Where do magpies nest? Why doesn’t a spider stick to its own web? How do water striders keep from sinking? The program Field Notes, produced and aired by the Montana Natural History Center and Montana Public Radio, has been answering such questions since 1991. The producers are generously sharing this fascinating material with KGVM. Please visit the original Field Notes web page for the full archive of all episodes.
Interested in writing a Field Note? Contact Allison De Jong, Field Notes editor, at adejong [at] montananaturalist [dot] org or 406.327.0405.
Tuesday, November 8 is the date of the general election this year. Information on voting and registering to vote is available at the Montana Voter Information web page.
KGVM will be recording as many candidate forums as possible this year. Stay tuned!
There are a plethora of talented musicians in the Gallatin Valley and nearby. Each week, we invite an artist or band into the KGVM studios to talk about their music, songwriting, and the Bozeman music scene, and we invite them to perform some of their songs.
Here are the Local Musicians’ Spotlights, starting with the most recent. If they were broadcast from Lokken Productions’ studios in Belgrade, the entry includes a link to the YouTube video that was live streamed at the same time as the KGVM broadcast. Otherwise, there’s a link to the audio from the episode broadcast from the KGVM studios. If you visit the Lokken Productions YouTube channel and click “Subscribe”, you will find out about new videos as they are posted too.
This series of lecture shorts is produced by the Philosophy Society of Montana State University, a student-run society seeking to explore diverse topics while encouraging open discourse and meaningful analysis. Lectures are written by Zachary Honey, read by Zachary Honey and Shelby Rogala, and recorded by John Rios. For more information, contact philosophy.montana@gmail.com.
Atoms are the basic components of matter. You meet atoms every day that behave like nature’s indestructible Legos. In these encounters atoms are not created or destroyed. Rather, atoms can form specific attachments, in a way like various lego pieces, that give rise to familiar structures called molecules. Montana State University chemist Bill McLaughlin is your host for Monday’s Molecule, introducing and explaining a different familiar molecule each week.
You can contact Bill via an email to: Mondaysmolecule@gmail.com for any questions you may have. You can also suggest other interesting molecules to feature on the program.
Beautifully Equipped is about finding your genius through collaboration; about being real and raw about the stories and experiences that shape each of us individually; about trusting others we share those experiences with to help us grow and problem solve; and about being solutionary to others. Our goal is for all of us to become collectively unshakeable and even more successful in our personal and professional endeavors.
We deliver these messages through podcasts and other tools developed by us and those we interview. We’re four biz women who came together, and thrive together, through the power of being in a mastermind group. Collaborating has taught us that multiple minds are better than one.
Preserving Your Wealth, with Mike McCormick is a weekly personal finance show aired on KGMV Bozeman. You can access old shows and other items of interest on Mike’s podcast page: https://mccormickfinancialadvisors.com/podcasts/.
Mike McCormick is the owner of McCormick Financial Advisors in Bozeman, Montana. He is a fiduciary for his small client group, and takes pleasure in helping people have more confidence in their financial decisions. McCormick Financial Advisors specializes in reducing financial complexity, generating retirement income, and managing taxable investments like trusts and investment portfolios.
According to census estimates, there are less than 500 professional musicians in Montana. Possibly true, but the local music culture is far richer than that number would suggest. This program features just a few musicians from here in music and in words, in live and recorded performance.
If you have a recording to share, or an event you’d like to record, contact us at info@kgvm.org.
One of our regular features is Larry Kiff’s Classic Country Music Show, which airs the last Monday of every month from 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Here are the archived shows:
A show about faith and spirituality here in Gallatin Valley, Spirit of the Valley showcases honest conversations about belief, doubt, meaning, and hope. Host Katie Michael-Sanchez is a Healthcare Chaplain and Interfaith Spiritual Director. You can find more about her at www.whatyouseeksd.com or email her at whatyouseeksd@gmail.com.
Kate Gardner is a Bozeman gardener whose interest in organic gardening leads her to investigate wildly diverse subjects from soil science to sustainability to food justice. When not wrestling with bindweed and creeping bellflower in her garden plots, or wrestling with the botany and chemistry she wishes she’d learned decades back, she interviews scientists and practitioners, garden writers and professors–including a number of Gallatin Valley folks. She shares her findings, musings, and gardening tips on her blog, The Manic Gardener, and on her likewise named podcast at Web Talk Radio, now syndicated here.
Join host Jeff Milchen and a range of insightful guests to explore timely issues and meet exceptional people and organizations of Montana. Steve Kirchoff often joins as co-host.
Voices Old and New is a program of community conversations. It comprises a series of variously structured events with differing groups of people on changing themes. We bring together folks with unique perspectives to speak in their own voices. If you are interested in participating or have a proposal for a conversation topic, contact us.
You Are Admirable is an interview project of Steven Harris-Weiel to learn to cultivate in himself, the qualities he admires in others. “My goal is to learn how the people I admire in my life came to be so admirable, and then find out how the people they admire in their lives got to be that way as well.” You can see video versions of Steven’s interviews on his website or YouTube channel.
Wilderness and Wildlife, presented by the Gallatin Wildlife Association, features discussions of issues involving the wildlife of southwestern Montana, and the wilderness habitat that makes this area appealing to adventurous people from around the country. You’ll hear Interviews with wildlife experts and naturalists reporting on species they have studied, which are threatened by the pressures of a rapidly growing populace in the Greater Yellowstone region.
The Gallatin Wildlife Association also produces the short Wildlife Capsules series.
Pirsig‘s Journey is a documentary in development by local filmmaker Dennis Davis and a producer from Tucson, Manola Carter. The documentary is about Robert Pirsig and his best selling book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The radio show concerns a variety of storylines in and about the book and its impact on Robert Pirsig‘s life as revealed in the book and through interviews and articles that came out after its publication in 1974. The Program also delves into aspects of his philosophy, the Metaphysics of Quality.
Jo Anne Salisbury Troxel, local writer and poet, is the creator of “The Poets Corner”, aired on KGVM. During April, National Poetry Month, she has had conversations with local poets Steve Kirchoff and Greg Keeler. More to come…
The sciences offer a profound way of viewing and learning about the world we live in. This program features contributions to our scientific understanding from local thinkers, researchers, and scientists.
Tuesday, November 8 is the date of the general election this year. Information on voting and registering to vote is available at the 
Kate Gardner is a Bozeman gardener whose interest in organic gardening leads her to investigate wildly diverse subjects from soil science to sustainability to food justice. When not wrestling with bindweed and creeping bellflower in her garden plots, or wrestling with the botany and chemistry she wishes she’d learned decades back, she interviews scientists and practitioners, garden writers and professors–including a number of Gallatin Valley folks. She shares her findings, musings, and gardening tips on her blog,