Podcasts by Whats Your Why?
What’s Your Why?
I know, I know. You’ve heard this before. It’s not a NEW question, but the answer IS always evolving… So. We. Can’t. Stop. Asking!
This show explores the human experience by way of our natural and diverse DNA through storytelling.
We bring to life the many pillars of our humanity: Culture, community, history, literature, and art.
Our purpose is to expand your vision of the world, educate, inspire, and give you critical thinking skills needed to apply to your own journey and create more connectivity and significance within the human experience.
With nationally and internationally renowned humanists - authors, journalists, philosophers, artists and scientists - we adventure into conversations about where they’ve been, how they are wired, what makes them tick, and how their history relates to the greater world and you. Get inspired, gain perspective and reflect on What’s Your Why?
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Reclaiming Sacred Spaces: The Importance of Native Identity in Yellowstone from 2023-11-30T08:00
"There are many layers of tradition that people carry with them and their families and their communities." - Shane Doyle
In this episode we talk with Dr. Shan...
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The Role of Buffalo in Native American Cultural Revitalization with Jason Baldes from 2023-11-09T05:47
"The buffalo is still central to our lifeways, our spirituality, our ceremonies, but has been missing for over 130 years. Bringing them back is integral to our healing from atrocit...
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Finding Inspiration and Purpose: Bonnie Wan from 2023-10-19T12:00
“Action is a byproduct of clarity. When you know what you want and where you're going, it's easier to make decisions, take action, and let your intuition and instincts guide you.” - Bo...
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Transformative Truths: Bob Berky's Journey to Empathy and Connection from 2023-10-06T02:47
"Clowning is about revealing the truth of things. It's about that moment of epiphany when the world makes sense and laughter emerges." - Bob Berky
In a world where ...
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The Power of Unity: Ashleigh Chapman's Call to Action Against Human Trafficking from 2023-09-21T12:00
It's the worst evil on the planet. It's the worst kind of exploitation of the vulnerable populations, and it's everywhere. - Ashleigh Chapman
Welcome, Ashleigh Chapman...
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Finding Inspiration and Nurturing Personal Growth: Insights from Joanna Kail from 2023-09-07T09:00
We need to encourage women to take a deep dive into their passions and break free from societal labels. We can conquer any field and be successful. - Joanna Kail
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Celebrating Diversity: The Inspiring Story of Ivan McClellan and Black Cowboy Culture from 2023-08-17T12:00
Step into a world where cowboy culture meets an unseen community, a world that will leave you captivated and yearning for more. Ivan McClellan, a self-taught photographer, learned abou...
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Discovering Wyoming's Untamed Beauty: Chad Hanson's Awe-Inspiring Journey from 2023-06-28T16:13
In the vast, untamed landscapes of Wyoming, where the echoes of hooves on public lands seem to whisper tales of forgotten beauty, lies a captivating story that will leave you breathles...
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Native Wisdom: Inspiring Empowerment and Self-Esteem in Youth w/ Alfreda Algeo from 2023-06-21T09:00
Do you want to empower Native youth through increased representation of Native literature? If so, I have ...
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Alyson Spery: No One Can Tell Your Story Better Than You from 2023-06-07T09:00
About Alyson
Alyson aims to amplify stories that are often unheard of in the mainstream. She’s driven by a passion for justice, authenticity, and a really good story. ...
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Katherine Standefer: A Journey Facing Death, Embracing Life from 2023-05-17T09:00
Her memoir is called "Lightning Flowers: My Journey To Uncover The Cost Of Saving A Life."
“This book will make you feel less alone. Pick it up and you will hear a hum...
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The Constitution: A Historical Document With Contemporary Problems from 2023-05-03T09:00
When I first heard of the book, Fault Lines in the Constitution: I was excited for the opportunity to learn the reason ...
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Kealoha: National Poetry Slam Legend from 2023-04-12T09:00
Bonnie Wan: What Do You Really Want? from 2023-03-22T09:00
Do you know what you truly want from your life?
“You can’t have it all but you can have what matters.” Bonnie Wan
That’s her motto and mantra. In h...
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Mat Hames: Life In The Lens from 2023-03-08T10:00
Mat Hames is an Emmy winning Executive Producer and Director, known for his two feature length Independent Lens documentaries What Was Ours and When I Rise (both available on Prime vid...
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Tori Murden McClure: First Woman To Row Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean from 2023-02-15T10:00
Tori Murden McClure is no stranger to trail blazing.
Tori Murden McClure is the President of Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Tori may be ...
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Celebrating Black History Month with Gigi Jasper from 2023-02-02T17:32
Dr. Gigi Jasper is a retired English teacher living in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
In this episode, you'll hear about why...
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Danielle Allen: Teaching Empowerment, Leading Change from 2023-01-19T00:13
I want to give a warm welcome to Danielle Allen. Danielle's work to improve the world for the youth has taken her from intructing college classes to the helm of a $6 billion foundation, writing ...
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Wyoming Women To Watch: Artist Bronwyn Minton from 2023-01-04T19:26
Bronwyn Minton is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, and arts leader living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Minton holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the San Francis...
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Wyoming Women to Watch: Artist Katy Ann Fox from 2022-12-14T13:12
Katy Ann Fox wanders through the West witnessing windblown mountains and sunlight to gather emotion and imagery for her landscape paintings. Her oil paintings host a feeling of peace and respect...
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Wyoming Women To Watch: Artist Sarah Oregon from 2022-11-30T10:00
Sarah Ortegon is an enrolled Eastern Shoshone and also is Northern Arapaho. She is number 10 in a family of 12 kids. In 2013 she graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bac...
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Wyoming Women To Watch: Artist Jennifer Rife from 2022-11-16T10:00
"They each have a different perspective. They each in their own way... And I can say this just based on how I've heard them talk about this and from what I think you'll see in this wonderful...
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Wyoming Women to Watch: Artist Leah Hardy from 2022-10-26T09:00
Leah Hardy, an amazing artist, is 1 of 5 Wyoming artists selected for Women To Watch. The 2024 exhibit is the National Museum of Women in the Art's biennial exhibition series that featu...
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Juan Martinez: Spirit of Conservation Award Recipient&Founder of Fresh Tracks from 2022-10-12T08:00
Juan Martinez received the 2022 Rising Leader Award given to outstanding young professionals in the field of conservation. He received his award alongside famed ethologist and global conservatio...
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Patricia McInroy: The Storytelling Art of FIlmmaking from 2022-08-31T08:00:06
Patricia McInroy, a filmmaker, is a former photojournalist who grew up in Wyoming and graduated from Casper College in 1989. After graduating fro...
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Travis Helms: Poetry, Spirituality,&Conversation from 2022-08-12T15:25:44
Travis Helms is the author of Blowing Clover, Falling Rain: A Theological Commentary On The Poetic Canon Of The ‘American Religion’ (Wipf & Stock). His poetry and prose has been publish...
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Jason Baldes: Native American Ecology from 2022-06-15T07:00
Jason Baldes, an Eastern Shoshone who lives on the Wind River Reservation, is the Tribal Buffalo Coordinator for the Tribal Partnerships Program at the National Wildlife Federation. He works to ...
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Tyler Rogers: Author And Inspiration For The Wyo Youth from 2022-05-10T08:00
Megan Kate Nelson: Writing The West from 2022-05-05T00:11:57
Megan Kate Nelson is a historian and writer, w...
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Sarah Ortegon: Dancing for Native America from 2022-04-06T14:02:31
Sarah Ortegon was born in Denver, Colorado and is an enrolled Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho. In 2013 she graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a Bachelors...
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Gregory Hinton: A Rainbow in Wyoming from 2022-03-17T15:31:26
“When I was young, I always had a mountain range over my shoulder,” he says. “I still come back looking for lost dignity.” We were very fortunate to hav...
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Willow Belden: What Was Lost "Out There" Will Be Found from 2022-02-23T17:06:51
“It’s the simple things” – is what I thought about when I interviewed Willow Belden for our latest What’s Your Why? episode. Her award-winning podcast Listen
Mark Pedri: Listening to the Wind from 2022-02-03T19:54:11
Sam Lightner: Professional Rock Climber, Author,&Historian from 2022-01-04T20:16:15
Anna Sale: Death, Sex&Money from 2021-12-06T20:50:21
"'I know how to research. I know how to tell stories. I don't know what to do with a microphone or audio editing, but I want to learn,' and they hired me, and that's how my journalism career sta...
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Robert Martinez: Turning A Paintbrush Into a Microphone from 2021-10-14T15:59:42
Robert Martinez was born in Wyoming on the Wind River Reservation in the small city of Riverton. His lineage is Spanish, Mexican, Scotts Irish, French Canadian, and Northern Arapaho. He graduate...
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Robbie Bonds: 2021 Murie Spirit of Conservation Rising Leader from 2021-09-30T18:12:59
Darla Worden: Ernest Hemingway in Wyoming from 2021-09-24T17:07:54
Darla Worden is editor in chief of Mountain Living magazine and founder/director of the Left Bank Writers Retreat in Paris. A Wyoming native and...
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Senator Doug Jones: Justice Delayed, But Not Denied from 2021-09-01T17:02:12
“I am a product and lifelong resident of Alabama. I was born in Fairfield, Alabama to a father who worked for U.S. Steel and a stay-at-home mom. One o...
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Jerry Enzler: Author&Historian of Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West from 2021-08-12T17:38:05
Jerry Enzler might just be the best living expert on the famous mountain man, Jim Bridger, and his exploits as a trapper and explorer. Today, we become experts of the expert, as Jerry takes us t...
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Tom Rea: Discovering Poetry, Printing, and History from 2021-07-22T13:23:20
Tom Rea lives in Casper, Wyo., where he is editor and co-founder, with the Wyoming State Historical Society, of WyoHistory.org, a state-history website that i...
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Anne MacKinnon: Water&Water Law is Ultimately About People from 2021-07-07T17:49:12
Water-law scholar Anne MacKinnon has paid Whats Your Why a little visit in-between a series of discussions about public waters. Living in Casper, She is a former editor-in-chief of the ...
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Ashleigh Snoozy&Kristen Czaban: Furthering The Power Of Community from 2021-06-03T18:27:26
Ashleigh and Kristen recently joined us to outline their stories and research with the Sheridan Press and their most recent project spotlighting humanity in our own communities. Their natural re...
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Kathryn Palmer&Margaret Austin: Discovering The Election Process from 2021-05-20T15:53:13
"Some Cheyenne residents of color say they don't feel heard by largely white leadership in local government and schools. This lack of representation makes it easier for leaders to, even unintent...
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Dustin Bleizeffer: Choices and Challenges of Wyoming Youth from 2021-05-18T14:39:41
Dustin Bleizeffer has worked as a coal miner, an oilfield mechanic, and for 20 years as a statewide reporter and editor primarily covering the energy industry in Wyoming. Most recently he was Co...
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Hannah Black&Niki Kottmann: Equity for the People of Color Who Call Cheyenne Home from 2021-05-06T19:04:20
Podcasters! Hannah Black and Niki Kottmann, both journalists with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, joi...
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Baktash Ahadi: Cultural Identity and the Immigrant Experience from 2021-04-22T15:33:17
Matthew Spangler: American Playwright Exploring the Immigrant Experience from 2021-04-08T17:01:49
Interfaith Amigos: Respect from Faith to Faith from 2021-03-24T15:02:25
Also known as the Interfaith Amigos – The interfaith Amigos do an inspiring presentation that offers a message of inclusion, empathy and hope. In their life work and in their interfaith presenta...
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Fred Schmechel: Driving the Culture of Innovation and Creativity in Wyoming from 2021-03-17T20:06:47
Welcome the Assistant Director of IMPACT 307, Fred Schmechel! Trained as a sculptor and graphic designer, Fred joined IMPACT 307 in the fall of 2010. He ...
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Ryan Stolp: Mountain Life Cartoonist from 2021-02-17T16:55:48
Ryan Stolp, the creative force behind “Lift Lines” is our latest wonderful guest. His "Lift Lines" cartoon appears in the Jackson Hole Daily and on the news app, Hole Scroll. Stolp, who is the c...
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Greg Kearney: Complexity of Political Cartoons from 2021-02-03T18:17:01
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Darryl Tonemah: Health, Hope, and Inspiration For His People from 2021-01-27T12:00
"I was picked on because I wasn't Lakota. I wasn't Sioux. I was different tribes. So, it wasn't that I was non-native, it was that I was native, but I was of a different tribe."
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Geoff O'Gara: Modern Day Struggles of the American West from 2021-01-06T17:03:50
Geoffrey O’Gara is an author, script writer, public affairs host, and documentary producer based in Lander, Wyoming. He is the author of What You See in Clear Water: Indians, Whites, and a B...
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Nadia Oweidat: Freedom Begins With One Idea from 2020-12-17T00:05:03
"I grew up in tribal Jordan, ever since I was a child I loved reading. I think maybe science will one day discover there's a gene and I have a huge mutation of it or something because having acc...
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Warren Murphy: Exploring The Spirit Of Wyoming from 2020-11-30T21:31:29
Warren Murphy is an Episcopal priest who has served churches in Dixon, Lander, Fort Washakie, and Cody. He most recently was director of the Wyoming Association of Churches. We had the pleasure ...
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The Future Of Politics With Erich Frankland: Rights Come With Responsbilities from 2020-11-18T21:36:43
Mr. Frankland is a political science instructor in the school of social and behavioral sciences at Casper College, serves as the director of the Casper Committee to Foreign Relations, and the fa...
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Kevin Olson's Guide To Visionary Journalism from 2020-11-07T15:11:15
Kevin Olson is the owner and president of Jackson, Wyoming-based Teton Media Works Incorporated (TMW). TMW’s media assets consist of local newspapers, magazines, affiliated websites, a digital c...
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Caryn Flanagan: Continuing Bonds With Those We’ve Lost from 2020-10-08T19:47:14
"Eyes up, roll through," is the mantra of Caryn Flanagan whenever she encounters challenging terrain. She, a member of legendary ski team The Jackson Hole Air Force, founding member of SkiProphe...
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Yonder Lies: The Last Of The Old West from 2020-09-18T18:13:18
As you drive over the breathtakingly steep Teton Pass into Jackson Hole, Wyoming you will pass what could very well be a hundred year old sign that puts to bed any doubt you...
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Pandemic Stories: A Snapshot In Time from 2020-08-26T21:02:42
Psychologically, speaking about our most difficult struggles and periods of life helps us to understand and heal. Until recently when we began serious exponential technological progress as a spe...
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Mark Jenkins: When Lemons Give You Life from 2020-08-21T20:53:58
We had the pleasure of talking to Mark Jenkins about his passion for Wyoming and the humanities! He is a well-known name around Wyoming and the world. He is a critically acclaimed author and int...
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Sherry Smith: Knowing, Recording and Preserving History Directly Impacts Future Generations from 2020-07-30T22:17:52
Mountains To Manuscript: Women Who Love The West from 2020-07-15T23:56:31
As the state of Wyoming remembers the 150th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Wyoming in 2019 and Jackson Hole celebrates the 100th anniversary of its all-woman town council in 2020, the Jackso...
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Babs Case&Bill T. Jones/The Arnie Zane Company: Using Dance To Explore Social&Political Tension from 2020-06-26T05:41:02
James Arvanitakis: Undermining Class Based Ideology from 2020-06-18T19:10:31
Professor James Arvanitakis is currently on a Fulbright Fellowship as the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor – University of Wyoming. A former economist and free market advocate, James change...
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David Rohm: Fly Like an Eagle from 2020-06-14T18:53:03
This interview with David Rohm discusses their work at Wild Excellence Films. Wild Excellence Films was awarded a Spark grant for their documentary Golden Eagles: Witn...
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Scott Henkel&The Millennial Falcon from 2020-05-29T22:11:52
Dr. Scott Henkel is the director of the Wyomin...
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Justin Farrell: Researching Environment, Politics, and Human Culture from 2020-05-07T23:34:49
Justin Farrell is an author, and sociology professor at Yale University. His research blends a mixture of methods, such as ethnographic fieldwork with large-scale computational techniques from n...
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Adam Smith: Talking About His Latest Film On The Replica Of Jackson Hole In Beijing, China from 2020-04-26T18:11:17
Adam James Smith is an award-winning, US-based filmmaker originally from the United Kingdom. Adam holds degrees from Stanford and Cambridge, the...
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Sam Mihara: Citizen of Heart Mountain from 2020-04-15T21:15:06
"What was very difficult was that the government never told us where we were going. It was a big secret to all of us inside that train. So, we were in there for three days and nights, not knowin...
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Beverly Kopf: Trust Your Instincts&The Creative Process from 2020-04-01T19:19:55
Beverly joins us to outline her success and challenges as a writer and producer. She managed to overcome heavy obstacles and face her fears to claim awards and recognition, and even snagged an E...
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Paige Okamura: The Heart of Hawaii&DJ Mermaid from 2020-03-18T23:53:41
Paige Okamura is a keiki papa of Māeaea, Waialua, Oʻahu. She's fluent in Hawaiian and is currently pursuing her MA in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her expertise in Hawai...
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Milward Simpson: 5th Gen. Wyoming, Arts Advocate,&Conservationist from 2020-03-14T18:07:13
Milward Simpson joins us to catalogue his musical and theatre career, work with state parks and cultural resources, and being a part of the creative economy called The Vitality Index. Simpson is...
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Lt. General Dirk Jameson: Climate Change! Immediate, Intensifying Threats To U.S. National Security from 2020-03-10T00:46:10
Lt. General Dirk Jameson served in the U.S. Air Force for over three decades before retiring in 1996, and has since held a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson is now a...
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David Dodson: Co-Founder of Sanku&Project Healthy Children, Stanford Lecturer, and Former Candidate for the U.S. Senate from 2020-02-27T02:11:27
"So we started these intervention programs, and eventually we expanded into East Africa, we were in seven countries, reached about 45 million people with permanent sustainable programs to fortif...
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Sherri Goodman: The Urgent Need To Understand The Magnitude Of Climate Change from 2020-02-20T16:57:25
Sherri Goodman is an experienced leader and senior executive, lawyer and director in the fields of national security, energy, science, oceans and environment.
She is co-founder of Red Du...
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Ashleigh Chapman: Ending Exploitation, Protecting The Vulnerable from 2020-01-13T21:27:03
Ashleigh S. Chapman, JD dedicated her life to ending exploitation and protecting vulnerable populations as a child, when her family first began caring for children in need. She has worked solel...
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Dr. Reverend Debra Haffner: Religion, Sexuality and Parenting from 2019-10-15T20:30:48
The Reverend Debra W. Haffner is executive director of the Religious Institute, a multifaith, nonprofit organization dedicated ...
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The Afterlife of German Coal Mining And The Future Of Green Jobs from 2019-09-24T15:02:26
This interview is part of the Global Speaker Series. A podcast partnership between the Wyoming Humanities (ThinkWY.org) and the Jackson Hole Center for Glob...
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Mark Jenkins: Explorer And Writer Of The Most Dangerous And Difficult from 2019-08-28T14:37:59
As a foreign correspondent for the past 30 years, Mark Jenkins has explored the most remote, difficult and dangerous places on the planet. He will do whatever it takes to get the story. On assig...
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Lars Hallstrom: Coal Communities and Economic Diversification from 2019-06-25T14:56:12
Welcome to the Global Speaker Series. a podcast partnership between the Wyoming Humanities and the Jackson Hole Center for Glo...
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Marlin Spoonhunter: Tribal Pride, Empowerment And Education On The Reservation from 2019-06-19T16:06:41
“Education will help our people; children, grandchildren for our future, even our adults,” Marlin Spoonhunter, Arapahoe Tribal Leader
He is president of the Wind River Tribal College. Re...
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Lukas Haynes: Strategies For Promoting Bipartisan Solutions To Climate Change from 2019-06-04T21:50:55
Welcome to the Global Speaker Series. a podcast partnership between the Wyoming Humanities Council and the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs (www.j...
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Scotty Ratliff: Serving His Native Community, The Wind River Reservation from 2019-05-28T16:55:51
Scotty Ratliff is a member of the Eastern Shoshone tribe on the Wind River Reservation. Scotty grew up on his family’s horse ranch north of Pavilion, Wyoming. He served in the Wyoming State Hous...
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Sierra Ferris and Jacoby Hereford: Native American Students Using their Education for the Reservation from 2019-04-30T10:00
Two Native American Students from the Wind River Reservation are sharing their journey to continue their education at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyoming. They are both members of the E...
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Dr. Tarissa Spoonhunter: Cultural Pride and Education on the Reservation from 2019-04-12T23:10:01
Dr. Tarissa Spoonhunter, professor of American Indian Studies at Central Wyoming College, is focused on sharing Native knowledge in order to increase understanding and build relationships—someth...
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Willard Gould: Returning To Our Native Tongue from 2019-03-21T19:20:09
Willard Gould grew up on the Wind River Reservation. He is former member of the Northern Arapahoe Business Council and a member of the Northern Arapahoe Language Commission. His work has been in...
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Eastern Shoshone Tribal Leader Ivan Posey: Born To Lead On The Reservation from 2019-03-12T23:07:50
What does it mean to be a citizen of an American Indian tribe and the history behind it? What does Blood Quantum mean to tribal citizens of the Wind River Reservation?Tune in and listen to Ivan ...
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Filmmaker Jennifer Tennican: Disability, Diversity And Inclusion from 2019-03-05T17:06:07
"Hearts of Glass" documents the early beginnings of Vertical Harvest and its employees with disabilities. Vertical Harvest is one of the world’s only multi-story hydroponic greenhouses, provides...
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Nona Yehia: Vertical Farming, Greenhouses and Community Impact from 2019-02-08T19:28:47
In 2009, Nona started work on Vertical Harvest of Jackson Hole. Following her passion for local food and experiences growing up with a brother with developmental disabilities, Nona conceived of ...
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Chris Duncan: A Moral Responsibility to Amputees from 2019-01-24T17:04
"Watching individuals, adventurous daring intrepid individuals, go through life without limb function, spoke to me of a huge moral need to restore their function." Chris Duncan Dr Chris Duncan's...
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Taylor Rees: Seeking the Deeper meaning and giving "voice" to Indigenous peoples in her Films from 2019-01-10T17:40:35
Taylor Rees, is a filmmaker and photojournalist. She is driven by an insatiable curiosity to explore and tell the stories beneath the surface. Her work in environmental and humanitarian issues b...
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Slam Poet Kealoha: The Story Of Everything from 2018-12-12T17:19:25
Kealoha is the first Poet Laureate of Hawaii and the first poet to perform at a Hawaii governor’s inauguration. He is an internationally acclaimed poet and storyteller who has performed througho...
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Dr. Devra Davis: Wake Up! Cell Phones Are Not Toys For Young Children from 2018-11-13T16:33:27
Dr. Devra Davis founded non-profit Environmental Health Trust in 2007 in Teton County, Wyoming to provide basic research and education about environmental health hazards and promote constructive...
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NEH Chairman Jon Peede: I'm in the business of curiosity from 2018-11-01T21:07:04
Jon Parrish Peede, the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is a native of Mississippi who moved to Washington D.C. 15 years ago when President George W. Bush appoint...
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Ali Milburn: From dumpster diver to a life mission on food waste education and distribution from 2018-10-26T14:03:49
Ali Milburn moved to Jackson in 2012 and soon found herself climbing into local grocery store dumpsters looking for edible food. Day after day she returned to the dump, finding high-quality, fre...
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Author Sam Western: Getting at the Core of the Human Soul from 2018-10-12T16:59:25
" I love writing history. I love writing about places and people's narratives. I love history for getting at the core of the human soul." Samuel Western has served in the Swedish Merchant Marine...
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Jacqueline Van Meter: The Audio of Storytelling space is just Blowing up! from 2018-09-19T21:00:47
"Ultimately our goal is to give people the opportunity to really listen to one another and to honor each other by asking questions of the people in their lives." StoryCorps’ mission is to preser...
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Dusty Nichols and Bo Elledge: Passion, Artistry and whats behind Writing a Song and hearing the Music? from 2018-09-05T15:18:58
Canyon Kids is the creation of Dusty Nichols and Bo Elledge. Forged on the banks of the Snake River, with an unwavering love of the American West, Canyon Kids are students of Americana, rock, an...
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Tracy K. Smith: US Poet Laureate and A Woman with a Mission from 2018-08-19T16:32:19
Can bringing poems to the masses be an antidote to our toxic civic culture? US Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, believes we can break down barriers with poetry. In 2017, Smith was appointed Poet L...
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Ryan Burke: Addictions Counselor and Endurance Athlete spreading Motivation from 2018-07-27T19:02:33
Ryan Burke is an endurance mountaineer and full time addictions therapist who lives in Jackson, Wyoming. He is currently developing The Mindstrength Project which works with athletes and survivo...
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Chas Marsh: A Wyoming Entrepreneur spreading Creativity and Passion from 2018-07-10T14:35:23
Chas Marsh, co-owner Jackson Hole Still Works, discusses his journey into the business, how and why he came to Wyoming and his love for traveling the state. Jackson Hole Still Works’ handcrafted...
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Tori Sanders: Winning, Losing and the Power of Playing Games from 2018-06-06T13:12:48
"This game can't create world peace but my goal is to create a classroom environment where everyone feels heard" Tory Victoria (Tory)Sanders is a game designer who believes that history can and ...
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Asha Rangappa: Former FBI Counter Intelligence Agent talks Facebook's Role in Preserving Democracy from 2018-05-18T14:16:32
The 2016 U.S. presidential election highlighted the ability of Russian intelligence to exploit social media to target fragmented social communities and amplify its propaganda efforts within them...
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Author Nanci Turner Steveson: Keeping Your Dreams Alive and Staying Focused from 2018-05-03T15:05:47
Nanci Turner Steveson writes for middle grade readers and is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. One of Nanci’s greatest ambitions is to work with kids a...
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Sally N. MacNichol Ph.D: Spreading Awareness of Violence and how Teen Dating Violence is on the Rise! from 2018-04-24T16:39:15
Sally N. MacNichol Ph.D, is Co-Executive Director of CONNECT, a New York City nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing interpersonal violence and promoting gender justice. She has been an ...
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Author Todd Parr: Spreading Messages of Tolerance and Embracing Differences from 2018-04-12T15:04:42
Todd Parr is the author and illustrator of more than 40 books for children, including the New York Times bestselling The I Love You Book, The Earth Book, and The Thankful Book. His books are ava...
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Tara Clancy: Author and Comedian on Telling worthwhile Stories from 2018-03-27T21:21:59
Tara Clancy is a fifth-generation native New Yorker, third-generation bartender and first-generation author. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Nati...
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Tim Sandlin: A candid Conversation with Author, Humorist and ScreenWriter from 2018-03-19T16:48:15
Tim Sandlin, American novelist and screenwriter. has penned nine novels, 11 screenplays (two of which have been made into movies: Floating Away (1998), which was based on his novel Sorrow Floats...
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Alia Ali: Peace… this is what it's all about, isn't it? Or is it war? Or is it power? from 2018-03-05T18:17:49
Alia Ali (Austria, 1985) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-American multi-media artist. Having traveled to sixty-three countries, lived in seven and grown up among five languages, her most comfortable mode of...
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Michael Sonnenfeldt: Grit And Focus Trump Intelligence from 2018-02-24T21:50:16
Michael Sonnenfeldt is an accomplished entrepreneur and philanthropist. Michael has been actively involved over the last twenty-five years at senior levels in numerous non-profit organizations f...
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Paul-Gordon Chandler: The Art of Building Bridges Between The East and The West from 2018-02-15T21:12:29
Paul-Gordon Chandler is an author, interfaith advocate, art curator, social entrepreneur and US Episcopal priest. Having grown up in Senegal, West Africa, he has lived and worked extensively in ...
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Keely Herron: The Cult of Happiness and how Hard is it to be REAL? from 2018-02-10T19:03:19
"Leaving the Cult of Happiness is about walking through the darkness of shame and suffering to the light of compassion, purpose and ultimately fulfillment." Keely is a strategist and writer, wit...
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Peter Aguero: Storyteller and Educator who Believes that Everyone has a Story to tell from 2018-01-24T19:50:01
Peter Aguero was born and raised in the wilds of South Jersey. He is a Moth Grandslam Champion, host of Moth Storylams and an instructor for the Mothshop Community Program. He is also the lead s...
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Artistic Director David Dorfman: My Motto is to Invite and Indict! from 2018-01-04T20:54:26
David Dorfman, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of David Dorfman Dance since 1987, is a Professor of Dance since 2004. He received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2005 to continue his research and choreography in t...
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U.S Ambassador Cameron Munter: The Art of Diplomacy from 2017-12-18T13:59:43
"Diplomacy is the art of having the other guy have it your way." Ambassador Cameron Munter He is the C.E.O. and president of East West Institute a nongovernmental organization that focuses on co...
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Nicholas Kristof&Sheryl WuDunn: YES, Kindness Does Exist, Cultures can Change and You can Help! from 2017-12-04T18:09:26
New York Times reporters and Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn share their journey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there and how we can...
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Juan Felipe Herrera: How his Poetry forces us to Confront Society and its Paradoxes from 2017-11-21T19:58:59
Juan Felipe Herrera is the first Mexican American appointed as the 21st United States Poet Laureate. Herrera grew up in California as the son to migrant farm-workers. His childhood as the son of...
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Bestselling Author Alexandra Fuller: Passion, Purpose and The Way Forward from 2017-11-06T13:30:31
Alexandra Fuller wrote a searing memoir about her childhood in Rhodesia as the country struggled to win black majority rule in what is now Zimbabwe, "Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An Afric...
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Damien Mander: From Special Operations Sniper To Wildlife Conservationist from 2017-10-25T15:41:49
Damien was a naval special operations sniper in the Australian Defense Force. When he completed his 12th tour of duty in Iraq he traveled around the world to discover his life meaning and passio...
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Anna Tsouhlarakis: Native American Artist Challenging and Stretching the Boundaries from 2017-10-16T16:36:46
Anna talks about perceptions, boundaries and expectations that confine Native American Art. Using video, sculpture, installations, and photographs, Anna explores themes of Native identity throug...
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Dr. Jeff Lockwood: On censorship and the Free Expression of ideas in America from 2017-10-02T21:11:50
Dr. Jeffrey Alan Lockwood is an award-winning author and University of Wyoming professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities Author of "Behind the Carbon Curtain", an exploration of how corporate...
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Kitty Pilgrim: Former CNN Anchor turned Novelist from 2017-09-26T14:35
Kitty Pilgrim worked as a CNN correspondent and news anchor for 24 years. Kitty talks about her career as a woman and single mother working in the CNN newsroom as well as the variety of assignme...
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Author John Hausdoerffer: What is the Future of Wilderness? from 2017-09-18T14:48:54
Author John Hausdoerffer discusses the Future of Wildness and his new book "Wildness: Relations of People and Place". Co-edited with Gavin Van Horn from the Center for Humans and Nature, Wildnes...
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Justice Marilyn Kite: The first Woman to serve on Wyoming's Supreme Court from 2017-09-11T12:55:18
Justice Kite shares her insights as the first female to serve on the Wyoming Supreme Court. She talks about growing up in Wyoming, her decision to serve on the State's highest court and her hope...
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Diana Mao: Imagine a World without Slavery where every Woman can know her full Potential from 2017-08-31T22:41:08
President and Co-Founder of Nomi Network, is an abolitionist who works to ensure the complete end of human trafficking in her lifetime. Diana’s faith fuels her drive for justice. Her conviction ...
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Nina McConigley: Award-winning Author reflects on growing up in Wyoming from 2017-08-25T14:31
Author Nina McConigley discusses her family and growing up in Wyoming in a racially diverse family. Explore the humanities in Wyoming at thinkwy.org.
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W. Kamau Bell: On Being a socio-political Comedian and Dad from 2017-08-14T15:52
W. Kamau Bell is a sociopolitical comedian and host of the hit Emmy Award nominated CNN docu-series, United Shades of America. W. Kamau Bell talks about his life work as a political comedian and...
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Mike Sullivan: Former Wyoming Governor who Embodies the Spirit of the West from 2017-08-07T00:00
Former Wyoming Gov. Mike Sullivan and U.S Ambassador to Ireland talks civility in politics and how a Democratic governor can serve two terms as governor in a Republican state. Sullivan was a key...
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Zenka: Augmented Reality Artist Challenging us to Embrace Change and New Technology from 2017-07-18T17:09
Challenging us to embrace change and the new technology of our time.
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Author Craig Johnson: Stepping out of his Comfort Zone to Create, Write and Explore the West from 2017-07-18T17:08
Just do it! Author Craig Johnson steps out of his comfort zone to create, write and explore the West.
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Alan Simpson: Wyoming Senator and Icon passionate about Politics, Civility and family from 2017-07-18T17:07
Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson’s passion for politics, civility, and family.
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Welcome to What's Your Why? from 2017-07-18T17:00
Introducing Wyoming Humanities new podcast “What’s Your WHY? Listen for a sneak peak on this new exciting program. We are bringing you powerful conversations with authors, journalists, philosoph...
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