Home Ground 2017 Broadcast Schedule
July 4/ 9 Gavin Woltjer
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS UNIQUE--EVERYONE CAN GO THERE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE. FOR CENTURIES, ITS BOOKS OPENED NEW WORLDS. AND WITH ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, LIBRARIES LET US COMMUNICATE WITH THE ENTIRE GLOBE. WHAT MORE COULD THEY POSSIBLY DO TO ENRICH OUR LIVES?? GAVIN WOLTJER, THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY, HAS SOME IDEAS!
June 27/ July 2 Matt Gibson
A COMBINATION OF CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION AND THE INTERNET HAVE MADE INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSPAPERS INTO AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. SO WHY WOULD SOMEONE GIVE 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TRYING TO BUILD ONE? MEET MATT GIBSON, OF THE MISSOULA INDEPENDENT.
June 20/ 25 Richard Aarstad
REMEMBER WORLD WAR I? TRENCH WARFARE, MACHINE GUNS BLAZING, TROOPS LEAPING FROM TRENCHES INTO BARBED WIRE... WE LIKELY DON'T RECALL THE CONFLICT ON THE HOME FRONT, THAT MONTANA SENT MORE TROOPS PER CAPITA THAN ANY STATE, OR THAT AT THE END OF THE WAR, THE MIDDLE EAST WAS CARVED UP BY THE WINNERS, INTERESTED IN OIL. HISTORIAN RICHARD AARSTAD REMEMBERS AND MORE
June 13/ 18 Charles Curtin
WE DEPEND FOR OUR LIVES ON CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, MINERALS, WOOD AND FERTILE SOIL. IN USING THOSE PARTS OF OUR EARTH, WE IMPACT THE WHOLE. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL, BUT HOW? CHARLES CURTIN HAS SPENT 30 YEARS FOCUSED ON THAT VITAL QUESTION
June 6/ 11 Dr Kris Spanjian
WHEN YOU’RE WHEELED INTO THE HOSPITAL’S INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, YOU NEED THE BEST IN MEDICAL CARE. WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING IT? MEET’S DR. KRIS SPANJIAN.
May 30/ June 4 John Mumma
FACING STEEP CUTS IN THEIR BUDGET FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT FIGHTING FIRES, CAN THE SERVICE DO THE JOB? FORMER REGIONAL FORESTER, JOHN MUMMA, HAS SOME THOUGHTS.
May 23/ 28 Carl Davis
ARCHEOLOGY, THE STUDY OF HUMAN HISTORY THE EXCAVATION OF SITES AND ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS, CAN TELL US A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF PAST AGES AND CULTURES, OUR ANCESTORS. CARL DAVIS KNOWS. HE'S BEEN AN ARCHEOLOGIST FOR 40 YEARS, AND IS A WIDELY PUBLISHED AUTHOR.
May 16/ 21 Suzy Avey
JOHN F. KENNEDY SAID, “ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.” A HALF CENTURY LATER, A BRIGHT YOUNG MONTANAN WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE DECIDES TO GIVE A YEAR OF HER LIFE TO AMERI CORP/ VISTA. MEET SUZY AVEY.
May 9/ 7 Professor Steve Running
THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING. THERE IS THE SCIENCE, THE POLITICS, THE CONSEQUENCES, AND OUR CHOICES. HEAR WHAT NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA PROFESSOR STEVE RUNNING HAS TO SAY.
May 2/ 7 I.B.E.W.
A UNIQUE ELECTRICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM– A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNION AND CONTRACTORS--VIRTUALLY ASSURES AN INTERESTING JOB AT A VERY GOOD WAGE.
April 25/ 30 Lewis and Clark Jail
I'D DRIVEN PAST THE JAIL A THOUSAND TIMES, HEARD IT WAS OVER CROWDED, BUT NEVER GAVE A THOUGHT TO WHO WAS IN THERE. THEN I WENT INSIDE.
April 18/ 9 Miguel Fraga
IN DECEMBER, 2014, THE PRESIDENTS OF CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCED THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF MUTUAL ISOLATION, AND DIPLOMATS BEGAN TO TRAVEL FREELY IN BOTH COUNTRIES. MEET MIGUEL FRAGA, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY, WHO’S VISITING MONTANA.
April 11/ 16 Mike Cotter
MIKE COTTER SERVED MT AS UINTED STATES ATTORNEY FOR ALMOST 8 YEARS. THENHE WAS SUDDENLY DISMISSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
April 4 Bridger Healthcare
A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO CUT SENIOR CARE BY $26 MILLION A YEAR. WITH FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS THAT COMES TO MORE THAN $75 MILLION. WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE?
March 28/19 The Blind
March 21/ 26 Senator Fred Thomas
REPUBLICANS CONTROL BOTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE. WHERE DOES THEIR PHILOSOPHY LEAD THEM ON KEY ISSUES? HEAR WHAT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER FRED THOMAS HAS TO SAY.
March 14 April 23 Standing Rock
AN ARMY VETERAN, YOU HEAD FOR STANDING ROCK TO HELP THE TRIBE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST THE OIL PIPELINE. BUT BLIZZARDS TRAP YOU IN BISMARCK, A TORN AND ANGRY TOWN.
March 7/ 12 Karla Gray
WHY WERE FLAGS ACROSS MONTANA LOWERED WHEN KARLA GRAY DIED?. BECAUSE SHE WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
February 28 March 5 Womens March
ON JANUARY 21, ALL ACROSS AMERICA, TWO AND A HALF MILLION CITIZENS JOINED THE WOMENS' MARCH. IN HELENA, ESTIMATES RAN TO 10,000 OR MORE WHO GATHERED IN THE COLD AND SNOW. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE CAME, AND WHY?
February 21/ 26 Mignon Waterman
FOR CENTURIES, WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY IGNORED IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD. ONLY IN RECENT TIMES HAS THIS PARTIALLY CHANGED. BUT YOU CAN BE SURE: WHEN MONTANA’S HISTORY OF THE LAST 40 YEARS IS WRITTEN, THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN COMMITMENT OF MIGNON WATERMAN WILL BE PART OF THE STORY.
February 14/19 Samir Bitar
YOU’VE LIVED IN MONTANA FOR 42 YEARS, ARE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND TEACH ARABIC LANGUAGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. AN INVITATION TO SPEAK IN DARBY SETS OFF A FIRESTORM. WHY? BECAUSE YOU ARE A MUSLIM. YOUR RELIGION IS ISLAM.
February 7/ 12 Zebra Mussel
WE OFTEN HEAR TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE RISK TO IT POSED BY HUMAN ACTIONS. OVER TIME, IT CAN SEEM LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. REALLY, WE THINK, IT CAN’T BE THAT BAD… THEN SOMETHING COMES ALONG THAT DRIVES HOME THE HARD TRUTH—THE LINKS OF LIFE ARE AT THE SAME TIME AMAZINGLY RESILIENT AND STUNNINGLY FRAGILE. THIS TIME IT’S THE ZEBRA MUSSEL, A MOLLUSK THAT IS USUALLY THE SIZE OF YOUR FINGERNAIL.
January 31/ February 5 Sex Trafficking
CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CAN BE PREVENTED, AND STATE SENATOR TERRY GAUTHIER HAS A BILL TO DO JUST THAT.
January 24/29 Irving Roth
YOU’RE 14 YEARS OLD AND GET ON A TRAIN OF CATTLE CARS JAMMED WITH PEOPLE. WHEN IT STOPS, YOU AND THE OTHER PASSENGERS ARE HERDED OUT. YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT AUSCHWITZ, THE NAZI DEATH CAMP, ITS FACILITIES CAPABLE OF MURDERING 10,000 HUMAN BEINGS EACH DAY. MEET IRVING ROTH.
January 17/ 22 M.F.C.N
THE LAST ELECTION SHOWED SHARP DIVISIONS IN OUR NATION. BUT IN MONTANA, SOME FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH EACHOTHER TO EXPAND COMMON GROUND. ONE EXAMPLE: THE NEWLY FORMED MONTANA FOREST COLLABORATION NETWORK.
January 10/15 Judge Jim Reynolds
AMERICA’S GET-TOUGH ON-DRUGS POLICY MULTIPLIED PRISON POPULATIONS AND COST SO MUCH THAT ALMOST EVERYONE AGREED IT WAS SIMPLY TOO EXPENSIVE. THEN SOMEONE CAME UP WITH IDEA OF DRUG COURTS. MEET JUDGE JIM REYNOLDS
January 3/8 Jeremiah Johnson
VISUALIZE A DRUG ADDICT—WHAT IMAGES COME TO MIND? INNER CITY AFTER DARK? BACK ALLEY? MONEY AND SMALL GES CHANGING HANDS. LATER, A NEEDLE IN AN ARM, THE PLUNGER COMING SLOWLY DOWN. THAT WAS AND REMAINS COMMON.. BUT THERE IS A LOT THAT’S NEW, AND IT’S NOT GOOD NEWS. MEET A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND RECOVERING ADDICT ON HOME GROUND