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 is part two of Justin’s conversation with acclaimed journalist and writer Hal Herring. Hal is a contributing editor at Field & Stream where he writes the Conservation blog. He’s interested in complex topics central to life in the American West, and is currently working on a deep exploration of public lands.
In part two of this conversation, Justin and Hal talk about the conflicts that strengthened the public lands system. Justin asks Hal how he addresses the tribal history of public land, and they talk about the issue of access to public lands for diverse and minority communities. Justin asks Hal about a new extractive industry — tourism — and Hal expresses concern about a future without public lands.
To get more of Hal and history on public lands before his book comes out (he’s anticipating a year) visit:
Field & Stream — https://www.fieldandstream.com/authors/hal-herring/
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers’ podcast — https://www.backcountryhunters.org/bha_podcast
Patagonia’s short film, Public Trust — https://www.patagonia.com/films/public-trust/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1azZE3npz6MJKOLuUpjGEzLphzYh5qDIx84vwVD1OEU8/edit
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This week’s guest is acclaimed journalist and writer Hal Herring. Hal is a contributing editor at Field & Stream where he writes the Conservationist blog. He’s interested in complex topics central to life in the American West, and is currently working on a deep exploration of public lands. Since this topic is so big, we’re bringing you this conversation in two parts.
In part one, we hear about Hal’s beginning in Montana as a HoeDad tree planter. Hal takes us back to Rome with the genesis of the idea of public lands and navigates through the political history of a movement trying to get public lands out of federal management. Hal explains the importance of the Taylor Grazing Act and Federal Land Policy Management Act in relation to lands in the West, and both the conflicts and successes that stem from years of figuring out how to manage public lands. Tune in to part two next week.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10v7IK61B5Ncs4NPad2kBhsjhhwHBsfuorygI_L_v3Co/edit
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This week Justin is joined by DeAnna Bublitz, founder of DEER Camp. DEER Camp is trying to build a more diverse community of hunters by attracting underrepresented groups to the activity. DeAnna grew up in Minnesota and studied infectious diseases, a path that ultimately led her to labs with professors at the University of Montana.
In this episode, we learn about DeAnna’s journey to hunting and the experiences she’s had as a solo woman hunter. DeAnna talks about how it feels to hunt with different types of people and the way her level of involvement changes depending on who she’s with. She brings up the various barriers to entry, including cost and connections, and offers advice for first-time hunters, including befriending the local area biologist.
Learn more about DEER Camp on Instagram or through its website.
https://www.instagram.com/deercamp_mt/?hl=en
https://www.deercampmt.org/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OxGrJnHbQJsLc3z8A-u25TEJDnB0iV9ckE5p2x6xUCw/edit
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This week is the August 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.
In this episode, Justin and Bryce are joined by Bryce’s wife, Maggie, who works in conflict resolution. The trio talk about how much less time people are spending with their friends and the atrophy of our social muscles. In light of the coronavirus pandemic and new collaborative environments, Bryce and Maggie talk about how social media can lead us to creating assumptions about people and building the wrong type of social muscles. Justin, Bryce and Maggie end the episode by giving their recommendations on allocating time more effectively.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dHncZQX1NBGCJLen6yokzlkBltRm9pq1d9B0EIN5a44/edit
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This week’s guest is Craig Cowie, Professor at the University of Montana’s Blewitt School of Law. Craig helps guide us through three of the most significant decisions in this recently concluded term of the US Supreme Court.
The first case is Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v Wade in June. Craig explains the five possible ways this could change abortion access in Montana. The next case is Oklahoma v Castro-Huerta, and Craig dives into the flip in reasoning stemming from a 200-year history of Indian Law. Lastly, we hear about West Virginia v EPA and Craig’s thoughts on the place of historical analysis in Supreme Court decisions.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15qHMdPv3AzhGY3KPTtlmIkXVd8Sis0By20d8F6Iivkw/edit
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This week’s guest is Heather McDowell, Vice President for Legal, Environmental and Government Affairs for the US region at Sibanye-Stillwater, the owner and operator of the Stillwater and East Boulder Mines. Heather works at the intersection of many issues critical to Montana’s future - environmental regulation and sustainability, workers’ rights, diversity, equity and inclusion and many others. And if those topics weren’t challenging enough, Heather has been helping her colleagues recover from the massive flooding earlier this summer that shut down operations.
In this episode, we get a definition of responsible mining and hear Heather’s take on the benefits of government regulation on mining. Heather talks about climate change and Sibanye-Stillwater’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.
Learn more about Sibanye-Stillwater here: https://www.sibanyestillwater.com/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BTbRLAPjQOoTbbtmMMAljfNGq-Q7dlkaFfz9WYA1wao/edit
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This week’s guest is Tim Gordon, master appraiser of art and antiques. Tim has been a leading authority in the appraisal business for over 25 years, working on projects like Princess Diana’s gown collection, the Jim Morrison estate, the Al Capone Family collection, and the collections of Yellowstone National Park.
Tim tells us how his beginnings in the appraisal industry stemmed from his mother’s piano playing and painting. He describes what it feels like to be the person who sees things for the first time, like an empty whisky bottle of Al Capone’s. We learn about how Tim places value on a piece of art, and how much value can be taken from what a piece means to its beholders. Tim talks about how his Montanan values play into his work, and what he thinks about NFTs and cryptocurrency.
Tim’s website can be found here: https://www.gappraisals.com/
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KOXCFAEdr30gF5_XvqyQwxQnC5Mz7FHj7DMjT-RIyUo/edit
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This week’s guest is Shannon Hughes, strategic communications manager at RMI, an international organization working to transform global energy production with market-based solutions. Shannon’s purview is supply chain, a significant source of carbon emissions. As a communications expert she is focused on making this complex topic more digestible to a broader audience. Given the pandemic-induced salience of the supply chain in all of our lives, Shannon and her RMI colleagues have a great opportunity to raise awareness of the climate implications of how we move stuff all over the globe.
In this conversation we hear about the importance of communication skills when dealing with a data intense topic, a branch of RMI and its goal of decarbonizing the cryptocurrency world and Shannon’s biggest takeaway from her time at RMI thus far – that data has to be relatable.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LkuGKA5xrIJUIKbpjOC2DVCNpXbKE5eO-aHaTGfjiAk/edit
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This week is the July 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 is the last in a three-part mini-series on social media, with a focus on solutions.
In this conversation Justin and Bryce consider the three R’s of transforming the social media landscape, Bryce uses his metaphor of pollution to describe the effects of social media and we hear about the benefits these changes could have on society.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wbR-5pIkWI5unF9EKD4mzu0H-yDACzSC4TAacwUONk4/edit
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This week’s guest is Tyler Hamilton. For many years, Tyler raced at the very highest level of professional cycling and was a key figure in the Lance Armstrong doping saga. His story is well documented, told best in Tyler’s powerful book, The Secret Race. Tyler now lives in Missoula, runs a coaching business, works for Black Swift Investment advisors and is a new father. Today we talk about how he transformed his life after racing and found happiness and balance.
In this conversation Justin and Tyler talk about fatherhood and we hear about Tyler’s continued work with MS Global. Tyler talks about his acceptance of past mistakes, the role meditation now plays in his life and the terms he currently keeps with professional cycling.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H65P_SAeb5nFxzQ8MBcn_ZKmejb0ljcrsQej3p7dKE8/edit
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