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Idaho Pulse
Hosted by Bob Neugebauer, aka Tea Party Bob, Idaho Pulse offers a solution-oriented approach to Idaho’s political, social, and economic challenges. Unlike traditional talk radio, this podcast cuts through echo chambers and empty rhetoric, delivering depth, critical thinking, and actionable insights. Each episode dives into the issues that matter most—legislative updates, grassroots movements, and the real impact of national decisions on Idaho communities. With honest conversations, a focus on…
Episodes
Idaho PulseIdaho Election Results: Prop 1 Fails, Democrats Gain
Idaho split the difference on election night. Proposition 1, the measure to re-legalize abortion, lost by 10 points despite millions in outside money — while…
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Idaho’s Budget, School Choice & Prop 1 on Election Day
Recorded on Election Day 2026, this episode runs through the Idaho fights over money and schools: a state budget the discussion says has doubled in seven years…
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Idaho Prop 1, Grocery Tax Repeal & $2 Billion in Pork
A pre-election run through the Idaho fights on the table: a biannual pork report putting identified state waste at over $2 billion — enough, the episode…
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Idaho Prop 1’s Outside Millions, HJR4 and the Pork Report
Two ballot items anchor this episode: Proposition 1, the abortion initiative, and HJR4, which would move Idaho's drug law out of the initiative process. The…
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Idaho Prop 1, the 2026 Pork Report & Who Pays the Taxes
Four weeks out from Idaho's 2026 election, this episode works through Prop 1, the abortion ballot measure, and the objections to its undefined viability…
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Idaho Prop 1, Lobbyist Access & the New Pork Report
This episode runs the Idaho fights shaping the stretch before Election Day: Prop 1's bid to undo the state's abortion trigger law and the out-of-state money…
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Diversified Index Investing, AI Stocks & Market Downturns
This episode covers the case for disciplined, diversified index investing. It explains why stocks have built real wealth about three and a half times faster…
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Inflation, School Choice & the American Dream in Idaho
This episode runs from culture to cash: the case that American culture is being diluted, the American Dream as its author defined it in the 1930s, Coolidge's…
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Idaho Prop 1, Charlie Kirk & Why AI Won’t Kill Jobs
Three fights in one episode: Proposition 1, the November ballot measure the episode argues would push Idaho's abortion law past where it stood before Dobbs; a…
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Idaho’s Prop 1 Abortion Fight & the Economics of Prices dup
Idaho's kindergarten vaccine exemption rate has climbed to 17.5% — the highest in the country and well above neighboring Utah's 12.7%. From there: $4.6 billion…
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Idaho’s Prop 1 Abortion Fight & the Economics of Prices
Idaho's Prop 1 abortion ballot measure dominates this episode: targeted voter-registration mail, well-funded pro-abortion ad campaigns, and the warning that…
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Idaho Nuclear Waste, School Choice & the Prop 1 Fight
This episode sounds the alarm on a federal plan it says would bring fuel-rod reprocessing and a third of the nation's nuclear waste to the INL, above the Snake…
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Idaho’s Flock Cameras, Prop 1, and Free-Market Economics
This episode runs through Idaho's fastest-moving fights: license-plate flock cameras and the Fourth Amendment privacy questions they raise, a local-government…
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Idaho Prop 1, Flock Cameras & Why Groceries Get Taxed
Idaho Prop 1 goes before voters on November 3rd, and this episode makes the case against it. Also on the table: the Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting and ten years…
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Flock Cameras, the Fauci Diaries & Idaho’s Prop 1 Vote
This episode runs through the Idaho stories driving the week: cities spending hundreds of thousands on flock-camera surveillance, an alcohol ordinance buried…
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Flock Cameras, Immigration & Idaho’s Free-Market Case
This episode runs a conservative, free-market lens over the issues shaping Idaho now: the spread of flock-camera surveillance and the Fourth Amendment…
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Idaho Abortion Ballot, Flock Cameras & Free-Market Economics
Idaho's abortion initiative has the signatures to reach the ballot as Proposition 1, and the fight to defeat it opens this week's rundown: a U.S. Supreme Court…
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Idaho’s Micron Subsidies, Minimum Wage & Immigration
This episode turns basic supply-and-demand economics loose on Idaho's biggest fights: the abortion measure likely headed for the November ballot, price…
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The Economic Case Against Tariffs, Taxes & Regulation
Comparative advantage is one of the most powerful ideas in economics — and one of the most misunderstood. This episode starts there, with a simple story that…
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Idaho School Choice, Rural Health Grants & DEI Fights
This episode runs through the Idaho fights driving the cycle: stalled teacher contracts and the state's education listening sessions, the first year of school…
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Idaho’s Immigration, School Choice & Medicaid Fights
This episode runs through the Idaho fights driving the conservative cycle: illegal immigration and public safety, the immigration bills stalled in the…
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Idaho Primary Election Results 2026: Conservative Losses
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate break down Idaho's 2026 primary election results, where five of the top-rated conservative legislators — including Glenita…
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Idaho Teacher Pay, Flock Cameras, and 2026 Primary Elections
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate examine three issues heading into Idaho's 2026 primary elections. They unpack the governor's Teacher Appreciation Week claim of…
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Idaho Budget Surplus: $1.5 Billion in Hidden Reserve Funds
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate expose $1.5 billion in Idaho reserve and stabilization funds sitting above the state's $5.5 billion general fund budget — roughly…
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Idaho Freedom Index 2026: Legislative Scores and Big Spenders
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate break down the 2026 Idaho Freedom Index, revealing that only 12 legislators scored 90% or above on freedom votes — down from 16…
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Idaho Primary: Big Dairy Bullying and Vetting Candidates
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate expose Big Dairy's retaliation against Senator Glenita Zeiderweld's family — pulling 85% of her husband's business over her…
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Idaho Freedom Index 2026: Legislative Scores and Big Spenders
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate break down the 2026 Idaho Freedom Index, revealing that only 12 legislators scored 90% or above on freedom votes — down from 16…