Beer, Buds, and the Big Sky Podcast

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, it’s just the boys. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve get into Montana Democratic Party chair Shannon O’Brien resigning and endorsing independent Seth Bodnar for Senate, the search of Ilhan Omar’s home, the backlash over Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution, Jeff Bezos promising a three-day workweek thanks to AI, and Trump telling supporters they’d clap for the s...

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 r...

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...

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...

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 issue...

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, retir...

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Montana U.S. Senate candidate Kyle Austin joins the boys.

Austin is a Libertarian candidate, pharmacist, pharmacy owner, farmer, and small-business owner. We talk about why he's running for Senate, what he thinks both major parties are getting wrong, healthcare, agriculture, government spending, and the issues he believes matter most to Montanans.

Then Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Gimp dive into the ...

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, Montana congressional candidate Brian Miller joins the boys to talk about why he's running for Congress, the issues facing Montana, and what he thinks needs to change in Washington.

Then Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve dive into the week's madness: the $20 burrito debate and America's affordability problem, Kevin O'Leary getting emotional over an expensive watch, another win for Mamdani's New Yor...

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Tonight we're joined by Cannon Cannon, a former Turning Point USA (TPUSA) activist who left the organization and is now speaking publicly about her experience and why she walked away.

Then the boys dive into this week's biggest stories:

🍺 Trump's cryptocurrency venture
🍺 The latest controversy at the Smithsonian
🍺 Bryson DeChambeau's reaction to his recent penalty
🍺 The Presid...

Welcome back to Beer, Buds & the Big Sky!

No guest tonight—the boys are on their own.

🍺 Iran declares "full-scale war" after additional U.S. strikes

🍺 Andy Beshear raises concerns about Mitch McConnell

🍺 Donald Trump steals the spotlight at the FIFA World Cup celebration

🍺 Bryson DeChambeau reportedly asks Trump to intervene over a tournament penalty

🍺 The race to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate

Plus plen...

e're live tonight with special guest Seth Bodnar!The former University of Montana president and U.S. Senate candidate joins us to talk about why he's running, why he chose to run as an independent, who he'd caucus with in Washington, and what he believes are the biggest issues facing Montana.Then the crew dives into:🍺 Mitch McConnell & Lindsey Graham headlines🍺 ICE deaths and immigration enforcement🍺 The exploding federal de...

🎙️ LIVE TONIGHT — BEER, BUDS, AND THE BIG SKYWE TALKIN' FARMIN'Tonight we're joined by Walter Schweitzer as we dive into agriculture, politics, and whatever fresh insanity the news cycle has cooked up this week.🍻 Tonight's Topics:🥊 UFC Fight Night at the White House. Because apparently that's a real sentence now.☮️ Is the Iran conflict actually winding down, or are we about to find out the hard way?🚀 Elon Musk's march tow...

Apparently the news only covered one person this week.Tonight the boys are back in the studio breaking down another week of political chaos, questionable decisions, and headlines that somehow keep getting stranger.🍻 Tonight's Topics:🚪 Trump storms out of a Meet the Press interview.💣 The "No New Wars" president and the growing debate over whether that promise survived contact with reality.🏀 Trump heads to the NBA Finals and rece...

A smokejumper and a spy walk into a bar...Unfortunately, neither one of them showed up, so you're stuck with us.Tonight the boys are back in the studio breaking down another week of Montana politics, national chaos, and whatever else gets thrown into the blender.🍻 Topics include:🔴 Ryan Zinke says Trump's backing will keep Montana red.🗳️ Montana Primary Election Night — winners, losers, surprises, and what it all means movi...

This week the crew tackles the growing influence of billionaires, AI data centers flooding the West, rising gas prices, airline industry chaos, and the ongoing Epstein fallout.

We get into Montana politics, culture wars, populist messaging, dark money in elections, and why more Americans are feeling squeezed by the economy while the wealthy continue to cash in.

From Trump and RFK Jr. to Graham Plattner, APAC influence, airline collap...