Bob Corbett's Mirror-Mobile photo by harrod blank courtesy of the oxo foundation For a few days or a week at a time, various combinations of crew members take off from their regular campus jobs and hit the road looking for stories. They agree it's the most fun they have all year. Coming up with ideas is the easiest part. Many are sent in by viewers or suggested by people along the journey. A lot of the stories we end up finding on the way to someplace else.
Chambers uses an aquarium to get an underwater shot.
The team has developed a nearly foolproof technique for tracking down potential story subjects. Ekness calls the segments an oral history in the grand tradition of storytelling. Backroads is not only a chronicle of Montana's unique people but also a visual journal of its landscapes and historic features. There are places in Montana that really do have ghosts. Little Bighorn Battlefield is one of them.