95-year-old Irene Roberts, a student at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, talks about her life-long love of learning, about farm life during the Depression, about polio and poverty, and about the examples of generosity and kindness that have inspired and sustained her.

Mountain West Voices producer Clay Scott finds himself in the emergency room, and reflects on personal stories of health crises in the U.S. and abroad.

This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with Paul Taylor - itinerant storyteller, teacher and didgeridoo player from Laramie, Wyoming via Adelaide, South Australia.

This week Mountain West Voices features an interview of a Cameroonian-American couple, during a visit with relatives in Montana, about cultural identity and their evolving sense of place, as well as the challenges, choices and rewards inherent in raising a bi-cultural child in West Africa.

This week Mountain West Voices producer Clay Scott provides a glimpse into the extraordinary life of the late Margaret Kesckemeti, who was a musician, painter and adventurer.

A visit to a high school English class in Simms, Montana, where Caitlin Chilller talks about her passion for teaching, and about the challenges of rural education.

A conversation with Blackie Nelson about the Montana jazz scene of the 1940's