Montana State Athletic Director Leon Costello joins us to talk about why it’s a great time to be a bobcat and the master plan for facilities.

Editor-in-Chief of “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” Carol Connare joins us to discuss their secret to success and, of course, we ask her to give us a local extended winter forecast straight from the farmer’s mouth.

Montana’s media industry has recently grown thanks to our state’s film tax incentive program, which is now in jeopardy. Luckily, the Montana Media Coalition and its president, Lynn-Wood Fields, are dedicated to rescuing the program and Montana’s bustling film industry.

Welcome to A.I.R., a brand new local program and retreat for artists called the ‘Arts Incubator Ranch,’ spearheaded by visionary Bozemanite and Broadway music director Jared Stein. Hoary Marmot tours the 600+ acre property they’ve selected for the retreat. The artistic juices are really coursing through this one!

Haven is Bozeman’s top domestic violence resource. Beth Kampschror and Bailey Brubaker stop by to highlight their “coaster campaign” you may have noticed at your local brewery or bar, encouraging people in need to seek help.

Warren Miller Performing Arts Center Director John Zirkle joins us to preview all the different circuses scheduled to pass through Big Sky. We also dig deep to learn more about one of the upcoming shows, “Huang Yi and KUKA,” featuring a Taiwanese dancing robot.

We’re joined by the heads of BeAlive Studios, Zach Green (Exec Producer, “Alone”) and Chris Keefer (Host, “Dropped”) to discuss the origin of their conservation-minded media empire. We’ll also talk about BeAlive’s massive multi-pronged effort to save our waterways, “Rivers Are Life.”

We chat with bear expert Danielle Oyler, Wildlife Stewardship Outreach Specialist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. With Danielle’s help, let’s do our best to turn a recent local grizzly attack and subsequent euthanization into a teachable moment for all of us.

On this episode, local nonprofit Gallatin Valley Land Trust’s Associate Director EJ Porth joins us to talk about the reality of increasing numbers of newcomers to our area.

Be Well Big Sky exists to help people overcome the mental health challenges associated with living in a mountain resort community. Founder Shannon Steele joins us to discuss the organization and its upcoming October 1st storytelling event, “Over, Under, or Through.”

Deputy Director of Big Sky Resort Tax Jenny Muscat and Big Sky Chamber’s VP Liz McFadden join us to preview the oodles of events scheduled for this year’s Community Week next month, annually.

Ferguson Guitars is a family business in Belgrade spearheaded by Ren Ferguson, former master luthier at Gibson and Guild Guitars for decades. Along with two of his children, Virginia and Timothy, Ren discusses the importance of wood, shape, and even picks on the distinct timbre of each hand-made guitar.

Dust off your quads because on this episode we’re hitting the roller rink with the Gallatin Roller Derby. Head Coach Kelsey Clark (aka “Mauled Whiskey”) and Non Skating Official Renae Mattimoe (aka “Dame Grenade”) tell us all about the team’s hard-hitting practices and bouts.

Since 1985, Prospera has been a Bozeman-based economic development agency instrumental to the success of many local businesses. Shayna Blaser is Prospera’s director of regional economic development.

This episode is for anyone who's had to get used to "smoke season" as we get some cold hard facts about how much wildfire smoke our tender pink lungs can tolerate. Dr. Clayton T. Cowl is a highly respected physician at the Mayo Clinic, specializing in occupational medicine and pulmonology.

Bozeman Spirits is approaching its 10th anniversary of making and selling a wide variety of top-notch liquors on Main Street in Bozeman, Montana. Owners Jim and Mary Pat Harris join us to preview the special occasion single malt whiskey they’ll be releasing to celebrate the anniversary, plus a double shot of behind the scenes info about their operation and community service.

On this episode, we meet three bold travelers who allowed A.I. to plan their extreme sports weekend in Montana’s rugged Beartooth Mountains from start to finish. From death-defying activities to the meticulous meal plans and, for some unknown reason, a heavy helping of Mountain Dew: Code Red, ChatGPT designed a rollicking good time. Bozemanites Andrew Arena, Charlie Stemen, and Kyle Tilleman tell the story of their adventure in the Summer 2024 edition of Mountain Outlaw Magazine.

Each year, Big Sky’s Wildlands Music Festival carefully selects the conservation-minded non-profit organizations that will benefit from its sizable proceeds and the chosen few in 2024 are Wild Montana, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Gallatin Valley Land Trust. Hoary Marmot welcomed the fearless leaders of all three non-profits to take a turn in the “hot seat” as we find out what their organizations do and why their existence is important to our community and to Montana’s wild lands.

Our dear theologian friend Tripp Fuller visits the Hoary Marmot back yard for an informal chat about religion in the most Montana way possible… over several cold beers. Tripp’s long-popular “Homebrewed Christianity” podcast is a must-listen for anyone with an interest in process theology.

We’re in the throes of summer events season, and this week we’re previewing Fader Magavin & the Risky Livers as it prepares to perform its unique brand of underground country music at the Wildlands Music Festival August 2nd in Big Sky. Based in Jackson, Wyoming, frontman Willie McMillon joins Hoary Marmot to talk about his past exploits as a snowboard wax mogul, adding honesty to his lyrics, and raising a buttload of money for the Wildlands beneficiaries.