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.


116 Pieces

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Caption: Bob Harsha, Columbus Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
Mountain West Voices producer Clay gets a trim in the Columbus, Montana shop of Bob Harsha, a 91-year-old barber who has been cutting hair since he...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Susan Sanford and Brian Brown on their Montana farm, Credit: Clay Scott
Susan Sanford's father pushed her to leave the family's isolated farm in north-central Montana so she could experience the world. After her father...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's edition of Mountain West Voices takes listeners from a game check station along the Continental Divide in Southwest Montana, to the Elk...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pauline Olson, Augusta, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: 80-year-old leather worker Pauline Olson of Augusta, Montana, talks about God, deer hunting, and a life of strug...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Hugo Tureck, Coffee Creek, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Hugo Tureck, a central Montana rancher and farmer (and former sociology professor), talks about his relationship...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Judy Tureck, Coffee Creek, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Central Montana rancher and farmer Judy Tureck talks about her connection to the land that surrounds her, and ab...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Saw Whet Owl, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A nocturnal adventure with Saw Whet owl researchers in Montana, and a visit Denver Holt of the Owl Research Inst...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Homesteaders, Southwest Montana, Credit: Beaverhead County History Museum
"A Fair Chance" is a special, half-hour edition of the weekly radio series Mountain West Voices that examines the remarkable legacy of homesteading...

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


  • Added: Oct 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Mountain West Voices: A flight through the mountains of southwest Montana with back country pilot Jeanne MacPherson.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices we go to Dell, population 35, in southwest Montana, where a one-room schoolhouse-turned café has been the center ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices: a visit with the descendants of the Volgadeutsch (ethnic Germans from Russia) who homesteaded along the Musselsh...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices: 96-year-old Montanan Bert Somers recalls his life as an itinerant, 16-year-old boxer in the Northwest during the...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Blackie Nelson, Helena, MT , Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Guitarist Blackie Nelson talks about life as a professional jazz musician in Montana in the 1940's.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Handful of Cherries - Oliver, BC, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A look at the world of the men and women who make their living picking fruit in the orchards and vineyards of Br...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices - the fourth installment of a series on Montana's homesteaders. We travel the back roads of Teton County with a...

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Mountain West Voices: A look at the relationship between homestead ranchers and the hired men they depended on during Montana's homest...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Beverly Terry, Virgelle, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with Bev Terry, captain of the cable ferry along the Missouri River in Virgelle, Montana, 20 miles from ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pauline Berekoff, Sons of Freedom Gilpin Community, British Colmubia, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with Pauline Berekoff at the Sons of Freedom Gilpin Settlement, a little known community near Grand Fork...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jim Fox, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, Credit: Kenton Rowe
A special half hour edition of Mountain West Voices that will take you on an amazing musical tour of the Rocky Mountain West. We’ll introduce you ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices: A continuing look at Montana's legacy of homesteads and homesteaders - including the ones who didn't make it in ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2