A Visit to the Death Cafe
Katheryn Houghton was flipping through the Daily Interlake when she noticed an ad for a group offering tea and cookies, which she’s into, along with frank discussion about death and …
The Evolution of Open Mic Night
You outta be in love if you’re gonna write a song. At least that’s the way Missoula singer/songwriter Jeff Overturf sees it. And if he’s the John Prine of the …
Owning Pray, Wanting to Sell
Selling the town of Pray started with an auction in 2012. It was big news then. It’s not like little towns in Montana going on an auction block is a …
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 …
Surviving Mom
Deep in the backcountry of Glacier National Park, two “trail dogs” (seasoned members of the park’s trail crew) embark on an epic hike. Crappy weather pushes them off their plan, …
Canada vs. America: A Hockey Story
When producer and total Canadian Anna Cole decided to go to college south of the border in Montana, she thought hockey would be more of a thing. She soon found …
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. …
Episode 3: Blobs + Heartbreak
Parenting, man. It’s complicated. “Critters, Blobs and Swan Dives” gets at how parents think about their kids and how their thinking evolves and changes as a baby becomes a person. …