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Early voting, tight races and relief from all the ads. Election day is almost here

Polls and pundits will soon be proven right or wrong. Last-ditch ads stray further from the facts. Early voting is higher in some counties than others.

‘Scattered Snows, to the North’: Retracing steps and self-correcting with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips

For this web exclusive episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with poet Carl Phillips, author of ‘Scattered Snows, to the North,’ and the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Then the War and Selected Poems, 2007-2020’ (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), in advance of his appearance at the Missoula Art Museum on November 6, 2024.

On the right, the cover of ‘Red Paint’ by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, which features the author, with long dark hair, red eye shadow, and red lipstick. ‘RED PAINT’ is in large, white text on top of a red paint splash. The subtitle, ‘The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk,’ is formatted the same. On the left, a black and white photo of the author wearing a hooded sweatshirt that reads NO COPS NO SETTLERS.

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe wears the ‘Red Paint’ and finds a home of her own

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ Lauren chats with Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, author of ‘Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk’ (Counterpoint LLC).

Live! Pledge week episode: Lauren Korn, Justin Angle, and Sarah Aronson discuss climate anxiety, environmental ethics, and care

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn joins ‘A New Angle’ host Justin Angle and ‘Grounding’ host Sarah Aronson in Studio A for a live pledge week episode that centers climate: anxiety, ethics, and care.

Episode 03: Bonus Material

As part of her conversations for “Episode 03: Youth,” ‘Grounding’ host Sarah Aronson speaks with Victoria and Anders—two students in Livingston, MT who work with the Green Initiative and Park County Environmental Council with Alecia Jongeward as their mentor.

A bumblebee lands on a bright purple flower, its legs collecting pollen.

Bumblebees

For most insects, getting a meal relies on their foraging or hunting abilities. Bumblebees certainly fall into that category. However, while they might not be able to grow their own food, they’ve found a way to force their food to grow.

Feeling the burn: On heat and resilience

In the first episode of ‘Grounding: Conversations on Mental Health and Mother Earth,’ host Sarah Aronson and guests Dr. Joe Taliercio and Amy Cilimburg work towards understanding how heat interacts with our bodies, minds, and society.

Capitol Talk: Week 1 brings a contentious start and familiar themes

The first week of the 2025 Legislature gets off to a contentious start. Gov. Gianforte invites Elon Musk to Montana. Legislative leaders plan to revive efforts to change the judiciary. Newly sworn-in Senator Tim Sheehy is wasting no time making a splash. Retiring Congressman Matt Rosendale makes a quiet exit.

“The last one standing”: Wildlife biologist Diane K. Boyd is ‘A Woman Among Wolves’ (Part Two)

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ the second and final part of a two-part conversation with world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane K. Boyd, author of ‘A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery’ (Greystone Books).

‘In Old Sky’: New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp is making a case for darkness

This week on ‘The Write Question’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Lauren Camp, current Poet Laureate of New Mexico and author of ‘In Old Sky: Poems Inspired by the Grand Canyon’ (Grand Canyon Observatory).

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