Jeff Kohler is an existing Meridian Library Board Trustee and running for re-election on May 20th. We spoke at length about the various programs, offerings, and struggles of the Meridian library system and what Jeff sees for the future. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treas...
May 09, 2025•38 min•Ep. 465
Mike Hon is running to be elected a Trustee of the Meridian Library Board on May 20th. We spoke at length about his concerns with the district, specifically fiscal responsibility and content moderation. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley and great state of Idah...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 464
Garrett Castle is running for the Meridian Library District Trustee position on the May 20th ballot. He is incredibly enthusiastic about our library systems and sees great value across generations for its continued preservation and use, and he wants to be part of the trustee board that continues to care for this system. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch ...
May 08, 2025•49 min•Ep. 463
Chief Allen is the Chairman of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and came in to speak about the enormous difference between his life as a young person before Indian casinos in Idaho and what his tribe and youth are experiencing now having built a casino. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe is working with Shoshone-Paiute on the Duck Valley Reservation to build its first casino to bring the level of prosperity and hope that Chief has witnessed in his lifetime. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Fo...
May 08, 2025•32 min•Ep. 462
Travis Worwood is a candidate for the Ada County Library District Board. Aside from the many individual city library districts, Ada County has four additional libraries that it operates. Travis is a medical professional and came in to speak about the issues surrounding the system, the value he sees for the county, and he personally gets, and why he is running for a board seat. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiase...
May 06, 2025•51 min•Ep. 461
Phil Reynolds is a Meridian resident running for the Meridian Library District Board. We spoke at length about ways he thinks the libraries can evolve and maintain value as well as things he’s worried about with the content of the libraries. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the ...
May 06, 2025•47 min•Ep. 460
Dr. Jeff Carlson is a seasoned Ed. Tech leader and came in to speak about the integration and future of tech in the Idaho education system. There are many problems emerging in this field, most notably recently with AI, but there are other more basic questions about value and even funding. Many of the 1-1 tech systems were purchased during the 2020 pandemic using one time funding, and now many schools are saying they can’t live without the devices that are on the verge of obsolescence. What we do...
May 05, 2025•52 min•Ep. 459
Gretchen Hyde is the Executive Director of the Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission and works closely across industries to promote, sustain, and educate all about the fundamental necessity of rangeland in Idaho. Our ranching industry benefits Idahoans in so many ways, not the least of which is fire mitigation and land management. Grazing operations often engage areas of land not habitable by basic communities and not accessible to the average person. These areas must be managed properly lest we e...
May 02, 2025•51 min•Ep. 458
Brian Jagger is the founder of GuardRailz AI, an AI system integrated into several university systems as well as high schools throughout the country. President Trump recently passed an executive order that emphasizes integration of AI in classrooms down to kindergarten, and Brian came in to talk about what different types of integration and utilization might look like from our earliest learners and up in Idaho. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit medi...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 457
Celeste Bolin is the Executive Director of One Stone High School. There is a new type of conversation emerging in the United States and especially Idaho around education and relevance to life. One Stone is going after this exact issue and constantly asking the question, how are we providing relevant information around the students goals and their future life in society? I hope this is the first of many. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organi...
May 01, 2025•38 min•Ep. 456
Kevin Bailey is a VP of Impact and the Idaho Nonprofit Center. He came in to speak about the nature of Idaho nonprofits and help me see the incredible reliance we all have on the robust nonprofit offerings in this incredible state. Whether you were born in a nonprofit hospital, educated or cared for in your early years by a nonprofit, learned financial literacy at a nonprofit, or even comforted in your final days by a nonprofit, it’s very likely you were positively touched by these great organiz...
Apr 30, 2025•52 min•Ep. 455
Dan Meyer is the CSA Farmer for the Dry Creek Ranch community and also runs a weekly open market. He came into farming after his college education and came in to speak on the difficulties and considerations with operating a smaller, non-industrialized farm program. Our food system is incredibly complex, and I love speaking with Dan about the different problems and solutions that he confronts as he tries to provide a local food supply to the community. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Tru...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 454
JohnathanBaldauf is a BSU graduate and local attorney. He has a deep love and appreciation for the written word and the libraries that support education, youth, and our communities. He’s running for the Ada County Library District Board and came in to speak about issues near and dear to him. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the premier source...
Apr 29, 2025•45 min•Ep. 453
Dr. Perry Brown is an Idaho Pediatrician and heads a pediatric residency in the Treasure Valley. He is also engaged daily with recruiting more medical professionals in a wide array specialties. Hearing the direct feedback from doctors who are rejecting Idaho as an option was sobering to say the least. The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the premier sou...
Apr 28, 2025•49 min•Ep. 452
Ted Hill is the District 14 Representative for Idaho and focused on many things regarding Idaho’s security. Strategic seed supply, foreign ownership of our farm lands, power security and more are things he’s been working on for years. He is also a champion for many who feel our community has become too reflective of culture war issues, like flags and pronouns. He is also a lifelong Idahoan and a Top Gun pilot. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media...
Apr 26, 2025•51 min•Ep. 451
Callie Zamzow is a member of the legendary Zamzow family and has a love for finished compost like I’ve never seen (like, for real). She very kindly came in to explain how and why over use of chemicals on lawns destroys the very biological systems in place that actually produce better looking lawns. We hit dethatching, aerating, feeding, watering, and more than anything, soil health. I always enjoy having her. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media ...
Apr 25, 2025•43 min•Ep. 450
Susan Buxton is the Director of Parks and Recreation for the state of Idaho. She has an incredible love for the outdoors and the preservation of Idaho's wildlife FOR people, as opposed to preserving it from people. She is not only a wealth of knowledge about Idaho’s offerings, but she also deeply understands the need for engagement, preservation, and citizen appreciation in our natural systems. If we forget how incredible these resources are, we’ll surely lose them in years to come. This is the ...
Apr 25, 2025•45 min•Ep. 449
Brandy Furiani is the Executive Director of Eagle Chamber of Commerce, and we spoke at length today about social media, how to find your voice, and what the Chamber does to try to help businesses find their voices on different mediums. She also brought in INCREDIBLE food from Tasso. Thank you TASSO!!!!! www.theRanchPodcast.org 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...
Apr 24, 2025•28 min•Ep. 448
Dr. Kyle Tobler is a reproductive medicine specialist at Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine. Reproductive Medicine is a massively growing field as couples wait longer to have children, we focus on careers more, and we move away from the older paradigm of marriage and children in our late teens and early 20s. Dr. Kyle Tobler from the Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine came in to speak about what couples can do, both with and without medical intervention, to start and grow families. Enjoy!...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 447
Kate Wilson is the Executive Director of Foster + Heart foster care that focuses on offering an emergency foster care service for large sibling groups that would otherwise be separated in the worst times of their young lives. She came in to speak about the incredible work they’re doing and also to let people know how they can get involved and help. There is a supply drive at the 10 Mile Walmart on May 1st where you can donate socks, toothpaste, and really anything as well as their annual Gala at...
Apr 22, 2025•47 min•Ep. 446
Marc Gee is the Middleton School District Superintendent and came in to speak about a bond measure that the district is running. Middleton is growing at a breakneck speed, and many people are moving there for better lives for themselves and their children, which, naturally, puts enormous pressure on the schools. The district has worked for years to revise and reduce the bond measure that they’ve taken to the community, and Marc came in to explain what they have done to bring this measure down as...
Apr 22, 2025•46 min•Ep. 445
Monica Church is an Idaho educator and an avid defender of Idaho’s culture and history. She spent a huge part of the legislative session extending olive branches to those on the other side of the aisle and believes that friendship and collaboration are truly at the heart of a pragmatic, functional Idaho. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the p...
Apr 22, 2025•49 min•Ep. 445
Kristen Jenson is a leading child safety advocate, author, and national voice for defending our young people. She has multiple best selling books about ways to talk to your young children about pornography and what they can do if they find themselves in a bad situation with a predator or even another child. These are difficult conversations to have, but these problems have become part of a national crisis that must be addressed on the individual family level, and Kristen is helping families do t...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 444
Mike Simpson is the District 2 US Congressman to Idaho and came in to speak about issues with the Equal Access to Justice Act, the Public Lands in Public Hands bill that he is co-sponsoring, and the DOGE initiative spearheaded by Elon Musk and supported by President Trump. I greatly appreciate his willingness to carve out time for these crucial conversations. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused m...
Apr 18, 2025•29 min•Ep. 443
Nick Fasciano is the Executive Director of Idaho Wildlife Federation and came in to speak about wildlife distribution in the state of Idaho. Big game in particular is functioning in ways that are different from years past, and this shift in movement and migration patterns have many causes. Nick will also be speaking at the Rugged Idaho event in Caldwell on April 19th. If you’re interested in hearing more, go check it out! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit ...
Apr 16, 2025•39 min•Ep. 442
Parker Hargen started his So Good movement almost roughly ten years ago, and has led by example bringing the best, positive actions forward to his community. He drives around with a Nascar jack in his car to help with flats (in record time, mind you) and leans in to taking real, meaningful action in the real world. It’s humbling to be around someone who is so unabashedly pushing to be better every day, but I think it’s something we all need. Enjoy! www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is th...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 441
Matt Clifford is the Ada County Sheriff and is intimately involved with dealing with illegal immigrants in our area. Many people have asked recently if Idaho law enforcement offices and departments will cooperate with ICE in the coming months and years, and Matt came in to explain that this way of thought is a little backwards. Sheriffs in Idaho don’t have the power of deportation. They can only arrest and notify ICE about someone they suspect may be here illegally. ICE then has to take action, ...
Apr 12, 2025•23 min•Ep. 440
Brett Wilder is an Agricultural Economist for University of Idaho and a local producer at Boise River Lamb. He came in to talk about the tariffs being placed on our imports and what that means for Idaho’s industries, its producers, its imports and exports. As Brett points out, these are not all good or all bad, and more than anything, if you have a “Buy Local” bumper sticker on your car and you DON’T like tariffs, you should take a minute and consider your views on the world economy. Enjoy! The ...
Apr 11, 2025•43 min•Ep. 439
Susie Keller is the CEO of the Idaho Medical Association and came in to speak about many things that came up in the legislative session. One in particular was the problem with Parental Consent laws that have issues when considering emergency situations found within recreation, foster care, and even assaults. We also spoke about the state of medical schools within Idaho and finished off with women’s reproductive care. It’s always a pleasure. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media...
Apr 10, 2025•42 min•Ep. 438
Dr. Phil Gore is the Chief Learning Officer for the Idaho School Board Association and works nationally with school boards and leaders to improve public education. He came in to speak about the problems with school boards, the structure, the election process, and what to consider. As Dr. Gore points out, most people do not think about school boards until there are huge problems in the community, and then people REALLY care about the board members, but as expected, individual board members truly ...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 437
