Your Opinion, Please

Every week for nearly a decade, Yellowstone Public Radio aired “Your Opinion, Please!,” an open call program for listeners across Montana to pick up the phone and express their views live on-air, without pre-screening or prompt. Calls would range from the war in Iraq, disputes over public land access, local school board meetings and outrage at the idea of an indoor smoking ban. Set against the imagery of present-day Montana — a state deep in identity crisis when it comes to community, cost-of-living and the right to free expression — Your Opinion, Please holds up the voices of the past as a mirror through which Montana can examine itself.