Wendy Carver-Herbert is a longtime Garden City resident and is running for City Council. She is passionate about Garden City, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 count...
Oct 09, 2025•50 min•Ep. 646
Lori Frasure is a current West Ada School District Board of Trustee member and is running for re-election. She is passionate about the students, the education, and the direction of the district. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 man...
Oct 09, 2025•54 min•Ep. 645
Kody Daffer is a Nampa resident and is running for City Council. He is passionate about Nampa, the culture, the growth, and the direction the city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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...
Oct 09, 2025•34 min•Ep. 644
Bill Godfrey is a board member of the Crowfoot Range, a shooting range going into the Avimor development. The range has attracted much attention because the city of Eagle is considering making a donation to the non-profit to support its development. In return, Eagle residents would get discounted utilization of the range. This is in sharp contrast to an additional option for the city of Eagle, specifically finding roughly four million dollars to finish its own range. There is a lot to understand...
Oct 09, 2025•51 min•Ep. 643
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 direction the city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 counti...
Oct 08, 2025•45 min•Ep. 642
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 direction the city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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...
Oct 08, 2025•41 min•Ep. 641
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 city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 l...
Oct 08, 2025•39 min•Ep. 640
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 approaches, many people return their focus to the health and populations of our much beloved game as well as evolving rules around technology and fair hunts. Jim and I spoke on these topics and more. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. Th...
Oct 08, 2025•51 min•Ep. 639
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 city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 o...
Oct 07, 2025•43 min•Ep. 638
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 is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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...
Oct 07, 2025•26 min•Ep. 637
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 methane capture from the landfill that generates power and profit annually. The commissioners are also considering whether or not private property owners on ag land should be allowed to put up solar panels on their land. These are complex issues considering existing zoning, our energy crisis, and our continuing loss of ag land. Enjoy! The Ra...
Oct 07, 2025•50 min•Ep. 636
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 going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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....
Oct 07, 2025•47 min•Ep. 635
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 city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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...
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 634
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 Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 hom...
Oct 06, 2025•30 min•Ep. 633
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 going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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. I...
Oct 06, 2025•44 min•Ep. 632
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 supply chains for existing electrical production. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 ...
Oct 06, 2025•39 min•Ep. 631
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 direction the city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 count...
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 630
Tammie Halcomb is the executive director of FARE Idaho, an Idaho based advocacy group that promotes local providers, purveyors, and producers and supports structures and legislation to help Idaho businesses thrive. She came in to enjoy the Ranch Dirty Burger, made by yours truly, and talk about the state of Idaho’s local provider community. 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 ...
Oct 03, 2025•46 min•Ep. 629
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 route Idaho is taking. Having been a teacher, principal, and superintendent, he is concerned about the state of support for public education in that he personally experienced the struggle with recruiting and retaining educators to serve our children. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organ...
Oct 03, 2025•43 min•Ep. 628
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 government experience to Eagle. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 ...
Oct 02, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 627
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 direction the city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 ...
Oct 02, 2025•46 min•Ep. 626
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 around Nampa in recent months, and Sebastian kindly came in to discuss at length the conversation that has been going on for over a year. This is, obviously, very complex. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. The Ranch Podcast is the...
Oct 02, 2025•47 min•Ep. 624
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 city is going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 ...
Oct 02, 2025•40 min•Ep. 625
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 decrease of licensed OB/GYNs in Idaho, David kindly agreed to come in to discuss options for improving healthcare access for the women of Idaho. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format i...
Oct 01, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 623
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 Parker not practicing in the Treasure Valley and instead being forced to live here but offer his skills elsewhere. We talked extensively about some of the realities of the physician shortage in Idaho and how the medical systems are leaning more towards business decisions and not community health decisions, leaving all of us residents at a l...
Sep 30, 2025•52 min•Ep. 622
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 going. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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...
Sep 30, 2025•50 min•Ep. 621
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 funds and direction of the city. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 coun...
Sep 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 620
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 nuclear is the right answer for so many of the existing and incredibly dangerous problems. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and information in the Treasure Valley ...
Sep 29, 2025•41 min•Ep. 619
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 enforcement all the way to Santa Claus on a horse. He now wants to bring that care and attention to the city council. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. The Ranch Podcast is the premier source for long format interviews and informat...
Sep 26, 2025•37 min•Ep. 618
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 help within the city administration. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. 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 ...
Sep 26, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 617
