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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
September 7
Nels Swandal is a candidate for Justice of the Montana
Supreme Court.
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.
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.
University of Montana Western
University
of MT Western (WMA)
University
of MT Western (MP3)
The University of
Montana Western in Dillon is experimenting with block scheduling,
where students take one class at a time for several hours a day for a
three week period.
Daniel Finn
Daniel
Finn (WMA)
Daniel
Finn (MP3)
Daniel Finn, St. John's Professor of Theology and Economics,
discusses Pope Benedict's recent encyclical, which calls for major restructuring
of the global economy to "achieve justice."
Wilderness Edge Resort
Wilderness
Edge Resort (WMA)
Wilderness
Edge Resort (MP3)
The Wilderness Edge Resort ranch offers their “New West” guests
some “Old West” experience.
Gene Etchart
Gene
Etchart (WMA)
Gene
Etchart (MP3)
Glasgow rancher Gene Etchart discusses training civilian pilots
for World War II.
Bone Marrow Transplant
Bone
Marrow Transplant (WMA)
Bone
Marrow Transplant (MP3)
In this update of a program aired in July, a Montana child anticipates a bone
marrow transplant.
Clayton Kirk
Clayton
Kirk (WMA)
Clayton
Kirk (MP3)
Clayton Kirk discusses being home schooled in rural
Montana and how it prepared him for society and his college pursuits.
Joe Medicine Crow
Joe
Medicine Crow (WMA)
Joe
Medicine Crow (MP3)
Host Brian Kahn interviews Joe Medicine Crow.
McDonald Pass Fire
McDonald
Pass Fire (WMA)
McDonald
Pass Fire (MP3)
Explore Helena's community response to the McDonald Pass Fire.
Butte, America
Butte,
America (WMA)
Butte,
America (MP3)
This week's program features a look at the new documentary Butte, America,
which chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of the mining town.
Dr. Tom Weiner
Dr.
Tom Weiner (WMA)
Dr.
Tom Weiner (MP3)
Helena oncologist Dr. Tom Weiner discusses the many aspects
of caring for those with cancer.
Monika Bauerlein
Monika
Bauerlein (WMA)
Monika
Bauerlein (MP3)
Monika Bauerlein is the Editor of Mother Jones magazine.
George Archibald
George
Archibald (WMA)
George
Archibald (MP3)
George Archibald is the co-founder of the International
Crane Foundation.
Tim Burton
Tim
Burton (WMA)
Tim
Burton (MP3)
Tim Burton gets satisfaction from the challenges of
managing a city with a 50-million dollar budget and answering to multiple
bosses.
Max Baucus
Max
Baucus (WMA)
Max
Baucus (MP3)
Home Ground host Brian Kahn discusses the current
healthcare debate with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT).
Montanans on Health Care
Montanans
on Health Care (WMA)
Montanans
on Health Care (MP3)
Local citizens speak out at President Obama's town hall meeting in Belgrade.
Tom Still
Tom
Still (WMA)
Tom
Still (MP3)
Classicial pianist Tom Still reflects on a life in music.
Ron Lee
Ron
Lee (WMA)
Ron
Lee (MP3)
Professor Ron Lee is a Shakespeare scholar. He discusses
the relevance of 17th century poetry, science, and religion to today's
world.
James Gelfand
James
Gelfand (WMA)
James
Gelfand (MP3)
US Chamber of Commerce Health Policy Advisor James Gelfand opposes
increased government intervention in healthcare.
Jacob Hacker
Jacob
Hacker (WMA)
Jacob
Hacker (MP3)
Professor Jacob Hacker helped design the public health insurance option.
Transplant
Transplant (WMA)
Transplant (MP3)
A Montana child suffers from a rare disease and needs a bone marrow transplant.
Can a donor be found?
Helena Unemployed
Helena
Unemployed
(WMA)
Helena
Unemployed
(MP3)
Hear from the unemployed in the Helena area and how they are coping.
FoodCorps
FoodCorps (WMA)
FoodCorps (MP3)
FoodCorps is unique to Montana, leading efforts in the state to make locally
produced food available.
Joan Hoff
Joan
Hoff (WMA)
Joan
Hoff (MP3)
Presidential historian Joan Hoff compares the New Deal presidents
with Bush and Obama.
Brian Kahn
Brian
Kahn (WMA)
Brian
Kahn (MP3)
Home Ground reverses its focus, with host Brian Kahn as the
subject and journalist Todd Wilkinson as the interviewer. Kahn
is a recipient of the 2009 Montana Governor's Humanities Award.
Blackfoot River Valley
Blackfoot
River Valley (WMA)
Blackfoot
River Valley (MP3)
Despite natural tensions between their interests, people living in the Blackfoot
River Valley have found common ground for the past two decades. What's their
secret?
Mike Geary
Mike
Geary (WMA)
Mike
Geary (MP3)
Businessman Mike Geary dropped everything to help victims of Hurricanes
Katrina and Wanda. He recently returned from Kuwait, where he worked
with the Red Cross helping U.S. troops.
Denver Holt
Denver
Holt (WMA)
Denver
Holt (MP3)
Denver Holt of Charlo's Owl Research discusses
why humans are so interested in owls and why they matter to the ecosystems
they inhabit.
Bruce Kania
Bruce
Kania (WMA)
Bruce
Kania (MP3)
Inventor Bruce Kania of Shepherd Research Farm
discusses BioHavens – man-made, floating islands that mimic nature’s
way of fighting water pollution.
Karen Stevenson
Karen
Stevenson (WMA)
Karen
Stevenson (MP3)
Montana author Karen Stevenson's view of history changed after
she spent three years researching radical Elsie Fox.
Dr. Ann Bartuska
Dr.
Ann Bartuska (WMA)
Dr.
Ann Bartuska (MP3)
Dr. Ann Bartuska heads research for the US Forest Service.
How does science affect national policy decisions?
John Lawrence
John
Lawrence (WMA)
John
Lawrence (MP3)
John Lawrence is Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi's Chief of Staff. He gives an insider's view of the machinery
of American democracy.
Placer Hotel
Placer
Hotel (WMA)
Placer
Hotel (MP3)
Helena's legendary Placer Hotel is being converted into urban living condominiums,
representing a pioneering economic and aesthetic investment in revitalizing
downtown Helena.
Universal Health Care
Universal
Health Care (WMA)
Universal
Health Care (MP3)
Americans spend $7,500 per person per year on health
care, but our infant mortality rate is higher than Cuba’s. Will President
Obama’s benchmarks for universal coverage, lower costs and better
quality health care work?
Stream Access
Stream
Access (WMA)
Stream
Access (MP3)
Jay Bodner of Montana Stockgrowers and Bruce
Farling of Trout Unlimited discuss a new agreement on the contentious
issue of public access to Montana's streams.
Managing Wild Elk
Managing
Wild Elk (WMA)
Managing
Wild Elk (MP3)
Managing wild elk is never easy—they are the public's property,
but often spend time on private land. Sportsmen, wildlife officials,
and landowners try to find common ground.
Sonoran Mud Turtle
Sonoran
Mud Turtle (WMA)
Sonoran
Mud Turtle (MP3)
The Sonoran mud turtle is a 200-million year old relic of the Ice
Age. Find out why two scientists and an Arizona rancher are using their
personal resources to study it.
Evan Smalley
Evan
Smalley (WMA)
Evan
Smalley (MP3)
Clockmaker and repairman Evan Smalley collects and repairs
old clocks—and owns over 3,000 of them.
Jaydee Hanson
Jaydee Hanson (WMA)
Jaydee Hanson (MP3)
Jaydee Hanson of the Center
for Food Safety discusses recent food contamination issues and what
can be done to prevent them.
Jim Fleischman
Jim Fleischman (WMA)
Jim Fleischman (MP3)
Jim Fleischman discusses "Change That Works," a
grassroots reorganization effort among trade unions to combat historically
low membership.
Richard Manning
Richard Manning (WMA)
Richard Manning (MP3)
Journalist and author Richard Manning discusses his books about
the debate betweeen economy and ecology and whether we can sustain a livable
planet.
Todd Wilkinson
Todd Wilkinson (WMA)
Todd Wilkinson (MP3)
Journalist Todd Wilkinson discusses the personal consequences
of being a professional news reporter.
Pete Geddes
Pete Geddes (WMA)
Pete Geddes (MP3)
Pete Geddes, President
of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE),
discusses the changing philosophy of government de-regulation.
David Quammen
David Quammen (WMA)
David Quammen (MP3)
Author David Quammen edited a new illustrated version
of Charles Darwin’s extraordinary book The Origin of Species in
time for the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth.
David Hunter
David Hunter (WMA)
David Hunter (MP3)
A thirty-year veteran of political campaigns, David Hunter discusses
what it takes to get a candidate elected.
Open Adoption
Open Adoption (WMA)
Open Adoption (MP3)
18 year-old Riley Griffin, who was adpoted, and Rosemary
Miller of Catholic Social Services discuss open adoption.
Bruce Whittenberg
Bruce Whittenberg (WMA)
Bruce Whittenberg (MP3)
Positive change requires leaders. Bruce Whittenberg, Director
of Leadership Montana,
outlines what's being done in the state to create a core of leaders.
Pyramid Mountain Lumber
Pyramid
Mountain Lumber (WMA)
Pyramid
Mountain Lumber (MP3)
Pyramid Mountain Lumber of Seeley Lake survives in spite of a tough market and
low lumber prices.
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