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Jonathan Karlen is a democrat running for House District 96. Jonathan works to combine his experience in the science and policy fields to find creative solutions to tough problems. He believes deeply in the importance of serving his community and will advocate for policies that help his constituents at all levels of government.

Dr. John Lott is the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center based in Missoula. He talked about gun violence statistics.

Michael W. Klein is the William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs. He served as the chief economist in the Office of International Affairs of the United States Department of the Treasury from 2010-2011. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the founder, research director, and co-executive editor of EconoFact, a website that provides economic analysis on timely policy issues (econofact.org).

Chair of the Montana Democratic Party Robyn Driscoll joined us during the first half of the show and the Montana Insurance Commissioner Troy Downing joined us in studio.

We spoke about a variety of issues with our callers.

Jordan Hess is vice president of the Missoula City Council, a veteran Ward 2 representative, and also chair of the Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee. Jordan’s committee hears just about all things land use and development.

Congressional candidate Ryan Zinke joined us for the first half hour of the show. Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield joined us for an hour after and talked about how to stay safe in wildfire smoke.

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

University of Montana History Professor Dr. Mehrdad Kia and Michael Mayer talked about the war in Ukraine and the current political landscape in the U.S.

Rob Natelson is a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, Colorado. He answered several questions from callers.