Must Listen – Wyoming Public Media Top Picks
Curated news and media for the listener on the go.
Some stories stand out. They capture the imagination or spark conversations. Sometimes they even change lives. Yet, busy as we are, we can easily miss them.
This month Wyoming Public Media reporters and podcast producers broadcast a few outstanding stories highlighted below. You can access each of these hand-picked features by clicking the story links below.
Must Listen Stories
-
Keith Haring, Salvador Dalí, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein and others adorned the park's rides. Those attractions have been in shipping containers ever since — until now.
-
The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a bill that would force parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the social media app on U.S. devices.
-
While Indigenous people make up just three percent of Wyoming’s population, they continue to be the victims of homicides and go missing at disproportionately higher rates than white residents. New data shows that homicide rates have slightly decreased since 2019, but homicide rates for Native people are still five times higher than they are for white people in the state.
-
This month, for the first time in 17 years, the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra will fly to France and Spain to perform concerts.
-
The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador was the last major candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.
-
Wyoming ranks last in breast cancer screenings but one state-wide nonprofit is trying to change thatWhen it comes to breast cancer, an early diagnosis can make a big difference. According to the American Cancer Society, women who have breast cancer and were diagnosed in its earliest, localized stages are, on average, 99 percent as likely to live for at least five years after being diagnosed as women without the cancer. So, the Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative (WBCI) wants to help more people stay on top of their breast exams, especially those in more rural parts of the state.
-
A recent decision to reintroduce wolves has created division between rural and urban Coloradoans. But wolves have actually been there a while. A few years ago, a couple migrated down from Wyoming to settle in the mountain valley of North Park southwest of Laramie. It’s given the ranchers there a headstart on adjusting to a new reality.
-
The year was 1949. Some skiers and cowboys were at a bar in Leadville, Colorado. Naturally, the conversation went to ‘who’s fastest?’ So they decided to see about it – but as a team. The cowboys pulled the skiers on their horses down Main Street, and that’s how what we know today as ‘skijoring’ began – at least according to the “legend”. Over the years, the sport has gained traction, bringing in lots of money and visitors to small Rocky Mountain communities during winter. But, this all depends on snow, and this year’s unseasonably warm weather has made it tricky.
-
The comic book creator had a long-standing relationship with the American Heritage Center
-
In the coming days, lawmakers will have to hammer out differences between the Senate's budget bill, which includes both amendments, and the House's budget bill, which includes neither.