âRichest Hill,â a new podcast from Montana Public Radio, made me care intensely about the former copper-mining boomtown of Butte, Montanaâand urgently want to understand it better. Reported and written by Nora Saks and edited and produced by Nick Mott (MJour'18) and Eric Whitney, âRichest Hillâ has a mood of straightforward friendliness, but itâs also full of surprises.