The Sioux Chef Sean Sherman visited the area recently. Sherman’s Indigenous Food Lab in Bozeman is ramping up its supply operations here in Montana. YPR’s Karl Lengel chatted with Sherman at a book signing at Mammoth Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone County’s food authority is cracking down on products derived from kratom, a Southeast Asian plant with psychoactive chemicals they say can be deadly in concentrated doses. Enforcement began Jan. 1 after months of notice, and tea houses continue to serve kratom drinks.

YPR’s Karl Lengel talks with Megan Torgerson, Producer of the award-winning podcast “Reframing Rural”, about succession stories in the podcast's fourth season.

YPR's Karl Lengel chats with Billings vocalist Elana Hayden, a New Yorker finding new life in a vibrant and expanding live music scene in the region.

This House of Books in Billings is a cooperative open to many varied interests across the community.

A coalition of interest groups including agricultural producers, local governments and environmental advocates seek to overturn a Montana law they say allows the exploitation of others' water rights.

Members of Montana's outdoor tourism industry are gathering in Billings this week for a conference on public lands, community resilience and access to the outdoors.

YPR's karl Lengel chats with owners and operators on Montana's Bookstore Map.

YPR's Karl Lengel talks with grammar guru Ellen Jovin as she and husband Brandt Johnson promote "Rebel With a Clause".

YPR's Karl Lengel talks with Beartooth Books co-owners Brian and Amy Sweet.