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The Worm
Weekdays at 7:00 AM

The Worm is a daily news podcast for early bird listeners rounding up stories from around Montana and the region. Available online and on podcasting apps by 7 A.M. weekdays.

Latest Episodes
  • Lawmakers look at how to spend a bundle of money for behavioral health, dirt could be key in determining the health of your children, and we meet Montana’s first chef making the short list for a James Beard Award.
  • A long battle over the use of marijuana tax revenue appears to be over, exceptions announced to help ease nursing home staff shortages, and residents near Seeley Lake look ahead for a future without the timber industry.
  • Regulators are looking for the source of nutrient pollution near Yellowstone National Park, two Montana cities reporting unsafe drinking water, and employees at the state’s mental hospital raising concerns over staffing, conditions and mandates from the Governor.
  • Two transgender women file suit against the state over gender markers on birth certificates, Democratic lawmakers refuse to participate in a hearing over abortion rights, and the airport in Billings adds a new concourse, more seats and additional flights.
  • Did the government overstep in charging rioters from the 2021 insurrection? The U.S. Supreme Court's decision could affect some Montanans, animal rights activists file a complaint after a circus elephant makes a great escape, and Earth Day events begin this weekend - how you can help cleanup your community and the planet.
  • A celebration of the LGBTQ+ community in Livingston gets backlash, Montana’s Department of Justice accused of withholding information, and a pachyderm parades in downtown Butte.
  • Federal land managers eye Montana and Wyoming for solar power development, a nuclear power reactor plant in Butte gets another look, and numbers released for summer streamflow forecasts.
  • Outrage continues after a Daniel, Wyo. man allegedly tortured and killed a wolf, the fentanyl crisis is deepening in Montana, and select roads in Yellowstone Nat'l Park open Friday, contingent on weather.
  • A new nursing school breaks ground in Montana, a report details chemical hazards in drinking water, and state lawmakers hope the federal government will invest in rare earth mineral extraction from Butte's Berkeley Pit.
  • Montana educators sue the state over sex education policies, grizzly bears slowly start to wake up, and outrage over a Wyoming man who allegedly tortured a wolf.