This week we bring you a live recording of Justin’s conversation with Whatnot Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Logan Head. Whatnot is the largest live stream shopping platform in the country and beyond. Logan visited the University of Montana to give the annual Gilkey Lecture at the College of Business.In this episode, Logan talks about his entrepreneurial background and how Whatnot came to be. He touches on the company’s culture and hiring practices, and future plans for Whatnot, including whether the company will go public. Logan talks about his experience attending UM and gives advice to professors on what students should get out of business school.The conversation wraps with a Q&A session with Logan and audience members attending the lecture.

This week is the first edition of The Ripple Effect, a quarterly series in which Justin speaks with grantees of the Headwaters Foundation. Today’s guest is Alice Boyer, executive director of Forward Montana, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building political power for young people. Alice has held a variety of leadership positions in her young career, all focused on getting more people engaged in our democracy.In this episode, Alice talks about how she got involved in political engagement and her path to Forward Montana. She describes different barriers youth have to political participation but emphasizes Forward Montana’s initiatives to connect young people and reiterates that young people do care about politics. And, she answers Justin’s new closing question: When is the last time you changed your mind?

This week’s guest is Bobby Hauck, who recently retired after his second long tenure as head football coach at the University of Montana. Justin was interested in Coach Hauck’s thoughts on the state of collegiate athletics and football in particular. After his retirement from UM, Coach Hauck was named defensive coordinator at the University of Illinois.In this episode, Coach Hauck talks about his decision to leave UM and reflects on the good and less good parts of the job. Justin and Coach Hauck talk about the changing landscape of college football, but Coach Hauck maintains that college football isn’t going anywhere.