A New Angle

Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. In this edition they consider how our country should conduct effective and ethical distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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Vasu Sojitra is a professional athlete and activist based in Bozeman, MT. He is driving an important dialogue about diversity, equity and inclusion in the outdoor space. This conversation might push you to reconsider how you think about people with disabilities, conservation and inspiration. Conversations like this can be uncomfortable and that discomfort is important. Perhaps now more than ever we all need to seek out perspectives that differ from our own. That’s where we learn and grow, and hopefully come together to make society better.

I learned a lot speaking with Vasu and I hope that you do too.

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Sarah Coefield is an Air Quality Specialist with the Missoula City-County Health Department. Her wildfire smoke reports are mandatory reading for many of us here in Western Montana.

Sarah is deeply passionate about air quality and how it affects people’s lives. That passion, along with some famously dark humor and whimsy make her writing unique and incredibly effective. It takes courage, talent and clarity to use humor when writing about serious topics. You might not expect humor from a government employee like Sarah, but you’ll find it at just the right moments, with just the right tone.

Beyond her writing, Sarah is a fierce advocate for the communities and people affected by wildfire smoke. In this conversation we talk about her approach to communication, as well as her collaboration with Climate Smart Missoula to scrape together the funding required to get air cleaners to communities in need.

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Meg Fisher is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, athletic performance coach, and motivational speaker based in Missoula, MT. She’s also a decorated athlete having won gold, silver, and bronze medals in the 2016 and 2012 Paralympic Games and accumulating ten world championship titles.

At age 19 Meg was involved in a tragic car accident that nearly killed her and took the life of her best friend. She survived a coma and lost the lower portion of her left leg.

In this conversation we talk about those experiences and how they shaped Meg’s approach to life and her work helping others achieve their health, wellness and performance goals.

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Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. This month, the two are joined by New York Times Opinion Writer at Large, Charlie Warzel. They discuss the information economy, our collective failure to converge on truth and the potential consequences of that failure.

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Five Valleys Land Trust is a conservation pillar of Western Montana. Whitney Schwab is the Executive Director of this great organization, and in this conversation she explains how land trusts work and the many ways Five Valleys helps make Missoula the special place it is.

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We welcome back to the pod Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez of ESPN radio. We discuss their current edition of the Griz Greats series, a 25-part celebration of the 1995 University of Montana National Champion Football team.

The series is fantastic! In today’s conversation we dig into some of the broader themes and lessons learned in the series, the characters involved and some of the bigger challenges and contradictions that reside within collegiate athletics.

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Today I speak with Brendan Leonard, the man behind Semi-Rad. I started following Brendan’s Semi-Rad feed on Instagram several years ago and then his blog and then his weekly newsletter. He has a playful sensibility and an uncanny knack for making you consider the ordinary or obvious from a different perspective.

Check out Brendan's work at: https://semi-rad.com/ and @semi_rad

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Justin's monthly conversations with Bryce Ward continue. In this edition the two talk about voting - why do we do it and do we want more people to do it? They also add two new segments: a listener question and predictions.

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Some election-relevant bonus content for you today! Shared State is a new podcast collaboratively produced by Montana Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and Montana Free Press. It's an important exploration of the critical issues facing Montanans during the 2020 election.

Editor Nick Mott and Host Sarah Aronson join Justin to introduce Epsiode 7.

More on Shared State:

If you've turned on the TV in Montana recently, you've probably been bombarded with advertisements propping up or tearing down candidates for political office. Each contender claims they're the best choice to uphold "Montana values."But what does that mean? Who is that promise for? And how do those unspoken values shape Montana's politics? In the new podcast Shared State, Montana Free Press, Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio will bring listeners along for a deeper look at the most important issues on the ballot. The nine-episode series debuts Sept. 8, 2020 and will culminate just before Election Day.Listen on air Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. on Montana Public Radio or Thursdays at 6 p.m. on Yellowstone Public Radio.

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