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The ButteCast with Bill Foley

Bill Foley

Let"s get to know some of the characters who make Butte, Montana the "Richest Hill on Earth."

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01:44:41

No. 307: Blake Hempstead returns

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/12/02

You will never find someone who cares more about and does more for his hometown than Blake Hempstead. Blake is all about Anaconda and the Anaconda Copperheads. He announces the Copperheads sporting events and writes about them on his website, CopperheadCountry.org, and he produces Copperhead apparel at his store, Anode Designs. While they are looking to sell their business, Blake and Melissa Hempstead have used their store to help lift their community. They produce some high-quality clothing,

00:12:32

Tap 'er Light: Respect your opponents

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/12/02

The late handball player Rocky Williams taught us that we should praise and respect our opponents. In college football, particularly when the Bobcats play the Grizzlies, we see the opposite. College athletes work so hard at their craft. They dedicate their lives to it. So, while we do not have to like the team they play for, we should always respect the players who put it all on the line so we can have some entertainment on a Saturday.Also, respecting your opponent is respecting your team. So, if

01:13:43

No. 306: Linda (Lyons) Paull

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/26

Linda (Lyons) Paull is a member of not one, not two, but three sports halls of fame.The 1976 Butte High graduate was inducted into the Montana Coaches Hall of Fame in 2018, the Helena Sports Hall of Fame in 2022 and the Butte Sports Hall of Fame in 2024.She is also one of the distinguished coaches whose name hangs on the wall in the Coaches Corner at the Metals Sports Bar & Grill.Linda was a gymnastics, track and cross country coach for any years at Helena High. She coached the gymnastic team

00:11:08

Tap ’er Light Skyla Sisco

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/25

On Nov. 13, the great Skyla Sisco passed away after a six-year battle with breast cancer.She will be remembered as one of the greatest players to ever wear a Lady Griz uniform.She will be remembered for her incredible desire to win. She will be remembered by her friends as an amazingly kind person, and she will be remembered by media members for the honesty in her quotes. Skyla will be remembered by the UM students for making them feel as if they unworthy to watch her electrifying play. She will be

01:28:07

No. 305: Jon Wick returns

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/24

Jon Wick was the star of episode No. 81 of the ButteCast.In that episode, we discussed Jon’s Wisconsin roots and how he is even more badass than the John Wick played by Keanu Reeves in the movies. Our Jon Wick does not need an H to spell his first name.Today, we talk about Jon the small-business owner. Along with his wife, Cassie, Jon owns and operates 5518 Designs on Main Street. A few years ago, they also opened Dig City Supply around the corner on Park Street.Last month, the Wick’s celebrated

01:15:32

Podcast No. 304: Mark Samson and Mick Delaney

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/21

Montana Tech’s football team completed its first perfect regular season Saturday with a 41-0 win over Valley City State on the Bob Green Field.Coach Kyle Samson’s 11-0 Orediggers are the No. 3 seed in the NAIA Football Championship Series, which is a fancy way of saying “playoffs.” Tech earned a first-round bye for the playoffs, which start this weekend.Samson was hired as the head coach of the Orediggers in January of 2020, and he quickly won over the school and the community with his motos of

01:11:50

Podcast No. 303: Mary McCormick

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/20

If you take a walk or drive around Uptown Butte, either through the neighborhoods or business district, you will notice so much great architecture and history.One of the reasons we still have so much of that to feast our eyes is thanks to the work of Mary McCormick.Mary moved here from Nebraska in 1985, and immediately fell in love with Butte, its history and architecture. In 2015, Butte-Silver Bow Chief Executive Matt Vincent appointed Mary as the county’s historic preservation officers, and she

00:11:59

Tap 'er Light: Let’s end the 90-day transfer rule

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/18

Montana’s 90-day transfer rule in high school is sill and out of date. It is time to put an end to it and stop punishing student-athletes.Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠timmontana.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more from Bill Foley, go

01:04:06

Podcast No. 302: Tim Montana

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2025/11/14

Tim Montana grew up in a trailer in Elk Park dreaming of being hillbilly rich. While he probably has not accomplished that goal just yet, Tim is getting bigger all the time. His last album, “Savage,” was a huge hit. His song “The Devil You Know” reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart. The beauty of that album is that Tim says he made it as kind of a middle finger to the industry. While he was turning out great album after great album, he never could quite break into the

01:29:18

No. 301: Bryan Larson

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/13

Today’s podcast guest in a true Oredigger legend in more ways than one.Bryan Larson came to Butte in 1992 from Gillette, Wyoming, where he was an All-State football player on offense and defense. He played defensive end at Montana Tech, wearing No. 89.At Tech, Bryan was a two-time team captain and an All-American player. The Ed Simonich Award winner helped lead the Orediggers to a berth in the 1996 NAIA national championship game, where they lost 33-31 to Southwestern Oklahoma State on a

00:12:21

Tap 'er Light: Don't clone a dog, adopt one

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/11

George Carlin once said, “Life is a series of dogs.” He was not talking about cloning a dog, like Tom Brady recently did.The next time your best friend breaks your heart by crossing the Rainbow Bridge, do not be like Brady. Save the scientists for important work and head down to the nearest animal shelter to continue the series of dogs.If you do, your heart will be filled with love.Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go

01:13:46

No. 300: Erin Popovich

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/05

For the 300th episode of the ButteCast, we have one of the greatest sports success stories in Mining City history.Erin Popovich was born with Achondroplasia, a genetic disorder that causes abnormal bone growth, resulting in short stature and disproportionately short limbs. Most of us know that as dwarfism.While that might have kept Erin off the basketball team, it did not stop her from reaching athletic greatness. The 2003 Butte Central graduate became a worldclass swimmer and a member of the U.S

00:12:02

Tap 'er Light: This boy will not have to worry about...

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/11/04

It isn’t just the Friday nights and the wins and losses that bind high school football teammates together. It’s the practices, the film room and the early mornings lifting weights that build a team.It’s the unity, the togetherness. It is the daring to be a part of something that is bigger than yourself. That goes for all team sports, but it goes at least double for football.I quit football after my freshman year, and I regret it every day. I am happy my son will not have to do the same.Opening music

01:36:33

No. 299: Dr. Jim Barry

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2025/10/30

Dr. Jim Barry was — and I suppose will always be — a “Muni Kid.”That means, like a lot of us, Jim grew up golfing at the Highland View Golf Course in the Jack Crowley days. He would get dropped off early in the morning and play golf at the Muni all day long.The 1989 Butte High graduate was a very good golfer, too, playing for legendary coach Ed Yoe on a Butte High golf team that specialized in having fun. Jim raced on skis, and he was a receiver for the Butte High football team. As a junior in 1987,

00:11:01

Tap 'er Light: Senior Night turned out to be special

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/10/28

As a sportswriter, Senior Night was always annoying. I figured it was just a waste of time for everyone but the moms.Then I went through Senior Night with my son, and I realized I was wrong.Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠timmontana.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more from

01:21:29

No. 298: Dan Lacey

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/10/22

Dan Lacey was an all-conference receiver for Butte High as a senior in 2002.He played for Butte High head football coaches Steve Schulte and Greg Salo before coaching under Arie Grey as a student teacher. He also played basketball for coach John Thatcher with the Bulldogs.Today, Lacey is on his way to writing his own legend as a high school coach in the Smelter City. Lacey is in his third year coaching the Anaconda High School football team, and the Copperheads are headed to the Class B playoffs for

00:11:28

Tap ’er Light: Football has a common-sense problem

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/10/21

The NFL needs to decriminalize the playing of football. We could do that be rolling back most of the new rules put in place since the 1980s and ban the type of officials who do party pumps to look good in the size smedium shirts.Too many of these NFL officials think I paid $400 plus for the NFL Sunday Ticket just so I could watch them make 47 calls into the camera every Sunday.Luckily, I have a plan that could fix that.Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go

01:54:06

No. 297: Tom Mullen

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/10/16

Tom Mullen is a 1994 Helena Capital graduate and former sports editor and editor of The Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana student newspaper.Today, Tom lives in the Hollywood Hills, where he can look out his window and see part of the iconic Hollywood sign. Among other things, Tom is a screenwriter. He is known for the 2021 movie “Vacation Friends” and the 2023 sequel “Vacation Friends 2.”Both movies are on Hulu, and I promise that I will someday watch them. I know they will be funny because

01:16:37

No. 296: Michael Glatzmaier

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/10/15

Michael Glatzmaier got his first name from Michael Jordan. While his parents named him after the greatest basketball player of all time, this Michael he says he does not have an athletic bone in his body.Instead, he is a musician and comedian who specializes in improv. He plays the guitar, and some of his act includes singing songs about topics suggested by the audience.He will bring that show to Bourbon Alley in the Butte Depot on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Tickets for the show are just $15 in advance and

00:13:50

Tap ’er Light: Don’t you worry about our reputation

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/10/14

We could drain the water from the Berkeley Pit, fill in the hole, build a new version of Disney Land, and let everyone in for free, and a large percentage of people around the state still would not like us. The true beauty of the people of Butte is that we never gave a rip about our reputation. We know who we are. We are hard-working, kind people who look out for each other.So why are we worried about a potential women’s prison ruining our reputation? That is something we have never given a rip

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