Sam Forstag spent eight years on the fire line, four of them as a smoke jumper, before he organized the response when the federal government cut the people who manage wildfires. Now he is running for Montana's First District with a campaign built on defending public lands and rebuilding the agencies that protect...

James and Al celebrate the excellent candidates running for office and their growing prospects in the midterms, shame Trump for his renewed war on the press and the 1st Amendment, and make the point that the administration is focusing on the trivial when the world is on fire.  Then, they welcome union leader...

Humanities Montana Program Director Jenny Bevill and author Robin Kolb joined us. Then, Democrat congressional candidate Sam Forstag joined us.

Meet Sam Forstag; raised by hard working public servants, he landed in Missoula for college. Starting his career with the forest service and eventually joining the ranks of Smokejumper, that ethic of hard work continued. All his experiences led to him wanting to make meaningful change for his fellow hard workers so...

Sam Forstag is a Democratic candidate for Congress, running to represent Montana's 1st Congressional District. We discussed his feelings on Donald Trump, the Iran war, inflation, universal healthcare & AI. Follow Sam Forstag: WEBSITE: samformontana.com/ INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/samforstag/...

Sam Forstag is an outdoorsy guy! He worked as a smokejumper and wildland firefighter for years with the US Forest Service-- until December of 2025, when he decided it was time to run for Congress. And the amazing part? He's only 31, he's from a working-class lifestyle, and he speaks up for rangers. Oh, and he really...