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A news and public affairs program about Wyoming and the Mountain West.

Open Spaces Wyoming Public Media

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    • 4.4 • 33 Ratings

A news and public affairs program about Wyoming and the Mountain West.

    Government spending, land-grant universities, and more

    Government spending, land-grant universities, and more

    Today on the show, we follow along as a Shoshone elder teaches a younger tribal member the Shoshone language. White supremacist trolls have been interrupting the Laramie City Council with hateful, antisemitic comments. And, the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra traveled to Europe for the first time in 17 years. We get to go along too. Those stories and more.

    • 53 min
    UW swimmers remembered, entrepreneurship in the state, and more

    UW swimmers remembered, entrepreneurship in the state, and more

    Today on the show, the University of Wyoming mourned and remembered three UW swimmers that were killed in a car crash at the end of February. Casper is home to Wyoming’s only remaining procedural abortion clinic. Its existence is threatened by a bill passed during this year’s legislative session. Brick-and-mortar Wyoming Food Freedom stores are helping producers expand their market throughout the state. Plus, we hear from the Superintendent of Yellowstone on ways the park is trying to improve employee housing. Those stories and more.

    • 51 min
    Open Spaces: Wyoming Chronicle

    Open Spaces: Wyoming Chronicle

    This week, we reach beyond our studios and bring you interviews from Wyoming PBS' "Wyoming Chronicle." A young park ranger came to Wyoming and established the state’s chapter of Women Who Hike. And an energy efficient house designed by University of Wyoming students won second place in the annual Global Solar Decathlon. Join us for those stories.

    • 47 min
    Open Spaces, March 1, 2024

    Open Spaces, March 1, 2024

    Today on the show, two-thirds into the Budget Session, we look at why some lawmakers and advocates are frustrated with how it started. One bill that didn’t get killed early on would ban most forms of gender-affirming care for minors. Some say the negative impacts could ripple through Wyoming’s youth. And Colorado has released its first set of wolves. But a few actually migrated down a while ago. And the opinion there is more complicated than you’d think. Plus, we hear from author Craig Johnson. Those stories and more.

    • 54 min
    Open Spaces, February 23, 2024

    Open Spaces, February 23, 2024

    Today on the show, a national group that casts doubt on climate science was allowed to speak at the state capitol during the legislative budget session, and leadership wasn’t impressed. The FBI has a new initiative to gather more data about cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming. And, a filmmaker is taking it upon herself to shoot her movie in Wyoming even after the legislature has decided not to create a film incentive in the state. Those stories and more.

    • 53 min
    Open Spaces: Wyoming Chronicle

    Open Spaces: Wyoming Chronicle

    This week, we reach beyond our studios and bring you interviews from Wyoming PBS' "Wyoming Chronicle." We check in with an author who wrote a book about the history of Wyoming and its role in the American West. It partially focuses on Jim Bridger. And a Wyomingite has a unique talent. Jack Mease creates miniature versions of familiar, but much larger, objects.

    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
33 Ratings

33 Ratings

Eliza Rad ,

Wyoming spirit captured here

LOVE that open spaces episodes are in podcast form. News, stories, important conversations, content with a distinctly Wyoming feel, there is nothing not to treasure about this show. Keeps me company on road trips or cold afternoons at home. Can’t get enough Open Spaces.

Glacier1975 ,

Bye

Listened for a few years and the interviews are just not stringent they lean way out of the mainstream of wyomingites Madeline beck you did me in so long

419Dggusji346 ,

Another liberal mouthpiece.

Thought that I might find one decent podcast regarding our great state, unfortunately yet again the Left continues to make inroads even in the most conservative of regions. Evident here with their not so unbiased selection of subject matter from crossdressing, to referring to abortion as a human right. Watch out to what media you consume as it’s dominated by shallow shortsighted self serving individuals with no concept as to what’s at stake.

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