Mike Miraglia is a former human trafficking detective in Boise. He has worked several exhaustive, difficult human trafficking cases and has incredible insight into the nature and origins of these cases, especially how they relate to social media platforms that children use everyday. If you are concerned at all about what may be happening to your kids online, this is an important conversation to consider. The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Tr...
Sep 19, 2024•56 min•Ep. 201
Alexis Morgan is the state PTA president. She traveled just under 2,000 miles throughout the state of Idaho over the summer to hear from parents about what is happening in both our rural and urban districts. Beyond some of the more popular, buzz topics, parents and schools in the state are concerned about some very specific things. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to m...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 200
Susie Keller is the CEO of the Idaho Medical Association, a group representing the medical professionals and their interests in the state of Idaho. She was tasked with working with legislators to produce functional legislation that both affirmed our state's laws as well as tolerable working environments that would attract and retain those who supply women's reproductive care to Idaho's women. As it stands now, Idaho is experiencing a mass exodus of women's care specialists, leaving our state and...
Sep 17, 2024•38 min•Ep. 199
Brandy Furiani is the executive director of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce. There are so many awesome new restaurants and treats coming to the area, and she's back to tell us all about them! Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and ways of life. It’s also home to many law enforcement agencies, like Ada County and Canyon county Sheriff offices, Idaho State P...
Sep 16, 2024•38 min•Ep. 198
Greg Casey is the former Sergeant at Arms for the United States Senate, a life long Republican, and staunch supporter of Prop 1. He feels that the partisanship nature of our current system is deteriorating our democracy, and he also sees the direction and power of the Republican party as a danger to all Idaho. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and ways ...
Sep 14, 2024•55 min•Ep. 197
Michael Stowell is the Chief of Canyon County Paramedics. The Ambulance district is seeking a levy override to continue to fund the ambulance and paramedic operations in the county. Without the levy override, Canyon County will still receive emergency services, but they will be at a reduced rate across the board. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and wa...
Sep 13, 2024•38 min•Ep. 196
Nurse Kelli Rich is the founder of the Save My Family program that aims to educate parents and young people alike about the risks and horrible damage coming from social media. Her program is delivered in many areas and is scheduled to be presented throughout West Ada School District in the 2024-2025 school year. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and way...
Sep 12, 2024•49 min•Ep. 195
Trent Tripple is the Ada County Clerk and has compiled the most complete analysis of voting records (all anonymous, of course) and voting habits for Ada County to date. He brought in the compiled data, and we not only looked over that but also checked out the ballot verifier for the county, which allows anyone to audit the votes of the entire county, all 240,000 of them. The amazing thing, as you'll see, is that people are far more complex when voting than some would have you believe. Enjoy! The...
Sep 10, 2024•53 min•Ep. 194
Joe Anderson is the founder of Back the Blue organization, which aims to boost and support law enforcement through service work, rallies, and volunteerism. His efforts over the last decade have been unwavering, awe inspiring, and instructive. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and ways of life. It’s also home to many law enforcement agencies, like Ada Co...
Sep 09, 2024•57 min•Ep. 193
Kate Wilson started the Foster & Heart organization that focuses on helping foster youth with sibling groups in SW Idaho. They have been working with the Department of Health and Welfare and community groups to bring not just a home but the right home to children in need. The nuts and bolts of how she got the organization off the ground in the midst covid and chaos was so cool. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley an...
Sep 06, 2024•47 min•Ep. 192
Trevor Chadwick is the mayor of Star, Idaho, and has worked non-stop to work with the community and developers to manage the unprecedented growth of Star. Considering that the town has almost doubled in size in the last 4 years and the restraints of budget growth imposed by the state, it's very cool to see what he and the city are doing. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is hom...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 191
Hyrum Erickson is a Republican Precinct Committeeman in district 34 and an avid supporter of Prop 1, Idaho’s Open Primary and Rank Choice Voting initiative. He feels deeply that the majority of Idaho’s voting public not only is shut out of all elections of any real consequence, but also that almost 90% of voters in Idaho are of no consequence to those running for public office and are therefore neglected almost completely. He sees open primaries and rank choice voting as a way to address this pr...
Sep 03, 2024•55 min•Ep. 190
Chief Zachary Hessing is the Star Chief of Police. Throughout his time at the helm, Star has been able to increase proactive police activity and decrease reactive police calls, making Star a safer community for all. He has also been able to do this over a period of time where Star has just about doubled in population. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties a...
Aug 29, 2024•55 min•Ep. 189
Rod Beck is one of three Ada County Commissioners and also the original driving force for closed primaries in the state of Idaho. Idaho had open primaries until 2012, at which point we went to a closed primary system. He is also not a fan of Rank Choice Voting as he sees several potential problems with voter education and implementation. Rod appeared on the show representing just his personal position and not representing the position of the commissioners or the county. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast ...
Aug 28, 2024•39 min•Ep. 188
Travis Clyde is the chairman of the Idaho Majority Club and has spearheaded the effort to bring Riley Gaines, the NCAA champion swimmer who had to famously swim against transgender athlete Lia Thomas in the national championship, to Idaho. Riley is speaking in Meridian on Aug 28th. You can get tickets for the event at Idahomajorityclub . com. Use promo code Rileyradio24 for a discount. The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and g...
Aug 26, 2024•36 min•Ep. 187
Jake Ball is a member of the Idaho Fair Elections PAC which is against the Open Primary initiative. Jake and I spoke at length about open vs closed vs jungle primaries, what is would mean for independent and unaffiliated voters, and some larger considerations and implications. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and ways of life. It’s also home to many la...
Aug 24, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 186
Tim Martin is the board president of the Idaho Trails Association. He has spent the last 35 years exploring Idaho and has a deep love for sharing the outdoors that make Idaho one of the greatest states in the union. I can’t wait to join them on an adventure. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and ways of life. It’s also home to many law enforcement agenc...
Aug 22, 2024•49 min•Ep. 185
John is a world class practical "prepper," with former careers in law enforcement and private industry, who moved to Idaho with the express intention of living in a strategic location that lends itself to self reliance and self defense in the event on a catastrophic disaster, either natural or man made. I need a farm yesterday. This is the first episode of many, for sure. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great st...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 184
Alex Adams is the director of Health and Welfare for the state of Idaho. Although he is new to the job, he jumped into positively revising and supporting programs for Idaho's youth. Hearing about what he is doing to improve the lives of foster youth, foster youth families, and futures for at risk youth was inspiring to say the least. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to...
Aug 19, 2024•52 min•Ep. 183
Stephen Hunt is the Chief Development Officer for Valley Regional Transit. He came into the studio to talk about the budget issues and decisions that Nampa is grappling with as they pertain to ridership, cost, overall benefit, and long term goals with public transportation within the Treasure Valley and Nampa. Nampa is currently on the cusp of cutting the VRT budget, which would remove some long distance bus routes but also some more localized services. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier so...
Aug 14, 2024•43 min•Ep. 182
Dave Binetti is one of the five board members for West Ada School District. He was the founding member of WAPA (West Ada Parent Association), and was instrumental in getting students back in schools without masks on. West Ada recently received their ISAT scores, one of which is the highest ever. We spoke at length about policies being initiated by other school districts nationwide and how West Ada has very clear, specific child and parent protections and does NOT engage in co-parenting with the ...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 181
Sebastian Griffin is one of the city councilmen from Nampa and is fighting to reduce wasteful spending in the city by reducing funding for Valley Regional Transit. There has been confusion about how utilized the service is for years, but after riding the bus from Nampa to Boise and back every day for weeks, Sebastian concluded that there are literally under 10 regular passengers that benefit from those bus lines on a daily basis. However, reducing the budget comes with many strings attached, inc...
Aug 12, 2024•36 min•Ep. 180
Kassie Strohmeyer is the proprietor at Lazy SP Ranch, a raw cow milk producer in the Treasure Valley. She supplies her milk for consumption and purchase at Rustic Oven in Middleton. For years, Raw milk has been the source of much lore and news stories with many suppliers and co-ops getting shut down by government agencies, so hearing the process she goes through and about the industrial dairy industry was incredibly fascinating and enlightening. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 179
Rep. Mike Moyle is one of the longest standing representatives in the state of Idaho and sponsored House Bill 389, which is a bill aimed at curbing the increases in property tax residents were experiencing as cities and areas grew. Property tax in Idaho has no limit to growth, so HB 389 worked to restrict the amount cities could increase their budget that is drawn from property tax. Some cities are claiming there are issues with this, and some are managing fine. Rep. Moyle came in to explain wha...
Aug 06, 2024•32 min•Ep. 178
Rep. John Vander Woude is an Idaho state representative and the chair of the Health and Welfare committee. Idaho has come into national attention as of late for its state laws on abortion after the repeal of Roe V Wade, which some argue have also lead to a contraction of reproductive care and health services for women. We are also struggling with ballooning Medicare costs do to unprecedented expansion. This was definitely the first of many. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long...
Aug 03, 2024•46 min•Ep. 177
John DiGirolamo is a critically acclaimed author who delves deeply into the underside of many human tragedies that we now face in society. In his most recent book, It's Not About the Devil, he chronicles three profound individuals doing immense good, one of whom is Idaho's very own Officer David Gomez. Gomez is the co-founder of Fortify Your Kids, an organization focusing on parent tech education as the primary way to protect our youth from online harm, and is a nationally recognized authority o...
Aug 02, 2024•53 min•Ep. 176
Brandon Durst is a member of the Idaho State GOP party and came in to discuss the platform priorities that the party adopted recently at the state conference. Issues like canceling funding for higher education, eliminating spending on anything outside of the state constitution, eliminating abortion exemptions, and more were issues of great concern for a number of people. I greatly appreciate his time in explaining them. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews an...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 175
Margaret Carmel is a journalist for Boise Dev and recently covered the issues with Chick-fil-A coming into the city of Eagle as well as the Anti-Sanctuary status of the city. There are also several outstanding lawsuits with the city, and some that have been resolved. I always appreciate her local news updates! Enjoy. The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idaho. The Boise area is home to many counties and ways ...
Jul 29, 2024•51 min•Ep. 174
Kresta Davis is the Senior Manager of Water Resources for Idaho Power. Idaho Power utilizes cloud seeding to gain more precipitation out of passing winter storms during the winter months. This program is overseen by the Idaho Water Resource Board and has been in operation for roughly three decades. This is a hugely informative episode that brought to light a program that I have never really understood. Enjoy! For additional resources: National Center for Atmospheric Research: https://ncar.ucar.e...
Jul 27, 2024•35 min•Ep. 173
Tammie Halcomb is the new executive director of FARE Idaho, a group dedicated to supporting and enhancing the offerings of local food and service industry producers throughout the state of Idaho. FARE Idaho was born out of need, with so many people moving to this incredible state but lacking the awareness of local options. Tammie is fantastic, and I personally work with and patronize several FARE Idaho members and highly recommend you check them out. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is the premier sourc...
Jul 26, 2024•52 min•Ep. 172
