Idaho Pulse Podcasts

School Choice

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September 1, 2026

Idaho’s Prop 1 Abortion Fight & the Economics of Prices

Idaho’s Prop 1 abortion ballot measure dominates this episode: targeted voter-registration mail, well-funded pro-abortion ad campaigns, and the warning that complacency — not public opinion — is what could pass it in a pro-life state. The Lindsey Clancy trial raises hard questions about the insanity defense and a fix-it-with-a-pill culture. Then an Economics 101 segment on consumer choice: utility, inflation’s income and substitution effects,...

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August 27, 2026

Idaho Nuclear Waste, School Choice & the Prop 1 Fight

This episode sounds the alarm on a federal plan it says would bring fuel-rod reprocessing and a third of the nation’s nuclear waste to the INL, above the Snake River Aquifer, then weighs that fear against the case for nuclear power. From there: Idaho Power’s rate hike and cloud-seeding doubts, Idaho’s claimed 40% dependence on federal dollars, evidence that school choice lifts public-school students...

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June 18, 2026

Idaho School Choice, Rural Health Grants & DEI Fights

This episode runs through the Idaho fights driving the cycle: stalled teacher contracts and the state’s education listening sessions, the first year of school choice and the education tax credit, and school-district waste from a land deal at nearly twice market value to administrator raises outpacing teachers’. It then turns to a billion-dollar rural health grant whose first dollars went to administration, taxpayer funding...

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January 27, 2026

Idaho Tax Cuts vs. Spending: School Choice Battle

Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate dissect the governor’s refusal to conform to Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” tax cuts, rejecting hundreds of millions in overtime and tip income exemptions to patch spending-created budget holes. Nate reveals Democrats’ coordinated messaging blaming tax cuts for budget problems while conservatives fail to counter that spending increased 60% over six years. The Idaho Supreme Court school choice case exposes...