A New Angle

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.comIn this month’s installment of Incentives & Instincts, our recurring series with economist Bryce Ward, Justin and Bryce dive into the changing perceptions of the teaching profession over the last 50 years. They explore how the status, prestige, and public perception of K-12 teachers have shifted, focusing on the decline since the Great Recession. The co…

This week we’re re-airing a conversation with John Adams, executive director at Montana Free Press. With Adams as its founder, Montana Free Press launched in 2016 as an independent nonprofit. In this episode Justin and John talk about the Montana Free Press model, the state of journalism in general, and its future here in Montana. Justin asks John how the rise of Facebook and Google changed the business model for online newspapers.Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWQkKNw2tQI_7y596hVCR3mIIfyH6RyFjHSpqgCX-MA/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Nick Mott is an award-winning journalist and host of a new podcast The Wide Open. The first season, Threatened, explores the complex legacy of the Endangered Species Act and new episodes are dropping weekly right now. Mott discusses the Act’s history, its powerful legal teeth, and the social and political challenges surrounding species protection, particularly with predators like grizzly bears in Montana. He shares insights into the ethical and practical debates about wildlife conservation, the social question of what constitutes species recovery, and how the Act has become such a contentious issue in modern politics.Listen to The Wide Open here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1254361510/the-wide-openTranscript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qUoJLIlgD0hjwDrXz3ndxLu7-X7Xr1EyAYTQDBmXgkw/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Mallory Phillips and Nathan Dugan co-founded Shelter WF, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating housing options for low to middle-income earners, in 2022. In this episode, they discuss the housing challenges in the Flathead Valley, the history of zoning and its implications on class and race, the state of housing legislation in Montana, and the barriers to affordable housing development.Learn more about Shelter WF here: www.shelterwf.orgTranscript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-jMxFSdZXgFFNU409lH0p84e6M9OBxlEBNfl_bkQuj0/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.comIn a previous episode of Incentives & Instincts, Justin and economist Bryce Ward discussed a concerning rise in the need for chaos — a mentality in which individuals across the ideological spectrum, feeling disaffected by the system, seek its destruction. This week, they attempt to square that trend with the rise of a productive form of centrism in Wash…

Here’s part two of our conversation with Heidi Wallace and Rajiem Seabrook of EmpowerMT, an organization dedicated to creating a more just and inclusive world through leadership development and education. Heidi serves as executive director and Rajiem is director of equity and impact. In this episode, they discuss the challenges of systemic oppression, the impact of social media on youth, and grapple with whether or not our society is actually making progress.Learn more about EmpowerMT here: https://www.empowermt.org/Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13baFFSE4sXeFS6gtuzdY-mrUdY9y6UaHvCdKJqPkNTg/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

This week we’re bringing you an encore presentation of Justin’s conversation with Mara Silvers about Shared State, a collaborative reporting effort between the Montana Free Press, Montana Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio. Shared State explores the strange political moment we’re living through, and as we approach this next election, this conversation seems like a good reminder that truth – whatever version of it we can find – usually lies in the middle.Access the Shared State archive here: https://www.mtpr.org/podcast/shared-stateEpisode transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O8G3b6912AvHufml849rfc9YJ5HnZD4DMwk2LrU0SS4/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Today Justin interviews Heidi Wallace and Rajiem Seabrook of EmpowerMT, an organization dedicated to creating a more just and inclusive world through leadership development and education. Heidi serves as executive director and Rajiem is director of equity and impact. They delve into the work they do to build more cohesive communities, the power of self-reflection, and the critical role of curiosity in understanding diverse experiences. Tune in for part two of this conversation next week.Learn more about EmpowerMT here: https://www.empowermt.org/Episode transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POLikCEkwPNljPNf_Krc4v8fNveCuNeqhh5xNdrgprk/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

On Independence Day, Justin sits down with Anne Fogel of Missoula, Montana, to discuss the plight of her brother, Marc Fogel, who has been imprisoned in a Russian labor camp since 2021 for attempting to enter the country with 14 grams of medical cannabis. Justin and Anne discuss Marc’s love of teaching history in classrooms across the world, the details of his arrest at a Russian airport and the frustrations of trying to obtain action from the Biden administration to designate Marc as wrongfully detained.Send a message to the White House here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11vY8NM8Wr19zxRp4kPlTV9OcCUa11BJajjnKvgTTcoE/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

This week we’re re-airing a favorite episode from last year with 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 available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.comOur Incentives & Instincts series with economist Bryce Ward continues with a discussion of homelessness in Missoula. Bryce recently published an illuminating report in collaboration with Missoula Economic Partnership that describes the state of homelessness in Missoula, why it’s happening, and what we can do about it. Bryce and Justin are also joined by…

Tracy McNew is executive director of the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) in Libby, Montana, and LeRoy Thom is the clinic board president. The CARD clinic provides critical services to the Libby community as they recover from the legacy of vermiculite mining. In this episode, Tracy and LeRoy discuss how the CARD is addressing the health impacts of asbestos exposure, the Affordable Care Act’s provisions to fund care for asbestos-related diseases, and the clinic’s legal battles with BNSF Railway.Transcript available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Allan Savory was born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa. Through his experiences in game ranching, he developed the philosophy of holistic management. In 2009, Allan, his wife Jody Butterfield and several colleagues founded the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado, an international network of leaders committed to putting holistic management into practice.In this conversation, Allan discusses his observations of land degradation and biodiversity loss and the importance of properly managing livestock. He critiques the overemphasis on fossil fuels in climate change conversations and points out a need for systemic policy change to manage land, economy, and institutions.Transcript available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.comThis week, our Incentives & Instincts series with economist Bryce Ward continues, with an exploration of the dynamics between what we want and what we need in today’s capitalist society. Bryce and Justin dive into how markets cater to our desires but often at the expense of our essential needs, and discuss the resulting impacts on health, social connect…

Christian Beckwith is a former editor of the American Alpine Journal and the co-founder of Alpinist Magazine. His current project, Ninety-Pound Rucksack, is a deep exploration of the 10th Mountain Division. In this episode, Christian discusses how the 10th was formed in response to the U.S.’s need for mountain infantry during WWII, and how the legacy of that outdoor training later influenced the development of skiing and climbing in postwar America.Transcript available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

This is a narrated version of a recently published Substack post. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Melissa Sevigny is an award-winning science journalist at Arizona Public Radio and author of the amazing new book Brave the Wild River, which won the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for History in Biography. In this episode, Justin and Melissa discuss how she came across the story of Lois Jotter and Elzada Clover, two women who made history by mapping the botany of the Grand Canyon during a 1938 expedition, the challenges they faced as women in science, and some of the current environmental challenges facing the Grand Canyon.Transcript available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Steve Arveschoug is the executive director of Big Sky Economic Development in Billings and an advocate for leaders to embrace vulnerability and mental well-being.In this episode, Steve discusses the turning point that led him to seek help for work-related stress, the boundaries he sets to prioritize emotional health, and why he believes leaders have a responsibility to raise these conversations in their organizations and communities.Transcript available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

In 2022, Eliza Donahue was caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing. The accident left her with serious physical injuries, as well as mental and emotional trauma. In this episode, Justin speaks with Eliza and clinical social worker Justin Short, who founded a support group for those who’ve experienced loss in the outdoors like Eliza has. They discuss the cumulative nature of trauma, the emotional aftermath of a harrowing accident, and the healing role of community.Transcript available here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

Will Cockrell is the author of the book Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World, a fascinating history of the guiding industry on the world’s highest peak.In this episode, Justin and Will discuss how his book challenges misconceptions about Everest, the evolving role of Sherpas, and why this mountain holds such a firm grip on our psyche.Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zt-grVJHMMEnOSebKku9le5ZAyNhTE1-1sWwkGHD6UQ/edit?usp=sharing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe