Glacier National Park.
Significant cuts to the federal workforce have created uncertainty around staffing levels at national parks in Montana. MTPR’s John Hooks shares the latest with host Elinor Smith.
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As summer heats up in Montana, so does wildfire season. This raises the question, does winter snowpack really correlate to the severity of the wildfire season? And what does a 'normal' fire season mean?
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The 69th Legislature has reached week seven. Debates over environmental issues from wolves to the right to a clean and healthful environment are heating up at the Statehouse. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana Statehouse.
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FEMA has cut employees and is now halting efforts to improve building codes. And, Israel says one of the bodies Hamas returned does not belong to any known hostage.
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A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe, author of ‘Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis’ (Doubleday).
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Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop, Larry and Joe, are multi instrumentalists and singer songwriters. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend of their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that music and social movements coalesce.
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Lady Strings, Fran Grace one of the leading voices in Sacred Steel music joins host John Floridis. -
GooseHost John Floridis welcomes Rick Mitarotonda, lead guitarist, singer and band leader of the jam band favorite Goose.
