Outlaw Beat

Outlaw Beat

Joe Borden & Michelle Veale Borden

Episodes 191
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (21)
Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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87%
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About This Podcast

“Outlaw Beat: Stories from the West” scans the horizon for anything worth mentioning. Hosted by Joe Borden & Michelle Veale Borden

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Recent Episodes

S5E555 Building Montana with SWMBIA - Bozeman Housing, Trades Training & the Future of Work

Jun 11, 2026 38m

We’re talking home building and AI-proof trades for Gen Z with President of Southwest Montana Building Industry Association slash owner of Rivers Landscaping Riley Rivers and Career Outreach…

S5E554 YES Compost & Big Sky Resort Tax

Jun 04, 2026 32m

Big Sky, Montana is technically unincorporated — no town council, no mayor — yet it generates $25 million a year in resort tax revenue and just became the most taxable community in the state. We sat…

S5E553 Big Sky’s Vet & New Headmaster

May 28, 2026 35m

Residents of Big Sky, Montana have an increasing number of options and opportunities, and on this episode, we’ll feature a couple of great examples.Dr. Syd Desmarais of Lone Peak Veterinary Hospital…

S5E552 Big Sky PBR 2026: Elite Rodeo Food with Chefs Eduardo Garcia and Emily Hahn

May 21, 2026 55m

Big Sky PBR, recently crowned 12-time event of the year, will ride again this July 16-18. And I hope you’re hungry, because the lineup of chefs is a murderers row: event organizer and Top Chef alum…

S5E551 Congressional Candidate Aaron Flint on Public Lands and Affordability in Montana

May 07, 2026 50m

Aaron Flint is a retired Army lieutenant colonel with two Bronze Stars, a former conservative talk radio host who spent a decade taking calls from Montanans for four hours a day, and the Republican…

S5E550 Ranchers Stewardship Alliance: Protecting Land, Wildlife, and a Dying Industry

Apr 30, 2026 34m

On this episode, we head deep into Montana ranch country with the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance to figure out how an industry built on horses and grit is now running on GPS collars, data uploads, and…

S5E549 2026 Wildfire Season Preview: What Montanans Need to Know

Apr 23, 2026 47m

After the winter that wasn’t, we’re all wondering how extreme wildfire season will be this summer. On this episode, Outlaw Beat is joined by a fire behavior analyst who is qualified to give us…

S5E548 The Great Salt Lake Is Dying - Here's How to Save It

Apr 16, 2026 29m

The Rocky Mountain area isn’t known for its lakes, but there’s one we’re all pretty proud of. It’s everyone’s favorite terminal saline lake: Utah’s Great Salt Lake that, sadly, is getting less and…

S5E547 Cody Dieruf Foundation - Supporting Montana’s Cystic Fibrosis Community

Apr 09, 2026 25m

May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, so it’s time to become aware of cystic fibrosis (and what it is) with Bozeman’s Cody Dieruf Foundation, named in honor of a 23 year old woman who passed away…

S5E546 Konnor Ralph: Montana's Olympic Freestyle Skier on Milan 2026

Apr 02, 2026 23m

The 2026 Winter Olympics had it all: triumph, heartache, filthy cheating Canadian curlers, and a delightful clean-cut 23 year old freestyle skier from Helena, Montana named Konnor Ralph. Konnor joins…

S5E545 Big Sky Housing Crisis: Blue Ribbon Builders on the Fix

Mar 26, 2026 29m

We’re talking about building Big Sky on this episode with help from a couple of locals who are doing the heavy lifting… JoDean Bing of Blue Ribbon Builders and Becky Brockie of Big Sky Community…

S5E544 MSU's 50th Annual Powwow: A Guide with the American Indian Council

Mar 19, 2026 38m

To oversimplify, powwows are big, colorful Native dance competitions. And if you’ve never been to one, have we got a doozy for you… Montana State University’s 50th annual powwow is coming up March…

S5E543 Umvelt Bozeman: Inside the New Sauna & Bathhouse

Mar 12, 2026 27m

Strip down to your skivvies! We’re getting hot and cold with Bozeman’s new rejuvenation destination, Umvelt (pronounced OOHM-velt) Bathhouse, where owner Paul Byrne shows off the luxurious…

S5E542 Bridger Ski Foundation's New Bozeman Home: The Base

Mar 05, 2026 34m

For 90 years, the Bridger Ski Foundation has promoted, organized, and created opportunities for skiing as an activity in the Gallatin Valley. And up to this point, it has done so without a building…

S5E541 True West: Myth & Extremism in the West

Feb 26, 2026 41m

We’re talking about what makes the American West different (for better and for worse) in this episode with help from local historian and author Dr. Betsy Gaines Quammen. Her latest book “True West:…

S5E540 Heathers in Bozeman: BCT's Dark Musical

Feb 19, 2026 33m

Bozeman Children’s Theatre is a machine that churns out 8 live productions a year, but their upcoming dark comedic musical “Heathers” both cuts deep and helps the wounds heal. Thanks to partnerships…

S5E539 Mayor Joey Morrison on Bozeman Housing, Camping & Immigration

Feb 12, 2026 35m

Joey Morrison was elected Mayor of Bozeman in November 2023 so naturally he was just sworn in last month. We talk to arguably the youngest mayor in city history about that unique systematic oddity.…

S5E538 Story House Montana: Missoula's 47-Acre Film & TV Studio

Feb 05, 2026 39m

We’re putting the “wood” in Hollywood this episode as Outlaw Beat visits a shuttered particle board factory that is the new home of Story House Montana, Missoula’s new 47-acre film and TV studio with…

S5E537 Bozeman's Retired FBI Agent on Cartels, RICO & Roblox Dangers

Jan 29, 2026 47m

On this episode, the interrogator becomes the interrogated as retired FBI Special Agent Dan Brunner stops by to let Outlaw Beat ask the questions here. Dan lives in Bozeman, but you might recognize…

S5E536 Williams Plumbing Bozeman: Trade School & the Blue-Collar Future

Jan 22, 2026 45m

Williams Plumbing began in Bozeman as a one-man pipe-wrench operation in 1979 but it has grown into a 350 employee residential/commercial behemoth that’s one of the largest job creators in Montana…

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