Mountain West Voices

Series produced by clay scott

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Mountain West Voices is an ongoing series that looks at the Rocky Mountain West - including Western Canada - through the medium of radio storytelling. Each piece in the series profiles an individual or community, introducing listeners to the compelling stories that are part of the human landscape of our region.

Mountain West Voices is an ongoing series that looks at the Rocky Mountain West - including Western Canada - through the medium of radio storytelling. Each piece in the series profiles an individual or community, introducing listeners to the compelling stories that are part of the human landscape of our region.


176 Pieces

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Caption: Lorraine Rivers Tucker, Credit: Susan K. Adams
In this episode of Mountain West Voices, Lorraine Rivers Tucker recalls the journey that took her from the rough Montana copper mining town of her ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Linh Huynh, Bow Valley College, Calgary, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Linh Huynh came to Canada as a child with the exodus of the 'boat people' from Vietnam. Today, she helps Calgary...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dorothy Thunder, Edmonton, Alberta, Credit: Clay Scott
In this episode of Mountain West Voices, we visit a remarkable language teacher at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Dorothy Thunder grew up ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Montana Black Bear Cub, Credit: Sarah Hewitt
In this exciting episode of Mountain West Voices, producer Clay Scott sees an orphaned black bear cub on the Montana prairies, miles from suitable...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pronghorn Antelope at Fence, Northern Montana, Credit: Remote Camera Image, Nature Conservancy of Montana
Pronghorn antelope make the second longest migration of any North American land animal. But their ancient migration routes are threatened by lives...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Dendy, Helena, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices, we visit with acclaimed Montana singer-songwriter John Dendy about his strikingly original work.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Scotti and Julianna Clifford, Pine Ridge Reservation, Credit: Shannon Meek
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with the band "Scatter Their Own" from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Pine Ridge is a vast...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices: The late Pauline Olsen, a harness maker from the small Rocky Mountain town of Augusta, Montana, talks about a li...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jim Schulz, Helena, MT, Credit: clay scott
This week on Mountain West Voices, we visit the class of award-winning biology teacher Jim Schulz, of Helena, Montana, on his last day of teaching ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Johann Davis and Adam Nordell, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: Johanna Davis and Adam Nordell of Sassafrass Stomp share original and traditional tunes, and talk about their Ma...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 2
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In this sound-rich, half-hour special from High Plains News - produced in association with Mountain West Voices, West Virginia Public Radio and All...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Mountain West Voices: Clay Scott travels through the Powder River Basin in northeastern Wyoming - the nation's most important coal-pr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bonnie Poser, Conrad, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
An entrepreneurial Montana woman turns her small farm town into a Mecca for prom dresses, drawing high school girls from all over Montana, and as f...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Paul Milam, Bozeman, Montana, Credit: Danielle Thomsen
This week on Mountain West Voices: This month marks the 70th anniversary of the American invasion of Iwo Jima, one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 2
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Producer Clay Scott visits Montana State Prison, where Native inmates are taking part in a traditional sweat lodge ceremony. As they wait their tu...

Bought by PRX Remix, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Indigo Sherman Cutting up a Deer, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, where students immerse themselves in Salish language and ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joyce Vashro, Helena, Montana, Credit: Clay Scott
The second installment of the story of Joyce Vashro, an Englishwoman who married a U.S. serviceman and came to Montana 70 years ago. She and her b...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tyler Knott Gregson, Helena, Montana, Credit: Sarah Linden
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with poet Tyler Knott Gregson - an unlikely success story from Helena, Montana. He typed his first poem ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Tyler Knott Gregson, Helena, Montana, Credit: Sarah Linden
This week on Mountain West Voices: A visit with poet Tyler Knott Gregson - an unlikely success story from Helena, Montana. He typed his first poem...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kayla Murchison along the Continental Divide, Credit: Clay Scott
This week on Mountain West Voices: We meet Kayla Murchison along the Continental Divide Trail in Montana, 4 1/2 months and 2800 miles into her ques...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WABE, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8