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Home Ground
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
hosted by Brian Kahn
 Artemis
Common Ground produces this award-winning half-hour, weekly public affairs
radio series, distributed via the internet and broadcast on public radio
throughout Montana and northern Wyoming. Home Ground's mission
is to stimulate dialogue about the changes and choices affecting our future,
and we pursue that goal through substantive and thought-provoking discussion
of western economic, religious, cultural, social and environmental issues
as well as our place in the larger world. While examining areas of conflict,
we emphasize shared values – the often-overlooked “common
ground” of diverse community interests. Guests and their views are
always treated with respect. Our goal is for listeners to develop appreciation
of differing viewpoints and to encourage them to fulfill their responsibility
as informed citizens in a democracy. Home Ground presents issues in ways
that are interesting and meaningful to a broad audience.
Home
Ground is hosted by Brian Kahn,
whose diverse background includes work as collegiate boxing coach, attorney,
President of the California Fish and Game Commission, Director of
the Montana Nature Conservancy, author, journalist and documentary
filmmaker. In 2009, Brian was a recipient of the Montana Governor's
Award for the Humanities.
Home Ground was named in 2002 by the Montana Broadcasters
Association as the state’s Outstanding Non-Commercial Radio Program.
In 2003, Home Ground received the Small Business Administration’s
Journalist of the Year Award. In 2006, Home Ground won
the OWAA National Excellence in Programming Award.
Upcoming Programs
February 7
We tend to think of conservation as primarily involving government action. Yet the world of private conservation has exploded in the past 30 years. Bob Kiesling is one of its pioneers.
Home Ground Audio Archive
YPR maintains an archive of recent Home Ground
programs. They are available as on-demand, streaming audio using the Windows
Media format, and as MP3 files encoded at 64kbps.
Holter Museum
 Holter Museum (WMA)
 Holter Museum (MP3)
It’s a major surprise that Helena’s Holter Museum is exhibiting Asian bronzes dating back 3,000 years. And there is an additional surprise—the art itself shows the strong similarity between the ancient world of Asian grasslands and today’s American West.
Scott McMillion
Scott McMillion (WMA)
Scott McMillion (MP3)
Human attitudes toward Grizzly Bears often divide between love and hate. The truth is they are what they are, as are we. And when our species cross paths at close range, sometimes things go wrong. Scott McMillion has written a book about that, and what we can learn from it.
Americans Elect
Americans Elect (WMA)
Americans Elect (MP3)
For those tired of the two party political system, the people at Americans Elect have launched a web-based system for Americans to select candidates for President and Vice President—and anyone can be a delegate.
High School Drop-Out Rate
High School Drop-Out Rate (WMA)
High School Drop-Out Rate (MP3)
Nationally, one-third of high school students drop out. Montana's Office of Public Instruction is teaming up with local schools, businesses, and communities to change that.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps (WMA)
AmeriCorps (MP3)
AmeriCorps employs 1,300 Montanans doing community service work. The program has been slated to either be cut significantly or eliminated altogether from the federal budget.
Seeley Lake School Lunch
Seeley Lake School Lunch (WMA)
Seeley Lake School Lunch (MP3)
Historically, school lunch programs have not rated well in terms of a balanced diet. Faced with an obesity epidemic, some schools are chaning that. One is Seeley Lake Elementary, where they're doing something quite special.
Visions Service Adventures
Visions Service Adventures (WMA)
Visions Service Adventures (MP3)
How would you like your child to experience another culture, another country, in-depth? Visions Service Adventures gives young people the opportunity to work in foreign lands with local people.
George Cole
George Cole (WMA)
George Cole (MP3)
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.
Gilbert Caldwell
Gilbert Caldwell (WMA)
Gilbert Caldwell (MP3)
America’s African-American community has not been resounding in its support of gay rights, or its comparison with the Civil Rights movement. Reverend Gilbert Caldwell is takes a different view.
Julia Altemus
Julia Altemus (WMA)
Julia Altemus (MP3)
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.
Hank Burgess
Hank Burgess (WMA)
Hank Burgess (MP3)
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.
Dan Todd
Dan Todd (WMA)
Dan Todd (MP3)
Given Montana's recent experience with medical marijuana, the issue seems complex and confusing. But not to Dan Todd, a former Republican legislator.
Hugo Tureck
Hugo Tureck (WMA)
Hugo Tureck (MP3)
When we think of farmers, we don’t tend to think of sociologists. Meet Hugo Tureck of Coffee Creek—he’s both.
Katie Davison
Katie Davison (WMA)
Katie Davison (MP3)
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.
Steven J. Eagle
Steven J. Eagle (WMA)
Steven J. Eagle (MP3)
Law professor at George Mason Steven J. Eagle has written extensively on property rights, takings, and land use planning.
A Home Ground Special:
Whose Hospitals?
Whose Hospitals? (WMA)
Whose Hospitals? (MP3)
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.
Americans for Campaign Reform
Americans for Campaign Reform (WMA)
Americans for Campaign Reform (MP3)
$3.2 billion was spent during the 2010 election cycle, with the vast majority coming from less than one-quarter of one percent of the American people. Americans for Campaign Reform wants to change that.
Martin Holt
Martin Holt (WMA)
Martin Holt (MP3)
Martin Holt knew he was dying when he came on Home Ground last December. His last months set a standard in wisdom and humanity.
Greg Lemon
Greg Lemon (WMA)
Greg Lemon (MP3)
Why would young journalist Greg Lemon take a job at Montana's oldest weekly paper in an age when local newspapers are getting hammered by the web?
Beetle
Beetle (WMA)
Beetle (MP3)
An epidemic has engulfed Western forests: a tiny beetle that kills trees. Why is this happening and what can be done about it?
Crazy U
Crazy U (WMA)
Crazy U (MP3)
It's not clear which is harder: graduating from college or completing all the paperwork needed to see if thet'll let you in. Crazy U is a new book about one family's experience running that gauntlet.
Rhodes Scholars
Rhodes Scholars (WMA)
Rhodes Scholars (MP3)
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?
Patricia Nell Warren
Patricia Nell Warren (WMA)
Patricia Nell Warren (MP3)
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.
No Labels
No Labels (WMA)
No Labels (MP3)
No Labels is a new organization that wants serious discussion of our nation's problems, without political labels.
Eugene Linden
Eugene Linden (WMA)
Eugene Linden (MP3)
Eugene Linden is a veteran Time magazine reporter. He has insight into what happens when consumer culture collides with traditional peoples.
Kimber Emmons
Kimber Emmons (WMA)
Kimber Emmons (MP3)
Two years ago, Home Ground talked with Kimber Emmons about her six-year-old duaghter Kenna's life-threatening illness and the need for a bone marrow donor. Since then, the family has walked a tough road.
Buttercup Market
Buttercup Market (WMA)
Buttercup Market (MP3)
There is more to the Buttercup Market and Café than meets the eye.
Wetlands Project
Wetlands Project (WMA)
Wetlands Project (MP3)
A family of long-time Madison Valley ranchers is working with conservation groups and the government on a collaborative wetlands project.
Bob Rowe
Bob Rowe (WMA)
Bob Rowe (MP3)
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.
Bozeman Youth Initiative
Bozeman Youth Initiative (WMA)
Bozeman Youth Initiative (MP3)
The Bozeman Youth Initiative mixes a school bus converted into a mobile greenhouse with college and high school students mentoring elementary school kids on where food comes from and how to grow it.
Clayton Kirk
Clayton Kirk (WMA)
Clayton Kirk (MP3)
Clayton Kirk was home schooled on a Montana ranch, then attended public high school. At age 21, after three years of college, he looks back on the pluses and minuses of his experience.
Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Blue Cross / Blue Shield (WMA)
Blue Cross / Blue Shield (MP3)
Blue Cross / Blue Shield is Montana's largest health insurance provider, handling coverage for more than 300,000 customers. 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.
Students & Climate Change
Students & Climate Change (WMA)
Students & Climate Change (MP3)
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?
Carmine Mowbray
Carmine Mowbray (WMA)
Carmine Mowbray (MP3)
Carmine Mowbray was long interested in politics, but too busy with family and business to run for office. This January, however, she was appointed to the Montana Senate—and got a baptism by fire.
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Union Hotel (WMA)
Grand Union Hotel (MP3)
Fort Benton’s Grand Union Hotel was built in the 1880s, during the glory days of Missouri River steamboats. Fifteen years ago, the Gagnon family decided to restore its splendor.
Dr. Tom Trebon
Dr. Tom Trebon (WMA)
Dr. Tom Trebon (MP3)
Dr. Tom Trebon has announced his upcoming retirement as President of Carroll College. What has he learned along the way?
Health Care
Health Care (WMA)
Health Care (MP3)
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.
Frog Exhibition
Frog Exhibition (WMA)
Frog Exhibition (MP3)
There is just something special about frogs! And when kids meet frogs at the Museum of the Rockies' frog exhibition, good things happen.
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart (WMA)
Wal-Mart (MP3)
Wal-Mart employs two million people and is the world’s largest grocer. So their new initiative to support sustainably grown, local food comes as quite a surprise.
Pat Williams
Pat Williams (WMA)
Pat Williams (MP3)
Pat Williams represented Montana in Congress for 18 years. He’s been home for 15. What’s he been up to?
Sage Grouse
Sage Grouse (WMA)
Sage Grouse (MP3)
Sage grouse, once numbering in the millions, now number around 200,000. But a new collaborative conservation effort between the federal government and ranchers is achieving results.
Buffalo Bill Plains Indian Museum
Buffalo Bill Plains Indian Museum (WMA)
Buffalo Bill Plains Indian Museum (MP3)
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.
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson (WMA)
Alan Simpson (MP3)
Former Wyoming Senator Al Simpson co-chaired the national bipartisan panel on long-term deficit reduction.
Innocence Project
Innocence Project (WMA)
Innocence Project (MP3)
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.
National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)
NAMI (WMA)
NAMI (MP3)
For decades we’ve shied away from facing mental illness head-on. But today, Montanans are taking the lead in confronting the issue.
Mountain States Transmission Intertie
MSTI (WMA)
MSTI (MP3)
We all use electricity, but when it comes to how we get it from its generation point to the end user, there is often a fight.
Community Gardens
Community Gardens (WMA)
Community Gardens (MP3)
An innovative network of community gardens in Missoula helps to maintain a sense of community in our fast-paced world.
Russ Miller
Russ Miller (WMA)
Russ Miller (MP3)
Russ Miller is responsible for assuring the economic sustainability, environmental sensitivity, and conservation of native species on the two million acres of Ted Turner's 15 ranches.
Sheila Devins
Sheila Devins (WMA)
Sheila Devins (MP3)
Who would believe that 3-5 year-olds could set up their own museum? Sheila Devins is doing amazing things at the Liz Claiborne pre-school in Seeley Lake, Montana.
Denise Juneau
Denise Juneau (WMA)
Denise Juneau (MP3)
Our nation’s schools are facing real problems, but Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau says Montana’s schools are working well.
Timber Industry Roundtable
Timber Industry Roundtable (WMA)
Timber Industry Roundtable (MP3)
A coalition of timber industry, conservation, and public agency interests formed a roundtable for an ongoing discussion of how to stabilize the timber industry in the wake of Smurfit Stone's closure.
Montana Wildlife Federation
MT Wildlife Federation (WMA)
MT Wildlife Federation (MP3)
The Montana Wildlife Federation, working with a landowner, has developed a youth-based elk hunting program.
John Green
John Green (WMA)
John Green (MP3)
Career chemist John Green also has a passion for fine art and discusses his collection.
Karla Gray
Karla Gray (WMA)
Karla Gray (MP3)
Retired Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice Karla Gray discusses her referendum for accountability of judges.
Leslie Weldon
Leslie Weldon (WMA)
Leslie Weldon (MP3)
Forest Service Region One Superintendent Leslie Weldon
Lance Craighead
Lance Craighead (WMA)
Lance Craighead (MP3)
Lance Craighead of Craighead Institute, an environmental research group in Bozeman.
Bud Moore
Bud Moore (WMA)
Bud Moore (MP3)
A 2005 interview with the late Bud Moore, a forest steward and pioneer of "ecosystem management."
John Ries
John Ries (WMA)
John Ries (MP3)
What did Christ have to say about our obligation to the poor? Carroll College's John Ries is our guest.
National Institute on Money in Politics
National Institute on Money in Politics (WMA)
National Institute on Money in Politics (MP3)
The National Institute on Money in Politics, based in Helena, discusses the influence money has on our state politics.
Gregory Hinton
Gregory Hinton (WMA)
Gregory Hinton (MP3)
Gay filmmaker Gregory Hinton discusses the rural homosexual in Out West.
Martin Holt
Martin Holt (WMA)
Martin Holt (MP3)
Noted videographer Martin Holt discusses his varied artistic career and his terminal illness.
Corky Brittan
Corky Brittan (WMA)
Corky Brittan (MP3)
Professor Corky Brittan discusses animal intelligence and rights
Bill Milton
Bill Milton (WMA)
Bill Milton (MP3)
Bill Milton, Zen rancher of the Mussellshell
Doug Chadwick
Doug Chadwick (WMA)
Doug Chadwick (MP3)
Doug Chadwick has the enviable job of studying wildlife in America's parks and wildlands.
Jim Leach
Jim Leach (WMA)
Jim Leach (MP3)
National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach
Dr. Waded Cruzado
Dr. Waded Cruzado (WMA)
Dr. Waded Cruzado (MP3)
President of Montana State University Dr. Waded Cruzado
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)
Sen.
Tester (WMA)
Sen.
Tester (MP3)
US Senator Jon Tester discusses his Forest Jobs and Recreation
bill.
Carol Williams
Carol
Williams (WMA)
Carol
Williams (MP3)
Montana State Senator Carol Williams discusses the Montana Democratic
platform.
Bowen Greenwood
Bowen
Greenwood (WMA)
Bowen
Greenwood (MP3)
Bowen Greenwood, Executive Director of the Montana Republican
party, discusses the party platform.
Beth Baker
Beth
Baker (WMA)
Beth
Baker (MP3)
Beth Baker is a candidate for Justice of the Montana
Supreme Court.
Nels Swandal
Nels
Swandal (WMA)
Nels
Swandal (MP3)
Nels Swandal is a candidate for Justice of the Montana
Supreme Court.
American Prairie Foundation
American
Prairie Foundation (WMA)
American
Prairie Foundation (MP3)
The American
Prairie Foundation faces a backlash in its mission to preserve Montana's
great prairie for bison, birds, and other native species.
Peter Koch
Peter
Koch (WMA)
Peter
Koch (MP3)
Danish immigrant Peter Koch arrived on a steamboat up the Missouri.
Hear how Montana changed him--and how he changed Montana.
Sec. of Education Arnie Duncan
Sec.
Duncan (WMA)
Sec.
Duncan (MP3)
Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan outlines his ambitious plan
to improve all schools, especially the under-achievers.
Pat Soden
Pat
Soden (WMA)
Pat
Soden (MP3)
Pat Soden of the University of Washington Press discusses
the new world of book publishing.
Yellowstone Art Museum
Yellowstone
Art Museum (WMA)
Yellowstone
Art Museum (MP3)
The Yellowstone Art
Museum in Billings opens its permanent collection to the public and uses
an innovative approach to engage people of all ages.
Joseph Miller
Joseph
Miller (WMA)
Joseph
Miller (MP3)
The Wicked Wine of Democracy by Joseph Miller
David Levinthal
David
Levinthal (WMA)
David
Levinthal (MP3)
David Levinthal of the Center
for Responsive Politics in Washington, D.C.
Tom Vilsack
Tom
Vilsack (WMA)
Tom
Vilsack (MP3)
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
C.C. Filson Company
C.C.
Filson Company (WMA)
C.C.
Filson Company (MP3)
The C.C. Filson Company still builds clothing in their Seattle factory in spite
of the high degree of globalization in the textile industry.
Pallid Sturgeon
Pallid
Sturgeon (WMA)
Pallid
Sturgeon (MP3)
The pallid sturgeon swam with dinosaurs. In the blink of an eye human impact
could wipe out the nearly 70-million year old species. Montana's Department of
Fish, Wildlife and Parks is trying to do something about it.
Frances McCue
Francis
McCue (WMA)
Francis
McCue (MP3)
Seattle author Frances McCue discusses her book on Montana poet Richard
Hugo's writing and the power of place.
Larry Schweiger
Larry
Schweiger (WMA)
Larry
Schweiger (MP3)
National Wildlife Federation president Larry Schweiger discusses
the progress of the 75-year old organization.
James McPherson
James
McPherson (WMA)
James
McPherson (MP3)
Civil War scholar and Pulitzer prize winning author James McPherson
Tom Hougen
Tom
Hougen (WMA)
Tom
Hougen (MP3)
Montana Stockgrowers President Tom Hougen
Steve Bullock
Steve
Bullock (WMA)
Steve
Bullock (MP3)
Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock
George Dennison
George
Dennison (WMA)
George
Dennison (MP3)
George Dennison is stepping down after twenty years
as President of the University
of Montana and more than forty years in higher education.
Mark Rey
Mark
Rey (WMA)
Mark
Rey (MP3)
Mark Rey, Undersecretary of Agriculture in the Bush
Administration, discusses his views about forest stewardship.
PG & E
PG
& E (WMA)
PG
& E (MP3)
Why would a major utility company advocate strong government action to combat
climate change? Pacific Gas and Electric Company is doing just that.
Dereck Hogan
Dereck
Hogan (WMA)
Dereck
Hogan (MP3)
Dereck Hogan is the Senior State Department Advisor
on Afghanistan. He discusses the civilian aspects of the Afghan war.
Tom Tidwell
Tom
Tidwell (WMA)
Tom
Tidwell (MP3)
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell explains the agency's
new focus on landscape restoration.
Workers' Compensation
Workers'
Compensation (WMA)
Workers'
Compensation (MP3)
Montana's workers' compensation system is 95 years old. How well does it work
today?
Kenny Martin
Kenny
Martin (WMA)
Kenny
Martin (MP3)
Kenny Martin is a banker in Lincoln, MT. He explains
why Montana banks are surviving America's big-bank crisis.
Paul Roos
Paul
Roos (WMA)
Paul
Roos (MP3)
Paul Roos is a former teacher, an outfitter, and a long-time
conservationist. He explains the for-profit concept he calls "Wetlands
Mitigation Banking."
Scott Cruse
Scott
Cruse (WMA)
Scott
Cruse (MP3)
FBI Special Agent Scott Cruse discusses the tough job of preventing
attacks, investigating crime, and protecting Constitutional rights in a post-9/11
world.
Maile Meloy
Maile
Meloy (WMA)
Maile
Meloy (MP3)
Author Maile Meloy discusses the art and craft of writing well.
Lorin Granger
Lorin
Granger (WMA)
Lorin
Granger (MP3)
University of Montana graduate Lorin Granger spent part of last
year as an intern at the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
NkWsum
NkWsum (WMA)
NkWsum (MP3)
Salish language school NkWsum strives
to preserve native cultures, values, and identity with its language immersion
program.
Morely Family
Morely
Family (WMA)
Morely
Family (MP3)
The Morley family of Swan Lake makes red cedar canoes by hand.
Kit Fischer
Kit
Fischer (WMA)
Kit
Fischer (MP3)
Montanan Kit Fischer wasn't satisfied with his post-college
life as a ski bum--so he joined the Peace Corps and worked for two years in Africa.
Jack Stanford
Jack
Stanford (WMA)
Jack
Stanford (MP3)
Jack Stanford is the Director of the Flathead
Lake Biological Station, which is renowned for its research into
human-caused changes to the natural environment.
Woody Biomass
Woody
Biomass (WMA)
Woody
Biomass (MP3)
Is Montana's woody biomass a blessing or a curse?
Jeffrey Meyers
Jeffrey
Meyers (WMA)
Jeffrey
Meyers (MP3)
Hemingway scholar Jeffrey Meyers discusses the variances between
the author's personal life and his writing.
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