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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Caption: Marie Johnson, Polson, MT, Credit: Courtesy Johnson Family
This week on Mountain West Voices: the second part of the extraordinary saga of the late Marie Johnson, who as a young woman was cut off from her S...

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


  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Bea Vogel, Helena, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A portrait of Montana arachnologist, artist and feminist Bea Vogel.

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


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dean Blount, Frazer, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
Dean Blount was a Cold War-era Russian language specialist in Turkey. Back home on Montana's Fort Peck Indian Reservation, he is trying to ensure ...

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


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: St. Marie, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
Saint Marie, in a remote part of northeastern Montana, is the site of an Air Force base that was shut down in 1968. Now 500 people live in a town ...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on Mountain West Voices: A small, eastern Montana town in the Bakken oil fields copes with sudden and dramatic change.

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


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Margaret Carranza, Lambert, MT, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: The first in a two-part series about Margaret Carranza, a 103-year-old, Mexican born woman who spent her life as...

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


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Margaret and Juanita Carranza, Lambert, MT, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Last week we heard from 103-year-old Margaret Carranza, who came from Mexico to Montana's Yellowstone River Vall...

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


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with Paul Williams in Helena, Montana - a guitar maker, woodworker, and homeless Viet Nam veteran.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
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ORIGINAL VERSION, JANUARY 2014. HEAR THE NEW IMPROVED VERSION AT: http://www.prx.org/pieces/127230 This week on Mountain West Voices: Don Schonenb...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pat Geary, Helmville, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: 94-year-old Pat Geary, teacher and church organist in Helmville, Montana, talks about her community, and her lif...

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


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Mountain West Voices: Mike Williams and Aaron Parrett of Helena, Montana, talk about old time American music, its evolution, and their...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Russ and Jack Nassett, Helena, MT, Credit: Katy Wright
This week on Mountain West Voices: Montana rockabilly guitarist Russ Nassett visits with his grandson Jack about the importance of playing music.

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


  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Mountain West Voices: 94-year-old activist Meyer Chessin talks about his journey from his Yiddish-speaking Bronx neighborhood during t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
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(THIS PIECE WAS REMIXED AND REPUBLISHED AS PART OF PRX'S SECOND EAR PROGRAM.) This week on Mountain West Voices: A story about a homeless Montana m...

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


  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Robert Bassett, Butte, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Bob Bassett of Butte, Montana talks about a life that took him from the Marine Corps, to the lumber camps of the...

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


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joyce Vashro, Helena, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: The first of several stories in the series looking at the "war brides" who came to the United States by the thou...

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


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Kayla Murchison along the Continental Divide, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: We meet Kayla Murchison along the Continental Divide Trail in Montana, 4 1/2 months and 2800 miles into her ques...

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Tyler Knott Gregson, Helena, Montana, Credit: Sarah Linden
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with poet Tyler Knott Gregson - an unlikely success story from Helena, Montana. He typed his first poem...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tyler Knott Gregson, Helena, Montana, Credit: Sarah Linden
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with poet Tyler Knott Gregson - an unlikely success story from Helena, Montana. He typed his first poem ...

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joyce Vashro, Helena, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
The second installment of the story of Joyce Vashro, an Englishwoman who married a U.S. serviceman and came to Montana 70 years ago. She and her b...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2