Jackson Unpacked is a bi-weekly radio show and podcast featuring in-depth reporting and interviews on news, music and culture in the Tetons. New episodes drop Fridays. Original music for Jackson Unpacked is by the local band Strumbucket. Lead photo courtesy of VisitJacksonHole.com.
Latest episodes
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29 min
‘Working For the People’
Dedicated fish-lovers use electric currents to stun the critters for their own good. We see what rising grocery prices look like on local shelves. Voters will decide if they want o…
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29 min
‘It’s been incredibly intimidating’
The MLB has backed off from building a baseball field in Grand Teton National Park. Wyoming leaders built, and are now trying to dismantle, federal land protections. A Jackson nati…
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20 min
‘Let's Rock It!'
Jackson Hole’s only community college gets its own building after 50 years bouncing from kitchen to kitchen. Despite some ranches selling off, one near Grand Teton National Park is…
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25 min
‘The Guys Who Consider Themselves Real Cowboys’
We visit the Tetons’ first ranch to control herds by satellite. Jackson Hole’s affordable housing czar, April Norton, has some advice for her successor. And Delta Lake, a darling o…
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29 min
‘I Just Hope I Can Make a Small Contribution’
The KHOL newsroom reacts alongside Jackson voters and the rest of Wyoming to a somewhat surprising primary election full of upsets and landslides. A curious creature found in the h…
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24 min
‘The Wild West, Unfortunately, Is Alive’
Teton Pass drivers don't want to wait for government solutions to make one of the steepest commuter highways in the lower 48 safer. A former park ranger is speaking out about what…
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25 min
‘We Have To Do This, Regardless’
Wyoming’s upcoming election changes take aim at a rare record of voter fraud. A measles outbreak in Grand Teton National Park could be linked to a cultural shift of 30 years ago. E…
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23 min
‘We're All in the Same Boat’
One organization is trying to ease the stress for pet owners dealing with after-hours emergencies. Parenting in the age of AI. And a deep dive on how part-time Jackson Hole residen…
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24 min
State of Jackson: The push in D.C. to dismantle the Roadless Rule
Congresspeople from Wyoming and Utah and the Trump administration have announced goals to dismantle the 25-year-old National Forest “Roadless Rule.” That protects some 3 million ac…
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25 min
‘Twice the Speed of Sound’
Volunteers at a Hoback ranch pull up the remnants from decades of cattle ranching. This July 4th marks the 45th anniversary of an event that has helped spur tourism and a sense of…
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29 min
‘How Has Nobody Else Stepped Up?’
Hundreds of public comments from Grand Teton and Yellowstone reflect tension over how federal public spaces tell history. We get to know the challenging candidates in Jackson Hole’…
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30 min
'People Look At Me Weird'
A KHOL data analysis finds the majority of Teton County’s ICE holds were arrested for driving-related charges. Across the state, during a single week in mid-April, the Laramie Coun…
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30 min
'Backlash From My Own People'
Businesses in Jackson could benefit from public money for homeschooled students. A study of trails near Snow King shows bikers and bears can coexist. We talk with Jackson filmmaker…
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21 min
‘Jackson Bougie’
When folks in employee housing change or lose their jobs, their housing goes, too. How is Jackson Hole grappling with that tradeoff? There’s regional controversy around the same su…
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29 min
‘I Wanted To Be Desperate’
Infighting in Teton Valley over wastewater management goes back 20 years but has reached a tipping point. Tim Sandlin fans remember the late Jackson-based novelist who helped the v…
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28 min
‘You’re On Lawless Road’
The hidden homes of the super-wealthy help and strain the Jackson Hole workforce. How plow drivers and Teton Pass patrollers hold up a culture of collaboration and safety. The airp…
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26 min
'Putting the Rhetoric Aside'
Strict limits on abortion access have prompted questions for the state’s few providers. We hear from a staunch immigrant advocate in east Idaho and west Wyoming who has voted for P…
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29 min
‘Excavated Fear’
Scientists and citizens search together for some mangy mammals that have struggled in recent years. What a particularly warm winter means for the regional ski economy. What we can…
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30 min
'Only a Handful of Moguls'
Where to turn as cancer and autoimmune treatments dwindle in east Idaho. On the open slopes of Grand Targhee Resort, Jaelin Kauf remembers skiing the same run over and over with he…
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27 min
‘How Amazing and Absurd’
With recent Teton protests mirroring national frustration with immigration enforcement, we ask advocates about what’s effective. We get on the slopes with Teton Village Olympian An…