Folks from the Montana Army National Guard talked about their activates in Central Asia. They were here as part of the Central and Southwest Asian Studies Conference at the University of Montana.

We had open phones the first few segments and then Dr. Patrick Barkey joined us to discuss the economy.

Mehrdad Kia and Michael Mayer spent the first hour talking about the situation in Israel. Then Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen was on for an hour taking calls.

Rob Natelson is a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. John Lott is the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center. He took questions for the full two hours.

Our friend and resident CPA Walt Kero answered tax questions from callers.

We had open phones for the first few segments and then it was Global Hot Spots with Mehrdad Kia and Michael Mayer.

Congressman Ryan Zinke joined us for a full hour and took calls. Then we had open phones for an hour.

Our guest was Annie Gorski, Deputy Director of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency. We talked about the Workforce Housing pilot program that the Redevelopment Agency board approved last week.

We had open phones to start the show and then finished with more open phones after Richard Boucher joined us for 30 minutes. He is a senior US diplomat turned teacher. Over a thirty-two year career, he served in numerous leadership positions and achieved the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service as Career Ambassador.