Episode Twenty-Two - Todd Wilkinson

The State of Montana

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Episode Twenty-Two - Todd Wilkinson

Founder and Editor - Yellowstonian and Mountain Journal

Russell Rowland

May 20, 2024

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Todd Wilkinson grew up in Minnesota, but has lived in Bozeman for more than thirty years. He founded the extremely successful online publication, Mountain Journal, in 2017, but stepped away from that for about a year before launching his latest venture, Yellowstonian, another online journal intended to focus on saving the Greater Yellowstone. Todd has been a journalist for almost forty years now, cutting his teeth as a crime reporter in Minneapolis. He has authored several books, including An Intimate Portrait of 399: The Most Famous Bear of Greater Yellowstone, which won the High Plains Book Award.

Other books include Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth, Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest To Save a Troubled Planet, and Ripple Effects: How To Save Yellowstone and America's Most Iconic Wildlife Ecosystem.

I’d like to extend a special thanks to my first sponsor, Buchanan Capital, one of the most highly respected financial institutions in Billings for many years. Thank you to Gary and Norma for agreeing to sponsor The State of Montana. You can click on their logo to check out their services.

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The State of Montana

Montana has a long history of very complicated politics, often influenced by major corporations, as with the Copper Kings in our early history, or oil money. But we also have a strong track record of very progressive milestones, the most significant of which was the election of the first woman to ever serve in Congress, Jeanette Rankin. We also have what most constitutional historians consider one of the strongest state constitutions in the country. We have always boasted a very significant balance of power as well, but recently that has changed, and I want to understand why, and what can be done about it. So I'm going to interview some of our more high-profile citizens, not necessarily politicians, to explore this issue. My first guest will be Dorothy Bradley, who was the first woman to run for governor of the state. Dorothy just barely lost to Marc Racicot in 1992.

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