This week Justin speaks with Dr. Reed Humphrey, who sits at the threshold of retirement after a long and winding academic career. Reed has held nearly every academic position possible at the University of Montana, and there’s not much he hasn’t seen.

Reid reached out to Justin and asked if he would be interested in kicking the tires of higher education. Naturally, Justin said he’d love to.Tune in to part two of this conversation next week.

This week Justin talks with Paul Reichert, CEO of Prospera, a nonprofit economic development organization focused on southwest Montana.

Paul explains Prospera’s role helping small businesses as a “navigator and problem solver,” discusses some of the challenges facing the nonprofit — like financing infrastructure and community development projects — and answers Justin’s magic wand question: If Paul had a magic wand, what would he change to make operating and/or owning a small business in Montana easier?

In this week’s episode, Justin speaks with a former student, Eli, about his journey establishing a relationship with artificial intelligence.

Eli turned to Chat GPT to help him with school, in social situations and while working on figuring out his life. He talks to Justin about how he uses Chat GPT as a sounding board and considers it something that really cares about him, while also being aware that it’s a human-made technology with flaws.