A New Angle

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.

Perhaps best known for teaching UM’s most popular class, The History of Rock and Roll, Jeff lays down why 1971 was a pivotal year for the music industry and its reverb felt throughout America’s cultural & political spheres.

Transcript here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xqwy85Y-CShRQ-QZXTvQ0F_R4HE6eP7Fel7eHkysLZA/edit?usp=sharing

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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 the two consider income and wealth inequality. Is it a problem? And if so, what can we do about it?

Transcript here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Fz5UDX4XAmrMVxezqD1eoOgven9rg7Rkj2Gb6AbTL4/edit?usp=sharing

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Today's guest is Amanda Eggert of Montana Free Press. Amanda covers environmental issues and has written a series of deeply reported articles about the complex and confusing access and ownership issues in Montana’s Crazy Mountains. The Crazies are a magnificent, wild, sacred and mysterious island range in central Montana.

Transcript here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uu7zSyiM-gVWtx2SooQSYFF4dlTajhL4Db1B7QjLApo/edit?usp=sharing

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Today's guest is Brendan Leonard, the man behind SEMI-RAD and other creative pursuits. I started following Brendan’s SEMI-RAD feed on Instagram several years ago. It has a playful sensibility and an uncanny knack for making you consider the ordinary or obvious from a different perspective. Brendan is also the author of several books, including my personal favorite "Bears Don't Care About Your Problems."

Transcript here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K9mQKcWEayMXIk5fwRtIrBLNOwZn74EoV3FeqaFtbp4/edit?usp=sharing

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Today's guests are Dr. Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor of Paleoecology at Montana State University, and Dr. Steven Hostetler, Hydrologist at the Northern Rocky Mountains Science Center of the US Geological Survey.

These two are the lead authors of the recently published Greater Yellowstone Area Climate Assessment. The front matter of the assessment perhaps says it best: "The Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment draws on the best-available science to provide a basis for understanding the consequences of climate change in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA). Compared to both distant and recent past, temperatures are increasing, snowfall is decreasing, and peak stream flow is occurring earlier. These climate trends are projected to continue and accelerate in the future."

Transcript here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6T5SO_Uf_9cCTSoF4cwGW_rxQ6xWqH3im0EuaOEHSg/edit?usp=sharing

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Incentives & Instincts is a monthly series on A New Angle in which Justin Angle, marketing professor at the University of Montana College of Business, chats with prominent economist Bryce Ward about some of the broader issues facing our society.

This month, we tackle the increasing frustration folks are feeling about the rapid changes happening in Montana.

Transcript available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fBDbKu8cr2iH0mra-4hgvG6IPxsRMMaXbKXVOGaPw0A/edit?usp=sharing

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Today's guest is Dr. Kimiko Barrett of Headwaters Economics. Kimi is the Lead Wildfire and Natural Hazard Researcher at Headwaters where she also leads their Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire Program. She grew up in Bozeman, attended Montana State University and earned her Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of Montana.

Transcript available here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iPZtd5or9Yp4FZ-Yryj_9NrKNILvJJdSark1yl-sl_8/edit?usp=sharing

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Today's guest is Robert Rowe, CEO of Northwestern Energy, provider of electricity and natural gas to over 700,000 residential and business customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Bob has been CEO since 2008 and prior to that served as chair of the Montana Public Service Commission for 11 years. He’s also served in leadership roles for various organizations committed to improving the efficiency and stability of our energy systems.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XzaO7Y1dv10826BMC8pLsBgl3tdJMhFHRiPUc0BoBwg/edit?usp=sharing

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Today's guest is Dierdre Wolownick. What first captures many people’s attention is the fact that Dierdre is mother to world-renowned climber, Alex Honnold, but that just scratches the surface of this woman’s story. She’s a mother to two athletic and activist children, a teacher, a writer, an artist, a conductor, a runner and a climber, to name but a few of her many identities. Dierdre’s book, The Sharp End of Life, is a wonderful account of a life lived being lived to its fullest, and perhaps accelerating in vigor with age.

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https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1aBrah3WarunOWVzDtOWACqverE_Gdv9n

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Incentives & Instincts is a monthly series on A New Angle in which Justin Angle, marketing professor at the University of Montana College of Business, chats with prominent economist Bryce Ward about some of the broader issues facing our society.

This month, we try to make sense of the labor markets, both nationally and here in Montana, and attempt to separate signal from noise.

Transcript available here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1jg0EhB6pNyu7zlUc70Ff7YM2v21xharx

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