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NO ID Episode 53 - The Church of Roads

Executive Producers:

Denis Vollmer

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.

Timestamps:

(02:10) Everything that won't change now that Democrats control Congress

(08:00) Idaho election results

(11:30) Terry Pickens delivers hope, change, and marginalization

(14:30) Network, 1976, and the timeless art of political outrage

(23:00) Idaho's statewide election results and shifting political demographics

(27:00) North Idaho's closer-than-expected legislative races

(34:00) Felony charges, voter vouching, and the crime of exposing election vulnerabilities

(41:30) Governor Brad Little explains Idaho's affordability crisis

(54:00) Twin Falls voters explain why this election matters

(58:30) Value-for-value

(01:09:00) America's state debt: Who owes the most?

(01:19:30) Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene school levies pass

(01:26:00) Idaho's official state gun

(01:31:00) Proposition 1

(01:39:30) HJR 4

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NO ID Episode 52 - Anti-Séance

Executive Producers:

Derek Boggs

Sir Jaymo, Black Baron of North Idaho

GeekRolling

Anonymous

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.

Timestamps:

(05:20) Raúl Labrador sues OpenAI: Consumer protection or legal plunder?

(13:30) NPR discovers Idaho's first flu death of the season

(17:05) Costco abandons its proposed Eagle location

(21:35) Idaho's annual Name a Snowplow competition returns

(25:00) Accusations of satanic influence in St. Maries

(32:00) Religious convictions, personal choice, and the limits of protest

(41:00) Value-for-value

(44:30) Should NO ID interview political opponents?

(52:30) Gun ownership statistics: Idaho, Wyoming, and D.C.

(01:02:00) The staggering cost of an American hospital stay

(01:10:30) Boise's Proposition 1 campaign signs become political casualties

(01:18:30) Hayden's million-dollar law enforcement contract

(01:21:00) The Idaho Department of Freedom: Your liberty is our responsibility

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NO ID Episode 51 - Lush Rainforest of News

Executive Producers:

Anonymous Angler

Ricky

Kevin Killian

Lynsi Snyder (jklol)

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.

(01:45) The Templin's / In-N-Out satire that fooled half of North Idaho

(06:30) Social media, gullibility, and the death of critical thinking

(11:10) Drop Deliberation Deathmatch

(13:45) Idaho's news deserts and the mythology of watchdog journalism

(19:05) Kaylee Peterson joins the North Idaho Experience podcast

(21:00) Rainbow flags and government's role in social issues

(25:00) Political misdirection and the art of changing the subject

(33:00) Government neutrality versus ideological endorsements

(40:00) Identity politics and rhetorical manipulation

(51:00) The politics of "public health" and gubmint authority

(60:30) Value-for-Value

(75:00) Idaho's "continuous appropriations"

(82:00) Idaho's revenue surprise and Governor Little's spending promises

(87:00) Identity politics returns to the chopping block

(94:00) Idaho voters' confidence in elections

(102:00) Four-day school weeks become a debate about feeding children

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NO ID Episode 50 - Toddler Talent

Executive Producers:

Anonymous Angler

The Spook of Spirit Lake

A.C.

Kevin Killian

IdahoOutlaw88

Sir Jaymo, Black Baron of North Idaho

CryptSlapper of CDA

Anonymous Boomer

Darling Danica

Show Art:

Dan of the Dead

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.

Timestamps:

(02:42) Drop Deliberation Deathmatch

(10:00) Prop 1: The LDS Church's million-dollar contribution and Idaho's abortion ballot battle

(17:55) Statist religious fanaticism and the mainstream media's treatment of religious activism

(21:17) Door Kick Challenge: Coeur d'Alene's teenage delinquents

(23:44) Voting age, drinking age, and the government's curious definition of adulthood

(25:07) HJR-4 and direct democracy: A challenge on Idaho's ballot initiative process

(36:25) Ammon Bundy arrested in Utah

(43:06) St. Luke's and "gender-affirming care" for minors: What the hospital's website advertised in 2022

(48:00) Value-for-value

(01:05:00) NO ID's first-year retrospective, what's next, and the ongoing search for ways to return value to supporters

(01:11:21) Michigan's ridiculous Senate race

(01:19:40) Political tribalism, ideological blind spots, and things that become obvious once you connect the dots

(01:23:44) Coeur d'Alene's BearCat budget fiasco: Insurance money, missing funds, and an invoice that apparently appeared out of nowhere

(01:30:01) Declaring an emergency: The magic words that make normal spending rules disappear

(01:32:08) Episode 50 wrap-up: another year ahead, and a few more accounting lessons for City Hall

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NO ID Episode 49 - Political Fiction Dialogue

Executive Producers:

Sir Jaymo, Black Baron of North Idaho

F.K.

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.

Timestamps:

(00:01:49) Scott's satirical meme campaign and the internet's inability to recognize satire

(00:05:31) Drop Deliberation Deathmatch

(00:08:08) Prop 1 follow-up and the subtle language of media bias

(00:10:22) Stolen political signs and the “coordinated effort” that wasn't

(00:17:00) Critchfield and the canceled debate

(00:23:51) Financial gatekeeping and who gets a voice

(00:24:37) The Kootenai County Commissioners versus their own Sheriff

(00:44:30) The $700,000 question and Bob Norris's compensation

(00:51:47) Flock cameras, ALPRs and “which crimes?”

(00:58:56) Value-for-Value

(01:09:34) Public corruption: 57,000 federal convictions and counting

(01:14:56) The national debt and a $2 trillion annual deficit

(01:20:00) HJR 4 and the legislature's exclusive authority over drugs

(01:24:39) Voting away your own rights

(01:26:06) Boise's community resource fair

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NO ID Episode 48 - Born Bureaucrat

Executive Producers:

Sir Donald of the Firebottles, Secretary General of Greater Idaho

Jeff Mason

Jason the Weightlifting Polack

Anonymous

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.

Timestamps:

(00:01:39) Matt Edwards, The Idaho Signal, and the White Pine whistleblower

(00:06:45) Public education and the price of speaking out

(00:10:07) The Drop Deliberation Deathmatch

(00:12:08) The inaugural NO ID meetup

(00:17:43) Free expression on university campuses in Idaho

(00:22:33) North Idaho College as a case-study

(00:25:47) Proposition 1 and the Citizens Alliance connection

(00:26:27) Who is funding the abortion ballot initiative?

(00:33:26) Physicians and the framing game

(00:42:50) What Prop 1 actually says

(00:46:50) Parental consent and the Prop 1 petition

(00:57:30) The road that nobody wants privatized

(01:00:00) Value-for-value

(01:05:58) Spokane wildfire rebuilding permits

(01:14:59) Idaho's state-run liquor stores

(01:17:15) Boise schools, bonds, and falling enrollment

(01:22:37) Hayden and the KCSO contract

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NO ID Episode 47 - Snake Swapper

Executive Producers:

The Agenda Archaeologist

Jack Cramer

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.

Timestamps:

(00:00:03) Previous episode sound drops

(00:08:41) Idaho's $657 million surplus

(00:15:20) HJR 4 and the war on voter initiatives

(00:22:00) “Higher power” and the Idaho voter

(00:32:00) Prohibition, opioids and the “safety” argument

(00:38:20) Freedom with a giant “but”

(00:42:30) Senator Ruchti on HJR 4

(00:46:50) Idaho's official state gun

(00:54:10) Anonymous Boomer strikes back

(01:00:00) The Boomer wealth machine

(01:13:00) Value-4-Value

(01:26:20) The Boomer wealth transfer

(01:34:00) Housing, inflation and government distortion

(01:36:40) Sir Spook of Spokane's River-Keeper intel

(01:50:00) The dead-fish media narrative

(01:53:10) NO ID meetup announcement

(01:55:10) Boise Pride is magical

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NO ID Episode 46 - Bathroom Encounter

Another week, another tour through Idaho's ever-expanding machinery of public spending, from Post Falls snowplows and Shoshone County staffing shortages to Idaho's overflowing tax collections and the collapse of the Idaho Statesman newsroom. Along the way: Measles is AIDS, public schools aren't getting enough, generational wealth, the eternal political carousel, and an Idaho homeschool family's attempt to sell popcorn...right up until code enforcement gets involved. Plus, a brief glimpse into the future of NO ID and a possible new show.

Timestamps:

(00:01:27) Snowplows and Post Falls

(00:04:40) Post Falls and the $165 million budget

(00:08:02) The government shutdown playbook

(00:11:39) Idaho tax collections beat expectations

(00:14:18) The Idaho Statesman lays off the watchdogs

(00:20:30) AI, unions, and the market value of a journalist

(00:23:07) The media bubble and the political carousel

(00:24:36) Raw milk, measles, and public health

(00:29:00) Public schools and the economics of attendance

(00:33:34) Northern Lakes Fire District levy

(00:38:25) The taxpayer's disappearing paycheck

(00:44:22) Who owns Idaho's future

(00:46:01) Sheep, taxes, and the history of Idaho

(00:50:00) Value for value

(00:55:00) A little more NO ID

(01:00:05) Die With Zero versus generational wealth

(01:10:00) The political carousel

(01:15:45) Lewiston School District tort claim

(01:20:02) Rooting for the underdog

(01:25:02) Flock cameras and the surveillance state

(01:27:21) The state versus the entrepreneur

(01:32:25) Bigfoot, popcorn, and the HOA that actually approved

(01:37:43) Raw drink milkers or bathroom encounters

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NO ID Episode 45 - Absinthe and Midwifery

A seasonal river fluctuation becomes a crisis, a health warning becomes a symposium, and every problem somehow seems to call for yet another government solution. This week, we deconstruct the Spokane River "drying up", the push to change regulations on the Post Falls Dam, and Idaho doctors gathering to warn about the health risks of "climate", wildfire smoke, heat, drought, and...nuclear holocaust. We also examine Idaho's housing affordability problem, the role of zoning and regulation in limiting housing supply, and the political battle over who should be allowed to own homes. In the second half, we dig into ICE enforcement in Post Falls, the growing bureaucratic burden on workers and small businesses, the sudden resignation of three Panhandle Health executives, and the story of a Clark Fork coffee shop shut down after running afoul of health regulations. Along the way, we discuss property taxes, government bureaucracy, digital money, and the recurring and ultimate NO ID question: Are our problems actually being solved by government, or are we just creating more government to deal with the problems government created?

Timestamps

(00:00) The Spokane River dries up—again

(08:00) The Spokane River rally and the Post Falls Dam

(16:45) Idaho doctors, climate health, and the N95 solution

(27:35) Ask Paul: Is pumpkin spice finally being replaced?

(34:40) Producer notes, property taxes, and Stafford TX

(47:20) Value for value and supporting NO ID

(57:40) Idaho gets on board with ICE

(59:00) The Post Falls ICE raid and two longtime workers

(01:13:30) Immigration, paperwork, and the impossible government system

(01:15:10) The bureaucratic nightmare of getting a part-time job

(01:17:10) Digital money, CBDCs, and financial control

(01:18:00) The Canadian trucker convoy and frozen funds

(01:19:40) Idaho's housing affordability problem

(01:21:30) Small lots, zoning, and the missing middle

(01:25:30) Supply and demand, corporations, and housing politics

(01:29:45) Panhandle Health's three sudden resignations

(01:31:40) Bucking Beans and the forcible shuttering of a Clark Fork coffee shop

(01:35:20) North Idaho's political and institutional networks

(01:37:30) Democracy, bureaucracy, and who really holds the power

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NO ID Episode 44 - Full Part-Time Job

Government is always announcing that this tax, that levy, or the other spending program is temporary...yet somehow the money never stops flowing. This week we deconstruct the media's coverage of the Northern Lakes Fire District's proposed $4.5 million "temporary" levy, Idaho's "outdated" public-school funding formula, millions in federal wildfire relief sitting in bureaucratic pipelines, and nearly $1 billion in new federal funding for rural healthcare. We also examine the controversy surrounding the Old State Saloon in Eagle, Mark Fitzpatrick's decision to sell it, and the political risks that come with politicizing an owner-operated establishment.

Timestamps

(00:00) KTVB, tick bites, and the latest "health" scare

(06:30) Northern Lakes Fire District's $4.5 million levy

(19:00) What "temporary" property-tax levies really mean

(27:30) Idaho's public-school funding formula

(39:00) Charter schools, homeschooling, and school choice

(47:00) Millions in wildfire disaster relief stuck in bureaucracy

(57:00) The Old State Saloon controversy

(01:09:00) Mark Fitzpatrick sells his business

(01:19:00) Political retaliation and the risks of owning a business

(01:27:00) Idaho's nearly $1 billion rural healthcare funding package

(01:39:00) When federal money becomes the solution to everything

(01:47:00) Money, taxes, and the Value-4-Value model

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NO ID Episode 43 - Tyranny is a Software Patch Away

Executive Producers:

Anonymous

Kevin Killian

Tyler Cain, the man behind DeFlock Idaho, joins us for an extended deconstruction of automated license plate readers, mass surveillance, and the increasingly blurry line between public safety and government monitoring. We deconstruct the media's coverage of Post Falls and Mayor Randy Westlund, Motorola vs. Flock, a wrongful accusation involving Flock cameras, Tyler's fight with city governments, Idaho's surveillance laws, data sharing with outside agencies, and the argument that surveillance systems can't simply be fixed with “guardrails.” Along the way, we examine the language used to sell government power, the public's changing attitude toward surveillance, and what happens when citizens actually start pushing back.

Timestamps:

(00:00:24) “The man behind DeFlock Idaho” — Tyler Cain joins NO ID

(00:04:00) Flock vs. Motorola, Post Falls, and Mayor Randy Westlund

(00:14:20) When Flock cameras accuse the wrong person: a Colorado case

(00:18:00) ALPRs, surveillance, and the road toward “pre-crime”

(00:20:00) Who is actually behind the backlash against Flock?

(00:34:00) How Tyler Cain became the guy fighting his local government

(00:40:00) Wilder’s $5 yard-sale permit and the absurdity of government accumulation

(00:42:51) When laws sit dormant until somebody decides to enforce them

(00:59:30) Tyler packs the city council meeting—and public comment disappears

(01:19:00) DeFlock Idaho, social media, and turning council meetings into content

(01:28:40) Vaccination exemptions, “experts,” and the credibility problem after "covid"

(01:43:50) The relationship between the state and the citizen

(01:50:00) Why some people oppose Flock now but accepted authoritarianism "during covid"

(02:05:00) Idaho’s ALPR legislation, proposed bans, and the problem with “guardrails”

(02:15:00) KTVB, Wilder, and the automated license plate reader machine

(02:30:00) “Governor Pervert,” preserving Idaho, and political inversion

(02:34:00) Phones, cars, biometrics, and the possibility of 24/7 surveillance

(02:37:00) Why “guardrails” may be the wrong answer

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NO ID Episode 42 - The People's Tree

So you think you’re liberty-minded? But you haven’t followed the self-ownership argument all the way to its logical conclusion? Neither, apparently, has anybody else. This week we deconstruct the media's coverage of the Spokane wildfire responses, the River-Keeper's environmental activism, "Dr" Fauxchi's home state, the mythology of benevolent government, public education, taxation, bureaucracy, and the curious ways government institutions manage "protect" us from...problems they seem to create.

Timestamps:

(00:01:27) Liberty-oriented content and the wrong podcast

(00:07:22) The state as your protector

(00:11:20) Government schools and the Prussian model

(00:15:30) Ruby Ridge and the monopoly on force

(00:17:18) Spokane schools reopen after the fires

(00:24:00) Inflation and federal money

(00:30:00) Idaho development and federal funding

(00:35:00) Government funding and the nonprofit ecosystem

(00:41:38) The Idaho Department of Labor comes calling

(00:46:00) The $145 government check

(00:48:00) Billing the government for its own bureaucracy

(00:52:00) Idaho agriculture and the sheep problem

(00:56:00) Idaho migration and development

(01:00:00) The future of Idaho

(01:07:15) Paul’s Fauxchi correction

(01:16:30) The value model strikes again

(01:25:00) Lawn care, trees, and government regulation

(01:31:13) The Spokane Riverkeeper

(01:41:27) Firefighters, back burning, and arson accusations

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NO ID Episode 41 - Sh*tty Statist Tortilla

Executive Producers:

Anonymous Schmeckle

Joshua Hoover

The Spokane fires become an excuse to talk about levies, emergency powers, and the government's magical ability to temporarily stop enforcing its own rules. Then it's off to Boise for another $5 million "homelessness" grant, Idaho State Police's perpetual "we need more money" problem, agricultural labor, COVID-era death statistics, and Idaho's newest attempt to let people sell their own homemade goods without asking permission. Plus: Fauxchi theater, Trump's relationship with the COVID era, the World Series of Poker, and another mainstream-media sermon about why ordinary citizens definitely shouldn't have guns.

Timestamps:

(00:00:03) Spokane fires, armed residents and the coming levy

(00:06:00) Emergency powers and the government "giving rights back"

(00:14:30) Fauxchi, political theater and interchangeable politicians

(00:20:40) Boise's $5 million "homelessness" grant

(00:32:00) Idaho State Police recruiting and the eternal funding problem

(00:48:00) Agricultural labor, cartels and government-controlled work

(00:57:30) Value-4-value

(01:04:00) "Covid" death statistics and the incentives behind the numbers

(01:19:00) Idaho opens the kitchen door

(01:24:00) Alabama, alcohol regulation and the burrito supreme leaders

(01:28:00) World Series of Poker

(01:33:00) "Extremism" reporting and the buzzword industrial complex

(01:38:00) Guns, civilian self-defense and the mainstream media

(01:42:00) The "pro-gun" state

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NO ID Episode 40 - The Nuclear Lifestyle

Executive Producers:

Sir Donald of the Firebottles, Secretary General of Greater Idaho

Flynner of the Findings

Reb the Gold-digging Cowgirl

Joshua Hoover

An unusually dark trip through the week’s patterns of catastrophe: the devastating Spokane wildfires, the latest fire conspiracy rabbit holes, a mass shooting at the new In-N-Out in Twin Falls, and the media narratives surrounding both. Then we pivot to the usual NO ID medicine: Idaho’s nuclear future, cloud seeding, inflation, disappearing purchasing power, and Idaho’s reassuring new crime statistics. Along the way we get Prison Mike, Dan "Do Not Interrupt Me" Gookin, and possibly the most awkward V-4-V pitch we've ever recorded.

Timestamps:

(00:05:10) Spokane wildfires and widespread destruction

(00:13:28) Arson conspiracies and connecting the dots

(00:23:08) The fire timeline

(00:32:42) Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting

(00:42:01) Twin Falls police press conference

(00:50:36) Mainstream media meets the Internet

(00:53:23) Dan Gookin and the world's strangest PSA

(00:56:44) Value-4-value

(01:04:53) Prison Mike

(01:15:17) Scott's Shots

(01:16:05) How much purchasing power has the dollar lost?

(01:25:18) Idaho's nuclear-energy future

(01:30:27) $50 billion in capital and $10 billion in tax revenue

(01:34:51) Idaho's cloud-seeding program

(01:38:37) Texas THC laws

(01:42:31) Idaho's population boom and falling crime

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NO ID Episode 39 - Pallet of Pimento

This episode is dedicated to the one and only John C. Dvorak.

Executive Producers:

Dan of the Dead

Jack Cramer

Measles panic, “safe and effective” messaging, Flock cameras, and the strange legal consequences of destroying government surveillance equipment. Plus, why more laws don't necessarily make you safer, the Moscow murder case and Kohberger's guilty plea, a brief tour of prison etiquette, the grand opening of the Flying Pickle, and Idaho's supposedly devastating $154 million in budget cuts.

Timestamps:

(00:02:50) The latest measles scare

(00:04:00) Raw numbers, percentages, and “record-breaking” cases

(00:06:35) Measles, pandemic exercises, and “safe and effective”

(00:13:00) The propaganda phrase machine

(00:16:20) Flock cameras and the surveillance state

(00:21:00) Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund takes a position on Flock

(00:25:30) Conservatives, cops, and how much surveillance is acceptable

(00:33:00) Flock Safety, Idaho law, and the right to privacy

(00:38:20) Does surveillance actually equal safety?

(00:45:00) Pimento spam and the value-for-value model

(00:50:00) Executive producers and the Flock debate

(00:58:25) The Moscow murders and Kohberger's guilty plea

(01:03:00) Hair Plug Paul's guide to prison

(01:10:00) What actually happens after you plead guilty

(01:15:55) The Flying Pickle comes to Post Falls

(01:21:10) Idaho's $5.7 billion tax haul and the “cuts are killing people” narrative

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NO ID Episode 38 - Network Nepotism

Executive Producer:

Anonymous Nein

Boise's latest crime becomes a political football, KTVB turns an interview with Lauren McLean into what may as well be a therapy session, and the magic words of government journalism (“community,” “invest,” “safety,” and “leader”) make repeated appearances. Plus, the collapse of the Teton Dam, why housing became an “asset,” the enormous ecosystem built around real estate, Flock surveillance and facial-recognition countermeasures, government hotlines, Idaho's constitutional paternalism, and the latest attempt to put medical marijuana on the ballot.

Timestamps:

(00:00:25) Explosive Diarrhea Month and the Emperor's New Groove

(00:04:01) The Boise murder case and competency evaluation

(00:05:54) Lauren McLean's KTVB interview

(00:08:47) “A tragedy” becomes political

(00:13:00) The “look” / “let me be clear” political vocabulary

(00:16:20) “The family is hurting” and the politics of grief

(00:20:00) McLean's answer and the police-department pivot

(00:25:00) The KTVB therapy session

(00:30:00) “Invest” bingo

(00:40:00) “Dangerous” questions about homelessness

(00:50:00) The Boise interview vs the Bruce Skaug interview

(00:53:00) The Teton Dam disaster

(01:00:00) Value-for-value

(01:02:00) Housing: asset versus commodity

(01:05:00) The Federal Reserve and housing as wealth

(01:10:00) The real-estate industrial complex

(01:20:00) Flock cameras and facial-recognition countermeasures

(01:29:00) Government hotlines and reporting your neighbors

(01:32:00) Selling your kids' old clothes and going to jail

(01:35:00) Idaho NPR asks for more money

(01:38:00) The “far-right blogger” label

(01:41:00) Idaho's paternalistic constitution

(01:44:00) Medical marijuana and the ballot initiative

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NO ID Episode 37 - E.D.M.

Executive Producers:

Jason the Weightlifting Polack

Kevin Killian

CryptSlapper of CDA

Idaho gets another round of “record-breaking” panic, Flock cameras become everybody’s favorite surveillance technology, Kohberger’s guilty plea gets a second look, and Idaho’s budget somehow manages to be both brutally cut and mysteriously flush with cash. Plus, Post Falls gets a giant pickleball facility, and we examine the language used to sell all of it.

Timestamps:

(00:02:40) Measles panic and “record-breaking” numbers

(00:08:00) Breaking down the measles statistics

(00:12:00) “Safe and effective” and pandemic messaging

(00:16:20) Flock cameras arrive in the news cycle

(00:21:00) Randy Westlund’s statement on Flock surveillance

(00:25:30) The "conservative" case for surveillance

(00:36:00) Flock cameras and the limits of government power

(00:42:45) The 208’s promised deep dive into Flock

(00:57:00) The Kohberger guilty plea

(01:01:00) Kohberger’s claims about his attorneys

(01:10:40) What evidence did prosecutors actually have?

(01:15:50) The Flying Pickle opens in Post Falls

(01:20:00) Idaho’s cottage-food law

(01:22:20) Idaho’s budget cuts

(01:23:30) $250 million mysteriously finds its way into the general fund

(01:25:00) Government “reconciliation” and the tight-budget narrative

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NO ID Episode 36 - Rabble of Rebels

Executive Producers:

The Agenda Archaeologist

Anonymous Chai

Debbie from Rathdrum

Idaho’s America 250 celebrations, the mainstream media’s definition of “freedom,” and the ever-expanding list of things requiring government permission. We get fireworks warnings, patriotic man-on-the-street interviews, a four-year America 250 commission, “three felonies a day,” heat advisories, bird flu, King Ag, taxpayer-funded PSAs, Idaho’s new firing-squad policy, vehicle registration stickers, license-plate surveillance, and the latest birthright citizenship coverage.

Timestamps:

(00:02:03) Independence Day fireworks and the return of the Redcoats

(00:05:31) America 250 coverage and the KTVB parade

(00:09:43) Three Felonies a Day

(00:14:08) Gangster’s Paradise at an America 250 parade

(00:21:28) The four-year America 250 commission

(00:23:02) America’s surveillance state

(00:28:00) The dire warning about extreme heat

(00:33:01) Ask Paul: cooling centers

(00:36:23) Bird flu hits Idaho

(00:40:15) “Agriculture is king in Idaho”

(00:42:12) Value-for-Value

(00:52:00) Vintage Loveline public service announcements

(01:01:50) Firing squads

(01:15:00) Idaho eliminates vehicle registration stickers

(01:24:08) Birthright citizenship comes to Idaho

(01:30:30) The media’s framing of immigration and citizenship

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NO ID Episode 35 - Water Scraping

Sandpoint turns parking into a fee-and-data-collection enterprise, Ketchum wants to extend and expand its taxes, Idaho’s DMV decides you need an ID to get an ID, and a new crop of laws attempts to codify things that apparently weren't obvious enough already. Plus: COVID lockdown hypocrisy, gas taxes, property rights, the Canfield Mountain memorial as a platform for anti-gun messaging, ICE detainee transfers, and another round of government-funded absurdity.

Timestamps:

(00:03:49) The Coeur d'Alene "Women's March" and “reproductive freedom”

(00:08:56) Sandpoint's new paid parking system

(00:10:30) Scott Herndon's critique

(00:15:44) Sandpoint's march toward the 15-minute city

(00:20:28) Parking fees, license-plate data and government machinery

(00:25:00) Good Neighbor Authority and property taxes

(00:35:13) Ketchum's proposed tax increases

(00:37:41) Idaho's new DMV identity requirements

(00:42:00) Washington gas taxes and the “small increase”

(00:48:00) Value-for-Value

(00:54:20) “You need an ID to get an ID”

(00:57:30) COVID lockdowns and the WHO

(01:01:52) Washington's gas-tax increase

(01:07:08) Canfield Mountain Ambush memorial

(01:15:48) HB 752 and the bathroom bill

(01:16:41) HB 548 and reasonable suspicion on the water

(01:18:53) SB 1354 and accessory dwelling units

(01:19:15) Property rights: whose property is it?

(01:22:28) ICE detainees and transfers through Twin Falls

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NO ID Episode 34 - Tax These Abs

Executive Producers:

Sir Jaymo, Black Baron of North Idaho

Jack Cramer

Tony Alvarez

Idaho’s government employees get a five-day weekend on the taxpayers’ dime, the mainstream media discovers a coordinated script and calls it independent journalism, and a former news personality discovers liberty somewhere between Seattle and a podcast studio. Plus, Idaho tax cuts, COVID-era media compliance, the Boise Potato Drop’s expensive aftermath, and the eternal question: who picks up the tab when government screws up? Three guesses and the first two don't count.

Timestamps:

(00:02:03) Brad Little’s taxpayer-funded five-day weekend

(00:03:40) Essential workers, COVID lockdowns, and the government’s priorities

(00:05:11) Idaho’s education funding and HB-93

(00:07:28) Deconstructing Brandy Cruz on the North Idaho Experience

(00:11:18) YouTube strikes, censorship, and the self-censoring podcaster

(00:15:39) Is media bias cultural, or is there a script?

(00:20:36) The Summer of Love and selective public-health emergencies

(00:22:33) COVID was "unprecedented"? According to whom?

(00:27:00) Trust the leaders, follow the science, and give government all the grace

(00:37:01) Independent media, Brandy Cruz, and the limits of the liberty conversion

(00:48:46) Idaho’s tax cuts, the top 1%, and the politics of redistribution

(01:03:00) Pandemic narratives, medical authority, and the case for skepticism

(01:18:36) Slavery, historical amnesia, and the public-school indoctrination machine

(01:22:29) The Boise Potato Drop’s $10 million problem

(01:29:20) Ban roads! Kratom, traffic fatalities, and the manufactured news cycle

(01:34:49) A free press—or a chorus of friendly neighborhood lemmings?

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NO ID Episode 33 - Bureau of Hate

Executive Producers:

Kevin Killian

IdahoOutlaw88

Anonymous

Show Art:

Dan of the Dead

Idaho is surveilling wastewater for the next scary bug, state officials are playing fast and loose with raw-milk claims, and the mainstream media’s favorite narratives get a long, uncomfortable look under the microscope. Plus, hate-crime politics, the real story behind Matthew Shepard’s death in 1998, vaccine adverse-event data, the push to regulate Kratom, and Idaho’s favorite question: why is everything so damn expensive?

Timestamps:

(00:01:20) Masked-up boaters and the permanence of delusional habits

(00:03:20) Wastewater surveillance and the next public-health scare

(00:08:00) Raw milk, Idaho Health and Welfare, and the alleged outbreak narrative

(00:14:45) A Caldwell assault, hate-crime laws, and media framing

(00:19:00) Matthew Shepard and the story behind the headline

(00:23:50) Revisiting the case through The Book of Matt

(00:38:50) The mainstream account versus investigative reporting

(00:44:00) Hate-crime laws and the incentives behind political outrage

(00:54:00) Value-for-value

(01:08:00) Reworking the Matthew Shepard story and the drug angle

(01:10:45) Vaccine adverse-event reports and how the numbers get presented

(01:17:45) Kratom, public safety, and the push for regulation

(01:22:00) Ban kratom? Ban cars? The logic of prohibition

(01:23:45) Idaho’s grocery sales tax and the promise of repeal

(01:27:00) Tax credits, inflation, and the vanishing value of your dollar

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NO ID Episode 32 - Gut Axis

Post Falls’ "Traditional Family Values Month" proclamation draws predictable online outrage. Following the money across the Washington–Idaho border to explain why drivers are crossing for cheaper gas. Plus, the “new normal” propaganda machine, Coeur d’Alene’s municipal budget woes, the war on raw milk, race-based arguments against voter ID, and the dubious statistics used to sell the American Dream...back to you. Government has a message for everything. We’re here to ask who benefits.

Timestamps:

(02:30) Post Falls’ Traditional Family Values Month proclamation

(12:40) Value returned: Washington gas prices and the missing tax explanation

(16:50) State gas taxes, carbon taxes, and who pays at the pump

(19:30) Charles Ponzi, skin in the game, and the return of Chauncey

(28:30) The “new normal” and official pandemic messaging

(32:20) Coeur d’Alene’s vehicle-noise crackdown

(35:30) Municipal budget deficits and the magic of government accounting

(39:30) Raw milk: “Think of it as raw sewage”

(47:00) Big Ag, mainstream media, and the public-health narrative

(56:00) Value-for-value: Funding independent media

(64:00) Race, voter ID, and the two-tiered science argument

(78:30) Panhandle firefighter accused of voyeurism

(84:00) Coeur d’Alene’s small-business survival statistics

(91:30) COVID-era business restrictions and selective institutional memory

(96:00) Housing affordability, personal responsibility, and economic policy

(104:00) Rental prices, monetary policy, and the American Dream

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NO ID Episode 31 - Mulan Avenue

Executive Producers:

Jack Cramer

Katie Prescott

This episode takes aim at the gubmint's favorite business model: Confiscate more money, hire more bureaucrats, and call the resulting payroll a "public service." From Boise's proposed maximum property-tax increase and lavish severance packages to the Kafkaesque experience of dealing with city hall over property rights, we examine why The State has so little incentive to spend your money wisely. Plus, a listener-built clipping tool, the economics of bloat, and a proposal to give Idaho's budgeteers a little more numerical symmetry.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Outraged mobs, NPCs, and the things taxpayers should actually be mad about

(01:25) Boise's proposed 3% property-tax increase

(04:00) Dude Named Jeff's AI-powered clipping tool Cliperoni

(08:00) 70% of Boise's general fund goes to payroll

(16:00) Scott's Post Falls property-line adjustment bureaucratic nightmare

(22:00) Why people defend the bureaucracy that takes their money

(26:00) Sheriff Bob Norris, a viral crash rumor, and the local media's coverage

(35:00) Ask Paul: the mysteries of North Idaho

(44:00) Scott Herndon's residency questions and the Bonner County GOP

(57:00) Value-for-Value

(01:00:00) Academia, credentialism, and the limits of expert authority

(01:10:00) The cost of the 2020 George Floyd / BLM riots

(01:17:00) Political tribalism, trust, and perceptions of protest damage

(01:22:00) The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee power struggle

(01:27:00) Ron Jacobson takes the KCRCC chair

(01:32:00) Conservative infighting and its political consequences

(01:37:00) Spokane's immigration-related prosecution and allegations of political bias

(01:42:00) Rainbow crosswalks, vandalism, and selective enforcement of the law

(01:44:00) Why Washington drivers cross the border for cheaper Idaho gas

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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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NO ID Episode 29 - Un-papered

Executive Producers:

Cyrus W.

Kevin Killian

Tony Alvarez

Idaho's primary election has arrived, and the battle for the soul of the Republican Party has apparently become a contest between establishment-funded talking points and Paul Dank Meme Emporium. We dismantle North Idaho Republicans' coordinated messaging, expose some creative linguistic gymnastics in mainstream coverage of immigration and agriculture, and examine why Idaho's election-integrity skeptics are treated like dangerous lunatics. Meanwhile, Boise schools are hemorrhaging students, Spokane activists discover that obstructing federal agents occasionally has consequences, and public-health experts dust off the pandemic playbook for another round of infectious-disease anxiety.

Timestamps:

(00:00:25) Primary Election Day

(00:10:43) NPR, Republican primaries, and the battle for North Idaho

(00:18:47) Immigration, agriculture, and Idaho News 6's linguistic sleight of hand

(00:38:00) Election integrity, voter fraud, and mainstream narrative management

(00:47:00) Boise's disappearing public-school students

(01:01:00) The "Spokane Three" and the consequences of obstructing federal agents

(01:19:00) Revisiting COVID-era authoritarianism and public opinion

(01:35:00) Government distrust, public-health scares, and hantavirus

(01:46:00) Courtroom reporting, police conduct, and the Bob Norris controversy

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NO ID Episode 28 - Townies and Tramps

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Eric Bennett

We're making headlines in The People's Pen, where Paul discovers he's a "townie" and Scott is apparently an invasive species. Then we revisit one of North Idaho's strangest criminal cases: A pastor shot by a man convinced he was a Martian, who somehow survives to become an Idaho legislator. Meanwhile, taxpayers are cordially invited to bankroll another expensive government project, Idaho's transportation authorities prepare to extract more revenue in the name of safety, and the North Idaho Republicans continue their crusade to save freedom from the dangerous extremists who...want less government?

Timestamps:

(00:01:50) Townies, transplants, and NO ID's feature in The People's Pen

(00:06:30) North Idaho Republicans, political extremism, and the establishment's favorite talking points

(00:14:00) Kyle Odom, Pastor Tim Remington, and the Martian conspiracy

(00:29:00) A deadly Shoshone County shooting and questions surrounding the jail

(00:35:00) Government grants, public spending, and taxpayer-funded projects

(00:39:00) Idaho's seatbelt enforcement campaign and revenue extraction

(00:46:00) Value-for-value

(00:55:00) The Idaho superintendent race and political interview deconstruction

(01:09:00) School funding, government dependency, and the case for voluntary alternatives

(01:19:00) Limited government rhetoric meets the defense of government institutions

(01:38:00) Education, homeschooling, and the politics of public-school funding

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NO ID Episode 27 - Rice Roach

Executive Producers:

CNHB (Completely Normal Human Being)

Daniel Mercer

The North Idaho Republicans declare D-Day ahead of the May 19 primary, complete with a glitzy newspaper and an apparent invasion of the GOP by the very establishment claiming to challenge it. Meanwhile, Rathdrum's mayor abruptly resigns amid a domestic battery investigation, Idaho's government figures out how to spend $73 million in opioid settlement money, and the media discovers another population living in perpetual fear of legislation. We also examine the government's treatment of distilleries that produced hand sanitizer during the mass-psychosis, Boise State's Cesar Chavez naming controversy, and Idaho's desperate shortage of plumbers.

Timestamps:

(00:01:50) D-Day in Idaho: North Idaho Republicans, primary elections, and establishment politics

(00:12:50) Rathdrum Mayor Mike Hill resigns amid a domestic battery investigation

(00:17:45) Idaho's $73 million opioid settlement and the government's spending priorities

(00:24:00) Idaho legislation, individual liberty, and the politics of perpetual victimhood

(00:39:00) Media narratives, personal responsibility, and legislative controversies

(00:55:00) Dan Gookin, local government, and political accountability

(00:57:30) Value for value

(01:04:00) Listener feedback and the art of recognizing media manipulation

(01:10:30) Boise State's Cesar Chavez controversy and the politics of renaming

(01:15:30) COVID-era distilleries, hand sanitizer, and government regulation

(01:24:30) Idaho's plumber shortage and the skilled-trades workforce

(01:38:30) Trade education, apprenticeships, and alternatives to conventional schooling

(01:50:00) The next generation, college debt, and the future of skilled labor

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NO ID Episode 26 - Cocaine Salmon

A guy with a baseball bat takes on the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, and the media treats broken windows like the fall of civilization. Meanwhile, Coeur d'Alene Mayor Dan Gookin discovers that being mayor doesn't necessarily mean getting his way, resulting in a spectacular City Hall meltdown over the police chief appointment. We also mourn the passing of Idaho political royalty, christen a $2.7 billion nuclear-powered sea cucumber, and examine the sacred ritual of extracting more property taxes through school levies. Plus, teachers' unions discover the horror of operating without taxpayer-funded privileges, and scientists confirm that cocaine makes salmon swim faster. Another week of public service, institutional self-importance, and government behaving exactly as advertised.

Timestamps:

(00:00:30) Poker night, Idaho gambling laws, and the glory days of ESPN poker

(00:06:10) Ryan McClintock, the Sheriff's Office windows, and sensationalist reporting

(00:19:00) Mayor Dan Gookin versus Coeur d'Alene's city attorney

(00:30:00) City Hall theatrics, political egos, and the Gookin meltdown

(00:43:00) Listener contributions, hockey rinks, and local updates

(00:57:00) Remembering Idaho's political establishment and the meaning of public service

(01:05:00) The USS Idaho, a $2.7 billion submarine, and taxpayer-funded military hardware

(01:12:00) Property taxes, school levies, and the cost of government

(01:23:00) Idaho's teachers' union and restrictions on taxpayer-funded union activities

(01:29:00) Cocaine-fueled salmon and the next great animal disaster movie

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NO ID Episode 25 - Dropiest Drop

Executive Producers:

Kevin Killian

Dave McPherson

Tony Alvarez

Idaho politicians are deeply concerned that medical marijuana might violate the state's values, apparently forgetting that liberty used to be one of them. We take on the latest cannabis ballot initiative, Governor Brad Little's taxpayer-funded economic development schemes, and the classic habit of calling government coercion a "public service". Then it's back to Lakeland School District, where pandemic-era memories collide with the latest education controversy. Throw in government gambling prosecutions, COVID lockdown revisionism, public-sector salaries, and a few taxpayer-funded recreational ambitions, and you've got another week of North Idaho's mainstream narratives getting thoroughly deconstructed.

Timestamps:

(00:03:15) Medical marijuana, Idaho values, and the politics of prohibition

(00:11:45) The Fugio cent and America's forgotten motto: Mind Your Business

(00:19:15) Governor Brad Little, Idaho LAUNCH, and taxpayer-funded cronyism

(00:27:00) Gambling prosecutions, government coercion, and selective enforcement

(00:43:00) Idaho's budget, water rights, and the governor's economic priorities

(00:49:00) Value for value

(01:02:00) Lakeland School District, school board controversies, and COVID-era accountability

(01:18:00) The economic damage of pandemic lockdowns and disappearing businesses

(01:29:00) Boise State football, public salaries, and government spending

(01:37:00) Taxpayer-funded recreation and the economics of local sporting facilities

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NO ID Episode 24 - Ban Bingo

An Amazon driver spikes a Rathdrum dog like a football, and North Idaho's comment section demands a public execution. Meanwhile, Idaho lawmakers finally adjourn, Democrats discover that 1% budget cuts are a humanitarian catastrophe, and the governor starts swinging his veto pen. We also examine Bonners Ferry's new motorcycle cops, Coeur d'Alene's flag-flying controversies, another measles scare, and Kellogg's latest attempt to protect adults from themselves. It's another week of government worship, selective outrage, and taxpayer-funded nonsense.

Timestamps:

(00:05:35) Rathdrum's Amazon driver dog incident and the internet outrage machine

(00:16:25) Idaho's 2026 legislative session ends: budget cuts, Democrats, and the rainy-day fund

(00:20:10) Senator Melissa Wintrow's post-session press conference and the cult of government

(00:31:30) Governor Little's vetoes, government regulation, and legislative spending priorities

(00:41:00) Bonners Ferry's motorcycle cops and the expansion of traffic enforcement

(00:47:00) Value for value

(00:58:00) Coeur d'Alene's flag controversy and the politics of belonging

(01:04:00) Measles warnings, public health messaging, and vaccine narratives

(01:08:00) Pride in the Park, public spaces, and Coeur d'Alene's cultural controversies

(01:15:30) Kellogg bans kratom sales: protecting the public from personal choice

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NO ID Episode 23 - Cheeseburger Milkshake

Executive Producers:

Mark Ellison

A Post Falls man takes a baseball bat to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, and suddenly broken windows are terrorism. Meanwhile, a Spokane murder case raises questions about mental illness and criminal responsibility, and the public-health establishment unveils another terrifying COVID variant, accompanied this time by a marketing campaign that could...use some work. We also revisit Idaho's mass-psychosis-era political theater, examine the latest "transgender-rights" protests at the State Capitol, and ask whether government has any business dictating bathroom policies to private businesses.

Timestamps:

(00:01:00) Ryan McClintock, a baseball bat, and the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office

(00:15:45) Criminal charges, terroristic threats, and the state's special treatment

(00:18:45) The Alyssa Bradburn murder case and mental illness as a legal defense

(00:34:45) COVID's new Cicada variant and the public-health messaging machine

(00:48:00) Listener corrections, local updates, and a trip down memory lane

(01:04:30) Idaho State Capitol protests and "transgender-rights" legislation

(01:13:00) Political activism, the Gadsden flag, and the meaning of liberty

(01:24:00) Transgender Day of Visibility and the media's activist framing

(01:29:30) Idaho's bathroom legislation and the limits of government authority

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NO ID Episode 22 - Paul's Utopia

Executive Producers:

Jack Cramer

CryptSlapper of CDA

An Idaho Fish and Game commissioner faces poaching-related charges, proving that the people entrusted with enforcing the rules might need a little supervision themselves. Meanwhile, Idaho prepares a firing squad execution chamber, the “No Kings” crowd demands democracy by electing...more kings, and a listener's thoughtful challenge to our Medicaid position sparks a spirited debate over welfare, dependency, and Paul's libertarian utopia. Plus, a sheriff's resignation, the latest North Idaho education funding hysteria, and another installment of Scott Shots. It's hypocrisy, government dependency, and institutional absurdity, all lovingly subsidized by the taxpayer.

Timestamps:

(02:35) Idaho Fish and Game commissioner faces hunting charges: rules for thee, but not for me

(11:05) Idaho's firing squad controversy, execution chambers, and corporate-government entanglements

(31:30) “No Kings” protests, media promotion, and the paradox of protesting authority

(49:00) Value for value

(57:00) A producer challenges our Medicaid position: special-needs families and government dependency

(01:17:00) Public education, special-needs funding, school choice, and Paul's libertarian utopia

(01:32:00) A sheriff's departure and local law enforcement leadership

(01:39:00) Idaho education funding, angry activists, and the perpetual demand for more taxpayer money

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NO ID Episode 21 - Super Antihero

Executive Producers:

Sir Donald of the Firebottles, Secretary General of Greater Idaho

Kevin Killian

Sir Spook of Spokane

Lloyd the Brewer

Brian Molony

Kris with a K

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is fighting tirelessly to protect the state's sacred right to prohibit gambling, while said state's lottery continues enthusiastically separating Idahoans from their money. We examine the government's selective commitment to liberty, Idaho's latest kratom prohibition crusade, and the legislative wisdom of never mentioning freedom when lobbying for less taxation. Meanwhile, NPR mourns Idaho's budget cuts, lawmakers consider a $75 fine for driving too slowly in the left lane, and the elimination of license plate stickers somehow becomes another bureaucratic production. Plus, Dr. Ryan Cole commits the unforgivable sin of independent medical thinking, a moment of silence sends Boise activists into a panic, and lawmakers grapple with the constitutional crisis of whether food stamps should buy cookies with sprinkles. It's another week of protecting Idahoans from themselves, whether they like it or not.

Timestamps:

(02:25) Raúl Labrador, online sports betting, and the gubmint's gambling monopoly

(08:25) Paul's fight against Idaho's cigar taxes and why liberty is a losing argument in Boise

(16:30) Idaho's kratom ban debate: Personal freedom versus gubmint protection

(34:00) Paul's encounter with law enforcement and the definition of an assault weapon

(39:00) NPR laments Idaho's budget cuts and lawmakers contemplate cutting their own salaries

(45:15) Idaho's proposed $75 left-lane camping fine and the economics of traffic enforcement

(51:00) Value for value, executive producers, listener correspondence, and Blackjack donations

(01:04:00) Greater Idaho, North Idaho exceptionalism, and measuring gubmint against liberty

(01:10:00) Dr. Ryan Cole, medical independence, and the COVID establishment

(01:17:00) Idaho eliminates license plate stickers, but bureaucracy finds a way

(01:25:00) School prayer, moments of silence, and the latest religious controversy

(01:35:00) SNAP restrictions, candy, soda, and the gubmint's war on chocolate chips

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NO ID Episode 20 - Breaded Chicken and Circuses

Idaho's budget has ballooned, but apparently the real threat to civilization is anyone suggesting the gubmint spend less. We revisit the state's spending habits after a thoughtful challenge from Matt Todd of The Ranch, while Senator Melissa Wintrow explains how sidewalks, broadband, and civilization itself would cease to exist without compulsory contributions to the collective. Meanwhile, Idaho legislators demonstrate their mastery of economic word salad, Sandpoint scammers discover that impersonating the authorities is a lucrative business model, and the latest "bathroom" legislation produces another round of ideological hysteria. Plus, International Women's Day, a spirited discussion of feminism and communism, and the competitive economics of standing in line. Your fair share has been determined. Please remit payment.

Timestamps:

(06:40) Melissa Wintrow, Matt Todd, and the existential threat of spending less taxpayer money

(15:25) The Ranch responds: Idaho's growing budget, population growth, and property taxes

(28:00) Idaho's budget arithmetic and the difference between state and federal taxpayer dollars

(32:00) Legislative economic expertise, Senator Guthrie, and the art of political word salad

(47:30) Sandpoint scammers impersonate city officials: when the "fake" gubmint wants your money

(52:00) Value for value

(58:00) Idaho's bathroom legislation and the controversy over sex-segregated facilities

(01:07:00) International Women's Day, feminist activism, and the politics of perpetual grievance

(01:17:00) Scott Shots: a battle of trivia, cultural references, and questionable expertise

(01:26:00) Pi Day, chicken fingers, and the economics of promotional giveaways

(01:30:00) The Raising Cane's grand opening and the people willing to camp out for chicken

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NO ID Episode 19 - Jansport Inferno

The Idaho Statesman discovers the horrors of government making medical decisions for people, apparently having misplaced its coverage of the previous five years. We revisit the COVID-era coercion apparatus, question the sudden enthusiasm for medical freedom, and conclude that Republicans and Democrats are remarkably consistent in their commitment to telling everyone else what to do. Meanwhile, Idaho eliminates license plate stickers without eliminating surveillance, Senator Melissa Wintrow warns that budget cuts are literally killing people, and legislators consider making their own ethics complaints less public. Plus, a capybara café, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's water rights settlement, and another reminder that government spending is apparently the only thing keeping civilization from collapsing. What more data do you need, peasant?

Timestamps:

(04:55) The Idaho Statesman, mRNA vaccine restrictions, and the sudden discovery of medical freedom

(14:25) Republicans, Democrats, and the bipartisan commitment to authoritarianism

(20:35) Revisiting COVID mandates, institutional coercion, and the official narrative

(38:30) Idaho eliminates license plate registration stickers, but the surveillance apparatus remains

(43:00) A capybara café comes to Coeur d'Alene

(51:00) Value for value and supporting independent media

(57:00) Senator Melissa Wintrow, Idaho budget cuts, and the supposed humanitarian catastrophe of spending less

(01:14:30) Matt Todd of The Ranch, competing budget narratives, and the libertarian perspective

(01:19:00) Idaho legislators propose changes to legislative ethics investigations and public disclosure

(01:25:00) Coeur d'Alene Tribe water rights settlement and the politics of negotiated victories

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NO ID Episode 18 - Cutlass Supreme Leader

Executive Producer:

Sir Spook of Spokane

Iran gets a regime change, and everyone immediately starts shopping for a replacement Supreme Leader. We examine the media's reverence for authoritarian titles, Idaho Republicans' plan to Bible-bomb public schoolchildren, and the increasingly religious devotion to the State. Meanwhile, Kootenai County's commissioners wage bureaucratic warfare over software and appreciation dinners, the Spokane Indians commit the unforgivable sin of canceling Pride Night, and Matt Gaetz's appearance in Coeur d'Alene sends the usual suspects into hysterics. Plus, a multimillion-dollar defamation fight, Coeur d'Alene's police chief search, and Idaho legislators bravely proposing to trim a budget they've spent years inflating. The gubmint giveth, the gubmint taketh away, and the taxpayers are, as ever, left holding the bag.

Timestamps:

(03:00) Iran, regime change, and the Supreme Leader obsession

(09:45) Western civilization, religion, and the worship of authority

(14:20) Idaho Republicans propose mandatory Bible readings in public schools

(19:40) An unexpected argument for school choice

(22:00) Atheism, statism, and everyone's favorite religion

(33:00) Kootenai County's property tax software showdown

(39:00) County commissioners, bureaucratic infighting, and public accountability

(49:00) Washington's latest bureaucratic malfunction

(53:00) Value-for-value

(01:06:00) Spokane Indians cancel Pride Night

(01:17:00) Matt Gaetz visits Coeur d'Alene and protesters mobilize

(01:22:00) North Idaho Republicans and the local GOP power struggle

(01:26:00) A multimillion-dollar defamation dispute

(01:32:00) Coeur d'Alene searches for its next police chief

(01:36:00) Idaho's exploding state budget and the illusion of fiscal restraint

(01:45:00) Housing affordability versus protecting property values

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NO ID Episode 17 - Flowers for Whitey

Executive Producers:

Jack Cramer

Kevin Killian

Show Art:

Steve P.

The experts have spoken, and apparently everything will kill you. We consult North Idaho's snow authorities, examine Panhandle Health's latest warning, and marvel at the gubmint's endless search for new things to regulate. Idaho lawmakers discover the economic consequences of immigration enforcement, NPR finds an entire racial constituency willing to speak through a handful of activists, and the bees are having a rough winter. Meanwhile, Post Falls wrestles with Juneteenth and Columbus Day, proposes celebrating America's tax rebellion with taxpayer-funded monuments, and Idaho's education bureaucracy warns that modest budget cuts will bring civilization to its knees. The messaging is clear: Without expert supervision and a bottomless gubmint budget, Idahoans might accidentally start managing their own lives.

Timestamps:

(01:50) Snow experts warn that mountains can be dangerous

(09:35) Panhandle Health declares war on kratom

(16:40) NPR discovers Idaho's “unauthorized workers”

(18:00) Immigration enforcement meets Idaho's agricultural economy

(23:00) Idaho's Black History Month celebrations and media framing

(35:50) Value-for-value

(43:00) Idaho's struggling honeybees

(47:30) Record-low snowpack and the coming water shortage

(52:00) Post Falls debates Juneteenth and Columbus Day

(01:09:30) Post Falls proposes a taxpayer-funded America 250 monument

(01:17:00) The cost of administrators and the myth of indispensable spending

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NO ID Episode 16 - Snowflake Emote

Executive Producers:

Sir Spook of Spokane --> Dame Gen with a G

Dave McPherson

Ainsley J.

Idaho's new SNAP restrictions threaten the sacred right to purchase Mountain Dew with taxpayer money, while the mainstream media dutifully documents the humanitarian catastrophe. Meanwhile, Idaho's dairy industry discovers that immigration enforcement is inconvenient when your business model depends on cheap labor, Schweitzer Mountain apparently needs a Pride Day, and the police warn that eliminating registration stickers could deprive them of opportunities to pull people over. Plus, Idaho's Supreme Court weighs school choice, the education establishment warns that competition could threaten its monopoly, and the usual suspects treat modest budget cuts like the collapse of Western civilization.

Timestamps:

(02:10) Idaho bans candy and soda purchases with SNAP benefits

(09:00) Media framing and the taxpayer-funded sugar controversy

(14:30) Idaho's “unauthorized immigrant” workforce

(19:00) Schweitzer's snow reports and Pride Day controversy

(23:00) Immigration, cheap labor, and inconvenient economic arguments

(30:00) Value-for-value

(51:00) Idaho considers eliminating vehicle registration stickers

(01:00:00) Idaho's dormant maternal mortality review committee

(01:04:00) Idaho's Supreme Court considers the school choice tax-credit challenge

(01:09:00) Public education's fear of competition

(01:17:00) Hollywood, historical revisionism, and cultural double standards

(01:22:00) Climate policy, political hypocrisy, and the privileged ruling class

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NO ID Episode 15 - Disrupting Funerals

Executive Producers:

Sir Spook of Spokane

Kris with a K

Post Falls attempts the unthinkable: Eliminating a tax..?? ...Only to discover that Idaho's tax collectors have developed a sentimental attachment to it. Meanwhile, Kootenai County home prices climb, the media campaigns for more contractor licensing to protect helpless homeowners from making adult decisions, and the revolutionary concept of allowing people to conduct business without first securing bureaucratic permission. The public health establishment declares raw milk a menace (again), the teachers' union makes its priorities abundantly clear, and Idaho lawmakers contemplate new ways to regulate private associations. Plus, North Idaho College's miraculous recovery from its supposed existential crisis, and the Kootenai County Jail's latest efforts to keep the contraband out. No matter what the problem is, the answer is always more gubmint. Except when it comes to taxing your garbage. Then the answer is also more gubmint.

Timestamps:

(02:25) Post Falls tries to eliminate a garbage tax; Idaho says absolutely not

(07:20) Kootenai County home prices reach a three-year high

(08:35) Idaho's contractor licensing crusade begins

(12:45) Occupational licensing: consumer protection or market gatekeeping?

(23:00) How regulations protect established businesses from competition

(32:00) The mainstream media's endless appetite for more regulation

(38:00) Contractor red flags and the importance of personal responsibility

(41:00) Raw milk, public health warnings, and the dairy cartel

(44:45) Value-for-value

(50:30) The National Education Association's unhinged pep rally

(59:50) Idaho lawmakers tackle transgender access to public facilities

(01:10:00) Idaho's transportation bureaucracy and political activism

(01:16:30) North Idaho College regains accreditation, the establishment celebrates

(01:28:00) Idaho considers stronger penalties for disrupting religious services

(01:35:00) State lawmakers challenge local anti-discrimination ordinances

(01:39:30) Kootenai County Jail tightens procedures after a contraband incident

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NO ID Episode 14 - Hummer Limo

Executive Producers:

Kevin Killian

North Idaho's growing midwife industry raises uncomfortable questions about public trust in the medical establishment, while Washington discovers that taxing precious metals is an excellent way to stimulate Idaho's economy. Governor Brad Little and Superintendent Debbie Critchfield explain why even microscopic budget cuts are apparently unconstitutional, Coeur d'Alene's nightlife falls victim to liquor licensing, and Idaho considers the radical proposition of eliminating registration stickers. Plus, the glorious tyranny of 2020, Boise contemplates abolishing a department without surrendering a dime, and a North Idaho neighborhood attempts to privatize its road. The taxpayers are exhausted, the bureaucrats are indignant, and the official response remains: WE NEED THIS MONEY.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Scott's California plague and Paul's catastrophic Achilles injury

(06:30) North Idaho's midwife boom and declining trust in medical institutions

(12:40) Washington taxes gold and silver; Idaho businesses reap the rewards

(16:20) Governor Little defends education spending against budget cuts

(21:15) Debbie Critchfield refuses to cut public school budgets

(24:00) Boise's fireworks controversy and regulatory capture

(28:00) Coeur d'Alene nightlife meets Idaho's liquor licensing laws

(35:00) Idaho considers eliminating vehicle registration stickers

(39:00) Medical marijuana and the next regulatory battleground

(40:50) Value-for-value

(48:00) The World Economic Forum and the lessons of 2020

(01:03:00) Masks, criminal penalties, and the absurdity of selective enforcement

(01:09:30) Boise considers eliminating its parking department

(01:13:00) Gozzer Ranch homeowners fight to privatize their road

(01:27:00) Robert Moses and the history of centralized transportation planning

(01:35:30) Revisiting the media's coverage of Boise's anti-mask protesters

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NO ID Episode 13 - Cartel Carousel

Coeur d'Alene's downtown cartel keeps its revolving door spinning as former Post Falls Mayor Ron Jacobson lands a new gig, while a Democrat Senate hopeful promises to unite Idaho through the magical power of collectivism. Meanwhile, Washington's budget problems are apparently caused by insufficient taxation, North Idaho hosts another anti-ICE protest, and a local physician boots-on-the-ground report explains why direct primary care might be preferable to the insurance-industrial complex. Plus, Idaho's Supreme Court considers whether parents should be allowed to keep some of their own money for their children's education, revisiting the end of airline mask mandates, and the state protects motorists from the existential threat of naughty vanity plates. The cartel carousel keeps spinnin' right 'round, and the taxpayers keep buying tickets.

Timestamps:

(00:00) California homelessness and limousine liberalism

(04:00) LAX, TSA, and the people who will never stop wearing masks

(12:35) Boise fireworks investigation concludes without criminal findings

(14:35) The cartel carousel: Ron Jacobson lands a new Coeur d'Alene appointment

(17:05) Boots on the ground: Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund

(19:15) Todd Achilles challenges Jim Risch with promises of collective unity

(25:00) Direct primary care versus the health insurance establishment

(35:00) Washington's budget deficit

(39:00) Anti-ICE protesters descend on Coeur d'Alene

(49:00) Value-for-value

(53:00) Hunting regulations, Midtown Deli, and Spokane's coroner controversy

(59:00) Idaho Supreme Court hears the challenge to HB 93's school choice tax credits

(01:06:00) Constitutional rights, public education, and the fear of parental choice

(01:26:00) Canfield Mountain firefighters nominated for the Idaho Medal of Honor

(01:32:00) North Idaho's unusually warm winter and the climate narrative

(01:36:00) Idaho rejects 852 personalized license plates for being too naughty

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NO ID Episode 12 - Deer Parts

Executive Producers:

Jack Cramer

Kevin Killian

We dust off some priceless Alabama legislative testimony to remind everyone that homebrewing is dangerous, children must be protected, and anything the gubmint hasn't approved is strictly illegal. Back in Idaho, a new poll suggests voters want fewer regulations, lower taxes, and more educational freedom...which the Coeur d'Alene Press somehow interprets as an opportunity to defend the political establishment. Idaho's school choice tax credit opens for business, sending teachers unions into their customary panic, while school administrators plead poverty from atop their six-figure salaries. Meanwhile, Post Falls prepares for a pickleball invasion, the Women's March returns to Boise, and Coeur d'Alene's Art Spirit Gallery closes after years of financial hardship. Plus, hunting regulations, a suspicious box of deer parts, and another master class in why the media shouldn't be trusted to explain things it doesn't understand. The taxpayers want less gubmint, the bureaucrats want more money, and somewhere in Alabama, a bathtub full of moonshine remains a threat to civilization.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Alabama's homebrewing prohibition and the legendary Alvin Holmes

(10:20) Idaho voters tell the legislature what they actually want

(18:45) HB 93: Idaho's parental choice tax credit explained

(22:35) Teachers unions fight to keep education money in the system

(31:00) The Coeur d'Alene Press discovers the importance of a balanced budget

(40:00) Post Falls gets 24 indoor pickleball courts

(46:30) The Idaho "Women's March" returns to Boise

(51:00) Value-for-value

(57:30) The Art Spirit Gallery closes in Coeur d'Alene

(01:07:00) North Idaho College settles another dispute

(01:13:00) School district finances, superintendent salaries, and the never-ending demand for money

(01:18:00) Idaho Fish and Game considers restrictions on hunting technology

(01:19:00) A poaching investigation and a suspicious box of deer parts

(01:22:00) Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

(01:25:00) Idaho budget hearings and the Medicaid spending debate

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NO ID Episode 11 - Cuts Before People

Protesting the mainstream narrative with chants, megaphones, and professionally printed signs.

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NO ID Episode 10 - Strength And Progress

Executive Producer:

E-Man

Idaho's legislative session begins with Governor Brad Little delivering his annual State of the State address, a stirring celebration of fiscal responsibility from the people presiding over a $14 billion budget. Democrats warn of financial catastrophe, demand more taxpayer money, and identify the real villains behind Idaho's fiscal troubles: tax "cuts" and parents who want to choose their children's schools. Spokane and Kootenai counties feud over dead bodies, Sheriff Norris decides which police chiefs are allowed back in the clubhouse, and Coeur d'Alene's political establishment gets another examination. We revisit King Little's COVID-era executive orders, anti-ICE protesters mobilize, and the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over Idaho's restrictions on transgender athletes in girls' sports. The politicians promise responsible "leadership", the media dutifully repeats their talking points, and the taxpayers are once again invited to finance the entire production.

Timestamps:

(05:00) Democrats target school choice and defend Medicaid expansion

(09:25) Brad Little's State of the State: Let the ceremonial applause begin

(13:10) Education freedom, women's sports, and the legislative agenda

(19:00) The governor discovers “six-seven” and promises a balanced budget

(23:45) Spokane and Kootenai counties feud over autopsy services

(30:35) Sheriff Norris restores some special deputy privileges

(32:30) Value-for-value

(37:20) Brad Little's COVID-era executive orders

(46:00) Coeur d'Alene Mayor Dan Gookin and the local political establishment

(50:00) Election turnout, political mandates, and selective outrage

(53:00) Anti-ICE protests and the politics of immigration enforcement

(59:00) Idaho's legislative priorities and the Medicaid expansion debate

(01:08:30) U.S. Supreme Court hears Idaho's transgender athletics case

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NO ID Episode 09 - Leering Center

Executive Producers:

Reb the Gold-digging Cowgirl

A deadly shooting at the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office produces a remarkably uninformative press conference, Washington raises its minimum wage, and the I-90 expansion threatens to bring the interstate directly into our backyards. Idaho lawmakers try to keep marijuana firmly in the forbidden category, and the state's education establishment discovers that allowing parents to choose their children's schools is apparently an existential threat. Meanwhile, SNAP recipients face the terrifying prospect of purchasing their own Mountain Dew, rural schools mourn the loss of federal funding, and Idaho municipalities celebrate the New Year by dropping various objects with the assistance of salaried public employees. Another year begins, and the gubmint's commitment to spending your money remains reassuringly unchanged.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Minnesota's Quality Learing Centers and the taxpayer-funded fraud industry

(03:10) The Knoedler Gallery scandal: When $80 million in fake art meets institutional credibility

(07:35) Austrian economics, subjective value, and the original source of fraud

(10:40) Illinois public employees join the taxpayer-funded fraud festivities

(12:50) Shooting at the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office in Wallace

(20:00) Sheriff William Eddy's remarkably informative press conference

(21:00) Washington raises its minimum wage; Idaho stays at $7.25

(27:30) I-90 expansion threatens North Idaho homeowners

(35:30) Social Security and the illusion of getting your own money back

(37:45) Value-for-value

(40:15) Idaho's physician shortage

(43:45) Idaho senators oppose federal marijuana rescheduling

(47:30) New Idaho laws, towing regulations, and background-check fees

(49:00) Idaho's SNAP candy and soda restrictions encounter a bureaucratic delay

(52:45) Private school tax credits threaten the public education monopoly

(01:01:30) Idaho's New Year's Eve celebrations: Dropping gems, vegetables, and taxpayer dollars

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NO ID Episode 08 - Council of Candles

It's a Christmas miracle! Idaho's Land Board presents public schools with a giant $68 million cardboard check, proving that gubmint can move money between its own pockets and still demand a round of applause. We celebrate the season with masked school choirs, the lingering wreckage of North Idaho's windstorms, and Clark Fork's remarkable ability to lose both its water supply and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, Idaho lawmakers defend liberty by trying to prevent voters from legalizing medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion threatens to eat the state budget, and local television discovers that casino commercials are much more convincing when they're disguised as journalism. Shoshone County's new sheriff considers the radical idea of releasing people who haven't hurt anyone, and the Bob Norris town hall controversy finally produces a verdict. Merry Christmas! The stockings are full, the taxpayers' pockets are empty, and the cult of statism is singing through its masks.

Timestamps:

(01:35) Idaho's $68 million Christmas gift to public schools

(11:55) North Idaho windstorm aftermath and widespread power outages

(16:45) Clark Fork's missing money and fraudulent invoices

(17:40) University of Idaho loses historic presidential trees

(19:40) Canfield Mountain firefighter Dave Tisdell returns home

(20:30) HJR 4, medical marijuana, and Idaho's citizen initiative process

(29:50) Schweitzer Mountain's ski-pass warnings

(31:30) Value-for-value

(33:00) Idaho's DOGE Task Force takes aim at Medicaid expansion

(39:00) Super flu season and the return of public health hysteria

(42:20) Coeur d'Alene Casino's disguised advertising

(48:50) Shoshone County Sheriff William Eddy tackles jail overcrowding

(52:30) Sheriff Bob Norris testifies in the town hall removal trial

(58:30) The split verdict

(01:05:00) Christmas plans, Hanukkah candles, and the final sign-off of 2025

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NO ID Episode 07 - Lifejackets Optional

Executive Producer:

Kevin Killian

North Idaho gets a firsthand demonstration of nature's eminent domain powers as catastrophic flooding washes away roads, destroys property, contaminates water supplies, and rearranges Paul's waterfront without so much as a permit. Meanwhile, Idaho State Police deploy a four-legged fentanyl detector, Sheriff Bob Norris continues his jurisdictional pissing contest with local police chiefs, and the trial stemming from the infamous Coeur d'Alene townhall confrontation gets underway, complete with carefully selected video evidence. Kootenai County commissioners consider restricting recreational boating, and an Idaho woman earns the privilege of decorating the royal residence in Washington, D.C. We also get a shiny new underwater war machine, more federally managed logging, and helpful reminders from Fish and Game that automobiles and deer are generally incompatible. Another week in the Inland Northwest, where the rivers are overflowing, the bureaucracies are expanding, and the gubmint remains determined to protect us from ourselves.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Atmospheric rivers unleash catastrophic flooding across North Idaho

(09:30) Fifty feet of waterfront disappears overnight

(12:10) Evacuation warnings and the stubborn independence of North Idaho

(17:45) Idaho State Police introduce Sterling the fentanyl-sniffing Labrador

(21:35) Sheriff Norris revokes police chiefs' special deputy privileges

(28:15) The Coeur d'Alene town hall security trial gets underway

(32:00) Selective video evidence and the pursuit of justice

(34:45) Value-for-value

(40:30) Kootenai County considers restricting recreational boating

(46:00) Boat wakes, competing interests, and the demand for actual evidence

(57:45) An Idaho woman helps decorate the White House for Christmas

(01:03:00) USS Idaho: A metal sea cucumber with missiles

(01:05:15) Idaho expands logging partnerships with the U.S. Forest Service

(01:06:30) Fish and Game wants your input on wildlife management

(01:07:15) Deer, winter driving, and advice for Idaho newcomers

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NO ID Episode 06 - Control-Salt-Delete

Christmas is coming, and "the experts" would like you to mask up while decorating your tree. Naturally. Meanwhile, six inmates overdose on fentanyl inside the Kootenai County Jail, prompting another discussion about staffing and spending. A nonviolent Idaho inmate is murdered behind bars, the DUI enforcement industry gets a thorough examination, and we discover Kootenai County overtaxed two utility companies, lost in court, and decided the taxpayers should cover the refund. Naturally. Elsewhere, charges against security personnel at a controversial Republican town hall are dropped, Spirit Lake parents discover that failed school levies mean children must walk in the snow, uphill both ways, and California gives Idaho an F for insufficient enthusiasm about gun control. Another week in Idaho, where the gubmint makes the mistake, sends you the bill, and calls it a levy.

Timestamps:

(06:15) Christmas tree allergies: The experts recommend masks

(10:05) Six fentanyl overdoses inside the Kootenai County Jail

(15:20) Idaho inmate murdered behind bars: A wrongful death lawsuit

(18:30) DUI enforcement and the criminal justice revenue machine

(29:30) The campaign against McDonald's original french fries

(38:00) Idaho's snowplow naming contest

(39:00) Value-for-value

(41:20) Kootenai County's surprise property tax judgment levy

(44:00) Charges dropped against security personnel at the Republican town hall

(54:00) Idaho's women's sports law heads to the U.S. Supreme Court

(55:00) Spirit Lake students walk to school after failed school levy

(01:03:00) Shoshone County closes mountain passes for winter

(01:05:00) Idaho State Police teaches winter driving

(01:08:00) California gives Idaho an F for gun control

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NO ID Episode 05 - Laying Pipe

A Post Falls man takes an excavator to a half-million-dollar home, and the M5M makes sure we know he's unhoused. We dissect the homeless industrial complex, the media's linguistic gymnastics, and the curious relationship between personal responsibility and taxpayer funding. NPR discovers a creative new name for Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act, and an Idaho woman gets the honor of decorating the king's residence. The state resumes its taxpayer-funded electric vehicle charging ambitions while Medicaid expansion delivers the entirely predictable budget crisis nobody could have foreseen. Sheriff Norris wants Kootenai County to take ownership of a helicopter, and the commissioners have the audacity to ask...what it costs. Another week of local news deconstruction, where the gubmint has the solution, provided somebody else has the money.

Timestamps:

(03:25) Post Falls man demolishes a house with an excavator

(07:20) The media's curious use of “unhoused”

(11:00) Homelessness, personal responsibility, and the industrial complex

(19:30) Mount Spokane's delayed ski season

(25:30) Schweitzer opens and the snow finally arrives

(30:00) NPR's “transgender athletics ban” and the politics of language

(36:30) Value-for-value

(44:00) Local news, Christmas decorations, and the White House

(47:55) Idaho's taxpayer-funded electric vehicle charging stations

(55:00) Idaho faces another lawsuit over Medicaid cuts

(01:04:00) Sheriff Norris and the Kootenai County helicopter

(01:16:00) Public safety, emotional appeals, and taxpayer money

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NO ID Episode 04 - Calling All Carpetbaggers

Executive Producers:

Cyrus W.

Sir Spook of Spokane

Kevin Killian

Sandpoint discovers that locker rooms, civil rights, and municipal ordinances make for an expensive political cocktail. Meanwhile, Shoshone County's sheriff's department continues its leadership revolving door, a stranded hunter dies in the snow, and Coeur d'Alene prepares to fill another City Council seat. We revisit Dan Gookin's feud with John C. Dvorak, only to discover that somebody's version of events may...require a software update. Silverwood may be getting a corporate makeover courtesy of the folks behind Dollywood, Schweitzer struggles with a lack of snow, and the Idaho State Tax Commission discovers that going paperless doesn't necessarily mean spending less. Plus, another Coeur d'Alene security controversy, the economics of running a business, and the enduring mystery of why the gubmint believes every problem requires more gubmint.

Timestamps:

(03:30) Sandpoint revises its nondiscrimination ordinance

(17:15) Hunter dies after becoming stranded

(19:50) Shoshone County's revolving door of sheriffs

(26:00) Coeur d'Alene prepares to fill a City Council vacancy

(28:00) Dan Gookin and his disappearing internet history

(33:45) John C. Dvorak enters the chat

(38:00) Idaho Fish and Game changes its hunting tag system

(46:30) Value-for-value

(51:00) Silverwood Adventure Park may get a new owner

(01:10:30) Schweitzer postpones its ski season opening

(01:11:15) Coeur d'Alene security guards and dismissed criminal charges

(01:18:00) Idaho State Tax Commission goes paperless

(01:27:00) Entrepreneurship, risk, and operating capital

(01:35:00) Building codes, property rights, and housing costs

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NO ID Episode 03 - Flame Sword

Idaho's local elections are over, 71% of registered voters stayed home, and the remaining 29% have selected everyone's rulers. We dissect the Kootenai County Republican civil war, Dan Gookin's conveniently disappearing internet history, and the curious definition of fiscal conservatism that involves...raising taxes. Meanwhile, North Idaho's affordable housing crisis inspires another round of complaints about people moving to the very place everyone else moved to, the Coeur d'Alene Press discovers the art of selective enthusiasm, and the University of Idaho unveils another monument to institutional self-congratulation. Finally, a foiled terrorist plot in Coeur d'Alene raises uncomfortable questions about FBI sting operations, federal informants, and whether the authorities are occasionally the most enthusiastic participants in the crimes they prevent. Democracy has spoken. Most people weren't listening.

Timestamps:

(01:35) Idaho's local elections and the 29% voter turnout

(06:35) Kootenai County Republicans vs. North Idaho Republicans

(10:40) Dan Gookin wins Coeur d'Alene's mayoral election

(14:40) Gookin's disappearing podcast and controversial recordings

(19:00) Post Falls mayoral election and the definition of fiscal conservatism

(26:00) Coeur d'Alene's affordable housing crisis

(36:00) The Coeur Terre development and its unhappy neighbors

(42:00) Media deconstruction: Coeur d'Alene Press election coverage

(45:00) University of Idaho's Joe Vandal sculpture

(49:50) Value-for-value: Keeping NO ID independent

(56:00) The FBI and the curious business of manufacturing terrorism

(01:06:00) Federal detention and North Idaho's unusual law enforcement landscape

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NO ID Episode 02 - Everybody's Thumping

Executive Producers:

Sir Dan the Quiet Man

Christopher Witzel

Anonymous

With North Idaho's municipal elections approaching, Post Falls City Council candidate Marc Lucca joins the show to help dismantle the usual parade of campaign promises, fiscal gymnastics, and carefully rehearsed appeals to unity. Post Falls candidates explain why taxes need to go up, why budgets need to come down, and why spending more on their favorite departments somehow accomplishes both. The conversation detours through COVID-era school board protests, the sacred thin blue line, creative baby names, school choice, and the remarkable discovery that artificial intelligence can be just as unreliable as a politician. Plus, we receive our first treasure contributions from our producers, proving that people will voluntarily pay for something they value without anyone threatening to seize their house.

Timestamps:

(02:00) North Idaho Republicans, political factions, and election-season fearmongering

(04:20) Post Falls City Council: Ryan Davis discusses property taxes

(12:15) Post Falls mayoral candidate Scot Haug and the politics of compromise

(15:45) No Kings, authoritarianism, and the illusion of political freedom

(17:25) Fiscal responsibility meets increased police spending

(27:15) Revisiting Coeur d'Alene's COVID-era school board protests

(31:30) Post Falls Mayor Ron Jacobson defends the city's direction

(35:00) Randy Westlund, efficiency, and incentives in local gubmint

(41:30) A school board trustee's arrest makes the news

(46:00) Dan Gookin makes his case for mayor

(53:00) John Pulsipher proposes additional tourist taxes

(01:03:30) Value-for-value: The first financial supporters

(01:07:45) Coeur d'Alene School Board candidates debate school choice

(01:11:00) Idaho's education tax credit and the cost of public schooling

(01:18:00) Coeur d'Alene City Council candidates discuss property taxes

(01:27:00) A confrontation involving law enforcement and the meaning of public service

(01:30:00) Small-town politics and the dangers of entrenched power

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NO ID Episode 01 - Save NIC

This inaugural episode starts at the beginning: Why this show exists, why North Idaho politics are a lot messier than the postcard would suggest, and how a transplant and a lifelong local ended up staring directly into white-hot center of it all. Former North Idaho College trustee board chair Todd Banducci joins Paul and Scott for a sprawling deconstruction of the people, politics, power struggles, media narratives, elections, accreditation fight, and institutional history surrounding the college. Along the way: California refugees, North Idaho growth, housing, the Hagadone machine, mysterious political alliances, and the overarching question of whether NIC’s “crisis” was actually what the headlines said it was.

Timestamps:

(00:00:27) Welcome to NO ID: Why hyper-local?

(07:28:00) Todd Banducci joins the show: Setting the stage for the NIC fight

(10:00:00) The CA-to-ID migration and who gets blamed for changing the area

(15:00:00) Growth, housing and the NIMBY paradox

(28:23:00) The Value-4-Value philosophy — time, talent and treasure

(40:02:00) North Idaho College as a taxing entity

(49:13:00) The Hagadone connection and the Newsom/Pelosi/Getty/Brown dynasty in CA

(56:14:00) Elections, NIC politics and the battles inside the board

(01:10:04) The NO ID format: deconstructing the mainstream media narratives

(01:19:05) Accreditation, NWCCU and the narrative surrounding NIC

(01:40:00) The long history of the NIC power struggle

(02:19:41) The future of NIC and the November 5th elections

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