The Mountain Stories Podcast
Presented by the Institute for Mountain Research at Westminster College, the Mountain Stories Podcast will share the stories of people who live, work, and play in the mountains. The Institute for Mountain Research provides a hub to coordinate and support interdisciplinary research and learning related to the cultural, economic, scientific and political facets of mountain landscapes and the people who live in them. We encourage deep and abiding interests in the mountains, the people who live in and near them, and the connections between the two. The Institute supports thinking across disciplinary and political boundaries in order to foster conversations about the landscapes that are part of our lives. We strive to serve as a home for exploration, a refuge for reflection and thought, and a forum for community conversation.
- Update frequency
- every 33 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2022
Episode 8: Tar Seeps, Pelicans, and Connections
We continue our series of stories about the Great Salt Lake today with 2 stories about Pelicans, a piece of new music, and a report from a couple of our summer collaborative research grants. First, K…
Episode 7: Great Salt Lake Resorts
Today, the most famous resorts in northern Utah are in the mountains. But that wasn't always the case. For much of the 20th century people flocked to the shores of Great Salt Lake to spend time swimm…
Episode 6: Utah Avalanche Center Fall Fundraiser
The Utah Avalanche Center works to bring avalanche awareness to the community as well as resources that help people to be more knowledgable about avalanche safety. On top of avalanche forecasting, th…
Episode 5: Fireside Chat with Mike and Lily Libecki
On January 25, Mike we had Mike and Lily Libecki join us for a fireside chat. Mike is a National Geographic Expeditioner and his daughter, Lily, is 13 years old and just started her own nonprofit. We…
Episode 4: Fireside Chat with Peter Metcalf
Peter Metcalf, founder and former CEO of Black Diamond, shared mountain story with the IMR. He called this talk "Alpinism, Entrepreneurship and Environmentalism" and includes a lot of valuable inform…
Episode 3: Intro to the Mountain Story Podcast
This is the introduction for the IMR's Mountain Story Podcast. In this first episode the mountain fellows describe what the Institute of Mountain Research is all about and what this podcast will look…
Episode 1: Prologue: An EC Squared interview with Joni Adamson
Dr. Joni Adamson is one of the outstanding scholars in the field of Environmental Humanities, and a delightful person to talk to. Jeff met her when we were both part of an NEH seminar in Environmenta…
Episode 2: Prologue: An EC Squared interview with Peter Boag
On October 29, 2014, the EC2 team – Brent Olson and Jeff Nichols – sat down with Dr. Peter Boag in the elegant Hotel Monaco in Salt Lake City for our first-ever EC2 interview. Peter is professor and …