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Bold, brash, and brewed in Montana,Beer, Buds and the Big Sky Podcast delivers unapologetic political commentary with a heavy pour of biting satire. No Spin, no safe spaces - Just unfiltered opinions, sharp humor, and plenty of beer-fueled honesty.
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Data Centers Are Pissing Off EVERYONE (opens the original)
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We're starting with something that should sound pretty familiar to Montanans: data centers.60 Minutes talked to a lifelong conservative Republican in Texas who says a proposed data center near his community is the first issue in his adult life that directly affects him enough to change how he thinks about voting.Then we're talking Kurt Alme and affordability, shifting Republican messaging heading into the midterms, the latest reporting surrounding Susan Collins, "Super Intelligence," and the fig
Trump’s $5,000 Checks & Some Guy From Idaho Todd Achilles Joins BBB (opens the original)
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This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Todd Achilles crosses the border from Idaho and joins the boys. Achilles is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho and an Army veteran who argues that the two-party system isn't working. We talk about why he's running as an independent, the national debt, affordability, healthcare, public lands, and what he thinks both parties are getting wrong. Then Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve dive into Trump's proposed $5,000 dividend checks, John Fetterman's app
The Blue Jean Governor (opens the original)
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Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is joining Beer, Buds & the Big Sky tonight.The jeans, bolo tie, ranching former governor spent eight years running Montana — so we're putting him to work trying to help us make sense of this week's political bullshit.Tonight we're getting into mail-in ballot problems and thousands of rejected ballots, the political fight over Mamdani attending 9/11 commemorations, the latest drama surrounding Ken Paxton in Texas, a $533 million taxpayer-funded artillery
Who’s Screwing Montana? Kevin Hamm & Pat Fitzpatrick Join the Boys (opens the original)
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This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, we're joined by two Montana candidates. Kevin Hamm, Democratic candidate for Montana Public Service Commission District 5, joins the boys to talk utility rates, data centers, energy, regulation, and what he thinks needs to change at the PSC. We're also joined by Pat Fitzpatrick, Democratic candidate for Montana Senate District 6, to talk about his race, the Montana Legislature, and the issues facing his district. Then Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve dive into the
Alani says, "Fuck No!!!!" (opens the original)
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Alani Bankhead isn't dropping out. This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Montana U.S. Senate candidate Alani Bankhead joins Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve to talk about why she's staying in the race, her path to victory, Seth Bodnar, affordability, public lands, data centers, healthcare, and what she thinks Montana needs from its next U.S. senator. Bankhead brings a résumé unlike most candidates: 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, retirement as a lieutenant colonel, and a career as a federal supervisor
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