Home Ground 2018 Broadcast Schedule
August 21/26 Mom's Demand Action
#4 IN OUR SERIES ON THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE: ‘MOMS DEMAND ACTION’ LEADER KIELY LAMMERS CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND COMMUNITY-BASED DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES.
August 14/19 Randy Yaeger
THE 3 RD IN HOME GROUND'S SERIES ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT: RANDY YAEGER, FIREARMS SAFETY INSTRUCTOR, SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE AND VIEWS.
August 7/12 Youth Against GunViolence
3 STUDENTS DISCUSS THEIR PARTICPATION IN THE ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE MOVEMENT.
July 31/5 Adam Winkler Encore
2ND AMENDMENT SCHOLAR DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF FIREARMS RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
July 24/29 Yellowstone Beef
HOW, AND WHY, IS “OLD-FASHIONED” GRASS-FED BEEF DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE BUY NOW? YOU'LL BE SURPRISED!
July 17/22 Beavers Encore
BEAVERS CUT DOWN TREES AND BUILD DAMS WHEREVER THEY WANT. CAN WE IMPROVE THE ODDS THAT WHAT WORKS FOR BEAVERS WORKS FOR US??
July 10/17 Britt Arnesen
WHY WOULD A CONTEMPORAY MUSICIAN AND SINGER USE AN 1890 GUITAR??
July 3/8 Mike Logan
VERY FEW PEOPLE COMBINE THE VISUAL AND SPOKEN ARTS. MIKE LOGAN DOES.
June 26/ July 1 Ben Long
IN A WORLD OF BIG-MONEY MEDIA, HOW CAN SMALL, COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS GET OUT THEIR MESSAGE?
June 19/24 Albini Wines
WHAT’S IN A GREAT BOTTLE OF WINE? YOU’LL BE SURPRISED
June 12/17 Colstrip-Lori Shaw
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BURNING COAL FOR ENERGY ARE THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL FOCUS. LEFT OUT OF THE DISCUSSION ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK COAL, AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.
June 5/10 Wild Sheep Foundation
MOUNTAIN SHEEP ARE AMOUNG OUR NATION'S MOST SPECTACULAR WILD ANIMALS. THEY ARE ALSO AMOUNG THE MOST VULNERABLE.
May 29/ June 3 Deb Jacobsen
DUE TO RECENTLY DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY, OUR CHILDREN LEARN DIFFERENTLY THAN AT ANY TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY. GOOD NEWS OR BAD?
May 22/27 Music Festival
THE POWER OF HEARING AND PLAYING MUSIC AT CROWN GUITAR FESTIVAL CHANGES PEOPLE’S LIVES.
May 15/20 Gene Etchart
AT AGE 102, GENE ETCHART HAS DIED. 80 YEARS AGO, HE HELPED PREPARE AMERICAN PILOTS FOR WORLD WAR II. 8 YEARS AGO, HE TOLD US HIS STORY.
May 8/13 Zero Waste-Brad Layton
BRAD ’S BOYHOOD FASCINATION WITH GARBAGE LEADS TO HIS ADULT HOPES TO ELIMI
May 1/6 American Indian Health-Tressie White
IN MANY FIELDS SPECIALISTS WORK HARD, BUT OFTEN DON'T COOPERATE WITH OTHERS. THIS HAS LONG BEEN THE CASE IN INDIAN HEALTHCARE.. ON AND OFF THE RESERVATION. TRESSIE WHITE IS WORKING TO CHANGE THAT.
April 24/29 Northwestern Energy Linemen
WE GET HOME ON A BITTER WINTER DAY, FLIP A SWITCH AND THE LIGHTS AND HEAT COME ON. WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, BUT WE SHOULD NOT. DEDICATED, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
April 17/22 Cierra Powel
IN OUR HYPER-SPEED, CHANGING WORLD IT CAN BE HARD TO DEVELOP DISCIPLINE AND CORE MORAL VALUES. BUT SOME ARE ABLE TO DO IT. MEET CARROLL COLLEGE SENIOR SIERRA POWELL.
April 10/14 Fork and Spoon
PAY WHAT YOU WANT FOR DINNER, OR PAY NOTHING AT ALL! YOU'RE AT BOZEMAN'S
FORK AND SPOON RESTAURANT!
April 3/8 Brucellosis
WHAT DO CATTLE, BISON, ELK AND HUMANS HAVE IN COMMON? WE ALL CAN CONTRACT AND SPREAD BRUCELLOSIS, A POTENTIALLY LETHAL DISEASE.
March 27/ April 1 Esther Perez 2
ESTHER PEREZ OFFERS US A UNIQUE WINDOW: 67 YEARS OF LIFE IN CUBA.
March 20/25 Esther Perez 1
ESTHER PEREZ WAS A SMALL CHILD WHEN THE 1959 CUBAN REVOLUTION CAME. RELATIVES LEFT, HER PARENTS STAYED. LOOKING BACK NOW, ACROSS SIX DECADES, WHAT DOES SHE SEE? JOIN US TO HER OUR SECOND PROGRAM OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
March 13/18 Eileen Morris
EILEEN MORRIS HAS SPENT ALMOST HER ENTIRE 86 YEARS IN BILLINGS. THAT'S ENABLED HER TO SEE WITH EXCEPTIONAL CLARITY WHAT HAS CHANGED IN WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ROLES AND RIGHTS, AND WHY.
March 6/11 Montana Health Care Foundation
OUR STATE IS FACING A SUBSTANCE ABUSE CRISIS, AND THE MONTANA HEALCARE FOUNDATION IS PLAY IN A VITAL ROLE IN FIGNHTING IT.
February 27/ March 4 Corrections-Reginald Michael
THE UNITED STATES HAS 5% OF WORLD'S POPULATION, BUT 25% OF ITS PRISON INMATES. IT COSTS $80 BILLION TO JUST RUN THE PRISONS. WHEN YOU ADD LOST WAGES AND OTHER COMMUNITY IMPACTS, WE’RE LOOKING AT $1 TRILLION A YEAR. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO TURN THINGS AROUND? REGINALD MICHAEL, ’S NEW DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS, SAYS YES.
February 20/25 Tim Fox
ATTORNEY GENERAL TIM FOX PUTS IT DIRECTLY: WE FACE A DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIC, A CRISIS OF THE FIRST ORDER. HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
February 13/18 Jobs for Montana Graduates
AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO MONTANA HIGH SCHOOLS ENGAGES STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TEACHES THEM THE SKILLS TO OBTAIN GOOD-PAYING JOBS.
February 6/11 Beavers
BEAVERS CUT DOWN TREES AND BUILD DAMS WHEREVER THEY WANT. CAN WE IMPROVE THE ODDS THAT WHAT WORKS FOR BEAVERS WORKS FOR US??
January 30/ February 4 Mike Dennison
HOW DID 86,000 MORE MONTANANS GET FREE HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS??
January 23/ 28 Jim Posewitz
YOU CAME TO MONTANA IN 1953, TO PLAY BOBCAT FOOTBALL. SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIG SKY MOVED YOU. FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS SINCE, YOU DEVOTED YOUR LIFE TO TRYING TO PROTECT KEY PARTS OF IT. MEET JIM POSEWITZ .
January 16/ 21 Professor Olga Fernandez Rios
SOCIETIES ORGANIZE THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS—FROM ECONOMICS AND POLITICS, TO SOCIAL SERVICES LIKE EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE, TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE NATION OF CUBA IS NO DIFFERENT. CUBAN PROFESSOR OLGA FERNANDEZ RIOS KNOWS.
January 9/ 14 Dr. Renee Reijo Pera
OUR NATION RANKS FIRST IN THE WORLD IN MEDICAL RESEARCH, A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT. AND MOST OF THE CUTTING EDGE WORK THAT MAKES MIRACLE DRUGS POSSIBLE IS DONE BY OUR UNIVERSITIES—LIKE MT STATE UNIVERSITY IN BOZEMAN.
January 2/ 7 Marilyn Barlett
THE STATE OF MONTANA PROVIDES PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE FOR 31,000 PEOPLE, AND COSTS HAVE BEEN RISING SHARPLY. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT A NEW STATE EMPLOYEE COULD TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE SYSTEM, AND COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT SAVED $6 MILLION IN 2017??