Danielle Trujillo is the Executive Director of the Andrus Center for Public Policy and came in to speak about this iconic Idaho figure and his three primary pillars of consideration. There are a few figures from recent history that have truly shaped the Idaho that we all love and enjoy today, and I’m thankful that Danielle is willing to come in and start educating me about Cecil Andrus. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed ...
May 15, 2025•48 min•Ep. 471
Rachel Moorhouse is running for the Ada County Library District on May 20th and came in to speak about why she is running. She is a multigenerational Idahoan and has raised several children here and hopes to help maintain the communities high quality of life. 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 i...
May 14, 2025•37 min•Ep. 470
Suzette Moore is running for the Ada County Library District on May 20th and came in to speak about why she is running. Book moderation, library funding, and library relevance were topics we covered. 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 Idaho. ...
May 13, 2025•29 min•Ep. 469
Luci Willits is on the Boise City Council and was the only opposing vote in the recent decision to make the LGBTQ flag into an official city flag. She made this decision for a number of reasons, and I’m very thankful that she was willing to come in and chat about her thought process. 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 lon...
May 13, 2025•29 min•Ep. 468
Dustin Miller is the Director of the Idaho Dept. of Lands and came in to speak about the upcoming fire season, the partnerships that we rely on to fight them, and federal policy that he feels will help Idaho fight fires and manage lands and industry. 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 informatio...
May 12, 2025•40 min•Ep. 467
Luke Malek is an attorney with Smith + Malek and has worked alongside the medical field in and out Idaho for years. He is intimately aware of the issues Idaho is facing with attracting doctors, many of which are centered around the needs of all families and not medicine, like housing affordability, public safety, and public schools. Idaho has very few medical education and residency options, so we have to attract established doctors to move here, and when considering the state from a life and fa...
May 12, 2025•45 min•Ep. 466
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
