The Coffee Break Podcast

We open with Jen Gursky, who fills us in on what's been happening at the YWCA amid the pandemic, and how you can help them in their mission through an upcoming event. Then Jane Lee Hamman fills us in on Constitution Week. 

McKinley Winkle is the Helena Area Chamber of Commerce's new Helena WINS Director, and she joins us for a chat about what's happening with the various programs and events coming up. 

Pamela Mencher lets us in on what's going on with the Montana Playwrights Network, which has a new space and an innovative COVID-inspired plan for the immediate future. We finish by with Lewis and Clark County Commissioner Susan Good-Geisi, talking all things county business. 

Helena Public Schools superintendent Tyler Ream joins us, talking about his decision to step down following the school year and just how the start of this year has gone. 

Lewis & Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton joins us by phone to chat about things ranging from the state coroner's certification, hiring, and the current environment in our state and country surrounding law enforcement. 

Tony King, Director of Pharmacy Programs at Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, joins us to talk a bit of COVID and about the flu and flu vaccine. 

Helena Symphony maestro Allan R. Scott sits down with us and chats about the upcoming season for the symphony. They, like others, are going online and virtual, but they're going all-in with the effort. 

Marcia Brownlee opens the show telling us why the National Wildlife Federation's Artemis Sportswomen Initiative is worried about some land lease sales. Detective Sergeant Adam Shanks with the Helena Police Department talks Crimestoppers, and then John Finn fills us in on the upcoming closing of the library's Capitol Branch. 

Democratic candidate for Governor, Mike Cooney, joins us to talk about why he feels he's the best choice in the fall. 

Fire Marshall Lou Antonick stops by for a chat about Wednesday's fire and about what to do to get your home ready for winter.