In this episode of Beyond the Clock, Ash and Anna are joined by Brigid Reedy, musician, poet, storyteller, and artist from southwest Montana whose work is deeply rooted in the rural American West. In this conversation, they explore what it means to be of a place in a time of mobility, polarization, and cultural fragmentation, and how place lives not just in geography, but as something carried within us. 

Brigid reflects on everyday ranch life and cowboy culture, the vital role of gatherings like the National Cowboy Poetry Festival, and how art-making helps to sustain connections across time and place. The conversation moves through the tension of staying or leaving home, what it means to resist isolation and lean toward interconnectedness, and how honoring one’s creative “spark” can keep cultural lineages alive without turning them into static relics. Rich with story, philosophy, and lived experience, this episode invites listeners to reconsider belonging, responsibility, and the evolving legacy of the rural West.

Learn more about Brigid Reedy here: https://brigidreedy.com/home