Land Grab is a podcast about Montana, the place and the idea. Montana is in the midst of a period of profound change, with a huge influx of new residents and a housing crisis placing the state on the cusp of a transformative phase of development. But for Montana, none of this is new. In Land Grab, hosts John Hooks and Matt Neuman take a look at how the long arc of history influences some of the biggest issues facing the state today. Our first series focuses on Montana’s housing crises- old and new. We’re winding the clock back more than 100 years to the early days of statehood, the last time housing issues were talked about so breathlessly in the state: the homestead boom and the drive to throw the state’s indian reservations open to white settlement over the objections of the indigenous nations inhabiting those reservations. Whether your family has been in Montana for generations, or you just moved from California, Land Grab brings you an important history lesson on how our ideas of what it means to be “from here”, about what progress looks like in the state, and who is entitled to it, came to be. To learn more about the show, find us at www.landgrabpodcast.com