NO ID Episode 30 - Little Handy
Executive Producers:
Chris Talbot
Anonymous
Idaho’s primaries are over, and the establishment is celebrating. We dissect Boise NPR’s reaction to the results, the political demise of the Gang of Eight, Brad Little’s charming victory lap, and the role of big agricultural interests in deciding who gets to stay in office. Then it’s on to the contradictions of Idaho’s growth, government’s "pandemic-era" priorities, taxpayer-funded bureaucratic absurdities, and the latest developments in the North Idaho "Republicans" politics.
Timestamps:
(00:25) "The most important primary of our lifetimes"
(01:35) NPR celebrates the collapse of the Gang of Eight
(06:00) Low turnout, ballot measures, and the establishment advantage
(10:40) Idaho’s congressional districts and the North–South divide
(13:00) Brad Little’s primary victory and the King Ag machine
(18:00) COVID amnesia and the governor’s record
(22:00) Idaho’s cost of living and the government’s growth narrative
(30:00) The establishment returns to the Idaho Republican Party
(35:00) How political rhetoric and politicians have changed
(40:00) North Idaho "Republicans" and the freedom-under-attack narrative
(44:00) Value-for-Value
(54:00) Podcasting, personality, and the art of saying less
(59:00) Government claims ownership of the great outdoors
(64:00) Pandemic restrictions and the definition of “essential”
(69:00) Boise’s spending priorities
(74:00) Media framing, transgender issues, and yellow journalism
(79:00) Idaho’s legal battles and the cost of government
(84:00) Newspaper workers strike as corporate ownership squeezes local journalism
(89:00) North Idaho’s conservative representation and the road ahead
(95:00) Kootenai County GOP drama and two years of coming material
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