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.

If any beetle was said to have an “explosive personality”, it would have to be the bombardier beetle.

There is a pine needle on my kitchen table. There is a pine needle in my soul. If I could only put that on paper.

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn returns to her conversation with poet Keetje Kuipers, author of ‘Lonely Women Make Good Lovers’ (BOA Editions). This conversation originally aired on May 1, 2025.

As long as the weather is favorable, you can walk out your door and find some amazing insects to observe almost anytime.

As the days grow shorter and nights turn cooler, I find myself drawn outdoors at sunset.