Episode 13: Death Cafes + Time Trippers
After Nancy Reece Jones’ mom died, she realized she needed to talk more about death, about how to have a good one, about how to be kind to others who …
Episode 12: Singers + Runners (The Beer Episode)
What makes a person screw up enough courage to try open mic night at a brewery, where people are there mostly to drink beer and not hear you sing? …
Episode 11: Owning Pray
Barbara Walker owns a town in Paradise Valley, Montana, just north of the only year-round entrance to Yellowstone National Park. For years, she’s been its mayor, its rent-collector, its head …
Episode 10: Bears + Advice
In the backcountry of Glacier National Park, two seasoned trail-crew workers watched a couple of cute, fuzzy cubs cross their path. “And then you think, uh oh, where’s mom at?” …
Episode 9: Sticks + Stones (The Winter Sports Episode)
As it turns out, there’s a difference between Canadians and Americans and its name is hockey. Down here, we don’t worship at the temple of Don Cherry. Anna Cole, a real-life …
Episode 8: The Plane Crash
When the pilot of a plane saw a fireball explode on Emigrant Peak, about 15 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, the dispatcher called out for another plane that was …
Episode 7: Death + Bike Polo
When Erwin Byrnes died, it was not exactly sad. That’s because his wife of 63 years and his family were ready when he picked the day and time to open …
Episode 6: Madmen, Poets + Singers
David Poole woke up in the snow in Colorado, his lower half numb, and has been working since then to get back to his life outdoors near home: Townsend, Montana. …
Episode 5: Garage Pop + Germs
“I made you a mixtape!” Even though Hana Zimorino started dating the guy Mikki Lunda had been living with for three years, Hana thought, really? They needed to start a …
Episode 4: Conversion + Combat
Jacob and Ben Cronin are brothers with parents who think God can show the path to the good life, which turns out to be the one straight people are on. …