Missoula Community Weekly

Additional interviews include: Rob Cave, Mia, Soza, and Rashid Abdel Ghafur.

Paul Hamby has been covering the closure of McGill Hall due to asbestos contamination since asbestos was first discovered in December. He sits down with us in this episode to summarize what's happened so far, and look at what UM might do in the future.

Restorative Justice is an alternative to the current incarceration system in the United States. Restorative Justice focuses on rehabilitation and reconciliation within the community, rather than punishment of assumed criminality. In this episode we look at various ways Montanans are participating in restorative justice.

The reporting team from the Montana Kaimin joins the podcast to talk through the quixotic journey of reporting this insane story. Featuring Shaylee Ragar, Ryan O’Connell, and Matt Neuman.

Read Ryan’s story here:http://www.montanakaimin.com/features/please-feed-the-bears/article_9e697ace-f326-11e8-9609-3b38d8d97f4e.html

LR-128 and 129 offer voters important decisions to make about the future of Montana's public universities and voting access. This episode takes a quick look at both measures.

I-185 has been as hotly contested as any initiative in Montana history. Both the healthcare industry and tobacco industry have been spending heavily to influence public opinion. But what’s actually proposed in the bill? We’ve got a quick little episode to get you some valuable context and information before you vote.

Derek Brouwer and Erika Fredrickson from the Missoula Independent talk us through the last days of the Missoula Independent.

Episode 4 of MCW looks at the changes in the Clark Fork that are likely to bring seasonal flooding to the Missoula Valley.

MCW is happy to announce we’re officially partnering with the Montana Kaimin to produce this podcast. To mark the occasion, we’re bringing you a story that stays on campus, with a detour to Germany and the Bahamas.

MCW is now on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe now from most podcast platforms. In our second part looking into the ballot petition carried out by Advanced Micro Targeting to qualify the Montana Green Party for the midterm ballot, we investigate past campaigns ran by AMT and find a history of troubling and unethical behavior by canvassers, that may have been encouraged campaign leadership.

Earlier this year, a secretive out of state political consulting firm conducted a “Hail Mary” effort to get the Montana Green Party on the ballot. In our first episode, we go inside this campaign to bring you a story of dark money politics infiltrating one of the last places you’d expect.