Category TALK BUTTE

Let’s Talk Butte with Faith Scow

  Faith Scow is a recent arrival to Butte and has quickly become entrenched in the Butte-Silver Bow Democratic Central Committee as their newly appointed chair. In this interview Faith talks about what brought her to Butte and what will…

Let’s Talk Butte with Jamie Barrett

      In this episode of KBMF’s ongoing interview series Let’s Talk Butte! Jamie Barret shares her unique and fascinating story of growing up in South America where her dad worked for the Anaconda Company. PART 1 PART 2…

Let’s Talk Butte with Steve Oreskovich

  Steve Oreskovich is the artist behind “Coppertown Blues” a new album of songs about Butte’s past and some of it’s most famous characters. In this interview Steve talks about growing up in Butte and the events that inspired his…

Let’s Talk Butte with Frank Gardner

PHOTO CREDIT: MONTANA STANDARD This episode of Let’s Talk Butte features excerpts of a new oral history with Frank Gardner, former president of Montana Resources, covering his early childhood in Butte and the beginning of his mining career. Today on…

Let’s Talk Butte with John Emmett Murphy

John Emmett Murphy shares some stories from an oral history recording in this episode of Let’s Talk Butte. He talks about his ancestors coming to Walkerville in the late nineteenth century, covers some dramatic family history, and later describes his…

Let’s Talk Butte with Ed Johnson

Ed Johnson spent 31 years in Butte starting in the seventies. In this interview with Daniel Hogan he talks about his time in the local music scene, KOPR radio and the small town of Philipsburg. Ed still performs with his…

Let’s Talk Butte with Barbara Miller

Daniel Hogan sits down for a fascinating conversation with Barbara Miller, founder of the National Affordable Housing Network, who discusses her early work in Butte in the late 70s when Butte was considering mining the Hill and tearing down the…