Red Lodge - The Podcast

Episode 14: "On the Rail and on the Air" - Behind the scenes at the Kentucky Derby with Jeannine Edwards

4:30 AM in the stables on the morning of the Kentucky Derby. In the paddock for the Preakness. Live at Belmont Stakes with history on the line. For years, if horse racing was on ESPN or ABC, Jeannine Edwards was often the one telling the story. In this episode of Red Lodge the Podcast, “On the Rail and On the Air”, Jeannine Edwards shares how a life on the racetrack led to an adventurous journey and career as an award winning reporter at ESPN, working as the network’s senior horse racing reporter covering the Triple Crown, Breeders’ Cup, and Dubai World Cup. In this conversation, we have a front row look at horse racing’s biggest stages and the long winding road where Jeannine often found herself right where the story breaks. Jeannine recounts her own personal and heartfelt emotion while closely covering 2006 Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro, and his post race injury and eventual tragic death. This story takes us beyond horse racing to Jeannine’s work as a sideline reporter for college football, college basketball, and SportsCenter, a journey in which she earned three Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Live Telecasts, two Emmy nominations, and was named one of “The top 40 Women Who Raised the Bar in Sports Media.” Welcome to this episode of Red Lodge – the Podcast.

Episode 13: "Bounds of Magic, Myths of Tea" - Storied Life Chapters with Gary Robson

From authoring books sold across the country in national parks, to tea rooms, and the small town acting stage, Gary Robson packs in life adventures across the board. In this episode, we sit down with the Red Lodge author behind the national bestselling children’s series Who Pooped in the Park?—a series of adventure books centered on national parks across the country including Yellowstone and New York’s Central Park. Gary has written more than 30 books and sold over 750,000 copies, including his just released fantasy novel, The Bounds of Magic. In this conversation we talk about storytelling, the side roads that life often takes, and why Gary still jokes he’s still “trying to decide what he wants to do when he grows up.” It is an episode filled with laughs, stories, and the soulful spirit of a unique life set in this unique place, Red Lodge - Montana.

Episode 12: "Tables, Stories, and Belonging" - Kat Porco

In this episode, we sit down with Kat Porco, a health advocate, educator, writer, thought leader and entrepreneur, to talk about building a space where art, food, and conversation live side by side. Kat shares how she and her husband Mike imagined their restaurant, the One Legged Magpie, as a gathering place for locals and travelers alike, a home for boundary‑pushing food and drink that still holds tight to Red Lodge values of resilience, welcome, and belonging. We dig into what it takes to nurture community on purpose: how you design a room for real connection, how stories travel from table to table, and how a business can quietly become a hub for healing, culture, joy and an intentional gathering space in this beautiful mountain town. You’re listening to Red Lodge - the Podcast.

Downtown Edition 3: "Backyard to Broadway" - Inside the 30 year story of the Red Lodge Pizza Company with Tom and Eliza Kuntz

Welcome to this special edition of Red Lodge: Downtown “Backyard to Broadway”: Inside the 30 year story of the Red Lodge Pizza Company. In this edition of Red Lodge Downtown, we welcome Tom and Eliza Kuntz, the founders and owners of the iconic downtown restaurant - the Red Lodge Pizza Company. Tom and Eliza reminisce 30 years back, and how friends, fun, and pizza parties in their home sparked the dream, and creation of a place that has simply become known as “Pizza Co.” From buying an old post office, to wild tales from the kitchen in its early days, Tom and Eliza walk us through the story that brought Pizza Co to where it is today.

Episode 11: High Tides, Long Trails, and Open Roads - Lesli Hawkins

In this episode of Red Lodge - the Podcast, we are joined by free-spirited adventurer Lesli Hawkins. Lesli talks about her childhood, growing up dreaming of becoming a park ranger after a family trip out west. Our conversation winds through stories of thru hiking the Pacific Crest and Continental Divide Trails, and what happens when along with her husband and kids, they take a 9,000 mile, five month long camping trip stopping to work at organic farms along the way.  Truck Camping on the beach in brewing ocean storms, adventurous trails, and looking ahead to their next adventure off the grid in Alaska, Lesli brings a story of living life one adventure at a time always open to whatever might be around the next corner.