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Zoom Town

By Travis Mateer

Documenting the New Normal from Missoula, Montana
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Zoom Town 11-2

Zoom TownNov 02, 2021

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01:41:51
Zoom Town 11-2

Zoom Town 11-2

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams welcome Roy McKenzie of Missoula County Tyranny for a election day conversation about the past week's news headlines, not to mention some gonzo-perspective on Danny Do-Do.  

Nov 02, 202101:41:51
Zoom Town 10-26

Zoom Town 10-26

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss some Halloween-themed stories of Satan worship in Rathdrum, Idaho, then get back to the local politics of running a Zoom Town on booze and virtue-signaling.  Topics include the Afghan teen rape story, the 3 car chases that went down in the past 6 days, and Montana AG Austin Knudsen getting involved in a hospital showdown between a dying patient's family family and those caring medical professionals at St. Peters.

Oct 26, 202101:32:10
Zoom Town 10-19

Zoom Town 10-19

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams beat the mid-October doldrums with grace and understanding.  Not really, but you should listen anyway.

Oct 19, 202101:09:22
Zoom Town 10-12

Zoom Town 10-12

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss Ryan Zinke's congressional campaign and residency questions, the tech boom in Bozeman and Missoula, the weirdness around the Southwest Airlines labor shortage, and so much more.

Oct 13, 202101:37:50
Zoom Town 10-5

Zoom Town 10-5

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss local Covid numbers, local elections, and so much more.

Oct 05, 202101:19:20
Zoom Town 9-28

Zoom Town 9-28

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams continue breaking down local election dynamics, like the new reporting placing candidate Jacob Elder at the center of a new University of Montana rape scandal, state senator Ellie Boldman's fear-mongering over freezer truck misinformation, Afghan refugees, a violent assault at the Dakota crisis center, and so much more.

Sep 28, 202101:18:17
Zoom Town Interview With Michael Wann

Zoom Town Interview With Michael Wann

ZT host Travis Mateer discusses synchronicities with Michael Wann, taking Wann's most recent work with Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams and fitting it to his own work on tracking the developments of Zoom Town (Missoula).

Sep 24, 202101:12:39
Zoom Town 9-21 with Tim's Mom

Zoom Town 9-21 with Tim's Mom

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams mercilessly grill Tim's Mom, Kathy, about her life decisions.  JUST KIDDING!  Kathy was born and raised in Missoula, so we talk about Missoula stuff and other things.  Kathy was a great sport.  THANK YOU Kathy!

Sep 21, 202101:13:05
Zoom Town 9-14

Zoom Town 9-14

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss the mayoral primary, a new direction for TIF money, the acceptable risk of the downtown bar scene, and rumors of a jab death being ascribed to Covid.

Sep 14, 202101:27:23
Zoom Town 9-7

Zoom Town 9-7

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss local politics, culture wars and the general madness and fear gripping too many "good" Americans.

Sep 07, 202101:19:38
Zoom Town Elections 8-31

Zoom Town Elections 8-31

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams express their frustration about local politics, global geopolitics and everything in between.

Sep 01, 202101:37:47
Zoom Town Interview with Ed Opperman

Zoom Town Interview with Ed Opperman

ZT host Travis Mateer spends an hour with private investigator, Ed Opperman, discussing the West Memphis Three case and other topics surrounding SRA, the criminal justice system and narrative control.  My personal favorite part of the interview is Ed's brief telling of his spiritual awakening after a series of miracles kept him from spending serious time in prison.

Aug 28, 202101:02:05
Zoom Town Elections 8-24

Zoom Town Elections 8-24

ZT host Travis Mateer and Tim Adams take a look at Ward 1 candidates in Missoula's municipal race, the public/private two-step in Missoula's information war, and the terrible idea to bring Afghani refugees into Missoula's housing crisis.

Aug 25, 202156:10
Zoom Town 8-17 "Public Safety"

Zoom Town 8-17 "Public Safety"

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams recount some recent events in Missoula surrounding the Sean Stevenson case and the man alleged to have assaulted Sean on 1-3-2020 at the Poverello Center, Johnny Lee Perry.  

Aug 17, 202101:09:13
Zoom Town Mayor Forum 8-10

Zoom Town Mayor Forum 8-10

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams analyze Missoula's Mayoral forum held on August 9th via Zoom.  The forum was originally supposed to be in-person, but was changed to a virtual format because of the dreaded Delta variant.  

Aug 11, 202101:27:21
Zoom Town Interviews The Prop Report

Zoom Town Interviews The Prop Report

This episode of Zoom Town is an interview I did with Monica Perez and Brad Binkley from The Prop Report back on June 23rd.  I am only able to put out a portion of the interview, due to some material I discussed about the Sean Stevenson case that I'm not ready to publicize yet.

Aug 03, 202135:53
Zoom Town Elections July 27

Zoom Town Elections July 27

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams talk about propaganda, the Red Pill Festival, municipal elections, meth, sarcasm, satire, my song inspired by candidate Daniel Carlino, mental health and the Olympics, among other things.

Jul 27, 202101:39:31
Zoom Town Election July 20th

Zoom Town Election July 20th

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss homeless camp fires, Montana's redistricting effort to accommodate a second Congressional seat, Twitter fights, Facebook fights and SO MUCH MORE!

Jul 20, 202101:34:54
Zoom Town Elections July 13

Zoom Town Elections July 13

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams pick up after a week break to discuss road trips, bears, Incident Command Teams, homeless camps, a felony acquittal of a political activist, and a bunch of other stuff.

Jul 13, 202101:37:49
Zoom Town Prayer Poem

Zoom Town Prayer Poem

As the boys take a week off, ZT host Travis Mateer reads a poem that his poetic alter-ego, William Skink, penned back in December.

Jul 06, 202113:06
Zoom Town Elections June 29

Zoom Town Elections June 29

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss the deeper significance of Adam and Emily's (from the Debra Gets Red Pilled podcast) shitty Motel 6 experience, how that Motel 6 might connect to a wider issue of triaging homelessness in Missoula, and how THAT relates to the Incident Command Team structure now being deployed by local political leaders to address homelessness.  And some other stuff.

Jun 29, 202101:17:60
Zoom Town Elections June 22

Zoom Town Elections June 22

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss the late entries to the Mayor's race (filing closed Monday, June 21st), LGBTQ troubles brewing in the Bitterroot, the Reserve Street Homeless Encampment video featuring a dramatic reading of the virtue-signaling statement read at the inaugural Affordable Housing Oversight Committee, and more.

Jun 22, 202101:08:13
Zoom Town Elections June 15

Zoom Town Elections June 15

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss the Blocked by Jacob Elder Facebook drama in the Missoula Mayoral race, the united front of Missoula County Commissioners and Mayor Engen in messaging Pre-K as the solution to homelessness, and much more.

Jun 15, 202101:22:26
Zoom Town Elections June 3

Zoom Town Elections June 3

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams examine the emerging story of City Council candidate Danny Carlino's pending loss of housing, who that loss of housing is connected to, and other stories related to homelessness in Missoula, like the incident at the Transitional Safe Outdoor Space over the Memorial Day weekend.

Jun 08, 202101:59:31
A ZT Talk From Across The Pond

A ZT Talk From Across The Pond

Zoom Town host Travis Mateer talks synchronicities, Jasun Horsley, and finding belonging with Ben F., a fellow fan of Horsley who reached out for a chat.  The conversation was recorded in two parts, on April 30th 2022 and May 28th 2021.

Jun 01, 202101:29:54
Zoom Town Elections May 25

Zoom Town Elections May 25

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams continue the conversation about the political dynamics of Missoula during this political season, but with more meta-opining on things like narrative control and alcohol abuse.  

May 25, 202158:31
Zoom Town Interview with Mayoral Candidate Jacob Elder

Zoom Town Interview with Mayoral Candidate Jacob Elder

ZT host Travis Mateer interviews Mayoral hopeful Jacob Elder about his long time dream (he's only 28) of becoming Mayor.

May 21, 202101:02:54
Zoom Town Elections May 18

Zoom Town Elections May 18

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams discuss whether or not Jacob Elder's Mayoral campaign is imploding, along with updates on homeless encampments, another dead body found in the West Broadway area, and a letter to the editor from citizen (and mom) Mackenzie Smith about how public officials are using private sector non-profits to plan official homeless camps, like ANOTHER Transitional Safe Outdoor Space.

May 18, 202101:31:15
Zoom Town Elections May 12

Zoom Town Elections May 12

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams continue analyzing new developments in Missoula's municipal elections.

May 13, 202101:29:35
A Conversation With Alison McDowell

A Conversation With Alison McDowell

ZT host Travis Mateer discusses heady topics like human impact markets and the technocratic gamification of the world with activist Alison McDowell.

May 06, 202101:29:59
Taxes Before The Zoom

Taxes Before The Zoom

ZT host Travis Mateer interviews Missoula City Councilman Jesse Ramos about Tax Increment Financing and so much more!

May 06, 202101:03:08
The First Response

The First Response

ZT host Travis Mateer introduces his co-host, Tim Adams, in a conversation that continues processing elements brought up in the Stevenson interview.

May 06, 202101:12:11
The Death Before The Zoom

The Death Before The Zoom

ZT host Travis Mateer begins the Zoom Town podcast series by interviewing Jejchelle and Angela Stevenson about the mysterious death of their brother, Sean Stevenson, at a homeless shelter in Missoula, Montana.  

May 06, 202101:27:59
Zoom Town Elections May 3rd

Zoom Town Elections May 3rd

ZT host Travis Mateer and co-host Tim Adams go through all six wards in the Missoula municipal races, which are already heating up.  

May 04, 202101:37:02
Zoom Town Elections April 2021

Zoom Town Elections April 2021

ZT host Travis Mateer and Tim Adams discuss Missoula's local elections and how the issue of homelessness may impact voters this election cycle.

Apr 20, 202101:22:28
Zoom Town Conversation with Jasun Horsley

Zoom Town Conversation with Jasun Horsley

ZT host Travis Mateer discusses synchronicities with Jasun Horsley.

Apr 02, 202101:54:23