The Modern West
By Wyoming Public Media
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Description
The Modern West is a rich collection of news and cultural stories from the Mountain West. Features, interviews, oral history, readings, and more offer a snapshot of Western life.
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CleanThe Modern West 43: Slippery Slope | Ski season is upon us as the sport faces major changes: how climate change is affecting ski resorts and whether downhill skiing is turning into a sport reserved for the wealthy. | 2/22/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 42: 'We're Still Here, We're Not A Vanishing Race' | How the University of Wyoming hopes to increase Native American student enrollment, and how public school curricula represent indigenous peoples. | 1/15/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 41: Climate Change Remains Contentious In The West | As the urgency around climate change increases, here’s a look at how the West is reacting. | 12/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 40: More People, Less Affordable Housing | The Mountain West's population boom is putting a squeeze on affordable housing. What's being done address the issue? | 11/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 39: The Fight For Land Conservation | Are public lands meant to be used or protected? | 10/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 38: Grizzly | Context and controversy surrounding the delisting of the Yellowstone grizzly bear and this fall's proposed hunt. | 9/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 37: "Whiskey's For Drinkin' And Water's For Fightin' Over" | In the arid West, how do we manage the limited amount of water available to us? Exploring the complex issues of water…where it comes from, how it’s used, and who gets to use it. | 8/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 36: Unexpected Migration | As climate change warms the West, birds of prey are moving north. What happens when an apex predator leaves its native hunting grounds? | 7/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 35: Forgotten Women Of The West | From washing the army’s clothes to solving murders, three authors tell the stories of strong Western women. | 6/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 34: From Fact To Fancy, How Native Americans Are Portrayed | Nearly a quarter of Wyoming’s population is Native American. But how they are portrayed—by Natives and by whites—is complicated. | 5/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 33: Women In Wyoming, Part 2 | More conversations from the series Women in Wyoming …about pushing boundaries and redefining what it means to live in the modern West. Featuring Neltje and Affie Ellis. | 4/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 32: Women In Wyoming, Part 1 | Conversations from the series Women in Wyoming …about pushing boundaries and redefining what it means to live in the modern West. Featuring Nimi and Nina McConigley. | 3/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 31: Cleaning Up Coal, Folly Or The Future? | Coal is cheap, abundant…and dirty. In a greening energy economy, is clean coal the answer? | 2/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 30: Melting And Migration | This time, we visit melting ice fields, ask whether climate change is fueling summer fires, and step into the hooves of big animals as they migrate to winter ranges. | 12/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 29: Home On The Range | There’s a reason the cowboy hat is a symbol of Wyoming: ranching is woven into the state’s cultural fabric. On this episode, we’ll take you out on the wide open Wyoming range. | 11/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 28: Tiny Town, Big Bands | In the mid-20 th century, the little town of Elk Mountain, Wyoming drew crowds from miles and miles away to its summer dances on the bouncy floor at the Garden Spot Pavilion. | 10/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 27: Dark Side Of The Moon | August’s total solar eclipse drew hundreds of thousands of people to Wyoming for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. | 9/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 26: Going To The Movies | Wyoming is the setting for many a Western—even if the films aren’t shot on location. But even if big studios pass the state by, Wyomingites are making their own movies. | 8/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 25: Take A Trip On The Lincoln Highway | The Lincoln Highway was the first road to run coast-to-coast. Join us for a road trip with stops at some of the quirkiest roadside attractions along Wyoming’s stretch of the highway. | 7/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Modern West 24: The Native West, Part 2 | Part two of a two-part series on the Wind River Reservation, focusing on housing issues on the increasingly populated Wind River Reservation. | 6/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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