Nobody’s Saving Our Hometown
Conrad describes self-reliance for fading towns today.
Jun 8, 2026 · 53 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Bear With Us, we sit down with Conrad Wendland, owner of the historic Hi-line Theater in Rudyard, Montana. From working on film sets in Los Angeles to returning home to farm and…
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Conrad WendlandGuestJuliaHostSarahHostnot out for the buck they're out for the yeah the love of the movies
yeah do you feel like um the the movement of like streaming services has really changed the movie industry
I bet yeah
Yeah, when it became more accessible.
adapting
hundred percent well and and i love that you know with your movie theater you're able to show some movies that you know are are a little bit more nostalgic um kind of run as a more like movie club um
i
think that's really
really neat because you know
i remember watching all those movies as a kid in the theater and um there's just something about
watching jurassic
park on the big screen that's it was fun really great yeah

He came to the first showing and he said he was watching the five or six or eight of them.

But there were some little kids that sat in the front row just like we used to when we were that age.
With your neck cranked all the way up.
not out for the buck they're out for the yeah the love of the movies
yeah do you feel like um the the movement of like streaming services has really changed the movie industry
I bet yeah
Yeah, when it became more accessible.
adapting
hundred percent well and and i love that you know with your movie theater you're able to show some movies that you know are are a little bit more nostalgic um kind of run as a more like movie club um
i
think that's really
really neat because you know
i remember watching all those movies as a kid in the theater and um there's just something about
watching jurassic
park on the big screen that's it was fun really great yeah

He came to the first showing and he said he was watching the five or six or eight of them.

But there were some little kids that sat in the front row just like we used to when we were that age.
With your neck cranked all the way up.
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Nobody’s Saving Our Hometown
Conrad describes self-reliance for fading towns today.
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