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A New Angle

A New Angle

Hosted by justin angle

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461

Latest episode

Aug 2026

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EN

About the show

A New Angle is a current affairs Montana Public Radio program and podcast featuring conversations about how we're doing and where we're going. We live in the College of Business at the University of Montana. New episodes drop every Thursday. Recent and upcoming guests include Academy Award-winning actor J.K. Simmons, formmer US Senator Jon Tester, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, Cheryl Strayed (best-selling author of Wild), NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd, and many others. www.anewanglepodcast.com

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August 13, 202628 min

Part two: Crissie McMullan & Jason Wiener are AI Realists

This week ANA brings you part two of Justin’s conversation with Crissie McMullan and Jason Wiener, who together launched AI Realists, a nonprofit focused on helping communities shape AI policies.Picking up where they left off last week, the trio talk about citizen assemblies, public opinion surveys, data centers and a central mission of AI Realists: combating our big tech fatalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

August 6, 202628 min

Part one: Crissie McMullan & Jason Wiener are AI Realists

This week’s guests are Crissie McMullan and Jason Wiener. Together these two launched AI Realists, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping communities shape AI policies. AI Realists is producing events and conducting outreach across Montana.In this conversation, Crissie and Jason share their paths to AI and how they have been both inspired and worried by the technology. They talk about how people tend to feel helpless when it comes to AI reform and speak at length about how their focus currently is on how state governments can play a role. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

July 30, 202628 min

Tana Burke and Sky Cycle are taking off

This week’s guest is Tana Burke, founder and CEO of Sky Cycle, a Montana-made startup seeking to insert wellness and exercise into the airport experience. Tana launched Sky Cycle in 2022 and the product is now ready for takeoff.In this conversation, Tana talks about taking Sky Cycle from concept to reality and the various partnerships she forged to make it happen. She breaks down the airport business and helps us understand how and why airports are increasing their investments in traveller wellness. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

July 23, 202626 min

I&I - Gratitude & civic virtue

Today is the July edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. Today’s topic is gratitude, inspired by an experience Bryce had during a speaking engagement a few weeks ago.In this conversation, Bryce outlines economic progress, particularly in Montana, despite how bad the economy can seem. The two get into the differences between zero-sum and positive-sum thinking, and the necessity of human-to-human interaction when cultivating civic virtue. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

July 16, 202629 min

Life-long community with Ria Overholt and Steve Gaskill

This week’s guests are Ria Overholt and Steve Gaskill who talk with Justin about Missoula Villages, a neighbor-powered network that brings older citizens together through events, activities and a help exchange. Networks like Missoula Villages are springing up across the country and fill an important unmet need for support and community.In this conversation, Ria explains the concept behind Missoula Villages, which in large part aims to keep people connected as they age. Steve talks about the science behind social connections and the benefit of having a community for tackling seemingly small tasks when they start to become bigger, like changing a lightbulb or doing yard work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

July 9, 202628 min

Warm Springs’ Bridger Pierce takes us inside TV

This week’s guest is Bridger Pierce, president of Warm Springs Productions. Warm Springs is a full service production house focused on television series. Warm Springs commenced operations in 2008 and has produced content for the History Channel, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel and many other prominent outlets.Bridger talks about growing up in Manhattan, Montana and working for a stint in D.C. He explains Warm Springs’s start in hunting shows to its expansion into creating content for major outlets and dabbling in religious and history-based productions. And, he talks about working with talents like Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid, and how the key to building trust is finding a topic the stars are passionate about. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

July 2, 202628 min

How to nonprofit with Vu Le

This week’s guest is Vu Le, a prominent and irreverent voice in nonprofit leadership. Vu recently published his first book, Reimagining Nonprofit and Philanthropy, and has been posting weekly at his blog, Nonprofit AF, for many years. Vu recently visited Montana to speak about nonprofits and philanthropy.In this episode, Vu describes nonprofits as air - something people don’t appreciate until they’re gone. He discusses the differences between nonprofits and for-profits, gets into the scruples over overhead and the ways in which nonprofits can be reimagined. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

June 25, 202629 min

I&I - Population decline

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.anewanglepodcast.comThis week is the June edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Ward about some of the broader challenges facing our society. And this month, the theme is population decline.People around the world are having fewer babies and it’s being framed as a bit of a crisis. The question Justin ha…

June 18, 202628 min

A VOICE from the Flathead Nation

This week’s guests are David Spear and Julie Cajune of A VOICE: Art, Vision and Outreach in Community Education. This nonprofit organization’s mission is to foster individual, group, community and cultural expression through art, outreach and education. A VOICE has served the Flathead Nation for 20 years.In this conversation, David talks about how he made it from New York to Polson, and how he built trust with students on the Flathead Nation. David explains some of the specific projects students have worked on, and how art - like sports - can serve as a bridge for success. Justin asks both David and Julie about their plans for the future. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

June 11, 202628 min

Montana + the UK with Eleanor Kiloh

This week’s guest is Eleanor Kiloh, British Consul General and senior representative of the British government in Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska. Eleanor recently toured Montana and we were fortunate to get some time on her schedule.In this conversation Eleanor explains what diplomacy actually is and gives advice for those considering the career path on how to jump in. She talks about how Montana and the UK are finding resonance in quantum technology, and how state governments can get involved in international collaboration. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.anewanglepodcast.com/subscribe

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