Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today.
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Idaho Matters is a wonderful way to stay up to date, meet people and understand there's much more to this great state. Hosted by Gemma Gaudette on Boise State Public Radio News, it features arts and politics, growth and education, and the interesting stories that make Idaho unique. Send us your questions, comments or story ideas by emailing idahomatters@boisestate.edu or sending us a voicemail using the "Talk To Us" feature on the free Boise State Public Radio app.
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Grouse is a show about the most controversial bird in the West and what it can teach us about hope, compromise and life in rural America.Hosted by Ashley Ahearn, Grouse is an eight-part podcast series produced in partnership with BirdNote Presents and distributed in collaboration with Boise State Public Radio.
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Wanna Know Idaho is a listener-generated podcast from Boise State Public Radio that is driven by YOU! No matter how quirky or serious your question might be, we want to know: What sparks your curiosity about the Gem State, Idaho culture or the people who call it home? Click here to join this curious collective by sharing your question.
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A disturbing crime, a desperate act, and how one case could change the way prisons treat some transgender inmates. This podcast follows the case of Adree Edmo, a transgender inmate in Idaho who sued the state for gender confirmation surgery. The state appealed, and now the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals must rule.
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Join Ashley Ahearn as she visits working ranches across the West to meet the women who are reimagining the way we raise meat. There are a lot of problems with the industrial meat system in this country. Ahearn saddles up, microphone in hand, to bring us a series of sound-rich portraits of women ranchers – their big dreams and daily challenges – as they work to change the ways we manage land and livestock in the West. Projects like these are made possible by Boise State Public Radio members. ...
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For $125 you can get a wild horse from the Bureau of Land Management and try and train it. That’s what I did this spring. Bua’a (“friend” in Paiute) is a three-year-old mustang from the Beatys Butte wild herd of southeastern Oregon. Boo, as I call him, has a kind, curious eye but he doesn’t trust humans – so far, we’ve brought him mostly pain. No matter how you feel about them, mustangs are a powerful symbol of what it means to be American – and Western. To be “of” the open spaces and big sk ...
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Listen along with us as This American Life's Serial podcast revisits the case of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho. Bergdahl walked away from his unit in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured, marking five birthdays in captivity before his release. Now, he faces a full military court-martial. Reporters with the Idaho Statesman and Boise State Public Radio discuss Bergdahl's case, Serial's reporting and what happens when an Idahoan becomes the center of international news.
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Squirrel Girl has taken down Thanos and Doctor Doom – but now she faces something far more terrifying… living authentically. Empire State University college student, Doreen Green, has recently been outed as a Super Hero – The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Hoping to unify her personas in the public eye, Squirrel Girl has created a new student radio show on ESU’s own college station. With the help of her best girl-friend, Nancy Whitehead as producer, and her best squirrel-friend, Tippy-Toe in the ...
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Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: October 2, 2024
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(Indiana Public Media / Flickr) The number of children dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 flu season has unfortunately set a new record - 200 children have lost their lives to flu this year - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. David Pate, former CEO of St. Luke's Health System and co-author of the book "Preparing fo…
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Boise BPD Chief visits Morning Edition, talks trust, finding peace and 'struggling well' in the shadow of a shooting
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Boise Police Chief Chris Dennison( City of Boise) A greater focus on mental health. More transparency. Gaining trust. Those are just a few items on Boise Police Chief Chris Dennison’s to-do list. It has only been a matter of days since he officially took the job, after the city hired Dennison, a 20-plus veteran of the Tucson, Arizona police departm…
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Could the Columbia River solve California's water crisis?
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(Darin Oswald / Idaho Statesman) Former President Donald Trump has a plan to bring water to thirsty parts of the West by turning on a ‘big faucet’ out of the Columbia River. Rocky Barker, who covered environmental issues for the Idaho Statesman for decades, and who now publishes his blog “Letters from the West,” recently wrote an article about the …
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Idaho decision 2024: Absentee ballots and campaign finance laws
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(Katie Kloppenburg / Boise State Public Radio ) How does absentee voting work in Idaho? What do candidates have to report when it comes to how they spend their money? And in the age of social media, where can we find trusted sources of information? These are just some of the questions we’re looking at today. Because it’s a presidential election yea…
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In this combination of photos taken in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Aug. 19, 2024, in York. (AP Photo)(AP / AP) We are a few weeks away from wh…
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Creating art: A behind the scenes look with BOSCO
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(Christian Franco / Flickr) Have you ever wondered what it takes to create a piece of art? Well, this weekend the Boise Open Studios Collective Organization is inviting you to find out as they kick off their 21st annual Open Studios Tour. The event gives people a behind-the-scenes look at…
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"The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu" By Tom Lin
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Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in August 2022. An interview with Tom Lin, author of the novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. A twist on the classic western, it’s a story of one man's quest for redemption in the face of a distinctly American brutality.…
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Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable: September 27, 2024
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Ammon Bundy speaks to the media in front of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Jan. 6 near Burns, Ore. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Brian Kohberger has his first hearing in Boise in the case of four murdered University of Idaho students, Ammon Bundy files for bankruptcy, Japan still doesn’t want our fresh taters, public defend…
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'Scandalized:' Unpacking Americas political scandals
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Scandalized hosts Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler. ( James Dawson) Political scandals are nothing new, some memorable others not, yet many have had a significant impact on the United States. Which is exactly what the new podcast "Scandalized" is looking at as political scientists Charles Hunt and Jaci Kettler dive into moments in history that have ch…
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Taking flight: California condors to be released
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(Nancy Arehart / California Condor Reproduction Program ) On Saturday in Arizona, four California condors that were born and raised in captivity will take their first flight into the wild. Since the 1980s, when there were only 22 of the birds left in the world, the Peregrine Fund has been working to restore condor populations. One of the birds to b…
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The Idaho Renaissance Faire.(Bob Minton / Flickr) Every year at the Idaho Renaissance Faire, hundreds of people gather for some unforgettable dancing, jousting and sword fighting. This year is not different, and along with having lots of fun, people will also get to learn a little bit about his…
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Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: September 25, 2024
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False-color transmission electron micrograph of a field of whooping cough bacteria, Bordetella pertussis.(A. Barry Dowsett / Science Source) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pertussis is on the rise. Here in the Gem State, we're seeing an outbreak in North Idaho and the Boise State Broncos almost had the home op…
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Providing healthcare to Idaho's rural communities
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(Rasande Tyskar / Flickr) More than 50 years ago, Terry Reilly was sent to Nampa by the Catholic Church to help the farmworker community. He started a small health clinic, which over the years grew exponentially. Today, Terry Reilly Health Services operates clinics across southwest Idaho that do all they can to provide medical, dental, and behavior…
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A Bondurant summer camp that has it all: work, play and possibly Wyoming’s future outdoor leaders
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(Caitlin Tan / Wyoming Public Media) Summer is wrapping up, so we’re taking a look back at something that was likely a part of many of our childhoods: summer camp. But this one is a little different. It's a partnership between a ranch in Bondurant, a wildlife non-profit and the state of Wyoming geared toward kids across the country who wouldn’t oth…
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Morning Edition goes a little 'Crazy' for ‘Always… Patsy Cline.’
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Christina Rose Hall stars in 'Always... Patsy Cline' at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival.(Idaho Shakespeare Festival) Where do you begin with Patsy Cline? Well, for one, you go a bit “Crazy,” as in the 1961 song that turned pop and country music on its proverbial ear. It is likely that there are not many people in the Western World who don’t sing alo…
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Idaho decision 2024: What you need to know ahead of voting
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(katbaro / Flickr) You may have seen it in your mailbox in the last few days: a bright, red, white and blue little newspaper called the Vote Idaho Voter Pamphlet, and it’s full of everything you need to know to vote before the November election. We wanted to know more, and because it’s a preside…
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Uncovering history: Artifacts found at Assay Office
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Earlier this year, renovations on Boise's historic Assay Office began. However, as the construction crew broke ground, they discovered they were digging up more than just dirt. Artifacts were buried around the building, some dating back more than 100 years. Archeologist Chris Shaver and outreach historian Dan Everhart, both with the Idaho State His…
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Why is the craft beer industry slowing down?
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(Troy Oppie / Boise State Public Radio ) There are nearly 100 active craft breweries in Idaho — about four times as many as in 2012. But the industry is facing challenges. Changing tastes, discerning drinkers and rising costs have many local breweries on a financial razor’s edge — and tough times are spilling into Idaho’s hop fields, too.…
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Exploring Idaho rivers with Sun Valley Museum of Art
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Empty Skies and Full Creeks (South Fork of the Palouse River), Gouache & casein, 2024 by Aaron Cordell Johnson.( Aaron Cordell Johnson) Throughout Idaho flows over 100,000 miles of river. It's a resource that helps to shape our economy, communities and most recently the latest exhibit at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, where artists a…
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'Wild and Distant Seas:' An author interview with Idaho author Tara Karr Roberts
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( W. W. Norton & Company) This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on March 14, 2024. Imagine a minor character in the classic novel Moby Dick getting her own voice and her own story. That's exactly what happens in Idaho author Tara Karr Roberts debut novel, "Wild and Distant Seas." She joined Idaho Matters to talk more about her recent r…
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An interview with Paul Hendrickson, author of the new book, Fighting the Night. The book is a moving story of his father’s wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices he and his fellow soldiers paid for their selfless acts of service.By Bob Kustra
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Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable: September 20, 2024
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( inciweb.gov) Army soldiers are headed home after a month on Idaho's fire line, renovations to the prisons execution chamber are being made, the CuMo exploration project could turn into a mine and work on the Union 93 project is at a standstill. It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date o…
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Tips for supporting your kids mental health
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(RenoCdZ / iStockphoto) One in six children faces some kind of mental health concern each year, and 50% of mental health issues start to emerge before a child is 14 years old, that’s according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. There has been more focus on kids and mental health, especially after COVID-19 school lockdowns, but help is too …
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Climate change is making Colorado mountain streams more acidic and polluted
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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now to a story from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where climate change is having a subtle but serious impact on streams and rivers. As member station KUNC's Rae Solomon reports, they're becoming more acidic and polluted with heavy metals like zinc, iron and copper. RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: It's a bright summer day in the mou…
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New collaboration shows way to get help with ‘insatiable’ prescribed fire need
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A low-intensity burn on the recent Crawford prescribed fire near Cascade, Idaho(Steve Vigil / The Nature Conservancy ) On a Thursday morning in May, Forest Service staff and crew leaders gathered in the Cascade Ranger District Office for a briefing. They were putting a plan together for the nearby, nearly 100-acre Crawford burn on the Boise Nationa…
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Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: September 18, 2024
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(Jamie Grill / Tetra images RF/Getty Images) According to a new report from the March of Dimes, more than 5.5 million women in the U.S. live in counties that are experiencing limited to no access to maternity care resources. Here in our state, three facilities have shuttered their maternity services since Idaho enacted its near total abortion ban i…
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Reporter resigns after using AI to make up quotes
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Newsrooms around the country are talking about how to use AI in the wake of a recent journalism scandal in our region. A reporter in Cody, Wyoming resigned after he was caught using the technology to write stories and make up quotes. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Hanna Merzbach has more.By Staff
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Idaho decision 2024: Breaking down voter registration
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(Emilie Ritter Saunders / Boise State Public Radio) Tuesday, Sept. 17 is National Voter Registration Day, and 2024 marks a historic election year. In November, voters will decide the future of our country for the next four years, as well as many key state and local races. Because it’s a presidential election year, there’s been a lot of focus on not…
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(Latino Conservation Week / Traci Swift) Protecting our environment is important, especially if we want to continue to enjoy it, which is something that many people will be doing as they take part in Latino Conservation Week. The national celebration kicked off earlier this weekend and puts focus on the conservation goals of our Latino community wh…
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'Telling the stories of women's lives' with Elizabeth Gilbert
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Elizabeth Gilbert greets and talks with students from the Oregon Youth Challenge program.(Deschutes Public Library/The Penguin Group / Flickr) This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on Month 13, 2024. Maybe you saw the movie starring Julia Roberts or read the book "Eat, Pray, Love," which was an international bestseller and sold more than 1…
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Idaho mom fights to improve dyslexia legislation and literacy in Idaho
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(f_ / iStockphoto.com) This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on May 30, 2024. Idaho Mom Robin Zikmund knew her son was different at an early age. While his peers were reading by the third grade, her son was still struggling. Eventually her son was diagnosed with dyslexia, but Robin wanted to do more than just have a diagnosis for her son. …
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"Ian Fleming: The Complete Man" By Nicholas Shakespeare
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An interview with Nicholas Shakespeare, author of the new book, Ian Fleming: The Complete Man. The book offers an eye-opening portrait of the mysterious and fascinating man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact.By Bob Kustra
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Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable: September 13, 2024
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( Custer County Sheriff) The latest on the Lava and Wapiti fires, a Boise man has been arrested in connection with a terrorist organization, two hunters have survived a grizzly bear attack and new apartments will soon go up near the airport despite objections. It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets yo…
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'Preconceived:' An inside look at crisis pregnancy centers
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( ROCO Films) Since Roe v. Wade was effectively overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, putting abortion laws in the hands of states, crisis pregnancy centers have gotten a lot of attention around the country. A new movie called Preconceived takes an inside look at these centers, including Stanton Health Care in Idaho and its founder, Brandi Swindell…
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(Cosmos Photo / Flickr) Across the country, animal shelters are finding themselves in need of support as they continue to deal with overcrowding, a problem that many pet rescues in Idaho are familiar with. Tackling the issue can be hard, though, especially if you don’t have enough resources or volunteers. Which is why one organization is working to…
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How farmers are implementing climate-smart practices in Idaho
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(Dawn Evans / Flickr) NPR is spending this week looking at climate solutions and how food and agricultural systems are tackling climate pollution and adapting to a changing planet. So Idaho Matters wanted to bring together a panel of local farmers and organizations implementing climate-smart practices in the Gem State. Specifically, we wanted to kn…
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Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: September 11, 2024
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This colorized electron microscope image shows avian influenza A virus (bird flu) particles, red/yellow, grown in cultured cells. (CDC, NIAID via AP)(AP / CDC, NIAID) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new human case of avian influenza has been reported in the state of Missouri. And here in Idaho, we are seeing a rise in…
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Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds
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Leslie Hagenstein indicates where the New Fork River flows through her property on Mar. 27, 2024. She signed up for a program that pays her to pause irrigation on her land in order to save Colorado River water. Some experts say the System Conservation Pilot Program, or SCPP, is costly and may not be the most effective way to save Colorado River wat…
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Nevada conservationists work to protect rare wildflower losing habitat to development
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Patrick Donnelly, Great Basin director for the Center for Biological Diversity, finds a small cluster of Carson Valley monkeyflowers outside of Carson City, Nev., on Thursday, May 2, 2024.(Kaleb Roedel / Mountain West News Bureau ) It’s a sun-soaked afternoon in Carson City, Nev., and Patrick Donnelly is walking down a brush-covered slope between a…
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Exploring space: One astronauts experience
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NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 37 backup crew member, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.(Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center / Flickr) Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit space? Well, Dr. Steve Swanson has a pretty good idea. He's been …
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Idaho Decision 2024: Preparing for election season
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( Canva) 2024 marks a historic election year. In November, voters will decide the future of our country for the next four years, as well as many key state and local races. Because it’s a presidential election year, there’s been a lot of focus on not just who gets elected but also on how our election system works at both a national and local level. …
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(Scott Schiller / Flickr) Giving the environment a voice is something that has motivated Aparna Dial. She’s the Senior Director of Facilities, Engineering and Sustainability for the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. OSU has a huge footprint—29,000 employees and 65,000 students — and a m…
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Are you planning to watch the debate Tuesday between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris? How do you feel about the candidates? That’s a question that scientists who study human behavior would really like to answer. But you can’t measure feelings ... or can you? Dr. Paul Bolls of the Murrow College of Communications at Wa…
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The Climate Crisis: Creating change with hope
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(Robert Val / Flickr) This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on September 11, 2023. NPR is spending this week looking at climate solutions, and as part of this series, we'll be bringing you stories on our climate throughout the week. When it comes to learning about climate change, there’s lots of information out there. And figuring out how …
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Support groups for people anxious about climate change are on the rise. Do they help?
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Farmer Melissa Gilbert (left) and therapist Caitlyn Wallace lead climate cafes in Reno, Nev., where people can share their feelings about the effects of human-caused climate change.(Kaleb Roedel / Mountain West News Bureau ) It’s a Saturday morning on a small urban farm tucked into a residential neighborhood in Reno, Nev., and Melissa Gilbert, hold…
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Thriving ecosystems revealed in wake of shrinking reservoir
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Water levels in Lake Powell are at record lows as the Colorado River is strained by climate change and steady demand. But as the nation's second-largest reservoir recedes, its making way for thriving ecosystems. Alex Hager with KUNC in Northern Colorado tagged along with a team of scientists trying to figure out what's coming back.…
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"The Rise And Fall Of The Neoliberal Order" By Gary Gerstle
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Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in July 2022.An interview with Gary Gerstle, author of The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era. The book illuminates how the ideology of neoliberalism became so infused in the daily life of an era.…
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Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable: September 6, 2024
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A wooden gavel. (Paul and Kami McGuire / Flickr) Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s challenge to the open primaries ballot initiative has been denied, hormone therapy will remain available to inmates for now, Chad Daybell's home is now owned by a nonprofit and an update on the FTC's cas…
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Idaho’s premiere Paralympian visits Morning Edition from Paris
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Idaho's Muffy Davis was a torch bearer at the 2024 Paralympic Summer Games in Paris( Muffy Davis, International Paralympic Committee) Muffy Davis has been an Idaho public servant for a while now – as an Idaho House representative and as the current Chair of the Blaine County Commission. But much of the rest of the world knows her as a gold medal-wi…
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Local program provides free dental care to underserved communities
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(Torghele Dentistry / Flickr ) When we think about taking care of our health, dental hygiene isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind, but as it turns out, it plays a big role in our overall wellbeing. One program is offering free dental care to elementary and middle schools thr…
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