Neal Larson Show

4.21.2026 – Election Races, Media Trust, Cultural Flashpoints
Send us Fan Mail Today was one of those shows where we admitted up front: the news cycle is a mess, and it’s hard to

4.20.2026 – Iran Tensions, Police Endorsements, Education Enrollment Cliff
Send us Fan Mail Today we bounced between the global and the hyper-local, which is kind of where life actually lives right now. Neil unpacked

4.17.2026 – S4C Aaron Ball Band, Dark Money, Idaho Spending, Space Awe
Send us Fan Mail Idaho’s getting “discovered,” and with the population growth we’re seeing, we’re also getting a flood of out-of-state money and national agendas

4.16.2026 – INTERVIEW: Sen. Jim Risch, Iran Update, Idaho Politics, Medical Marijuana
Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason check in with U.S. Senator Jim Risch for a fast-moving update on Iran, the Strait of

4.15.2026 – DEBATE: Bingham vs McKellar D32B
Send us Fan Mail Today’s show had that “debate day” energy right from the start—Neal Larson and Julie Mason set the table for a live

4.14.2026 – Trump AI Image, Outrage Culture, Idaho Primaries
Send us Fan Mail Today we spent a good chunk of time on the social-media firestorm over President Trump sharing (and then deleting) an AI-generated

4.13.2026 – Iran Breakdown, Idaho Union Bill, Primary Money Questions
Send us Fan Mail This episode was one of those “it’s Monday but it doesn’t feel like Monday” shows—because everything hit at once. We walked

4.10.2026 – INTERVIEW: ISU AD Pauline Thiros, S4C Ty Liddle NIL Turbulence, Cowboy Poetry, Local Politics
Send us Fan Mail We kicked off by laying out the next month of political coverage—four straight weeks of candidate debates, plus the usual logistical

4.9.2026 – Ceasefire Confusion, Boise Pride Workarounds, GOP Primary Shakeups
Send us Fan Mail Today we bounced between the global and the hyper-local, starting with the messy reality of an Iran ceasefire—how it’s not a

4.8.2026 – Trump, Iran, NATO
Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason spend most of the show working through two big themes: how to interpret President Trump’s public

4.7.2026 – Artemis Awe, Iran Warnings, Boise Pride Pushback
Send us Fan Mail Today was a real whiplash kind of show—in the best and worst ways. We spent a lot of time sitting in

4.6.2026 – Artemis II, Bracket Drama, Easter Debates
Send us Fan Mail Today felt like one of those “how is all of this happening at once?” mornings. We’re following Artemis II as it

3.30.3036 – No Kings Protests, Bathroom Bill, Confirmation Bias
Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason kicked off the week sizing up a busy weekend in East Idaho—especially the “No Kings” protests—and

3.31.2026 – Parental Transparency, Attorney General Power, Culture & Family
Send us Fan Mail Today we worked through a packed slate of Idaho policy and a few national flashpoints, with the big focus on the

4.1.2026 – INTERVIEW: Rep. Mike Simpson, SCOTUS hears Birthright Citizenship, DHS, SAVE Act
Send us Fan Mail This episode was a whirlwind look at two big, very “right now” stories: the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on birthright citizenship
