• McGonigal's Chronicles: Jacque Snyder Walawander
    May 16 2024

    If Montana had a Mount Rushmore dedicated to the broadcasting industry, there’s an excellent chance Dan Snyder would be on it.

    He worked as an announcer, program director, and salesman for stations across Montana before eventually building and operating stations.

    His daughter, Jacque Snyder Walawander, has complied her father's amazing stories and recollections in a new book entitled, "Stationed in Montana: The Memoir of Great Falls Broadcast Pioneer Dan Snyder.”

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    32 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: Dawn Sexton
    Apr 25 2024

    Dawn Sexton is one of the estimated one million Americans living with multiple sclerosis. But that's not stopping the one of the state of Montana's foremost MS awareness advocates from working full-time and enjoying the many outdoor amenities the Treasure State has to offer.

    Dawn currently serves as the clinical education director at Touro College of Osteopathic medicine.

    It was nearly a decade ago that she began to feel the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

    She’s become a fierce fighter for awareness, meeting with congressional leaders and other experts on Capitol Hill fighting for funding and additional research opportunities.

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    22 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: Cole Hauser
    Feb 27 2024

    Cole Hauser is repsonsible for helping create on of television’s most iconic characters.
    As the no-nonsense ranch foreman and enforcer Rip Wheeler on the fictional Dutton ranch in Montana, Hauser has helped propel "Yellowstone" to ratings success few ever dreamed of when the show debuted in 2018.
    Hauser has been displaying his on screen talents for much longer than that. His film credits include Good Will Hunting, School Ties, and Dazed and Confused, acting alongside the likes of Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey.

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    20 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: Cary Morin
    Feb 7 2024

    No matter where you travel in the Treasure State, it’s hard to miss the influence of Charles M. Russell. That Russell influence made an impact on Cary Morin. The Native American musician was born in Billings and spent much of his time growing up in Great Falls. Now, he’s honoring Russell with his latest album, entitled “Innocent Allies.”

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    23 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: The CJ
    Jan 9 2024

    A 2023 graduate of CM Russell High School in Great Falls originally hoped for acareer in acting, but music took over, now “The CJ”, as they are called, is embarking on what looks to be a successful career in the music industry.

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    17 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: Lily Gladstone, John Pepion, Louis Still Smoking
    Nov 29 2023

    In this episode, we talk with three prominent Blackfeet artists.

    Lily Gladstone stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in "Killers of the Flower Moon."

    John Isaiah Pepion and Louis Still Smoking are collaborating on an installation titles "Within" at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls.

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    18 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: Dorothy Wilson
    Aug 3 2023

    Better late than never might be the best way to describe Dorothy Wilson’s journey as a writer.

    The Great Falls native, who later traveled the country as a military wife, always enjoyed writing.. from poetry in grade School to short stories later in life. She says she never dreamed of writing a murder mystery book, but once she started penning the pages of “The Green Tunnel,” about a Native American on the Great Falls police force, the words just started flowing.

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    21 mins
  • McGonigal's Chronicles: Dayton Duncan
    Jun 16 2023

    Ken Burns is one of the most prominent and influential documentary filmmakers of our time. His projects like "The Civil War", "Lewis and Clark", "Baseball", "The National Parks" and more help tell the story of America.

    And by his side, collaborating on many of these stories, is author Dayton Duncan.

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    33 mins