Dara Ezzell-Pebworth is running for West Ada School Board. She is passionate about public education, the district, and the direction it 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 home to ma...
Oct 14, 2025•40 min•Ep. 654
Carlos Hernandez 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 way...
Oct 14, 2025•34 min•Ep. 653
Richard McPherson is a world leading authority on Nuclear Technology. In Episode 13 of the American Nuclear series, we discuss the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown, the causes, the impact, and more than anything, the fact that this was the only US based Nuclear meltdown that resulted in ZERO loss of life or injury (aside from financial). Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused media. The R...
Oct 14, 2025•57 min•Ep. 652
Kevin Cook is an Idaho State Senator and working tirelessly to address Idaho’s water storage needs. Water originating in and flowing through Idaho is incredibly limited and precious, fueling our agricultural sector, water lawns and faucets for development, generating power for the western power grid, and then moves on through other western states to do the same on its way to the Pacific. Kevin is working to encourage the federal government to come to the table and support development of water st...
Oct 13, 2025•48 min•Ep. 651
Jason Monks is an Idaho State Representative and kindly came in to discuss the School Choice Tax Credit and requirements for receiving it. There is a recently filed lawsuit against Idaho citing religious discrimination by a private school that receives the tax credit, and Jason came in to discuss the nuances and nature of the tax credit and what is and is not required by those that benefit from it. I greatly appreciate his time and willingness to discuss this topic. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast is s...
Oct 10, 2025•51 min•Ep. 650
Marisela Pesina is a longtime Caldwell resident and is running for City Council. She 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 way...
Oct 10, 2025•57 min•Ep. 649
Kelceymarie Warner 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 countie...
Oct 10, 2025•33 min•Ep. 648
Jarom Wagoner 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 10, 2025•48 min•Ep. 647
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
