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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.
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.
Upcoming Programs
May 13
Artemis Institute of Livingston expands on the benefits of place-based
education by using the natural world to boost the experience of architecture
students.
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.
May 6
 Place-Based
Education (WMA)
 Place-Based
Education (MP3)
Place-Based Education is a new educational movement designed to get children
into the outdoors.
Montana Conservation Corps
Montana Conservation Corps (WMA)
Montana Conservation Corps (MP3)
Based on the success of the Montana
Conservation Corps, young Montanans now have new opportunities for jobs that
benefit society.
Grow Montana
Grow Montana (WMA)
Grow Montana (MP3)
Grow Montana is
an independent, Montana-based coalition trying to improve our health
and economy with access to locally grown foods.
Steve Stoelb
Steve Stoelb (WMA)
Steve Stoelb (MP3)
Terminally ill Livingston resident Steve Stoelb discusses why
he feels Montanans should have the right to die.
Sage Grouse
Sage Grouse (WMA)
Sage Grouse (MP3)
Sage grouse are a huge, spectacular native of the Great Plains and are threatened
by the conflict between economics, science, and politics.
Cabela's
Cabela's (WMA)
Cabela's (MP3)
World-famous sporting goods retailer Cabela's got
into the Montana real estate market and sportsmen feared loss of access. Montana
Fish, Wildlife and Parks helped find a solution.
Citizens for Clean Energy
Citizens for Clean Energy (WMA)
Citizens for CLean Energy (MP3)
Citizens for Clean Energy and
the mayor of Fort Benton speak out against the proposed Highwood
Generating Station.
Tim Gregori
Tim Gregori (WMA)
Tim Gregori (MP3)
Southern Montana Electric's Tim
Gregori discusses the advantages of the controversial Highwood
Generating Station proposal.
Land Use Planning
Land Use Planning (WMA)
Land Use Planning (MP3)
Land use planning in the Helena area has produced its share of disputes, but
now there appears to be a workable collaboration.
National Guard
National Guard (WMA)
National Guard (MP3)
The National Guard responds in the aftermath of a Helena soldier's suicide after
returning from deployment in Iraq.
Dr. Ken Eden
Dr. Ken Eden (WMA)
Dr. Ken Eden (MP3)
Dr. Ken Eden of Helena examines the political topic
of national healthcare and why he fears the discussion may be headed
for a meltdown.
Dr. Steve Running
Dr. Steve Running (WMA)
Dr. Steve Running (MP3)
Nobel Prize winner Dr.
Steve Running of the University
of Montana discusses global warming and its effect on climate change in North
America.
Dr. Jay Larson
Dr. Ja Larson (WMA)
Dr. Jay Laron (MP3)
Dr. Jay Larson of Helena discusses the potential shortfall
of primary caregivers as the population ages and the demand for medical
care for the elderly increases.
Libraries
Libraries (WMA)
Libraries (MP3)
Examine two different Montana libraries with Donna Worth of
the Whitehall Community
Library and Alice Meister of the Bozeman
Public Library.
Joe Whalen
Joe Whalen (WMA)
Joe Whalen (MP3)
Miles City Mayor Joe Whalen discusses his approach to local
government.
Legal Assistance
Legal Assistance (WMA)
Legal Assistance (MP3)
Domestic Violence Unit managing attorney Jan Berry and a client
discuss the benefits of a no-cost legal assistance program for qualifying low-income
Montanans.
David Berg
David Berg (WMA)
David Berg (MP3)
Voices of Montana host David Berg discusses
the nature of radio and the difference between public and commercial
radio audiences.
Melville Fire
Melville
Fire (WMA)
Melville Fire (MP3)
Recent wildland fires in Melville, MT, affected several Big Timber ranches, burning
an estimated 20,000 acres.
Montana Natural History Center
Montana Natural History Center (WMA)
Montana Natural History Center (MP3)
The Montana Natural
History Center is a healthy alternative to television and video games. Director Arnie
Olsen and long-time board member Ellen Knight describe
the exciting programs that get kids (and adults) out in the woods.
Dr. Anne Perkins
Dr. Anne Perkins (WMA)
Dr. Anne Perkins (MP3)
The Human-Animal
Bonding Program at Carroll
College is the first degree program of its kind in the nation. Can a pet
raise the quality of your life? Dr. Anne Perkins explains how
she initiated this exciting program, what the students learn, and what they can
do with the degree.
Larry Lahren
Larry Lahren (WMA)
Larry Lahren (MP3)
This week's guest is archeologist Larry Lahren.
St. Labre School Exchange
St. Labre School Exchange (WMA)
St.
Labre School Exchange (MP3)
A school exchange pairs teachers and students from St. Labre Indian School in
Ashland, Montana, with the Mapuche Tribe of Patagonia.
John Clayton
John Clayton (WMA)
John Clayton (MP3)
Red Lodge author John Clayton discusses the intriguing life
of Caroline Lockhart, whose western novels repeatedly made the best-seller lists.
John Bohlinger
John Bohlinger (WMA)
John Bohlinger (MP3)
Montana Lieutenant
Governor John Bohlinger
Bison Management
Bison Management (WMA)
Bison Management (MP3)
This week, Home Ground host Brian Kahn examines bison
management.
AERO
AERO (WMA)
AERO (MP3)
Learn about the Alternative
Energy Resource Organization (AERO) and their Energy
Blueprint for energy independence in Montana.
Preserving Grasslands
Preserving Grasslands (WMA)
Preserving Grasslands
(MP3)
The American
Prairie Foundation and World
Widlife Fund are preserving native grasslands by buying cattle ranches and
reintroducing bison in eastern Montana.
Police
Police (WMA)
Police (MP3)
Police officers are trained to be firm and fair, treating everyone alike. But
what happens when, as in some cultures, making eye contact can be considered
an insult? How do officers recognize and deal with unacknowledged prejudice?
Rural Initiative
Rural Initiative (WMA)
Rural
Initiative (MP3)
120 philanthropic foundations recently met in Missoula to develop a "rural
initiative" for the 21st century.
Fighting Poverty
Fighting Poverty (WMA)
Fighting Poverty (MP3)
Two experts from private foundations discuss what they have learned about fighting
poverty. The answers may be surprising.
National Parks Conservation Association
National Parks Conservation Association (WMA)
National Parks Conservation Association (MP3)
John Wilson and Danielle Blank explain
the lack of government funding for our national parks and what is being
done about it. Both guests work for the National
Parks Conservation Association: Wilson as the Associate Regional
Director and Blank as the Community Outreach Coordinator.
Bart Semcer
Bart Semcer (WMA)
Bart Semcer (MP3)
This week's program features an interview with Bart Semcer,
the Sierra Club's Washington, D.C., Representative for Hunting and Fishing Programs.
Doug Turman & Mary Lee Larison
Doug Turman & Mary Lee Larison (WMA)
Doug
Turman & Mary Lee Larison (MP3)
Doug Turman and Mary Lee Larison have
established an elegant, modernist art gallery in Charlie Russell country
for those with a contemporary taste in art.
Brucellosis
Brucellosis (WMA)
Brucellosis (MP3)
Erroll Rice, Executive Vice President of the Montana
Stockgrowers Association, and Dennis McDonald, former
President of the Montana
Cattlemen's Association, discuss the controversy around the transmission
of brucellosis from bison and elk to cattle.
Doug Smith
Doug Smith (WMA)
Doug Smith (MP3)
Lead biologist for the Yellowstone Park Wolf Project Doug Smith gives
an update on wolf research.
David Kiesling
David Kiesling (WMA)
David Kiesling (MP3)
Dentist David Kiesling discusses how his profession
has changed over the 30 years he has been in business and why his practice
matters.
Randy Ash
Randy Ash (WMA)
Randy Ash (MP3)
Art conservator Randy Ash tells the story of her recent conservation
project--cleaning years of dirt and grime from the Charlie Russell painting which
hangs in the state legislative chambers in Helena.
Ron Mercer
Ron Mercer (WMA)
Ron Mercer (MP3)
Helena Airport Director Ron Mercer discusses the complex inner
workings of a regional airport.
Ron & Carren Clem
Ron & Carren
Clem (WMA)
Ron & Carren
Clem (MP3)
Father and daughter Ron and Carren Clem tell
their story of meth addiction and reclaiming their lives.
Encore Presentation: Al Swanson
Al
Swanson (WMA)
Al
Swanson (MP3)
Master furniture
maker Al Swanson discusses his craft.
Home Ground (07.03.2007) Bob Ekey is the Northern Rockies Regional Director
of the Wilderness
Society. He tells Home Ground what led him to a life of
conservation and shares his hopes for the future.
Home Ground (07.03.2007)
Home Ground (06.26.2007) Bebe Crouse is the Wildlife
Conservation Society's Science Communication Coordinator. She discusses
the ongoing relationship between science, media, public opinion, and
conservation.
Home Ground (06.26.2007)
Home
Ground (06.19.2007) The editors of Headwaters
News detail the important role the online journal plays in the
conservation of the West.
Home Ground (06.19.2007)
Home Ground (06.12.2007) Matt Gibson, publisher of the Missoula
Independent, discusses why his newspaper is a strong and vital voice
in the community.
Home Ground (06.12.2007)
Home Ground (06.05.2007) Jamie Williams, Director of
the Montana
chapter of The Nature Conservancy, talks about the nature of collaborative
efforts to protect and sustain watersheds.
Home Ground (06.05.2007)
Home
Ground (05.29.2007) Journalist Gwen Florio discusses
her years with the Philadelphia
Inquirer and the Denver Post and why she now enjoys reporting
for the Great
Falls Tribune.
Home Ground (05.29.2007)
Home
Ground (05.22.2007) Architect Randy Hafer and
urban planner Ralph
Johnson discuss the Sonoran
Institute's new book, Building
From the Best of the Northern Rockies.
Home Ground (05.22.2007)
Home
Ground (05.15.2007) Executive Director of the Northwest
Mining Association Laura Skaer discusses the evolution
of mining practices.
Home Ground (05.15.2007)
Home
Ground (05.08.2007) Master furniture
maker Al Swanson discusses his craft.
Home Ground (05.08.2007)
Home
Ground (05.01.2007) The Center for Mental Health is teaming up
with Montana's police departments in order to de-escalate crisis situations.
Home Ground (05.01.2007)
Home
Ground (04.24.2007) MSU-Billings
Communications professor Sara
Keller discusses the American media message, how it differs
from other countries', and how it can be improved.
Home
Ground (04.24.2007)
Home
Ground (04.17.2007) Paul Ringling's grandfather was
one of five brothers who established the Ringling Brother's Circus.
Home
Ground (04.17.2007)
Home
Ground (04.10.2007) Scientist Kate Miller analyzes
Montana aquifers and shares what she's found.
Home
Ground (04.10.2007)
Home
Ground (04.03.2007) Dr. Rocky White candidly explains
what he sees as the dysfunction and immorality of our health care system.
Home
Ground (04.03.2007)
Home
Ground (03.20.2007) Montana farmer and rancher Kathleen Bateman,
87, reflects on her life.
Home
Ground (03.20.2007)
Five
Who Make a Difference: Marvin Granger (WMA)
Five
Who Make a Difference: Marvin Granger (MP3)
Marvin Granger's four decades in public radio include
production and management positions at stations in Minnesota (where
he gave a young Garrison Keillor his first job in radio),
New York, Michigan, and Washington. During his 22 years as General Manager
and Program Director at Yellowstone
Public Radio, Granger worked to bring a variety of public affairs,
arts, music, and literature programs to the airwaves. He retired as
General Manager in 2006 but has stayed on at YPR as a part-time program
producer.
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