Bad Snacks, the artist name for musician Jesse Hanson, came to ISU in January of 2024 as our 3rd annual commercial music artist in residence. She worked directly with ISU Commercial Music students, producing an EP of their music. She returns this month, on March 20th, to perform with ISCS and the ISU Big Band.

This episode of "The Nature of Idaho" features hosts Dr. Leif Tapanila from the Idaho Museum of Natural History and Peter Pruett from Zoo Idaho. Their guest is Gena Goodman-Campbell from the Oregon Natural Desert Association, and together they talk about Juniper trees in the West.

Idaho Found is proud to welcome Kris Millgate back to the studio. Kris is the founder of Tight Line Media, an award‑winning journalist, and storyteller. She joins us today to talk about her new book, My Place Among Birds, and to share the inspiration behind her upcoming film Sage Wisdom West, which premieres in Idaho Falls on April 2nd.

In this episode of Sustainable Idaho, host Holly Wilson speaks with Eve Preucil-Cord, Sustainability Coordinator for Blaine County, and Andrew Mentzer, sustainability contractor and doctoral researcher at Boise State University.

Bad Snacks, the artist name for musician Jesse Hanson, came to ISU in January of 2024 as our 3rd annual commercial music artist in residence. She worked directly with ISU Commercial Music students, producing an EP of their music. She returns this month, on March 20th, to perform with ISCS and the ISU Big Band.

This month, Amy Dressel sits down with Pocatello native and ISU Alumni Board of Directors member Jamie Howerton. Jamie, Assistant Director of Operations at Idaho State University's Albion Center for Professional Development, also serves as chair of the ISUAA Board's nominating committee.

ISU Dean of Students Matt Daily joins Jamon Anderson to announce a new monthly radio program and a show-naming-contest for ISU students. Students can submit suggestions (with directions in this post) for a chance to win a pair of FULL 5-Day Festival passes to the Treefort Music Fest in Boise this month.

I am honored to dedicate this episode to Chrysalis, an outstanding album by Ryker Reese, a recent graduate of the ISU Commercial Music program. Chrysalis is available on Bandcamp via the link below, or you can find it through the City Creek Records Website

This episode features guest Anne Butler. Anne Butler is Pocatello's Director of Parks and Recreation. She, too, a native of Pocatello and ISU alumni work everyday to create more opportunity for those who do not have a voice.

This episode of "The Nature of Idaho" features hosts Dr. Leif Tapanila from the Idaho Museum of Natural History and Peter Pruett from Zoo Idaho. Their guest is Louise Bruce, the Idaho High Divide Senior Specialist for The Wilderness Society, who talks about the High Divide in Idaho; that’s the high elevation lands in the eastern part of the state that bridges between the Yellowstone ecosystem in the East with the central Idaho wilderness to the West.

Host Dr. Alex Bolinger talks with economist Dr. Karl Geisler about insights from the Idaho Economic Outlook Symposium, including why Idaho’s economy is both highly diversified and relatively resilient in downturns. They explore recent trends in personal income growth, tax revenues, labor force participation, and population changes, and discuss what these mean for Idaho’s long‑term economic trajectory and policy choices.