The 'Yellowstone' effect on Montana

The Indicator from Planet Money

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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Yellowstone first aired in 2018, quickly becoming one of television's most popular shows. The show follows John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner, as he feuds with real estate developers threatening to encroach on his family ranch. Today on the show, how life imitates art in Montana, where tourism has boomed, the population has grown and housing prices have soared.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:03.0	This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Adrian Ma and today we got a special guest with us,
0:16.6	Nate Hedgy. Nate, what is up?
0:18.7	Hey Adrian?
0:19.5	Nate, by the way, hosts a public radio podcast called Outside In, which is a show all about the natural world and how we use it.
0:25.8	Right. And you're talking to us from Montana and I actually
0:33.0	want to ask you a question about another show that deals with the natural world and how we use it.
0:35.0	Have you ever seen Yellowstone?
0:37.0	I think I've heard of this show.
0:39.0	I'm usually pretty out of all the cool things,
0:42.0	so I've not actually seen it.
0:44.0	Okay well you are among the few who haven't. It was the most popular cable TV show
0:49.2	last year. It's filmed in my home state of Montana. Kevin Kostner plays the lead.
0:54.0	It's got cowboys, cattle ranches, big sweeping shots of the Rocky Mountains.
0:58.0	Yours Valley, mine.
1:01.0	Come and get it.
1:02.0	I plan too.
1:04.0	This is survival.
1:06.0	Kill or be killed.
1:08.0	Montana sounds like a stressful place to live, Nate.
1:11.0	I'm not going to lie to you.
1:12.0	So this show, it's a Western, but the bad guys, they aren't
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