce a new partnership with the Headwaters Foundation . To talk about this and other new stuff, Bryce and Justin are joined by Headwaters CEO, Carly Hare. In this conversatio...