Longtime Gallatin Valley locals Michelle Veale Borden (Broad Comedy) and TV comedy writer Joe Borden (Tosh.0) are the voices behind Outlaw Beat. Their wit, local knowledge and conversational style guarantee a laugh while you’re learning something new.
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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: Myth & Mending on the Far Side of America” explores how myths of the American West fuel modern polarization, extremism, and conflict over land and identity.
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 with Bozeman Health and Howlers Ridge, all the performances will feature a mental health-focused talkback immediately to follow.
Joey Morrison was elected Mayor of Bozeman in November 2023 so naturally he was just sworn in January 2026. We talk to arguably the youngest mayor in city history about that unique systematic oddity. We also discuss another of his triumphs, the creation of a local tenants union, plus the hollow victory of banning urban camping, and the small-town challenges presented by federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
We’re putting the “wood” in Hollywood this episode as Outlaw Beat visits a Missoula particle board factory that is the new home of Story House Montana, Missoula’s new 47-acre film and TV studio that has deep-rooted connections to efforts to create affordable housing in the Rocky Mountains.
Outlaw Beat has emerged from the hibernation of focusing exclusively on Montana State Bobcat football and we are ready to learn all about Eagle Mount, Bozeman’s longtime nonprofit that provides therapeutic recreation for people with disabilities & young people with cancer.
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 plus a growing trade school training tomorrow’s blue collar professionals to work in an AI-proof field.
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 him as a frequent guest expert on national news.
For the first time in 41 years, the Montana State Bobcats brought home an FCS national title yesterday, defeating the Illinois State Redbirds 35-34 in overtime. Montana’s Senior U.S. Senator (and MSU alum) Steve Daines joins Outlaw Beat from Washington D.C. to celebrate the thrilling victory.
Live from the spiritual capital of Bobcat sports fever — Bozeman’s Rocking R Bar — Flint Rasmussen and Outlaw Beat’s Joe Borden preview this weekend’s “Super Brawl” with help from former players like Tommy White, Ty McCullouch, and Rylan Ortt.
