This week's guest is Andrew Schulz, the community manager for C2M Beta. C2M Beta is an open innovation lab supported by Blackfoot Communications. C2M Beta offers a curriculum and a collection of resources designed to help entrepreneurs in Monta

I&I - Crisis in the political labor market

Nov 30th, 2023 28m 13s

This week's episode is the November 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.Justin and Bryce discuss the crisis

Wendy Owens and Dylan Cherrulo on generational entrepreneurship

Nov 16th, 2023 28m 48s

This week's guests are Dylan Cherrulo and Wendy Owens. Dylan is an economics student at the University of Montana and a program assistant at the Blackstone Luanchpad. Wendy is the founder and CEO of Hexas Biomass, and she's also Dylan's mom.I

Josh Olsen of Montana Wilderness School

Nov 9th, 2023 28m 51s

This week's guest is Josh Olsen, co-founder and program director of the Montana Wilderness School, a Bozeman based organization that offers expeditionary wilderness courses for youth that foster personal growth and a conservation ethic.In thi

I&I - A.I. and creativity part 2

Nov 2nd, 2023 28m 44s

This week is the October 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 week, Justin and Bryce continue discussing

Ken Stern on hate & anti-Semitism

Oct 26th, 2023 28m 50s

This week's guest is Ken Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate. He's also an award winning author, scholar and attorney. Ken has argued before the Supreme Court and testified in front of Congress. Ken will be visiting the Uni

Shaun Radley on bike racing in Montana

Oct 19th, 2023 28m 40s

This week's guest is Shaun Radley, purveyor of all things at MTCX and master of bike race organizing in western Montana. There is something special happening right now with the sport of cycling in Montana, and Shaun is a big reason why.In thi

Revisiting LandTrust with Nic De Castro

Oct 16th, 2023 22m 35s

After some thoughtful listener questions, Justin reached back out to Nic de Castro, founder of LandTrust — a new venture seeking to connect landowners and recreationalists — to ask a few more questions, particularly about how LandTrust works wi

Molly Kruckenberg of the Montana Historical Society

Oct 12th, 2023 28m 48s

This week's guest is Molly Kruckenberg, director of the Montana Historical Society, an organization charged with protecting and sharing Montana's past. The Historical Society is in the midst of building the Montana Heritage Center and Molly and

Latisha Buck Elk Thunder & Dacia Red Thunder Griego on Indigenous Made Missoula

Oct 5th, 2023 28m 49s

This week's guests are Latisha Buck Elk Thunder and Dacia Red Thunder Griego, founders of Indigenous Made Missoula, a platform created to empower and propel Indigenous artists.In this episode, Justin asks about the inspiration behind Indigeno

I&I - A.I. and creativity

Sep 28th, 2023 28m 36s

This week is the September 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 week Justin and Bryce are joined by Justi

Peter Stark on overlooked American history

Sep 21st, 2023 28m 50s

This week's guest is Peter Stark, bestselling author of Astoria, Young Washington, and now the newly released Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation. Peter's new book explores a critica

Nic de Castro explains LandTrust

Sep 14th, 2023 26m 54s

This week's guest is Nic de Castro, founder of LandTrust, a new venture seeking to connect landowners and recreationalists. LandTrust creates new revenue streams for landowners and enables access to lands previously difficult or impossible for

I&I- This is Wildfire

Sep 7th, 2023 28m 22s

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. This week, Bryce takes on the role of host to tal

Colin Hickey on the world of VidCon

Aug 31st, 2023 28m 35s

This week's guest is Colin Hickey, senior vice-president of operations at VidCon - a conference that brings together up to 75,000 online creators each year. Colin is a Montana entrepreneur and community leader and has grown the VidCon program a

Jeff Batton on voting with your investment dollars

Aug 24th, 2023 28m 49s

This week's guest is Jeff Batton, a principal at HomeStake, a fund that pursues a variety of business models, all designed around connecting more local investors with more local companies.In this episode, Justin and Jeff talk about the trend

Retrospective from departing UM Provost Pardis Mahdavi

Aug 17th, 2023 28m 42s

This week's guest is Dr. Pardis Mahdavi, an Iranian-American professor, administrator, outgoing provost at the University of Montana, and the newly named president of the University of La Verne. Pardis is the author of multiple books and served

Jay Erickson on rural health care

Aug 10th, 2023 29m 7s

This week's guest is Dr. Jay Erickson, a family medicine doctor in the Flathead Valley and assistant clinical dean of the University of Washington's WWAMI Program, a residency track for doctors to practice in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montan

Sally Mauk on the state of Montana politics and journalism

Aug 3rd, 2023 28m 48s

This week's guest is journalist Sally Mauk, senior news analyst and news director emerita at Montana Public Radio. Sally has covered Montana politics and other topics for over 30 years and is the host of MTPR's Capitol Talk.In this episode Sa

I&I- Things are better than you think

Jul 27th, 2023 29m 23s

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 week the two discuss some of the more encourag

Emmy Award Winning Set Designer John Shaffner Part 2

Jul 20th, 2023 29m 20s

This week Justin returns to his conversation with Emmy Award winning production designer and art director John Shaffner about his career designing some of the most iconic sets in television, including Friends and Two and a Half Men.In part tw

Emmy Winning Set Designer John Shaffner

Jul 13th, 2023 29m 3s

This week Justin talks with Emmy Award winning production designer and art director John Shaffner about his career designing some of the most iconic sets in television, including Friends and Two and a Half Men.In part one this two-part episod

Jeff Ament & John Wicks are Deaf Charlie

Jul 6th, 2023 29m 29s

This week's guests are legendary Missoula-based musicians, Jeff Ament and John Wicks, who have collaborated to form the band Deaf Charlie. Their first full length album, Catastrophic Metamorphic, recently released on June 30th.In this episode

Exercise as Medicine

Jun 29th, 2023 29m 7s

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 Mo

I&I - Parking, why is it always so bad?

Jun 22nd, 2023 29m 27s

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 i