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The ButteCast with Bill Foley
Let's get to know some of the characters who make Butte, Montana the "Richest Hill on Earth."
Episodes
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Podcast No. 99: Wayne Paffhausen
Wayne Paffhausen was an outstanding athlete and coach at Butte High School. He was a key member of Butte High's undefeated state championship football teams in…
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Podcast No. 98: Don Peoples Jr.
Don Peoples Jr. will lead Butte Central's football team for the 35th season this fall. No high school football coach in the Mining City has coached more, and…
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Tap 'er Light: Stereotyping football coaches
It isn't the fault of football coaches that our country is on the verge of a civil war. The days of the meathead football coaches are in the past, for the most…
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Podcast No. 97: Eddi Walker
Eddi Walker is simply one of the most amazing people on the plant. She seems to be everywhere, doing everthing. Whether it is coaching the Special Olympics…
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Podcast No. 96: Elizabeth Gardner
Elizabeth Gardner has a story to tell. The 1999 Butte High graduate has been through hell and back the last several years. She lost her daughter, Bridget…
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Podcast No. 95: Scott Mansanti
Scott Mansanit was, pound-for-pound, the hardest hitter I have ever seen play football. He was an All-State running back and linebacker before taking his…
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Podcast No. 94: Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan is the head coach of the Montana Tech golf program and the director of the Southwest Montana Junior Golf Tour. He also has one of the greatest…
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Tap 'er Light: Sports history classes
We teach high school students world, national and local history. We should start teaching sports history, too. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park…
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Podcast No. 93: Jack Hogart
Jack Hogart was my junior high football coach. He is also one of the funnies people I have ever met. He certainly comes from the funnies family I have ever…
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Podcast No. 92: Keith Miller
Keith Miller has devoted his entire life to children. He has spent the last 40 plus years as a Little League volunteer. He taught in Cascade, at East Middle…
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Tap 'er Light Cayde Stajcar
Basically playing with one arm, Butte High freshman Clyde Stajcar gave everything he had to help Butte High try to win a state title on the baseball field…
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Podcast No. 91: Dr. Pete Knudsen
Dr. Pete Knudsen has been instrumental in putting on the Butte Mineral and Gem Show for decades. He was also instrumental in turning Montana Tech into the…
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Podcast No. 90: Ed Kelly
Ed Kelly was a star running back at Butte Central. He played at Montana State and Eastern Montana College, which is now MSU-Billings. He also served in the…
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Tap 'er Light Al Hansen
My uncle Al Hansen passed away last week at the age of 69. One fall Saturday morning in 1988, he made my day and so much more. Today's bonus podcast is brought…
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Podcast No. 89: Paul and Al Cutler
Paul and Al Cutler are a pair of Butte brothers who helped lead Butte High to State titles on the football field. Then, they ventured out in careers in…
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Podcast No. 88: Mick Dennehy
Mick Dennehy rejuvenated the Montana Western football program. He was the offensive coordinator for the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA national champion Montana…
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Tap 'er Light YouTube videos
The people who make YouTube instruction videos almost always skip through the hard parts. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors. Make…
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Podcast No. 87: Amy Schulte
Amy (Ostermiller) Schulte grew up in Shepard, just out side of Billings, where she became a three-time Class B State champion in track. She won the discus as a…
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Podcast No. 86: Mark Beckman
Mark Beckman retired last year after an 18-year run as executive director of the Montana High School Association. In all, he served 25 years at the MHSA and 40…
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Podcast No. 85: Pam Parvinen
Pam Parvinen might not be a household name, but she sure has a story to tell. Pam has undergone kidney dialysis three days per week every week for more than 20…
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Tap 'er Light Mariah's Messengers
The 19 recipients of the 2023 Mariah's Challenge Scholarship prove that Mariah's message is still going strong. Today's bonus podcast is brought to. you by…
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Podcast No. 84: Mike "Skinny" Foley
Every family has one. In my family, it is Mike. Know as "Skinny," Mike has served as a sports official for more than 40 decades. I always thought he loved to…
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Podcast No. 83: Mick Delaney
In 2012, Mick Delaney took over as head football coach of the Montana Grizzlies. In doing so, he saved a program that was spiraling out of control. That…
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Tap 'er Light sports officials
If the fear of people yelling at you is stopping you from becoming a sports official, then you should think again. Getting yelled at by fans is not as bad as…
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Podcast No. 82: Amanda Curtis
Amanda Curtis is the president of Montana's largest labor union, the Montana Federation of Public Employees. She is a former teacher and former member of the…
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Podcast No. 81: Jon Wick
The real Jon Wick is not an action star. He is actually more interesting. Jon is a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, which was made famous by the Netflix…
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Tap 'er Light box scores
Local box scores have all but disappeared from local newspapers, and that is a damn shame. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors. Make…
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Podcast No. 80: Max Kluck
Butte High senior Max Kluck has officially arrived as a Nordic skier. Max recently earned a spot on the U.S. Ski Team after an outstanding 2022-23 season. A…
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Podcast No. 79: C.D. Holter
C.D. Holter is the heartthrob lead singer for High Ore Road, Butte's middle-aged rock band sensation. Holter, by the way, disputes both those titles, but his…
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Podcast No. 78: Ellen Crain
For 32 years, Ellen Crain served as the director of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives. There, she helped turn piles of papers and boxes into a treasure…
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Podcast No. 77: Robert Lester
Robert Lester is a 2015 Butte High graduate and a winner of the Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship. He is a mountaineer known for climbing the highest peaks to…
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Tap 'er Light Brittney and Zach Tierney
Butte High graduate Brittney Tierney might be my favorite player of all time. Her much larger litter brother Zach isn't far behind. Today's bonus podcast is…
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Podcast No. 76: Tim Dick
Tim Dick was the class president and class clown of Butte High School's Class of 1986. Not many ever held those two titles at the same time. Tim is currently…
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Podcast No. 75: Jaimee (Paffhausen) Richards
In 2011, Jaimee Paffhausen helped lead the Butte High Bulldogs to the Class AA State softball championship. On the final day of the State tournament in…
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Podcast No. 74: Kathleen McLaughlin Part 2
Butte journalist Kathleen McLaughlin returns to the Podcast. Her first appearance came on Podcast No. 2 in September. Her book Blood Money: The story of Life…
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Tap 'er Light high school baseball
No matter how much it snowed and how much they say 'I told you so," high school baseball in Montana is still a good idea. Today's bonus podcast is brought to…
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Podcast No. 73: Davey Dunmire
Davey Dunmire is a misguided New York Yankees fan. He is also the public address voice of the Butte Miners, Butte Muckers and now the Butte High Bulldogs. His…
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Podcast No. 72: Chris Heard
Chris Heard has worked to keep student-athletes in the Mining City — and beyond — for more than a quarter of a century. He is tasked with leading St. James…
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Tap 'er Light: Brooke Bado was robbed
Somehow, the Southwestern A coaches did not vote Butte Central senior star Brooke Badovinac to the All-State team. That is an injustice that I could not…
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Podcast No. 71: Bob Pavlovich
You might know Bob Pavlovich as the guy who owned the Met Tavern in Butte for 50 years. You might know him as the guy who played first base and pitched for…
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Podcast No. 70: Adam Hiatt
Adam Hiatt is the coach behind building the back-to-back Frontier Conference champion Montana Tech men's basketball team. Listen in as he talks about building…
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Podcast No. 69: John Cox
Coxie, as John Cox is affectionately known, was a beloved bartender at Maloney's Bar in Butte until he retired at the age of 75. A Marine and former police…
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Podcast No. 68: Walter Hinick
Walter Hinick is responsible for so many iconic photos in and around the Mining City. For more than 40 years, he was a photographer at The Montana Standard. If…
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Tap 'er Light Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers might be one of the greatest Packers of all time. He might be one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. But he couldn't hold a candle to…
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Podcast No. 67: Tom Powers
Tom Powers is the lead singer of the great Butte band Dublin Gulch. Tom and the boys will be playing at about 1 p.m. Friday at the Butte Depot. They will…
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Podcast No. 66: Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy will serve as the parade marshal of the St. Patrick's Day parade Friday in Butte. He says there are other people who are more deserving. We know…
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Tap 'er Light Caleb Bellach
Montana Tech basketball player Caleb Bellach will be back better than ever. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors. Make your story…
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Podcast No. 65: Brooke Badovinac
Brooke Badovinac has been a scoring machine for the Butte Central girls' basketball team. She hopes to continue that when she becomes a Montana Tech Oredigger…
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Tap 'er Light Charlie Merrifield
Charlie Merrifled passed away Sunday in Butte. The. Mining City lost an icon. Today's podcast is presented by Metals Sports Bar & Grill, where the food is the…
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Podcast No. 64: Rick Anderson
Rick Anderson did not take his granddaughter's diagnosis with Cystic Fibrosis lying down. He fought back, starting Butte's NCAA March Madness Calcutta Cystic…
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Tap 'er Light obscenity filters
The party of less government is trying to use more government to control our thoughts with Montana HB349. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park…
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Podcast No. 63: Ted Ackerman
Ted Ackerman was a standout on the Montana Tech basketball team 50 years ago. From 1971 through 1974, Ackerman tossed in 1,681 points for the Orediggers. He…
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Podcast No. 62: Shawn Roxx Hoskins
He is a one-man metal band, Butte's Luigi of Metal. Shawn Roxx Hoskins has not just been listening to heavy metal for most of his 57 years. He has been living…
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Podcast No. 61: Gina Evans
Gina Evans works at "Gina Speed," and she is usually doing something to make the community a better place. She served as the race director for the Butte 100…
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Podcast No. 60: Bob Rowling
For about 50 years, Bob Rowling hardly had a day off. He was busy making Butte a better place as the Butte-Silver Bow Parks & Recreation Director. He also…
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Tap 'er Light Cadence Graham
Just when you thought it was going to be the Year of the Freshman, Butte High's eighth grader Cadence Graham stole the show. Today's bonus podcast is brought…
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Podcast No. 59: Jake Querciagrossa
Jake Querciagrossa is a four-time letter winner on the swimming team at the University of West Virginia. He is now a physical therapist at Lone Peak Physical…
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Podcast No. 58: Dan Sullivan
You can call him Dusty Dan or Deepcourt Dan. Either way, you are talking about a true Butte legend. Dan Sullivan starred in basketball for Butte Central before…
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Tap 'er Light travel parents
We can and must do better when it comes to youth sports. A child's sporting event should never be turned into a hostile situation. Today's bonus podcast is…
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Podcast No. 57: Mason Christian
Butte High senior Mason Christian became a two-time State wrestling champion last weekend in Billings. He brought home the Class AA heavyweight title at the…