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
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On November 19, a voice that was heard by generations of Wyoming Cowboy fans at War Memorial Stadium called his final game: the Cowboys against Boise State. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with longtime public address announcer Jack Nokes about his four decades of sports announcing. -
A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.
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A new currency is gaining popularity in several states in our region. The company that makes it is using new technology to simplify buying and reselling a precious metal.
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The Ford Wyoming Center in Casper hosted the 2022 Honest Amish National Beard and Moustache Championships, an event that celebrates facial hair, on Nov. 12. They combined it with Casper’s annual Booze and Bacon Festival, and the combination attracted hundreds of attendees.
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She and her daughter carried one small suitcase for toiletries, clothes and shoes. But she made sure she had room for a few items with deep sentimental value.
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Wyoming Public Radio’s Will Walkey recently went on a “listening tour,” where he visited Casper, Sheridan, Gillette and Douglas. He brings us this report from the road.
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Wyoming’s many family owned ranches and farms do not always have an easy go of it and it is not always profitable. But a few are starting to look to “agri-tourism” as inspiration for some supplemental income.
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As the new concert season gets underway, composers and orchestra administrators say they are feeling a shift in whose music gets heard.
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In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law. It created the first national park that was meant to protect over two million acres of land for the benefit and enjoyment of people. In the last 150 years, there have been a lot of successes and mistakes. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska asked the park’s Superintendent Cam Sholly about the park’s earlier days.
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The influence can be traced back to the 1800s when opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country.
