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Muckracker#12 - Dancing With The Devil Part 2Today’s episode is the second part of a two-part episode, and is ironically tied to Donald J Trump and Putin. As these malevolent forces appear to metastasize, I'm here to say that there is hope!
And, I dedicate this episode to all Trump & Biden supporters. Few have seen behind the curtain as Michael Cohen, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, and I have. As someone raised in a GOP family, with GOP neighbors through and through within a GOP town, region, and state, I want to share my take on how you can and should us...2020-11-1321 min
Muckracker#12 - Dancing With The Devil - Part 1Today’s two-part episode is not about Ernie Buker as announced last week. Though next Wednesday will be.
Instead, today’s episode is about a longer arc of my life. While it is short on down-home charm, it illuminates the situation that our global now finds itself in.
I’ve put off doing this episode for days. I’d prefer to never think about this again, but I feel that it is time to tell what started in 2003 or 1851 or 1888 or 1935 or 1958 depending on how you want to see it. I’d prefer to...2020-11-1116 min
Muckracker#11 - Buckshot BurowToday’s episode is about Buckshot Burow who homesteaded the Tingle place. Buckshot was a force of nature unto himself, and that’s probably why his more colorful name stuck and his given name, Raymond, was long forgotten by most. Driven by a shotgun, moonshine, and the need to prove up on his rocky domain, few stepped foot on his property without an invitation or death wish.
Knowing where to start with Buckshot is as hard as trying to rope a wild horse. His legacy cast a long shadow, and to this day, I’m stil...2020-11-1113 min
Muckracker#10 - Hollywood KnocksSo how did celebrities and hangers on end up in Montana? Today’s episode tells that story. And, it comes from an unlikely place.
My friend Carol moved to the Bitterroot from Pasadena at 40 years old after having a heart attack while working on a Columbia Studios movie as a Set Designer. Her story is as interesting as it is long.
During her days at Columbia Studios, she designed movie sets and did independent jobs with moguls such as Howard Hughes. In fact, his last home was fully designed by...2020-10-2814 min
Muckracker#9 - SchrekToday’s episode is about Bill Schreckengost. Our very own Schrek. Yep, I’m pretty sure that one of those Hollywood types that moved in on Victor, MT used Bill as inspiration, and no one will, probably, be able to tell me otherwise.
See, Bill was large and gentle. Okay, he wasn’t green or had funnel ears, and I don’t remember him wearing a tunic with a belt, but he sometimes stumbled around. And, his heart was alway in a good place.
And, let me tell you it was an exper...2020-10-2511 min
Muckracker#8 - Rodeo Queen Of Our HeartsToday’s episode is about Vivette Sacks. Yep, that’s Pete Sacks’ wife. And let me tell you, Vivette didn’t let much dust ever settle under her feet, and she had her hands in enough pies to keep her busy from sunup to sun down.
It’s hard to pick one story about Vivette. Like Earl, she was an almost daily fixture in my life. She came with a plate full or something this or that and she left with a hand full of something else for someone else that she was fixing to...2020-10-2313 min
Muckracker#7 - Rodeo King of KingsToday’s episode is about Pete Sacks. A rodeo-star, and gentle giant of my childhood, Pete flat out decided that our bad neighbors were going to be taught a lesson or know why.
It all started when Papa bought me my very own horse. It was a tall lanky two-year old that was halter broke, and not much more. I hadn’t grown accustomed to the idea of it, and it hadn’t grown accustomed to the idea of us, so we kept it in the lower corral as things settled.
Then, the tr...2020-10-2215 min
Muckracker#6 - Earl The WolfeToday’s episode is about the visits to Earl Wolfe with Papa that I shan’t forget.
Earl owned a 100 acre sheep ranch that was fronted by The Eastside Highway, that wasn’t really a highway. Where our school bus turned around close to Pete & Vivette Sacks’ place on North Birch Creek Road.
As I think about how much my Papa, Earl & Anne The Wolfe, and Pete & Vivette Sacks cared about and protected one another over the years, I’m reminded how important caring is in the days of COVID.
I hope t...2020-10-2213 min
Muckracker#5 - On The Wings Of Jackie PfauToday's episode is about Jack Pfau a dear friend of mine and a local Bitterroot hero, or as Papa would say, “Jackie P-fau.”
This morning as I was prying my eyes open and the doggies yawned and gave me blurry-eyed stares, I caught up. Remember when someone or thing zapped diplomats' in Cuba causing concussions? Well, according to GQ, “ In June 2018, the U.S. State Department evacuated nearly a dozen people from Guangzhou, China, where American diplomats and trade representatives reported feeling symptoms eerily similar to those their colleagues had experienced in Cuba.” Which it seems...2020-10-2017 min
Muckracker#4 - Just Like Papa BayToday's episode is about a local Bitterroot hero named Papa Bay, who, like Emil, paid attention. He simply loved being a merchant and being the very best merchant that he could possibly be. He saw his place in the community as a resource, as a service, and as his life’s work.
His warm, caring, and unending generosity brought people from all over the Valley to spend their hard-earned dollars at his store year after year, decade after decade, and generation after generation. And, it was his kind attention to all of ou...2020-10-2013 min
Muckracker#3 - The Bull Of It AllToday's episode is about Emil because he never panicked. Instead of recklessly charging in when there was an emergency, no matter how big, Emil calmly proceeded. And, let me tell you, I created a few emergencies.
In this 2020 hellscape, I ponder how Emil might react to all of this insanity. I don’t know for sure, but I can estimate what he might do based on what he did to help me out of one particularly, uhem, insane situation of my own making.
I hope that you'll join me and submit your qu...2020-10-1812 min
Muckracker#2 - The Bitterroot, Militia Radicalization, & Kidnapping GovernorsToday' podcast exposes what I know about the white militias, Freeman and others nar do wells, dotting the length of the valley where I was raised in Montana. And, how those intersect and intermingle with other US terrorists such as those that planned to kidnap, try, and possibly murder the MI & VA governors.
As the stepdaughter of a former Montana sheriff, I can tell you that there are plenty intersections, and they, and their dark-money donors, mean business.
It also invites a a conversation about how we think about and deal with...2020-10-1814 min
Muckracker#1 - Back At The Ranch And A Senate ConfirmationHi, and welcome to I'll Show You How. My name is Deone Benninghoven, and I'll be your host.
This podcast is dedicated to my grandparents who said I'll Show You How so much to me that it seems fitting to use it as I share what I learned back on the ranch. Thanks for joining me.
Today as I listened to as much as I could stomach of the Senate confirmation, my mind drifted back to the day on the ranch.
Back when my life was different. Back to...2020-10-1715 min