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Incentives & Instincts is a monthly series on A New Angle in which host Justin Angle speaks with economist Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. This month, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected childhood education: from enrollment to social & emotional learning and the ripple effects yet to come.

Brenda Solorzano is CEO of the Headwaters Foundation, an organization dedicated to a Montana in which all people, especially those most vulnerable, are healthy and thriving.

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

Today’s guest is Tailyr Irvine, a Salish and Kootenai photo journalist from the Flathead Indian Reservation. She is a National Geographic Explorer and her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, ESPN, CNN and the Smithsonian, among other prominent outlets.

This week’s guest is Ryan Busse, former senior executive in the firearms industry. Ryan's new book, Gunfight, is an intimate and revealing account of his experience in that industry, his growing disillusionment with it and his ultimate exit.

Together they're The Growling Old Men, individually they are Ben Winship and John Lowell, and they're two first rate musicians in every sense of the word. Host John Floridis visited with both musicians separately for this special program featuring both artists.

Kalispell, Montana singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Murray returns to Musician’s Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and discuss his eventful last several years.

Mandolin virtuoso and vocalist Jacob Jolliff returns to Musician’s Spotlight with music from his solo project The Jacob Jolliff Band and their most recent album “Instrumentals Vol. One.”

In addition to being the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, Joy Harjo is also an accomplished musician and recording artist mixing singing, spoken word, saxophone and Native American flutes into her diverse combination of musical styles.

Legendary jazz guitarist Pat Martino has been inspiring the musical community and beyond with his inventive playing style and resilient spirit which helped him overcome severe brain trauma, complete amnesia and the formidable challenge of relearning the instrument that he had mastered. This will be a special tribute to Pat Martino who passed away on November 1st of 2021.