Keely Larson

In this episode of Grounding, season two, host Sarah Aronson talks to Peter McDonough—director of the Climate Change Studies Program at the University of Montana—his students, and another educator at the intersection of climate change and mental health at UM, Jen Robohm, about the dissonance of climate change. Aronson explores this friction in order to better understand the times we’re living in, and how to live well in spite of compounding stressors. Though there might end up being more questions than answers this season, it’s clear that the answer to the central question, “Are we alone?” is unequivocally, “no.”

Bare Bait Dance and Westside Theater Executive Director Joy French speaks with MTPR Special Projects Producer Keely Larson about A Few of My Favorite Things – Bare Bait’s holiday show this winter season.

The StoryCorps mobile tour visited Kalispell in June this year. In this special, we hear from residents of Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Whitefish, Lakeside, Mountain Brook and the Ant Hill ranger station about what makes community in their communities.

What do Jaws, a three-year bike tour from Alaska to Argentina in the seventies and Missoula’s Adventure Cycling have in common? They’re all celebrating 50-year anniversaries, and they’re all connected to Montana.June and Greg Siple were the first cyclists to bike from Alaska to Argentina during the Hemistour Bicycling Expedition. The cascade from that three year tour changed biking in America. Listen for conversations with the Siples, Dan and Lys Burden – the Siples’ companions on the Hemistour – and Jessica Zephyrs, vice president of marketing and communication with Adventure Cycling.