Mountain West Voices

Series produced by clay scott

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Mountain West Voices is an ongoing series that looks at the Rocky Mountain West - including Western Canada - through the medium of radio storytelling. Each piece in the series profiles an individual or community, introducing listeners to the compelling stories that are part of the human landscape of our region.

Mountain West Voices is an ongoing series that looks at the Rocky Mountain West - including Western Canada - through the medium of radio storytelling. Each piece in the series profiles an individual or community, introducing listeners to the compelling stories that are part of the human landscape of our region.


176 Pieces

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This week on Mountain West Voices: The moving story of a Montana woman who grows up on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, is raised by grandparen...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Airmen Sean Two Crow and Jamie Fox, Fort Belknap Reservation, Credit: Kenton Rowe
For generations, Native Americans have served in the military in disproportionate numbers. This week on Mountain West Voices, we go to Montana's F...

Bought by KGLT, KFOK-LPFM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Flora Wong's Bride Picture, Aged 17, Credit: Courtesy of Flora Wong
This week on Mountain West Voices: The remarkable story of Flora Wong, a Chinese-American woman who survived the Sino-Japanese war and came to Mont...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Mountain West Voices: a profile of Canadian writer Angie Abdou (author of The Bone Cage and Anything Boys Can Do), and her new novel, ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Ken Nakagama, Lethbridge, Alberta, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: in 1942, the Nakagama family - along with all "persons of Japanese racial origin" in British Columbia - had thei...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Norb Laurenzen Plays Gershwin, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A young Montana rodeo cowboy, tough, fearless and reckless, is also a sensitive interpreter of Gershwin's preludes.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dundee Warden Gives a Trim, Credit: Kenton Rowe
This week on Mountain West Voices: a profile of a Montana woman who put herself through barber school, apprenticed around the state in rough-and-tu...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Cloe Erickson and Inhabitants of Zawiyat Ahansal, Morocco, Credit: Kristoffer Erickson
A young Montana architect, at the beginning of a promising career, quits her job, learns Arabic, and starts a one-woman foundation to carry out his...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Brian Wicks Inspects Guitar, Credit: Clay Scott
Lots of young people leave small rural communities in the Rocky Mountain West and head for bigger cities. Once in a while, they come back. This w...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Ed Musselman and his Plane on his Montana Ranch, Credit: Clay Scott
Montana pilot Ed Musselman has been flying airplanes since the 1930's, and he has no intention of stopping any time soon. "As long as I can parall...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: aiyana ferraro with lead dog, Credit: clay scott
Sled dog racing is not only for Alaskans, and it's not the exclusive province of burly, bearded men. This year's Race to the Sky - a grueling trek...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A profile of two people obsessed with how food gets from the field to the dinner plate. One of them is a high-end, French-trained chef who has tak...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Frank Ghee, Union Bethel Church, Great Falls, Credit: Kenton Rowe
Montana has the smallest African-American population in the U.S., but the state has had a continuous Black presence since the days of the first pio...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: children playing at bynum school, Credit: clay scott
"The Rural Teacher" profiles a teacher - and a school - in a tiny community along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front. A century ago, there were more t...

Bought by KZYX, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: brigid reedy plays her fiddle, Credit: clay scott
The traditional art of Western-style yodeling is extremely difficult to master. That's why it's surprising that one of the most gifted yodelers ar...

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Denis Casas in the high country, Credit: clay scott
Herding sheep is a lonely profession, especially when you are thousands of miles from home. A generation ago, the sheepherders of the Rocky Mounta...

Bought by KVNF, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3