Programs

National shows

Mountain Stage
Saturday: 7am (2 hours)
Live performance of intelligent, contemporary music seasoned with traditional and roots artists, hosted by Larry Groce.

Five Faves: 2005 Edition (Special Episode) – NPR's Mountain Stage

Five Faves: 2005 Edition Executive producer Adam Harris walks us through some of the most memorable sets and performances from his first season with Mountain Stage, twenty short years ago. Tune in to hear The Del McCoury Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lizz Wright, Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Odetta and more! https://bit.ly/4sptuc8

Radiolab
Sunday: 5am (1 hour)
A show about curiosity, where sound illuminates ideas, blurring boundaries between science, philosophy, and human experience.

The Punchline – Radiolab

This episode, first aired in 2019, brings you the story of John Scott, the professional hockey player that every fan loved to hate.  A tough guy. A brawler. A goon. But when an impish pundit named Puck Daddy called on fans to vote for Scott to play alongside the world’s greatest players in the NHL All-Star Game, Scott found himself facing off against fans, commentators, and the powers that be.  Was this the realization of Scott’s childhood dreams? Or a nightmarish prank gone too far? Today on Radiolab, a goof on a goon turns into a parable of the agony and the ecstasy of the internet, and democracy in the age of Boaty McBoatface.Special thanks to Larry Lynch and Morgan Springer. Check out John Scott's "Dropping the Gloves" podcast (https://www.droppingthegloves.com/) and his book (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Guy-Like-Me/John-Scott/9781501159657) "A Guy Like Me". EPISODE CREDITS: Reported by – Latif NasserProduced by – Matt KieltyOriginal music and sound design contributed by -John Dryden, Thee Oh Sees, Weedeater and Bongzilla.Sign up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Signup (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Sound Opinions
Sunday: 6pm (1 hour)
Rock critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis interview artists, discover new releases, and reveal historical trends.

RIP Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead – Sound Opinions

In this bonus episode, Greg pays tribute to Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, the innovative rhythm guitarist and co-founder who helped shape American rock and improvisational music. Weir died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 78.Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah  Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundopsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

StarDate
Daily: 6pm and 9pm (2 minutes)
The University of Texas McDonald Observatory introduces you to the stars, astronomical events and space exploration.

Doomed Companion? – StarDate

For a while now, astronomers have suspected that Betelgeuse has a companion. And they might have found it. If it really exists, though, it won’t be around for long. Betelgeuse is a supergiant. It’s about 15 times as massive as the Sun, hundreds of times wider than the Sun, and tens of thousands of times brighter. There’s a wobble in the star’s light that lasts about six years – possibly caused by the gravity of a smaller companion star. A team looked for the companion in 2020 and 2024. The team stacked thousands of short-exposure images together, producing a sharp view of the system. The researchers didn’t see anything in 2020 – but they hadn’t expected to. The two stars were predicted to be too close together to tell them apart. But the team did see the companion in 2024, when the stars were farther apart. If the star really exists, it would be a little bigger and heavier than the Sun. But it’s so close to Betelgeuse that it’s enveloped in the supergiant’s outer atmosphere. That’s pulling the star closer in. Eventually, it should get so close that the gravity of Betelgeuse will rip it apart. And even if that doesn’t happen, before long Betelgeuse will explode as a supernova – bad news for both stars. Betelgeuse is the bright orange shoulder of Orion the hunter. It’s a third of the way up in the east-southeast at nightfall, to the left of Orion’s Belt. More about Orion tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

The Latin Alternative
Tuesday: 5am (1 hour)
Josh Norek and Ernesto Lechner focus on crossover-friendly Latin rock, electronic, funk, and hip-hop artists.

The Latin Alternative / THIRTY YEARS AGO episode (Caifanes, Mano Negra, Cafe Tacvba, Eddie Palmieri & more!) – The Latin Alternative

We take the musical time machine thirty years back to 1994, a time when 'Rock en Español' was beginning to explode and veteran Salsa acts continued to shine. Featured artists include Mano Negra, Caifanes, Cafe Tacvba, Eddie Palmieri, Fito Paez, A Lighter Shade of Brown, Todos Tus Muertos, Joe Arroyo and more.

This American Life
Monday: 9am (1 hour)
Host Ira Glass explores a weekly theme through a playful mix of radio monologues, mini-documentaries, found tape, and short fiction.

879: A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar – This American Life

When a joke could get you killed, should you say it anyway? A group of Syrian comedians test the limits of their newfound freedom, a year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription.Prologue: Under the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, comedian Sharief Homsi knew which jokes were too dangerous to say on stage. Now that Syria is under the control of a new government, Sharief and the other comedians of “Styria” set out on a national tour to see how far their comedy can go in this new Syria. (6 minutes)Act One: The comedians test out risky material and get big laughs on early tour dates. It’s going smoothly until they find out that their show scheduled in the conservative city of Hama is in danger of being cancelled. (13 minutes)Act Two: The comedians go to battle with local officials. (18 minutes)Act Three: The comedians try everything they can think of to keep their shows from being cancelled. (20 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.orgThis American Life privacy policy.Learn more about sponsor message choices.

KGLT shows

Chrysti the Wordsmith
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12pm and 6pm (2 minutes)
A daily, two-minute audio interlude produced in the studios of KGLT-FM at Montana State University, Bozeman. Since 1990, Chrysti “the Wordsmith” Smith has been plumbing the depths of dictionaries obscure, arcane and pedestrian to craft word and phrase histories for her radio audience.

Listeners Personals
Monday–Friday: 12pm (3 minutes)
A quick round up of found and missing pets and stuff.

Montana Medicine Show
Sunday: 10am, Tuesday and Thursday: 12pm 6pm, Saturday: 12pm (2 minutes)
A short Montana history lesson. Thanks to thank Humanities Montana, The Greater Montana Foundation, and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting for their support.

Unzipping the Weekend/Around Town
(Unzipping) Thursday–Saturday: 6pm and 9pm and Saturday: 12pm
(Around) Monday–Friday: 10am, 3pm, and 7pm (5 minutes)
A roundup of entertainment and events in the Bozeman area. (Musicians: Tell us the time and place of your gigs via 📧email.)