Words Out West

In this episode, a struggling writer has a breakthrough when she accidentally steals her neighbor's laundry. A short play written by Bozeman playwright Greg Owens, directed by Missoula's own Reid Reimers and read by Missoula actors Hamilton Clement and Az Sacry.

In this episode, writers Chris La Tray, Fred Haefele, and Chris Autio take us on three distinct and heady road trips.

Chris La Tray: Comet (poem)

Three . . . Two . . . One . . . Blast off!

Fred Haefele: excerpt from A Life in 12 Pickups (vehicular memoir)

When a pickup truck transcends mechanical essence, rises to become comrade, ally and intimate.

Chris Autio: Truck Topper (poem)

We go on an archeological dig.

Chris Autio: Bad Auto Points in Augusta (poem)

We find a stranger in a strange land.

In this episode, singer/songwriter Spencer Kellum performs some 'modern spirituals' as Separate Circles, with piano accompaniment by Cole Grant.

In this episode, Joan Melcher finds her perfect saloon, and chats with the bartender who has the same name as his bar—Moose.

A selection from her non-fiction books Watering Hole: A User's Guide to Montana Bars and Montana Watering Holes: The Big Sky's Best Bars.

In this episode, we get up close and personal with Bobby Lee Springfield, a singer/songwriter who gives us the skinny on the ups and downs of show biz.

This episode contains some adult language and themes, with references to alcohol, tobacco and drugs, which may be unsuitable for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

This episode is sponsored by The Bell Pipe & Tobacco Shop, located at 215 West Broadway, across from the courthouse in downtown Missoula. Home to the Otis—tobacconist—problem solver.

The narrator in Sean Gallagher's short story laments the damage done to his older brother after becoming a soldier — the brother who taught him, "That no one wins a fight."

Morning Is My Favorite Time, short story from the podcast MT3K.

This episode contains some adult themes, violence, and references to combat and war wounds, which may be unsuitable for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

This episode contains some adult language and themes, and sexual references, which may be unsuitable for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, Caroline Keys and Nate Biehl share their original songs along with poems from Caroline and her young student writers.