Neal Larson and Julie Mason kick off the Monday show comparing March Madness notes (including a fun Idaho tie with Dylan Darling’s buzzer-beating moment for St. John’s) before shifting to the weekend’s bigger highlight: being invited to the Mountain States Policy Center dinner featuring Dana Perino. They talk about the room full of lawmakers and policy folks, the organization’s professionalism, and Perino’s steady, down-to-earth presence—especially her message about staying the same person politics-wise as who you were before power ever showed up. Along the way they share a couple of Perino stories (including the “White Hole” podium moment and “Mike Crapo” pronunciation mishap) and reflect on what they respect about Mountain States Policy Center: coalition-building, data-driven work, and advancing big initiatives like opposing ranked choice voting and helping get the parental choice tax credit across the finish line.
From there, the conversation turns into the late-session grind at the Idaho Legislature and several culture-and-family bills that are driving strong reactions. Neal and Julie dig into the bathroom bill debate—acknowledging real “edge case” emergencies but pushing back hard on using rare scenarios to undermine the entire intent of protecting women, kids, and also shielding business owners from liability. They also call out what they see as dishonesty in campaign messaging (specifically billboards labeling certain lawmakers “conservative” despite their voting records), then pivot to the new 60-seconds-of-silence-in-schools law and the broader question: when did adults become so non-resilient that a single quiet minute feels like a crisis? The hour also features a pointed exchange from a legislative hearing on parental rights (and refusal to answer whether parents are the primary authority), a call-in from Representative Barbie Hart reinforcing how these laws protect families and businesses, and a larger warning about schools and medical systems creating secret channels with minors—especially around sexuality—without parents being informed.
### Highlights
– Dana Perino dinner recap: “same person” integrity, White House stories, and a packed room of Idaho lawmakers and policy leaders
– Bathroom bill: intent vs. edge cases, protecting women/kids, and protecting business owners from liability
– 60 seconds of silence in schools: why it matters, why the outrage feels overblown, and what it says about adult resilience
– Campaign branding dispute: “conservative” billboards vs. actual voting records
– Parental rights and minors: pushback against schools/medicine creating secret relationships with kids around sexuality
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