Main Street Town Hall Episode 3—Senator Cook & Rep. Mickelsen
Release Date: 01/22/2024
Episode 5 Dr. Kyle Tobler—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
Main Street Idaho Podcast
For episode 5 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast, we join Dr. Kyle Tobler at the Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine in Boise, Idaho. Our host, Brennan Summers, discusses the truth behind fertility treatment and its unique role in helping build families. With as nuanced a subject as in vitro fertilization, Dr. Tobler takes that time to cover fact from fiction in an in-depth look into creating families that otherwise wouldn't be without help of modern science.
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Episode 4 Idaho Senator James Risch—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
Main Street Idaho Podcast
On episode 4 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast, Brennan Summers visits Senator James Risch in the heart of Boise, Idaho. As a former Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Idaho, Senator Risch lends his tenured background as a local and national politician to voice his concerns for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, the current polarization of government, and the future of Idaho politics.
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Episode 3 Laurie Lickley—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
Main Street Idaho Podcast
Virtually joining us from Salmon, Idaho, is Laurie Lickley out of District 25. On episode 3 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast, Lickley details her native Idahoan background advocating for agriculture and natural resources. At the height of agricultural debates throughout Idaho, Lickley outlines why and how she will represent her constituents in her run for the Senate.
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Episode 2 Utah Governor Spencer Cox—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
Main Street Idaho Podcast
Live from the Governor's Mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah, Governor Spencer Cox sits down with our host, Brennan Summers, to share about his background in public service and his time as the Governor of Utah. Governor Cox explains his bipartisan initiative, Disagree Better, emphasizing respectful conflict resolution to grow healthier political relationships with friends, family, and disagreeing parties from across the aisle.
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Episode 1 Representative Chenele Dixon—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
Main Street Idaho Podcast
We're back for episode 1 of our third season for the Idaho Main Street Podcast. Joining us in the studio is Representative Chenele Dixon, our new Executive Director. Representative Dixon sits down with our host, Brennan Summers, to discuss her recent primary election, how out-of-state dark money is negatively shaping Idaho politics, and the current and future issues facing the Idaho Legislature.
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Main Street Town Hall Episode 17—Senator Dave Lent
Main Street Idaho Podcast
🎙️ Start listening to season 2, episode 17 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast! 🎙️ Back again to the studio is Senator Dave Lent from District 33. After finishing another legislative session, Senator Lent expresses his view on how the session ended. Among the various bills brought to the floor, he discusses the historical success of funding more educational infrastructure, K-12 institutions, and Idaho LAUNCH. Senator Lent elaborates on the future of nuclear energy in Idaho and the potential for future leaders in the industry.
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Main Street Town Hall Episode 16—Representative Josh Wheeler
Main Street Idaho Podcast
🎙️ Start listening to season 2, episode 16 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast! 🎙️ With the 2023-2024 legislative session at an end, Josh Wheeler from District 35 joins us back in the studio for a recap of his time in Boise. After a year since his last visit, Representative Wheeler breaks down the significant changes in Idaho policy affecting physicians per capita, unnecessary regulations on small businesses, and new funding for career Career Technical Education (CTE) students.
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Main Street Town Hall Episode 15—Representative Rod Furniss
Main Street Idaho Podcast
🎙️ Start listening to season 2, episode 15 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast! 🎙️ Representative Rod Furniss from District 31 returns for his second podcast appearance to recap his perspective of the now concluded legislative session. Furniss talks of the success balancing Idaho budgets, lowering taxes for Idaho residents, funding rural school infrastructure, and how he'd like to address the rising inflation throughout the state.
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Main Street Town Hall Episode 14—Representative Marco Erickson
Main Street Idaho Podcast
🎙️ Start listening to season 2, episode 14 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast! 🎙️ Fresh from the end of the legislative session, Marco Erickson from District 33 returns to the studio to recap the successes and contentions he faced on the House floor. Host and Executive Director, Brennan Summers, digs into what made Representative Erickson's bills so widely supported by the majority of fellow legislators, as well as some of the opposition he faced in his pursuit to remedy women's healthcare in Idaho.
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Main Street Town Hall Episode 13—Representative Matt Bundy
Main Street Idaho Podcast
🎙️ Start listening to season 2, episode 13 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast! 🎙️ Representative Matt Bundy from District 8A joins us for his first appearance on the podcast. Host and Executive Director, Brennan Summers, learns of Bundy's 20-year career as a combat aviator turned high school civics teacher, as well as his transition to the Idaho Legislature. Bundy provides his own insight to the current legislative session and his efforts to help school facilities.
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