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This is the second part of a two-part conversation with University of Montana alumna Alice Bolin (MFA , ‘11), author of ‘Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse’ (Mariner Books; HarperCollins).

This mini episode of ‘The Write Question’ is actually an excerpt of a much longer conversation with Lorissa Rinehart, author of ‘Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress,’ which publishes this Tuesday, November 4, 2025 (St. Martin’s Press). Absent from this excerpt, but included in the extended conversation, is Karen Sterk, the CEO of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation.

This week’s guest is the one and only J.K. Simmons, Academy Award-winning actor and 1978 graduate of the University Montana.

In this episode we are joined by medical ethicist and University of Montana philosophy professor Mark Hanson to discuss the transition to a more normal coexistence with COVID-19 and how we should treat one another during this latest phase of the pandemic.

This week’s guest is Stephanie Wittels Wachs, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Lemonada Media. We discuss America’s complex relationship with guns, the role fear plays on all sides of the gun debate and the need to focus policy on harm reduction.

This week at MTPR we’re celebrating music and stories from 1971 to commemorate 50 years of National Public Radio. To celebrate this history, we’re joined today by UM College of Arts and Media professor Jeff Brandt.

This week’s guest is John Twiggs, host of the award-winning Montana PBS program Backroads of Montana. In this conversation we learn about John’s journey to visual storytelling, what makes a great Backroads story and what John’s advice is for future broadcast journalists.

Today's guest is legendary Montana political journalist Chuck Johnson. During Chuck’s forty-five year reporting career he covered twenty-two Montana legislative sessions and eight governors. Known by his colleagues as the Dean of Montana politics, Chuck gave Montanans line of site to many of the state’s most transformation political moments.

In this discussion we hear from panelists Heather McDowell, Patrick Flanagan, Cassidy Marn and Michelle Huie about the global forces that affect production worldwide, hear about the challenges within their industries and learn what excites the panelists looking toward the future.

Lia Mendez, MTPR Kids contributor living in Bozeman, carries on her family's tradition of celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) creating her first alter to welcome those in her life who have passed.