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The Ranch Podcast
If you’re looking for a show focusing on Idaho and local community news, you found it. This show hits issues from across the Gem State, ranging from North Idaho, East Idaho, Southern Idaho, and everything in between.
Interested in Idaho politics, ag, law enforcement, education, fish and game, recreation, and all things Idaho? This is literally your spot.
If you ever have questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate.
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Episodes
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Defending Homeschool & Public Ed. in Idaho - Andrea Gremmert
Andrea Gremmert is an education advocate, specifically focusing on protecting homeschooling in Idaho. There are many concerns around different bills going…
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Grass Roots Economic Support in Eagle - Brandy Furiani
Brandy Furiani is a representative for the Eagle Chamber of Commerce. She has been instrumental in widening the communication web for the Chamber and its…
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Keeping tips anonymous - Brii Mason
Brii Mason is the president of the board for CrimeStoppers of Southwest Idaho. She is a multi-generation Idahoan, loves the community and state, and works…
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Senator Tammy Nichols - Public Education, Preserving Ag, and more
Senator Tammy Nichols is the District 10 Senator for the state of Idaho. She is incredibly engaged in public education, the preservation of agricultural lands…
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Why is Tech EVERYWHERE in our schools - Dr. Melyssa Ferro
Dr. Melyssa Ferro is a STEM teacher as well as Tech Integration and Innovation specialist with the Caldwell Public School District. She was integral in helping…
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Providing more hunting for all of Idaho - Burk Mantel
Burk Mantel is a Fish & Game advocate in Idaho. He was instrumental almost 40 years ago in populating the state with wild turkeys to produce an alternate…
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A Conservative voice for Public Education - Alicia Purdy
Alicia Purdy is a High School Resource English teacher in Vallivue School district. She is also the IEA Region 8 Representative and Western regional chair for…
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Code 3 to 1 President - Chris Waters
Chris Waters is the president of Code 3 to 1, a retired first responder organization in the treasure valley that focuses on providing community and offering…
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Finding the value in higher education - Dr. Jared Talley
Dr. Jared Talley is a professor at Boise State University. He found his way into education as an adult and fell deeply in love with it. Today he helps teach…
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Constitutional Obligations, Jails, and Cyber Threats - Sheriff Clifford
Sheriff Matt Clifford is the elected Sheriff of Ada County. His office is the only elected law enforcement office in the county and is tasked with running the…
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Your Child's Brain on Tech - Pediatric Neurologist Dr. John Condie
Dr. John Condie is a Pediatric Neurologist who specializes in youth brain development. He has also dealt with some of the most horrific side effects from…
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Safely Securing our Schools - Lt. Shawn Harper
Lt. Shawn Harper of Meridian PD is a school safety expert. I asked him to come in and speak about HB 415, the bill that would allow employees and volunteers on…
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Holding Food Corporations Accountable - Amanda Martinez and Brittany Hansen
Amanda Martinez and Brittany Hansen are C-Suite executives for Viiision, a tech company that uses AI and blockchain tech to hold companies accountable and…
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West Ada's Busing jam explained, with Alexis Morgan
West Ada school district provides transportation for a huge population of students. It also provides busing for students that attend schools of choice, which…
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Sacrificing Student Athletes to Social Media - Officer Gomez
Social media is currently being touted as a huge benefit to aspiring college athletes. Some schools even try to organize companies and other groups to come and…
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Zamzow's 4th Generation Family Co-Ceo - Callie Zamzow
Callie Zamzow is the Co-CEO of Zamzows Home & Garden center. The company was founded by her great grandparents over 90 years ago, making her the 4th generation…
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Objections to HB 415 (Arming Teachers) - Rep. Julie Yamamoto
Representative Julie Yamamoto is the District 11 Representative. She is a proud NRA member, firm conservative Republican, life long Idahoan, and very much…
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Arming Teachers as a 2A Right - NRA's Aoibheann Cline
Aoibheann Cline is a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association of America. She came to speak with me about the perspective that allowing teachers to arm…
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Arming Teachers, Mandatory Minimums, and Digital Currency - Ted Hill
Representative Ted Hill is the district 14 Rep for the State of Idaho, which covers Eagle and Emmett. He has several bills being considered in the 2024…
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Lessons from a school shooter first responder - Rob Gillis
Rob Gillis is a retired law enforcement agent that was the first responding officer to a school shooting that resulted in several fatalities. This is a…
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Cell Phone Mental Health Crisis - Nurse Kelli
Nurse Kelli is a teen safety and mental health advocate focused on helping parents and teens understand the overwhelmingly damaging effects of phones and…
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Writing for the people - Brian Almon
Brian Almon is an independent political writer and is also on the library board for Eagle. We had a fantastic conversation and spoke about political…
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Leading the Caldwell Police Department - Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram is the Chief of Police for Caldwell, Idaho. He takes incredible pride in his leadership role with the department and the community. Ingram comes to…
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West Ada Superintendent Dr. Derek Bub
Dr. Derek Bub is the superintendent of West Ada School District. WASD is the highest ranking large school district in the state of Idaho. It has a very unique…
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Eagle Mayor-Elect Brad Pike on articles and the new structure of Eagle's government
Following Mayor Pierce's interview, Mayor-Elect Brad Pike also came in to discuss the recent city council modifications to the city government as well as…
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Eagle Mayor Jason Pierce on LA Times, Fox News, and Eagle City Council meetings
Jason Pierce was the mayor of Eagle from 2020 to 2023. He recently lost in a run-off election to city council president Brad Pike. Following the run-off, there…
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Uncompromising Policing Service - Chief Basterrechea
Tracy Basterrechea is the Chief of Police for Meridian, Idaho. He has successfully presided over the police service in one of the fastest growing cities in…
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SEX-TORTION scams and SUICIDES on SnapChat - Deputy Gomez
Deputy Gomez is a nationally recognized School Resource Officer with incredible knowledge and insights into the dark work of social media and the scams…
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Fighting for Climate with Conservatives - Bob Inglis
Bob Inglis is the Executive Director of republicEn.org, a growing group of conservatives who care about climate change. He served in the U.S. Congress from…
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Idaho Senator Chris Trakel - District 11
Senator Trakel is a vet, husband, and father in district 11 in Idaho. He is very active and engaged with the local school district and local government. We…
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Protecting Idaho's Taxpayer and Salmon - Brian Brooks
Brian Brooks is the Executive Director of Idaho Wildlife Federation, a nonprofit organization with deep roots going back almost a century in Idaho. He came in…
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How Eagle has changed - Mark Butler
Mark Butler is a former City Councilman of Eagle, as well as Director of Development. He has lived here since the mid 1990s and watched as the physical and…
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Trauma to Purpose with Coffee - Jared Webb
Jared Webb is the Owner & CEO of Zero Dark Thirty Coffee Co. He is also a disabled vet and retired law enforcement agent. He and his partner founded their…
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12 Seconds in the Dark author - John Mattingly
John Mattingly is a former Louisville Metro Police Sergeant who was shot in the line of duty the night of the Breonna Taylor incident. Much has been said about…
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The Restructuring of Eagle Government - Margaret Carmel
Margaret Carmel is a senior journalist at BoiseDev and came to speak about the Eagle City Council meeting on Dec 12th where the council voted 3-1 to modify the…
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For the people or the party - Julie Yamamoto
Julie Yamamoto is Idaho's District 10 legislative representative. She was featured in a KTVB news piece recently because of her hesitation with a library bill…
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The Rental Pulse of the Treasure Valley - Keyrenter Boise Chapin Hemphill
Chapin Hemphill is one of the founding members of KeyRenter Boise. He's been in the rental management market for decades and his insights into issues that are…
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JUST THE FACTS - Eagle Mayor Run-Off with Margaret Carmel from Boise Dev
Margaret Carmel is a full-time journalist with Boise Dev. She has been covering local politics in the Boise and Treasure Valley area for over five years. She…
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Fighting for Mandatory Minimums in Idaho - Mike Miraglia
Mike Miraglia is a retired violent crimes detective for the city of Boise and the Fraternal Order of Police legislative chair for the state of Idaho. He has…
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Defending those that made Eagle - Megan Hoiosen
Megan Hoiosen is a serial entrepreneur and iconic figure in the historic downtown Eagle business world. She is the proprietor of Sweet Tea Living home decor…
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Eagle Mayor Runoff Candidate - Brad Pike (Round 2)
Brad Pike is the current Eagle city council president and is in a runoff election with the current city mayor, Jason Pierce. He came in for a second touch up…
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Eagle Mayor Runoff Candidate - Jason Pierce (Round 2)
Jason Pierce is the current mayor of Eagle and is in a runoff election with the president of the city council, Brad Pike. He came in for a second touch up…
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Saving our children from tech and themselves - Deputy Gomez
Deputy Gomez is a nationally recognized authority on teen safety and tech issues. He is both a sheriff's deputy and police officer, as well as a school…
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The Leadership and Business Coaching GURU - Lisa Desilet
Lisa Desilet is a business and performance coach for ambitious, high-performing entrepreneurs looking to optimize their skills to build the business and life…
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Idaho's Fentanyl Crisis with Ted Hill
Ted Hill is the 14th District State Legislator for Idaho. He has worked on over a dozen bills that help Idaho citizens, but some of his most crucial work is…
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Eagle Fire Commissioner Candidate - Nate Murphy
Nate Murphy is running for Eagle Fire Commissioner. He has an extensive background in negotiations and logistics and believes firmly that fiscal responsibility…
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Eagle Fire Commissioner Candidate - Clyde Dornier
Clyde Dornier is a finance and strategic planning expert. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience from decades working in the private sector and now wants…
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Eagle Fire Commissioner and Candidate - Brian Simpson
Brian Simpson is a current Eagle Fire Commissioner, current fire fighter, and an Eagle lifer, through and through. His connection to the Eagle Fire Department…
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Defending Idaho's Voting Integrity - Chad Houck
Chad Houck is a former Chief Deputy Secretary of State for the state of Idaho and explains how and why it's exceedingly improbable for anyone to be able to…
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Protecting IDAHO'S PUBLIC Schools - Alexis Morgan
Alexis Morgan is a state-wide education advocate. She is the host of the Our Kids Our Schools Podcast. She served as a local school board director for a…
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The Ranch Episode #54 - WASD Board Candidate Rene Ozuna
Rene Ozuna is the current board trustee for Zone 5 in West Ada School District. She is a lifelong Idahoan and has kids in WASD since 2000. She very much…
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The Ranch Episode #55 - WASD Board Candidate Miguel DeLuna
Miguel DeLuna is a retired law enforcement officer. He spend a portion of his professional career as a personal body guard for three Superintendents in Oakland…
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The Ranch Episode #56 - WASD Board Candidate Tom Moore
Tom Moore is running for West Ada School Board in Zone 5. He served in the military and also worked in the private sector in accounting. He has also been…
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The Ranch Episode #53 - WASD Board Candidate Susie Schuetz
Susie Schuetz is a mother in the district, volunteer, and believer in communication as a solution. She very much values what West Ada has created and believes…
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The Ranch Episode #52 - WASD Board Candidate Mari Gates
Mari Gates is a mother of three in West Ada, a life long learner, and believer in education as a springboard to a better life. She comes from a family of…
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The Ranch Episode #50 - WASD Board Candidate Lucas Baclayon
Lucas Baclayon is the current Zone 2 Board of Education member for West Ada School District. He is a former teacher and dean of academics in Taiwan, as well as…
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The Ranch Episode #51 - WASD Board Candidate Jeremy Cutler
Jeremy Cutler is a father of 2, Boise State engineering grad, and running for Board of Education for Zone 5 in West Ada. He has a middle schooler and a high…
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The Ranch Episode #49 - WASD Board Candidate David Binetti
David Binetti is the current West Ada School District Board member for zone 4, which includes Eagle, Star, and parts of Meridian and Garden City. He is running…
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The Ranch Episode #48 - Brenen Beeler Pastor of Calvary Chapel Eagle
Brenen Beeler is the new pastor at Calvary Chapel Eagle. He moved to the area to lead a revival of faith and help people deeply connect. On October 15th…
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The Ranch Podcast #47 - Craig Kvamme City Council Candidate for City of Eagle
Craig Kvamme is currently on the Urban Renewal board, Navy veteran, and is running for City Council in Eagle. He has a very pragmatic approach to issues and…