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NewEp. 53Thursday, November 51 hr 52 min
The Church of Roads
The most important election of our lifetimes is in the rearview mirror, and America has once again been either saved or destroyed, depending on which channel you watch. We survey the wreckage, discover that Idaho remains stubbornly Republican, and reassure the rabble that building permits, property taxes, and toilet-based doom-scrolling will continue uninterrupted. Twelve-term Governor Brad Little delivers a sermon on the sacred trinity of Roads, Roads, and Roads, inspiring adherents, while Minnesota election investigators face felony charges for...investigating elections. Back in Idaho, voters approve anything remotely labeled a "school" levy, reject Prop 1 and HJR 4, and weigh in on the critically important question of Idaho's official state gun. The election is over. Your amygdala may now return to its regularly scheduled programming.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador sues OpenAI to protect consumers from the existential dangers of artificial intelligence...by having the company write the state a very large check. We consult the accused chatbot, which proves considerably less entertaining than the lawsuit itself. Meanwhile, NPR discovers influenza, Costco abandons Eagle, Idaho's snowplows await their annual naming ceremony, and Halloween festivities in St. Maries provoke warnings about Satan's influence on Main Street. Plus, Idaho residents battle over Prop 1 campaign signs, Hayden's million-dollar policing arrangement acquires another layer of bureaucratic oversight, and the Idaho Department of Freedom prepares to regulate your independence. The gubmint is here to protect you from everything except itself. Please remit payment. Or else.
This week we examine (slash lament) the astonishing number of people who fell for our viral In-N-Out Burger satire, mourn the alleged extinction of local journalism, and dissect congressional candidate Kaylee Peterson's political sleight of hand. Plus, Idaho's exploding "automatic" spending, election-integrity narratives, and the shocking discovery that a four-day school week might leave...children hungry. Welcome to the lush rainforest of news, where mainstream narratives are abundant and critical thinking is endangered.
One year, 50 episodes, and somehow "the talent" is still at it. NO ID celebrates its anniversary by deconstructing Idaho's M5M coverage of ballot wars, the limits of direct democracy, and gubmint accountability (lmao). Plus, a little Michigan electoral dysfunction, the charming practice of "trans-ing" confused minors down in Boise, and Coeur d'Alene's latest demonstration that city accounting is apparently optional.
The Kootenai County Commissioners, the City of Hayden, and the Kootenai County Sheriff squabbling continues with highlights from a contentious confrontation at a commissioners meeting. Plus, an Ocean's 11-esque political lawn sign heist, the school superintendent debates, Idaho's expanding surveillance-camera network, and further curious circumstances surrounding HJR 4.
Matt Edwards of Citizens Alliance Idaho joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about public education, whistleblowers, political pressure, free expression, and the machinery behind Idaho ballot initiatives. Plus, Prop 1, Spokane's new post-fires permitting policies, shrinking school enrollment yet expanding appetite for revenue, and the latest installment of the Hayden–Kootenai County Sheriff's Office contract saga.
The legislature desperately needs your opinion on which vintage firearm should become Idaho's official state gun. Your opinion on whether you should retain the right to make decisions about your own life? Well, that's another matter entirely. This week: HJR 4, drug-policy ballot questions, the state's surprise $657 million surplus, the Boomer wealth machine, and a surprisingly positive River-Keeper follow-up.
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No ads.No spin.No ID.
NO ID is Idaho's independent, producer-supported podcast that deconstructs the mainstream media.
Every week, Paul and Scott go through the headlines, press releases and local TV packages coming out of Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Spokane. They ask who's framing the story, what got left out, and who benefits.
It's hyper-local, often funny, and never sponsored. The show runs entirely on support from listeners like you.
Idaho politics
Local government
Local media
Kootenai County
The Legislature
Civil liberties
Paul Banducci
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Scott Moskowitz
Co-host
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