6 episodes
Facing West Mountain West News Bureau
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4.4 • 19 Ratings
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We explore the ever-changing face of the Mountain West, sometimes in a car, sometimes on a bicycle, maybe on a horse but always with an open ear. Produced by the Mountain West News Bureau, a consortium of NPR member stations covering the region.
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Facing West: Season 1 Trailer
A new podcast about the ever-changing face of the Mountain West. In our first season we're looking at America's Great Divide. I'm reporter Nate Hegyi with the Mountain West News Bureau.
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Across The Great Divide: Polarized!
In this first episode, the word "divide" is front and center. Journalist Nate Hegyi meets rural Westerners worried that America is headed towards a second Civil War.
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Across The Great Divide: Boomtowns And Ghost Towns
Growth and change are two constants in the American West. At least they have been for the past two centuries. Ever since White settlers and the U.S. government grabbed this land from Indigenous tribes. And today, as our region undergoes yet another transformation, some are digging in their heels. Others see opportunity.
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Across The Great Divide: Whose Way Of Life?
There's a dominant culture in the rural Mountain West. Reporter Nate Hegyi explores who fits in... and who doesn't.
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Across The Great Divide: Fact Vs. Fiction
Reporter Nate Hegyi listened to a lot of people in the rural West during his nearly 800-mile bicycle ride along the continental divide. And he heard a few things… over and over again… that gave him pause. Facts… that weren't facts.
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Elevated Risk: Police Violence In The Mountain West
2020 will be known as a devastating year. More than 300,000 people in America died due to complications from the novel coronavirus. But it was the single death of a black man in Minneapolis that sparked nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality.
Customer Reviews
Living west of mountain west but still consider it home
Glad to see insightful coverage about a region that’s all too often overlooked or stereotyped.
Meh
As a Midwesterner who moved to the Mountain West 15 years ago I was excited to listen to Nate’s story. However this is just another public radio angled story, which has become increasingly difficult to listen to the last few years. There is no medium ground anymore just clearly skewed to the left. And instead of letting the episodes speak for themselves they did a fact check final episode that comes off as pompous and righteous. The economy one got me - if you talk to 10 economists you’ll get 10 different answers but this only “fact checks” one. There are many sides to each story, but public radio is so biased now we only get one side. It’s laughable that he felt unwelcome by a waitress and pointed it out. Has this not happened to you in a big city or any where you travel to ? Maybe your mood was off that day and it was not her. What a whiner. People are allowed to have different points of view and have discussions about them. You interview and then wait to drag everyone after in your narrative when they don’t have a chance to respond. The worst.