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Rural Behavioral Health Institute’s (RBHI)  mission is to reduce youth suicide in Montana through our Screening-Linked-To-Care program (SLTC).  This free program consists of universal screening at the 6 – 12 grade level for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, depression and anxiety. Students who are identified at high risk for suicide are seen the same day by a mental health clinician.  Students who have moderate risk for suicide, or who have high depression or anxiety, are seen within 3 days.

Janet Lindow, PhD helped found RBHI alongside Julie Anderson. Heather Zaluski, MD also joins the show to talk about her experience

For schools interested in screening, please contact Kayleigh Brown at kbrown@rbhi.org.

www.rbhi.org

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The program is free to girls in the 4th – 8th grade. Find out more as we talk with founder, instructor, and executive director Marianne Smith.

Pictured is Margret Hamilton standing beside the codes she and her team created for the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. (Photo Credit: World of History, @UmarBzv)

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Guests featured on this show include Tara Mastel from MSU Extension, Mikey Mollman from Worden, Nate Kavanagh from Cut Bank, and Tim Rask from Scobey. Each will be talking about specific projects designed to “lift up” their unique rural communities.

To learn more, or apply for the program please visit:

https://msuextension.org/communitydevelopment/reimagine-rural.html 

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Megkian Doyle is the Executive Director of Mountain Shadow Association, a Native American 501c3 whose mission is to support families in their journey toward healing until every Apsaalooke child grows up in a home of abundant peace and well-being. Many of you know Megkian as a former Lodge Grass High School teacher, Montana State University professor, or in her current role as Director of the Regional Community Action Team at One Health. Dr. Doyle previously served as the Director of the Raising Places initiative, a 9-month human-centered design project that brought community members from Lodge Grass together to focus on family-centered strategies for key community challenges.

Misti Toineeeta provides Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support for Big Horn County, engaging peers impacted by substance use disorder with the goal of connecting community members to supports, resources, and services to help them move toward or achieve recovery. Because of her lived experience with Substance Use Disorder, residential treatment, and recovery and her close connection to the local community, Ms. Toineeta helps bridge the gap between community and professional support and transition services.

To learn more or get involved, please visit www.mountainshadowassociation.org.

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Olson is on the faculty of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where he teaches courses on intelligence and national security. He served his entire career in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. His career highlights include serving as the chief of CIA counterintelligence at CIA headquarters and in overseas assignments in Moscow, Vienna, and Mexico City. Olson wrote the books “Fair Play – Moral Dilemmas of Spying” and “To Catch a spy: The art of counterintelligence.”

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Later on in the show, State Representative Llew Jones joins the program to discuss the State budget as the 2022 year comes to a close along with a historic meeting that occurred in Helena recently concerning Montana’s education system.

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Click to hear Tom chat with GL Solutions CEO Bill Mosely, Media Coalition of Montana Co-Founder Lynn-Wood Fields and  Montana Photonics Industry Alliance President Jason Yager  about their individual companies, what exactly they’re all bringing to the Treasure State along with its economic potential going forward.

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Click the podcast to hear from AARP Montana President Al Ward and Veterans and Military Families Initiative Senior Advisor Troy Broussard discuss how veterans can protect themselves from fraudsters.

Later, we chat with AARP State Director Tim Summers to find out what’s new with the upcoming primary elections in Montana.

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Later, we talk about a recently completed fish channel with Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Manager James Brower and its early results for eastern Montana communities.

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The month of May has been declared Beef Month and Montana Governor Greg Gianforte stops by to talk about the Treasure State’s growing meat production along with CI-121, forest management, drought and how exactly we’re preparing for the fire season.  Later on, getting more into the woodsy side of things, we also talk about how carbon crediting impacts our timber industry the impact our forests have on carbon sequestration with Jason Todhunter from the Montana Logging Association.

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Click to hear U.S. Congressman Matt Rosendale share his opinions on the new Federal Disinformation Governance Board, the controversy surrounding the nation’s highest court and more. Later, we have State Veterinarian Marty Zaluski come on to talk about the Avian flu outbreak – how it’s affecting us in Montana and the steps that are being taken to mitigate the outbreak.

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A Montana film producer and an Oscar-nominated director have teamed up for a timely documentary showing how biased media and sensationalism is undermining trust. “TRUST ME” explores the need for better “media literacy,” in an information age that often promotes fear and division.

Click to hear the film’s producers and Getting Better Foundation Founder Joe Phelps and Managing Director Rosemary Smith discuss the impact the movie is making and how to overcome the challenges caused by information in the palm of our hands.

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There are opponents of legalized marijuana who are using provisions within the new law to encourage counties to opt-out of retail sales. Click to hear from the founder of Safe Montana, Steve Zabawa, about the group’s on-going effort to roll back the tide of recreational pot in the state and break down some of the recent statistics of legal recreational marijuana.

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Click the podcast to hear Bozeman First-Responder and EMT Cathy Trainor share her experiences along the Polish-Ukrainian border after spending two weeks there providing medical aid to refugees. Learn how you can help support further efforts at ukrainereliefeffort.org

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Click to hear from Denbury Inc. President and CEO Chris Kendall on how CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery can help Montana get more out of its existing energy infrastructure!

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Click to hear from Jan Stoddard and Adam Schaefer with the Montana Department of Commerce, Keynote Speaker Peter Shankman on the customer experience and AIANTA CEO Sherry Rupert how tourism planning can encourage more visitors to cultural and tribal attractions.

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Montana’s rural water systems recently received over $100 million of new bureau of reclamation funding while the conflict between developers and environmentalists continues with a ballot proposal for the 2022 elections. Click to hear guest host Jennifer Owen discuss the new water infrastructure funding with Jody Hellegard, Project Manager for the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority, and I-191 with United Property Owners of Montana Policy Director Chuck Denowh.

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First, ask people how they are doing and get “Beyond The Weather.”

Second, listen in as we talk to Amber Martinsen-Blake, Founder and Executive Director for Catalyst for Change. The program started in Sweet Grass County and has since expanded to Wheatland County with a model that adapts to each community’s unique needs. Hear from Community Health Worker and retired Sheriff Dan Tronrud and Sweet Grass County Commissioner Bill Wallace to discuss how the telehealth service went from a grant-funded program to a county program and has now helped hundreds access life-saving Mental Health Services.

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