Mother Love

About Mother Love

The LIFTS Podcast (formerly Mother Love) is a Montana-based podcast centering lived experience and amplifying diverse voices from across the state. Through conversations with caregivers, providers, and advocates, we explore bold ideas and creative solutions for supporting the littlest Montanans and their families. If you have feedback, or an idea for a guest or topic, email us at stories@hmhb-mt.org.

Publisher

Mother Love

Category

health & fitness · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Feb 2020

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

191 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Growing Our Storytellers: Montana’s First Lady Susan Gianforte on the Joy and Power of Reading

   In the final episode of our "Growing Our Storytellers" series, host Gwyneth Hyndman speaks with Montana’s First Lady Susan Gianforte for a conversation about the power of books, the importance of early literacy, and the simple ways reading can bring families together. Ms Gianforte shares why The Little Engine That Could has always held a special place in her heart and why its message — “I think I can” — continues to resonate with her. She talks about growing up as the daughter of German...

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Growing Our Storytellers: LIFTS Out Loud with Stephanie White

   In this episode of the LIFTS Podcast, we take a road trip across Granite County, Montana to have coffee with Stephanie White, one of the storytellers featured in the latest issue of LIFTS Magazine. Stephanie shares her story, “A Father’s Love of Literature Lives On,” about growing up with a dad who brought books and stories to life—and how that love of reading has continued into the next generation. From childhood trips to the library with her father to reading with her own three daughters, S...

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Growing Our Storytellers: Starting Early with Pediatric Speech Pathologist Christy Cheviron

   What does early literacy actually look like before a child can read? In this episode of the LIFTS Podcast, host Gwyneth Hyndman continues the Growing Storytellers series with pediatric speech-language pathologist Christy Cheviron, founder of Alpine Start Speech Therapy in Missoula. Christy helps unpack what is happening in young children's brains during those incredible first years of life and explains why early literacy is about so much more than teaching a child to read. Before children can...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

83

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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