Beer, Buds, and the Big Sky Podcast

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, it’s just the boys, because apparently no one wants to come on the show anymore. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve get into Obama mocking Trump’s White House renovations as a Cheesecake Factory, debut a new game called GOP Spin Cycle, dig into the property tax revolt, sort out Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, and break down a Michigan voter’s self-own on Abdul El-Sayed.

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, it’s just the boys. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve get into health insurance premiums set to jump in 2027, the Acton campaign’s fight with Vivek Ramaswamy over his latest ad, Trump’s new hypersonic weapons and drone testing range in Montana, YouTuber Nick Shirley’s $10,000 anti-fraud check, and the state of the Montana Democrats.

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, it’s just the boys. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve get into Montana Democratic Party chair Shannon O’Brien resigning and endorsing independent Seth Bodnar for Senate, the search of Ilhan Omar’s home, the backlash over Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution, Jeff Bezos promising a three-day workweek thanks to AI, and Trump telling supporters they’d clap for the stupidest things he says.

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Essy from The Dark Left is back with the boys. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve get into Trump's comments about Iran taking out LA and San Diego, the pro-ICE movie filming in Livingston, $500 Obamacare refund checks, New York's measles emergency, and Sam Altman's case for accepting some harm in the name of progress.

This week, Beer, Buds & the Big Sky hosts a live Montana Senate debate. Alani Bankhead, Kyle Austin, and Seth Bodnar take on healthcare, money in politics, the Supreme Court, energy, cost of living, the debt, congressional stock trading, and the filibuster. Kurt Alme was invited and didn't respond, so his chair was filled by a stand-in.

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This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Essy from The Dark Left returns for round two with the boys. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve dig into Trump's $1.13 trillion state dinner guest list, the White House's latest taxpayer-funded "final battle" ad, mortgage rates climbing back to 7.49%, MLB's plan to play ball in a national park, and Meta's new AI agent that wants to run your inbox.

We're starting with something that should sound pretty familiar to Montanans: data centers.60 Minutes talked to a lifelong conservative Republican in Texas who says a proposed data center near his community is the first issue in his adult life that directly affects him enough to change how he thinks about voting.Then we're talking Kurt Alme and affordability, shifting Republican messaging heading into the midterms, the latest reporting surrounding Susan Collins, "Super Intelligence," and the fight between Trump and the White House press.Join Mike, Ryan, Ed, Steve, and Zee for another night of politics, beer, and bullshit.No script. No filter. Nothing's off the table.

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Todd Achilles crosses the border from Idaho and joins the boys.

Achilles is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho and an Army veteran who argues that the two-party system isn't working. We talk about why he's running as an independent, the national debt, affordability, healthcare, public lands, and what he thinks both parties are getting wrong.

Then Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve dive into Trump's proposed $5,000 dividend checks, John Fetterman's appearance at a Republican convention, what the latest midterm polling does — and doesn't — tell us, new Montana political ads from Kurt Alme and Aaron Flint, and Costco rationing motor oil.

Plus final thoughts and the usual chaos.

No script. No filter. Nothing's off the table.

Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is joining Beer, Buds & the Big Sky tonight.The jeans, bolo tie, ranching former governor spent eight years running Montana — so we're putting him to work trying to help us make sense of this week's political bullshit.Tonight we're getting into mail-in ballot problems and thousands of rejected ballots, the political fight over Mamdani attending 9/11 commemorations, the latest drama surrounding Ken Paxton in Texas, a $533 million taxpayer-funded artillery factory that failed to produce usable shells, and just how much time Congress actually spends working.And with Brian Schweitzer sitting at the table, we're guessing the conversation won't stay on the rundown for long.Tonight's crew: Mike Jopek, Ed Doctor, Steve, and former Governor Brian Schweitzer.No script. No filter. Nothing's off the table.

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, we're joined by two Montana candidates.

Kevin Hamm, Democratic candidate for Montana Public Service Commission District 5, joins the boys to talk utility rates, data centers, energy, regulation, and what he thinks needs to change at the PSC.

We're also joined by Pat Fitzpatrick, Democratic candidate for Montana Senate District 6, to talk about his race, the Montana Legislature, and the issues facing his district.

Then Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve dive into the rest of the week's madness: discount gas stations accused of selling millions in stolen fuel, Trump's claim that communities rejecting data centers will become "backwards and poor," the "Lake America" debate, record corporate profits while workers receive a historically small share of national income, and concerns raised about the USPS ballot system.

Plus Closing Arguments and the usual chaos.

No script. No filter. Nothing's off the table.