This week's guest is Lance Neirby, CEO of Montana Silversmiths, the makers of fine trophy buckles and Western jewelry. Montana Silversmiths is celebrating 50 years in business, and their buckles feature prominently on the hugely popular Yellowstone series.

In this episode Justin and Lance discuss the distinction between art and craft, securing  fruitful partnerships and the history of Montana Silversmiths. Justin asks Lance about the future of manufacturing in Montana.

Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RJbhDJa9tNLYlg3GKFRQvrYiF-XQQQ_CRUDC0EAKt1E/edit?usp=sharing

Lance Neirby of Montana Silversmiths

On January 26 we are launching A New Angle, a bi-weekly podcast featuring cool people doing awesome things in and around Missoula, MT. Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts!

Something For The Pain

A New Promo!

Montana has a handful of iconic establishments, and The Big Dipper is one of its finest. In this week's episode we learn all about it with founder and owner Charlie Beaton, a Missoula legend. Charlie not only creates killer ice cream, but he also makes great music as the lead singer for VTO. On top of that, hes a passionate family man and had a keen sense of the sort of life he wants to build for himself and his family. 

Check out The Big Dipper at:
www.bigdippericecream.com

The Big Dipper's Charlie Beaton Knows Ice Cream, Music, and Balance

We're getting political this week! Justin and Sara co-founded and co-direct the University of Montana Big Sky Poll and in this episode they break down the poll's most recent results. Sara also shares her motivation for starting the poll, for creating applied learning experiences, and why her tenure as Director of UM's Masters of Public Administration program has been so successful. And in case that's not enough, we get to learn about Sara's primary research interest - bureaucracy!  Don't miss this one.

Professor & Pollster Sara Rinfret Puts Students First.

In this second edition of our new monthly series, Bryce and Justin discuss the Future of Work and digest what we’ve learned on the podcast over the last two weeks. We reflect on Justin’s conversations with Scott Latham (12/31/19) and Michael Punke (1/7/20) and postulate some principles for thinking about our rapidly changing relationship to work and education. Justin also makes a bold promise – that this series will have a name...starting next month.

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A New Angle is an educational, business, and popular culture podcast celebrating cool people doing awesome things in and around Montana. We live in the College of Business at the University of Montana.

New episodes drop every Thursday. Recent and upcoming guests include Eric Sprunk (UM Alum and Nike, Inc. COO), US Senator Jon Tester, US Representative Greg Gianforte, Cheryl Strayed (best-selling author of Wild), NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd, and many others.

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