Stay ConnectedA New Angle is a current affairs Montana Public Radio program and podcast featuring conversations about how we’re doing and where we’re going. We live in the College of Business at the University of Montana.
New episodes drop every Thursday. Recent and upcoming guests include Academy Award-winning actor J.K. Simmons, formmer US Senator Jon Tester, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, Cheryl Strayed (best-selling author of Wild), NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd, and many others.
This week A New Angle hosts four guests doing amazing work to help us understand the role of exercise in treating cancer. These folks will headline the upcoming Exercise in Lifestyle Medicine and Oncology Care Conference at the University of Montana, July 12th and 13th.
In this episode, Justin speaks with one guest who was part of the largest study of weight training in breast cancer survivors and learns why the University of Montana, as an R1 research university, is a great place to study the effects of exercise on cancer. Justin speaks with a breast cancer survivor about how important exercise, specifically dragon boat rowing, was to her recovery, and asks the guests what it’s been like trying to get people to embrace healthier lifestyles.
Learn more about the conference here: https://silverliningmt.org/events/exercise-and-lifestyle-medicine-in-oncology-care-a-medical-and-survivorship-conference-in-western-montana/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1otoZKZ08TtV-h0rd6AOflNzYsGf5j0yV45-iDkgKUk4/edit
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This week is the June edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. This month Bryce and Justin respond to a listener inquiry about parking. As it turns out, parking policies have driven much of how American cities look and feel.
In this episode they explore studies on parking and congestion, the way American cities were built to accommodate ample parking and the potentials of a technological fix for our parking woes.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lsXKhreqYO7-8oNXODdWMJxD4GAIW3nrywKGUZBoFis/edit
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This week’s guest is Jeffrey Funk, a blacksmith from Bigfork, Montana, who’s been crafting public sculpture and architectural metalwork for over 30 years. Jeffrey is the director of the New Agrarian School, an organization that teaches blacksmithing and other traditional rural crafts.
In this episode, Jeffrey talks about how being interested in everything led to his blacksmithing career and provides some history of the profession. He also brings up how he deals with certain contradictions in his work — like the fact that the backbones of blacksmithing are destructive to the Earth. Justin asks how blacksmithing fits into the context of other themes of local economy, like CSAs or farmers’ markets, and how Jeffrey brings diversity into the New Agrarian School.
Learn more about the New Agrarian School here: https://www.newagrarianschool.org/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lNyP7ROE_ZL_xLAtlxtFz7-UcAuZjPlVzW4lv5FP2Ck/edit
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This week’s guests are Sherry and Andy Chidwick, two recently retired schoolteachers from Stevensville, Montana who are about to launch their next chapter of life as overland adventures. The Chidwicks are in the final stages of selling all of their stuff and building out their adventure vehicle.
In this episode, Andy explains that he and Sherry didn’t want to wait for the traditional American retirement age to start traveling. The Chidwick’s motto is "less stuff, more stories," and that carries them through their midlife plans. Justin asks whether they have to have a perfect marriage to make this work, and learns their rig is not hashtag van life.
Follow the Chidwick’s journey here: https://www.nomadicmidlife.com/blog
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H9cILlM8YgRDbHDxgrhE0Q02xTXynE2ev2oERcCZDfQ/edit
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This week’s guest is Curt Olds, internationally renowned singer, opera and musical theater director and entrepreneur. Curt has performed on Broadway, at the Lincoln Center and at Carnegie Hall. He is a Butte native and a graduate of the University of Montana with a degree in vocal performance, and the most recent recipient of the Odyssey of the Stars.
In this episode, Curt talks about how much of a spring board Missoula was for his career, and the importance of viewing performance arts as a business, but not a democracy. Justin asks Curt about some of his work with agencies, and how changing societal standards have affected his approach to the industry.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v3g1ZowZjaoPLD4EsoID9C9xI6GtB3JpIBfXhL9XUYc/edit
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This week is the May edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. Last month, Justin and Bryce explored why America seems to be so deadly, and this time they’re talking about Bryce’s “deaths of abundance” concept.
To do this, the two dive into a Plato allegory and look at the problems that come with creating abundance. Justin and Bryce talk about the tools people have for regulating emotions and desires, but the lack of infrastructure to support that, and the question of how to regulate ourselves as humans so that when we do make mistakes, we don’t beat ourselves up over it.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14OCHvlNBOrBtZ7SRIMsvG4cbHYGgd1wd4w9FlnQNsf0/edit
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This week’s guest is Cole Mannix, founder of the Old Salt Co-Op, a collection of entrepreneurs and ranchers seeking to produce nourishing food while preserving the ecological health of the Montana landscape.
In this episode, Cole talks about his studies in biology and theology, and the different approach Old Salt is taking to Montana meat. Justin asks what part of the meat production system is broken, and what role the consumer plays in fixing it. Cole brings up a festival Old Salt is putting on, and listeners can learn more and get tickets at https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/festival
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mIbwMwv5RM0aLcrOO5zDcO5M4U95MZjlJC9OfBEw-w0/edit
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This week’s guests are Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas, award winning political pollsters and strategists who came together to write A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation. The book is an exploration of how America grew so divided and how we might come back together.
In this episode, Justin asks Celinda and Ed what they think of the state of our democracy now, and why this was the right time to write their book. Celinda and Ed talk about three key parts of the book — social media, super PACs and cable news — and Justin asks both what they see as solutions in a difficult political time.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LP7U7gRdjoktrZDtUadzT35OM5Hlf6IPRqh_dYruQiw/edit
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This week’s guest is Ken Fichtler, founder and CEO of Gaize, a Montana based startup that recently launched a cannabis impairment detection product. Ken served as chief business development officer for four years during the Bullock administration and is a seasoned vet of the Montana entrepreneurship scene.
Before they dive into Gaize, Justin asks Ken about his shift from entrepreneurship to public service and what he sees as the macro-level trends of employment. Ken talks about a question that lead him to Gaize — the fact that he wasn’t aware of any system that existed to detect cannabis impairment — and how now he’s created the world’s largest dataset of cannabis impaired eye movement.
Learn more about Gaize here: https://www.gaize.ai/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sXDdjD3MPJMronSQksCaxfhrDYLNjn3B26F6rLLvCAw/edit
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This week is the April edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. Today, the two dig into the perplexing and inconvenient reality that Americans appear to be dying much younger than our counterparts in other advanced economies.
Bryce brings up one article that shows Americans are dying more frequently at younger ages. Justin asks what some of the reasons behind that phenomenon are, and the two go through several of those possibilities.
Tune in next month for part two of this conversation.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XbK4obBoy1qtTUXdvJPXl4yAojgoWXDqrlVe1_sdLc/edit
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