The series starts with five billboards outside Livingston, Montana and from there it winds through the half-century saga of the Endangered Species Act.

The Wide Open, podcast and radio series from Montana Public Radio and the Montana Media Lab tells the story of our changing relationship with the landmark environmental legislation and how it reveals as much about living with each other as it does about living with endangered species.

With me on this episode is Nick Mott, an audio journalist who created and produced the show.