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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
The Ranch PodcastBoise City Council Candidate Colin Nash
Colin Nash is a longtime Boise resident and is running for re-election for City Council. He is passionate about Boise, the culture, the growth, and the…
The Ranch PodcastGarden City Mayor Candidate Bill Jacobs
Bill Jacobs is a longtime Garden City resident and is running for Mayor. He is passionate about Garden City, the culture, the growth, and the direction the…
The Ranch PodcastNampa City Council Candidate Victor Rodriguez
Victor Rodriguez is a longtime Nampa resident and is running for re-election for City Council. He is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the…
The Ranch PodcastThe State Of Idaho's Game with Jim Fredericks
Jim Fredericks is the director of Idaho’s Fish & Game Department and came in to speak on the state of the department and game in Idaho. As elk season…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell Mayoral Candidate Eric Phillips
Eric Phillips is a longtime Caldwell resident and is running for Mayor. He is passionate about Caldwell, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city is…
The Ranch PodcastCalwell City Council Candidate Dennis Staack
Dennis Staack is a longtime Caldwell resident and is running for City Council. He is passionate about Caldwell, the culture, the growth, and the direction the…
The Ranch PodcastEnergy in Ada County with Rod Beck
Rod Beck is one of three Ada County Commissioners and came in to speak on power in Ada County. The county has engaged in many innovative projects, including…
The Ranch PodcastNampa City Council Candidate Shaun Simmons
Shaun Simmons is a longtime Nampa resident and is running for City Council. He is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city…
The Ranch PodcastAmerican Nuclear E 12: Fuel Supply Chain Vulnerabilties with Richard McPherson
Richard McPherson is a world leading authority on Nuclear Technology. In Episode 12 of the American Nuclear series, we discuss the vulnerabilities of the fuel…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell City Council Candidate Randy Neary
Randy Neary is a long time Caldwell resident and is running for City Council. He is passionate about Caldwell, the culture, the growth, and the direction the…
The Ranch PodcastMiddleton City Council Candidate Heidal Summers
Heidal Summers is a Middleton resident and is running for City Council. She is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city is…
The Ranch PodcastNampa City Council Candidate Randy Haverfield
Randy Haverfield is a long time Nampa resident and is running for re-election for City Council. He is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the…
The Ranch PodcastNampa Mayoral Candidate Suzi Robinson
Suzi Robinson is a Nampa resident and is running for Mayor. She is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city is going. Enjoy!…
The Ranch PodcastDirty Burgers & Promoting Local with Tammie Halcomb
Tammie Halcomb is the executive director of FARE Idaho, an Idaho based advocacy group that promotes local providers, purveyors, and producers and supports…
The Ranch PodcastIdaho's Education Needs (Public & Private) with Bob Fontaine
Bob Fontaine is a career educator, both in the public and private sectors. He strongly believes in the need for both systems, but is also cautious about the…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell City Council Candidate Brandon Weast
Brandon Weast is a long time Caldwell resident and is running for City Council. He is passionate about Caldwell, the culture, the growth, and the direction the…
The Ranch PodcastEagle City Council Candidate Beth Haney
Beth Haney is an Eagle resident running for City Council. She is a medical professional and she wants to bring her expertise in that and previous local…
The Ranch PodcastStar City Council Candidate Kevan Wheelock
Kevan Wheelock is a long time Star resident and is running for re-election for City Council. He is passionate about Star, the culture, the growth, and the…
The Ranch PodcastThe Ford Idaho Center with Sebastian Griffin
Sebastian Griffin is a current city councilman for Nampa and came in to discuss the Ford Idaho Center issue. This topic has dominated many of the conversations…
The Ranch PodcastPro-Life Solutions for Idaho's Health Shortage with David Ripley
David Ripley is the executive director of Idaho Chooses Life, a prominent pro-life group in Idaho. In the wake of the JAMA report that showed a continued…
The Ranch PodcastIdaho's Medical Industry & Doctor Shortage with Dr. Parker Fillmore
Dr. Parker Fillmore is a physician living in the Treasure Valley that came into a lawsuit with one of the major medical systems in the area. This resulted in…
The Ranch PodcastNampa Mayor Candidate Justin Buchholz
Justin Buchholz is a long time Nampa resident and is running for Mayor. He is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city is…
The Ranch PodcastAmerican Nuclear E 11: US Grid Vulnerabilities with Richard McPherson
Richard McPherson is a world leading authority on Nuclear Technology. In Episode 11 of the American Nuclear series, we discuss US Grid vulnerabilities and why…
The Ranch PodcastBoise City Council Candidate Lynn Bradescu
Lynn Bradescu is a long time Boise resident and is running for City Council. She is passionate about the preservation of Boise and the proper management of…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell City Council Candidate Scott Tilmant
Scott Tilmant is a longtime Caldwell resident and running for City Council. He already serves in many capacities in the community and wants to continue his…
The Ranch PodcastStar City Council Candidate Jeff Wood
Jeff Wood is a longtime Star resident and is running for City Council. He passionately serves his community in a myriad of ways, ranging from chaplain for law…
The Ranch PodcastEagle City Council Candidate Robert Gillis
Robert Gillis is a resident of Eagle and running for City Council. He comes from an extensive background of civil service in law enforcement and wants to…
The Ranch PodcastNampa City Council Candidate Debbie Skaug
Debbie Skaug is a long time Nampa resident and is running for City Council. She is passionate about the preservation of the Nampa culture and community and…
The Ranch PodcastBudgeting In Idaho with Lauren Necochea
Lauren Necochea is the leader of the Idaho Democratic Party and came in to talk about budgeting. Idaho finds itself in a precarious position having cut roughly…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell City Council Candidate Chuck Stadick
Chuck Stadick is a two term Caldwell City Council member and is running for re-election. His roots in Idaho service and business go deep, and he wants to…
The Ranch PodcastGarden City City Council Candidate Teresa Jorgensen
Teresa Jorgensen is a current member of the Garden City City Council and is running for re-election. She is passionate about maintaining and improving the…
The Ranch PodcastCloud Seeding in Idaho with Kala Golden
Kala Golden is a world recognized authority on cloud seeding and was instrumental in engaging the initial programs and research developed in Idaho. She has…
The Ranch PodcastNampa City Council Candidate Wendy Rhodes
Wendy Rhodes is a Nampa resident and running for City Council. She is passionate about economic development and serving her community. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast…
The Ranch PodcastThe Value of Higher Ed in Idaho with Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner is the President of Idaho State University and came on to discuss the value of higher education in Idaho. There has been a question about the…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell Mayor Candidate Brad Doty
Brad Doty is a current Caldwell City Council member and is running for Mayor. Brad has worked in his professional career in law enforcement and has a passion…
The Ranch PodcastAmerican Nuclear E 10: Who Is Betting on Nuclear with Richard McPherson
Richard McPherson is a world leading authority on Nuclear Technology. In Episode 10 of the American Nuclear series, we discuss who is betting on American…
The Ranch PodcastWomen in Conservative Idaho Politics with Andrea Graf
Andrea Graf is the president of the CanAda Republican Women’s Club and came on to talk about conservative women in contemporary Idaho politics. We hit on a…
The Ranch PodcastCaldwell City Council Candidate Diana Register
Diana Register is a current Caldwell City Council member and is running for re-election. She feels strongly about citizen representation and wants to continue…
The Ranch PodcastStar City Council Candidate Bruce Wise
Bruce Wise is a Star resident and running for City Council. He is passionate about volunteerism and serving his community and feels he has much to offer to the…
The Ranch PodcastThe CuMo Mine in Idaho with Sydney Anderson
Sydney Anderson is a member of Idaho Rivers United and came in to speak about her hesitations with the CuMo mine in Idaho. She is concerned about many aspects…
The Ranch PodcastWest Ada School Board Candidate Angie Redford
Angie Redford is a member of the West Ada School Board running for re-election. We spoke at length about the state of the district and what she sees as high…
The Ranch PodcastCuring Allergies in Idaho with Dr. Peter Abraham
Dr. Peter Abraham is a board-certified family practice physician in Boise and works extensively with people suffering from allergies. I recently had a classic…
The Ranch PodcastGarden City Mayor Candidate Molly Lenty
Molly Lenty is a Garden City resident and is running for Mayor. She brings an extensive background of civic engagement and professional experience and wants to…
The Ranch PodcastTruth & Lies in Idaho Elections with Kristina Glascock
Kristina Glascock is the Twin Falls County Clerk and came in to speak on realities of Idaho elections. There are many concerns that people should have…
The Ranch PodcastSuing Idaho for School Vouchers with Alexis Morgan
Alexis Morgan is an Idaho parent who had a child rejected from a private school based on her religious beliefs. She has signed onto a lawsuit against Idaho in…
The Ranch PodcastEagle City Council Candidate Steve Bender
Steve Bender is an Eagle resident and is running for city council. He is deeply engaged with local politics and has a love for numbers and details. Enjoy! The…
The Ranch PodcastIdaho Power Rates & Idaho Data Centers with John Gannon
John Gannon is a District 17 Representative and very worried about the energy needs of expanding industry in the Treasure Valley. Idaho Power has an obligation…
The Ranch PodcastNampa City Mayor Candidate Eric Myricks
Eric Myricks is a Nampa resident and is running for Mayor. Eric has a deep love for Nampa and a vision of how to bring the city forward to compete economically…
The Ranch PodcastBoise City Council Candidate Derek James Smith
Derek James Smith is running for Boise City Council. He is passionate about addressing the housing issues that are driving up the cost of living in the area as…
The Ranch PodcastNampa Mayor Candidate Rick Hogaboam
Rick Hogaboam is the Canyon County Clerk and is running for Mayor of Nampa. Rick has a rich history in Canyon County and Nampa in public service and wants to…
The Ranch PodcastSummer's End and Nuclear Policy in Idaho with Monica Church
Monica Church is an Idaho State Representative, Boise teacher, and avid Idaho enthusiast. She came in to connect on summer escapades, highlights, and nuclear…
The Ranch PodcastAmerican Nuclear E 09: Why Hasn't American Nuclear Stuck with Richard McPherson
Richard McPherson is a world leading authority on Nuclear Technology. In Episode 9 of the American Nuclear series, we discuss why American Nuclear Power hasn’t…
The Ranch PodcastEagle City Council Candidate Tom Letz
Tom Letz is an Eagle resident and is running for Eagle City Council. He has a perspective on the city that spans multiple decades and is passionate about many…
The Ranch PodcastOwning Our Bodies Again with Tanner Martty
Tanner Martty is the owner of Free State Gym, a personal and group fitness center in Eagle. I learned about Tanner from many people who were, by all classic…
The Ranch PodcastCity of Eagle Budget & Seniors with Margaret Carmel
Margaret Carmel is a journalist for Boise Dev and came in to speak about the city of Eagle. Eagle recently finalized a budget that included property tax…
The Ranch PodcastStar City Council Candidate Jennifer Ragsdale
Jennifer Ragsdale is running for Star City Council. She has a love for Star and a desire to give back. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media…
The Ranch PodcastBoise City Council Candidate Lisa Sanchez
Lisa Sanchez is a Boise City Council Candidate. She served on the council previously, moved out of the area, and is now back in the district where she is…
The Ranch PodcastHuman Waste to Industry Inputs in Boise with Steve Burgos
Steve Burgos is the director of Boise Public Works and came in to talk about Boise’s program that takes human waste from our homes and turns it into industry…
The Ranch PodcastBoise City Council Candidate Jimmy Hallyburton
Jimmy Hallyburton is a sitting Boise City Councilman and is running for re-election. He was raised in NW Boise and has a deep love for open spaces and the…
The Ranch PodcastChanging Idaho's Constitution with Ben Adams
Ben Adams is the District 12 Senator in Idaho and wants to change the Idaho constitution to setup a framework so that Idaho never loses its public lands to…