Charles Fournier
Production AssistantCharles' affection for public radio began in the back seat of cars. He remembers listening to Car Talk and This American Life during drives across Wyoming. Little has changed. Charles fell into volunteering as an Assistant Producer for HumaNature while creating a podcast unit for his high school students. The reporters of WPR graciously taught Charles about the production process, which led to his own contributions to WPR programming and a class project that students still enjoy. Charles has an MA in Literature from the University of Wyoming, and he teaches English and coaches wrestling at East High School in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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The George Igawa Orchestra might be the best band that you've never heard of. They formed during World War II at the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp for Americans of Japanese ancestry. During the time, they were likely the only swing band in the state. About 70 years later, a photograph of this band inspired Julian Saporiti, a historian and musician, to begin the No-No Boy Project. Saporiti uses music to share how the history of Japanese internment and his own history intersect in Wyoming. -
University of Wyoming MFA alumna, Adrian Shirk, has written a new book. Adrian is a creative nonfiction writer and hybrid memoirist whose first work was a 2017 NPR Best Book of the year. Her second and most recent book is titled Heaven is a Place on Earth: Searching for an American Utopia. Wyoming Public Radio’s Charles Fournier sat down with Adrian to talk about her writing and research on Utopias. -
Tony Gagliardi, the Wyoming State Director for the NFIB, said that despite the increase in spending during this year’s Small Business Saturday, the holiday surge isn’t enough for the long term. Independently-run businesses still struggle with supply chain interruptions, finding employees, and other uncertainties. -
Recent Torrington High School graduates Quentin Meyer and Ryan Walson love Wyoming as it is. For our "Belonging" series, the childhood friends sat down to… -
Though they have felt like outsiders at times, Allen Pino and Catalina Pedroza—who are both pursuing careers as educators—feel a strong sense of loyalty… -
June is Pride Month. So this first installation of the "Belonging" series is a conversation between Connor Sears and Jesse Archambeau. They're both 2018…
