Stanley Korzeb is Economic Geologist for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. In this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, he details some of his work in mining throughout his long and storied career. He also shares his observations about…
MIKE THATCHER, CEO OF CCCS On this episode, Matt Boyle sits down with Mike Thatcher, CEO of CCCS Inc., to discuss addiction treatment, the history of CCCS, and the recent controversy surrounding a proposed addiction treatment home, the Butte Spirit…
Matt Boyle hosts this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, where he interviews organizers Sean Wisner and Demetrius Fassas from the Butte Spirit Center, a proposed addiction recovery home for Butte. Find out more about the Spirit Center at their website:…
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…
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…
Steve Thompson is the Executive Director of NCAT, and he’s helping organize efforts to determine if Butte will establish a food cooperative. In this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, we hear a bit about what food co-ops do, and how…
LOUIS (LEFT) PICTURED WITH LARRY HOFFMAN AT THE STEWARD MINE. Longtime hoisting engineer Louis Loushin joins us for this lesson in operating the Butte mines, as part of our ongoing oral history series. Aubrey Jaap interviews Louis at the Butte-Silver…
MONTANA TECH PHOTO Longtime Butte miner Larry Hoffman joins our show today with lively stories of mining as a child near his hometown of Lewistown, as well as the trials and tribulations of Butte, Montana’s biggest mining camp. Today on…
Let’s Talk Butte takes a trip down the road to Anaconda, where we hear excerpts of a fascinating oral history with Frank Palakovich, who had 34 years with the Anaconda company over the course of his working days. LISTEN…
On this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, we hear from an oral history with Jim Moyle. He grew up on Butte’s East Side (much of which was destroyed to make room for the Berkeley Pit), and in this episode…