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Violinist Randall Goosby decided to forgo the usual show pieces a virtuoso musician might feature for a debut release and instead chose to feature either African American composers or music that was deeply influenced by black music and written by composers who had great respect for that influence.

This week’s guest is Ross Douthat, opinion columnist for the New York Times and author of several books on various topics including religion, American decadence, and his experience with chronic Lyme Disease.

This week’s guest is Andrew Connor, Director of the Center for Community Ownership, an organization that provides legal, financial and strategic help to communities that want to start and save essential local businesses.

This week’s guests are Stephanie Land, author of the New York Times' best-selling memoir Maid; Steph Goble, executive director of Mountain Home; and Jill Hope, a young mother working her way through the challenges of creating a stable and secure environment in which to raise her son.

Missoula Children's Theatre and Missoula Community Theatre (MCT inc.) recently handed off the baton from outgoing executive director Michael McGill to new ED Mike Morelli. MTPR's Tom Berich sits down with Mike to find out more about his interesting journey to the position of Executive Director of one of the busiest regional theatres in the Northwest and a theatre company that frequently tours internationally.

This week’s guests are all here to speak with us about an upcoming Montana event: the International Wildlife Film Festival. IWFF’s mission is to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film.

Assembled and led by Cuban vocalist José “Pepito” Gómez, Orquesta Akokán is a big band collective of the finest musicians on the island, both young and old. It features all-original music and was cut live to tape over a three-day session at Havana’s hallowed state-run Estudios Areito. Trés guitar player and band producer Jacob Plasse joins host John Floridis on this episode of Musician's Spotlight.

This week’s guest is Heidi Beck-Heser, manager and Candy Chef at Phillipsburg's legendary Sweet Palace. Heidi is a stalwart advocate for the Phillipsburg community, and she and her family have been at the center of the town's transformation following the closure of mines and sawmills.

Grammy Award nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger joins host John Floridis by phone from Harlem to discuss her most recent recording "Unrest" inspired by the outpouring of concerns about social justice following the murder of George Floyd.

This week is our May edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which I speak with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. This month we talk about social media: What is it doing to us? Can we — and our democracy — survive it?