Richest Hill Episode 00: Series Preview
Butte Montana is famous. It was at one time the biggest city between Chicago and San Francisco. It’s in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, and sits at the headwaters of the mighty Columbia River, which...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 01: Butte's Precarious Arrangement
Richest Hill episode 01: Get to know Butte, Montana, one of America's biggest Superfund sites and one of Montana’s most compelling places. Richest Hill is a new podcast about the past, present and...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 02: For The Benefit Of Mankind
At first glance, Butte, Montana's mutilated industrial landscape is often written-off as an ecological sacrifice-zone. Dirty, ugly as sin and regrettable, but necessary to supply the country with...
View ArticleMurder, Frank Little, And Butte's Superfund Cleanup: What's The Connection?
Hey there loyal Richest Hill listeners, Nora Saks here. I wanted to let you know that we’re hard at work on Episode 3. Who was Frank Little? And what could his grisly murder more than a century ago...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 03: First And Last Warning
In August 1917, Frank Little was the victim of a grisly murder in Butte. Little was a labor organizer who came to Butte to unify and radicalize Butte’s miners in their fight against the Anaconda Mining...
View ArticleRichest Hill: Behind The Scenes With Butte Artist BT Livermore
We're hard at work on episode 4 of Richest Hill , and still covering lots of Superfund news in Butte right now. In the mean time, meet one of the artists who's contributed to this project behind the...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 04: We Gave It To The Pit
I live a mile away from the Berkeley Pit, the mile by mile and a half wide former open-pit mine, which is now filled with a 50 billion gallon toxic lake. Every time I visit, I leave hyper aware of the...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 05: Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire
From Evel Knievel to a 'Great Flood' and on to the dawning of the Superfund era, Episode 5 looks at the origins of the government program designed to force whoever made the mess to clean it up.
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 06: Our Most Cherished Beliefs
After more than 30 years in limbo without a final cleanup agreement, the ink is drying on Butte’s big Superfund deal as we speak. What it means and why it matters has everything to do with what played...
View ArticleEPA To Announce Final Butte Cleanup Deal
This season on Richest Hill you’ve been hearing all about what mining meant for Butte, the toxic legacy it left behind, and about sprawling efforts to clean it up that have spanned more than 30 years....
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 07: The Possibilities Are Endless, And The Choice Is Ours
After reporting on Superfund for several years, it’s obvious to me that everyone here wants the best possible cleanup for their town. And, there are very different definitions of what that means. A lot...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 08: The Art Of The Superfund Deal
Recently, we let the cat out of the bag and told you that Butte’s Superfund parties reached a very big deal ; one that will clean up the Mining City forever. That sounds like good news, and I hope it...
View ArticleLike 'Richest Hill'? Check Out 'Shared State'
Hi all, Richest Hill host Nora Saks here. I wanted to pop in real quick to let you know that episode 9, which we're calling 'Butte never says die,' is almost done and will be out very soon. In the mean...
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 09: Butte Never Says Die!
The core of the Superfund deal itself, and how it proposes to solve Butte’s lingering environmental problems forever, is really important and complicated, both legally and technically. And no wonder....
View ArticleRichest Hill Episode 10: We Wear Butte Proudly On Our Skin
Right after talking to a psychic about my own path and Butte’s, I felt comforted. It felt good to let someone else take the wheel for a while, you know? But that comfort turned out to be temporary....
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