HOME GROUND RADIO® 2011 BROADCASTS

Jan 4-5   Craighead Environmental Institute

Jan11-12 Leslie Weldon, USFS Region One Chief

Jan 18-19 Karla Gray, retired Montana Supreme Court Justice, advocates a referendum on accountability of Judges.

Jan 25-26 Career chemist John Green also has a passion for fine art, and discusses his collection

Feb 1-2 AAA Youth Hunting Program

Feb 8-9   US Forest Service Roundtable

Feb 15 -17   Our nation’s schools are facing real problems, but Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau says Montana’s schools are working well.

Feb 22-23   Who would believe that 3-5 year-olds could set up their own museum?  Believe it.  Sheila Devins, award winning pre-school educator, is doing amazing things at the Liz Claiborne pre-school in Seeley Lake, Montana.

March 1-2   How would you like to be responsible for managing Ted Turner’s 15 ranches totaling 2 million acres – to assure economic sustainability, environmental sensitivity, conservation of native species – and getting along with the neighbors?  That’s Turner Ranch manager Russ Miller’s job.

March 8-9  It’s hard to maintain a sense of community in our fast-paced world.  But people in Missoula are doing just that:  through an innovative network of community gardens called Garden City.

March 15-16    MSTI, We all use electricity – a lot of it.  But when it comes to how we get it from where it’s generated to the ultimate users, there is often a fight.

March 22-23  NAMI, National Alliance for Mental Illness National Alliance on Mental Illness

For decades we’ve shied away from facing mental illness head-on.  But today, Montanans are taking the lead in confronting the issue.

March 29-30  Innocence Project The Constitution has protections for those accused of a crime, and none of us wants think innocent people are sent to prison. Unfortunately, they are.

April 5-6    Senator Alan Simpson, Former Wyoming Senator Al Simpson co-chaired the national bipartisan panel on long-term deficit reduction.  Here what he has to say.

April 19-20     

The Buffalo Bill Plains Indian Museum in Cody is renowned for its dynamic exhibits, which show Indian culture as much more than a unique part of our past. Meet Emma Hansen, senior curator.

April 26-27     Sage Grouse Initiative

May 3-4    Pat Williams represented Montana in Congress for 18 years.  He’s been home for 15.  What’s he been up to?

May 10-11  Wal-Mart employs two million people and is the world’s largest grocer.  Their new initiative to support sustainably grown, local food comes as quite a surprise.

May 17-18  There is just something special about frogs!  And when kids meet frogs at the Museum of the Rockies terrific frog exhibition, good things happen.

May 24-25 Break your leg in the US and it’s not usually a big deal, but in many countries it can mean economic disaster.  Meet two doctors who are doing something about that.

May 3-4 Dr. Tom Trebon has announced his upcoming retirement as President of Carroll College.  What has he learned along the way?

June 7-8 Fort Benton’s Grand Union Hotel was built in the 1880s, in the glory days of Missouri River steamboats.  Fifteen years ago, the Gagnon family decided to restore its splendor.  It turned out to be quite a job!

June 14-15  Carmine Mowbray was long interested in politics—but too busy with family and business to run for office.  Then, this January, she got appointed to the State Senate – and got a baptism of fire.

June 21-22 University of Montana Climate Action Network: Getting through the University of Montana is tough enough without taking on extra work.  So why are students getting involved in the fight against climate change – and what are they doing about it?

June 28-29  Mike Frank, Blue Cross Blue Shield: Montana’s largest health insurance provider is Blue Cross-Blue Shield, providing or administering coverage for 300,000 Montanans.  In an effort to control rising health care costs, they’ve launched a three-pronged initiative involving administrative cost reduction, doctor and hospital payments, and the health of everyday Montanans.  Some of what they are doing will surprise you.

July 5-6  Clayton Kirk was home schooled on a Montana ranch, attended public high school.  At age 21, after three years of college, he looks back on the pluses and minuses of his experience.  You’ll be impressed.

July 12-13  Bozeman Youth Initiative: Mix in equal parts a) a school bus converted into a mobile greenhouse, b) and college and high school students mentoring K-5 elementary kids in where their food comes from and how to grow it  – and you have the recipe for a stunning success!

July 19-20   Bob Rowe, CEO of Northwestern Energy: Delivering natural gas and electricity is a complicated business, regulated by Montana’s Public Service Commission.  Bob Rowe is President and CEO of Northwestern Energy – and he’s sat on both sides of the table.

July 26-27   Jeff Laszlo: Ranchers pride themselves on independence. But the Laszlo families—long-time Madison Valley ranchers—decide to try a collaborative wetlands project--involving conservation groups, and yes, the government.  

August 2-3 Molly Galusha, Buttercup Market and Café: There is more to the Buttercup Market Market and Café than meets the eye:  A great slice of Montana history.

August 9-10  Two years ago, we talked to Brett and Kimber Emmons about her 6 year old daughter Kenna’s life-threatening illness and the need for a bone marrow donor. Since then, the family has walked a tough road.

August 16-17 What happens when our consumer culture collides with the traditional people and the natural world that they—and we—depend on? Veteran time magazine reporter, Eugene Linden, has some experience with that question. 

August 23-24 Republican, Democrat, left and right wing, progressive, conservative. Had enough of political labels? Then you may be interested in a new organization that wants serious discussion of our nation’s problems—it’s called No Labels.

August 30-31 Patricia Nell Warren is the granddaughter of Conrad Kohrs, of the famous Grant Kohrs Ranch. She was raised on the ranch and grew up to be an award-winning journalist and writer.

September 6-7 We’ve all heard of Rhodes Scholars—exceptionally bright young people who spend a year at Oxford. But who are they and what are they like? Meet three of them, just back from overseas.

September 13-14 Andrew Ferguson—Crazy U: Veteran journalist (and father) describes his encounter with today’s insanity of college admissions.

September 20-21 Pine Bark Beetle: This tiny animal has decimated 41 million acres of forests in the US – Can anything be done about it?

September 27-28   Greg Lemon:  Why does a bright and talented young man choose work as editor of the Madisonian, Montana’s oldest weekly newspaper?  In a word, he cares.

October 4-5  Martin Holt knew he was dying when he came on Home Ground last December.  His final months set a standard in wisdom and humanity. 

October 11-12  In the 2010 election, $3.2 billion was spent, the vast majority coming from less than one-quarter of 1% of the American people. A new group, Americans for Campaign Reform, wants to change that.

October 20KUFM --October 12 KEMC  The Role and Responsibilities of Montana’s Hospitals:  Our hospitals are not-for-profits who get tax breaks in exchange for public service. They are also big business in competition with others. To whom are they really accountable, and how much should the public be involved?  A special one-hour Home Ground Community Forum, co-sponsored by Carroll College. 

October 18-19  George Cole: you know him as a public radio host.  Now you can know him as Laurel native, full-time journalist, high-level political aide, and political commentator.

October 25-26  Steven Eagle, law professor at George Mason, has written extensively on property rights, takings, and land use planning.

November 1-2   Occupy Wall Street: In cities across the United States, Americans are making a statement by occupying places of economic power.  But who are they? Katie Davison, 32 year old filmmaker, is one.   

November  8-9  When we think of farmers, we don’t tend to think of sociologists, as vice versa.  Meet Hugo Tureck of Coffee Creek – he’s both.

November 15-16    Given Montana’s recent experience with medical marijuana, the issue seems complex and confusing.  But not to Dan Todd, conservative former Republican legislator. He’s for it.

November 22-23    Not many of us see a connection between William Shakespeare and the art of boxing. Hank Burgess does. For years he taught both at Carroll College.

November 29-30      Commercial logging has been controversial for decades and Julia Altemus, the new executive director of the Montana Wood Products Association, has seen the battle from many angles.

December 6-7  America’s African-American community has not been resounding in its support of gay rights, or the comparison of that movement with the Civil Rights struggle. Reverend Gilbert Caldwell takes a different view.

December 13-14   George Cole-Kenny Martin-encore

December 20-21   How would you like your child to experience another culture, another country, in-depth?  Visions Service Adventures does that -- having young people work in foreign lands with local people -- building a health clinic, a community garden or a schoolhouse . . . For some, it's a life-changing experience.   

December 27 -28    Seeley Lake School Lunch Program 

Historically, school lunch programs have not rated well in terms of a balanced diet. Faced with an obesity epidemic, some schools are changing that. One is Seeley Lake Elementary, where they’re doing something quite special.

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