The Ranch Podcast

Brandon Hoffner is a lifelong conservationist and Executive Director of the Henry’s Fork Foundation. Established in 1984, the Henry’s Fork Foundation (HFF) uses a science-based, collaborative approach to promote favorable streamflow, good water quality, healthy fish populations, and a positive fishing experience in the Henry’s Fork and South Fork Snake River watersheds. Brandon was a wealth of kno...

Jim Woodward is the District 1 Senator. He is deeply concerned about the basic level of services that we have in the state of Idaho, such as education and law enforcement. We, Idaho voters, are allowed to vote for or against different tax districts, but at some point, our organizations will not be able to increase efficiency and we’ll just receive a lower quality service. This is a hugely importan...

Brandy Furiani is the Executive Director of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce, and we recently attended the Idaho Chamber Alliance dinner where we enjoyed an evening getting to know Lt. Gov. Bedke and other state officials. We also are lining up to hit the Idaho Beef Council’s Burger BATTLE! What restaurants should we showcase?!?!?! Please let us know! www.theRanchPodcast.org The Ranch Podcast is the...

Whitney Hruza is an owner of a local gem, One Shot Charlie’s, in north Idaho. She is an outspoken advocate for preserving the things that have made Idaho unique and beautiful for decades. There are many places in this incredible state that have incredible history, culture, and traditions that are slowly being overtaken by people moving here that are not interested in understanding or preserving th...

Nicki Reisberg is a national voice for the real dangers of tech in children’s lives. She has been sounding the alarm for years, and is leading a charge to hold tech companies, schools, and organizations accountable for the tech and inherent risks associated that people are forcing onto our youth. We are so lucky to have her fighting for all of our children. The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session ep...

James Petzke is a District 21 Representative who is working on a number of great things, specifically cell phone free schools and non-motorized trail maintenance. Idaho, like most states, has an education system being swarmed by tech issues, and getting our schools to have distraction free policies is crucial. We also have the best trail system in the country for hunting, fishing, recreating, and...

Melissa Wintrow is the District 19 Senator and is very worried about parts of our state that are starting to fundamentally change. School choice, Medicaid reform, and even our local government capacity to fly flags that the community supports are part of her concerns. As a super minority leader, she speaks with many smaller groups of Idahoans that feel Idaho is unraveling in many ways. The Ranch P...

Michael Angiletta works with Secure Idaho to consider different ways of protecting this incredible state. The ballot initiative process is something that concerns him because some feel it is very susceptible to outside funding and influence, making a direct democracy process dangerous. I learned a ton from this conversation. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session episodes are supported by Tr...

Mike Simpson is Idaho’s 2nd District US Congressman. He came in to speak on three very critical things in Idaho, namely consistent Ag labor, land management, and power supply. All of these three have very real ties to our federal government policies, and Rep. Simpson is fighting hard to get the best deal for Idaho. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session episodes are supported by Truth In Med...

Shawn Dygert is a District 23 Representative, retired teacher, and champion for transparency in schools when it comes to safety. As it stands right now, misguided youth that are convicted of violent crimes can enroll in Idaho public schools without disclosing their pasts to the schools. This has and will continue to lead to unaware young men and women mixing with violent felons on school campuses....

Jeff Ehlers is a District 21 Representative who sits on Idaho’s Artificial Intelligence committee. This group is tasked with considering the current and future applications of AI, the implications, the consequences, and the ways, if any, that Idaho needs to integrate this exceptionally powerful but complex technology. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session episodes are supported by Truth In...

Brandon Mitchell is a District 6 Representative and passionate about both election integrity and foster care in Idaho. He entered into the legislature because he was concerned about our election system, and along the way has worked extremely hard to improve our systems to care for our most vulnerable population: children. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session episodes are supported by Truth...

Britt Raybould is a District 34 Representative who is working to kill the market for sex work in the state of Idaho. Human trafficking is an ever increasing issue in the nation and the state, and sex work is commonly an end goal when people traffick in human beings. Rep. Raybould is trying to decrease the market for this kind of extortion, and thereby decrease the human suffering exacted on innoce...

Hillarie Hagen works with Idaho Voices for Children and came in to explain why the Medicaid Expansion Reform bill is really a repeal bill, and what that would do to Idaho. Medicaid Expansion is actually a net benefit financially to the state of Idaho because it covered many programs that filled the gap with uninsured and indigent populations as well as many other groups. It also is responsible for...

Alison Rabe is the District 16 Senator and involved heavily in fighting homelessness in Idaho. She spent several years in places inundated with homelessness and came in to speak about how Idaho can avoid developing a homeless industrial complex that perpetuates industries around fighting homelessness and never solves the problem. This was an incredibly eye opening conversation as I’ve always known...

Treg Bernt is the District 21 Senator and is passionate about improving our education system through addressing cell phones and personal tech devices in schools. This is an incredible problem nationally, and Senator Bernt is pushing for a state level requirement that does not prescribe specific actions to districts but instead requires them to develop and implement an effective policy that matches...

Ben Fuhriman is a District 30 Representative and an insurance professional. He came in to speak about the impossible nature of the Medicaid reform bill, and more specifically what the reform bill and its failure would mean to Idahoans.  The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session episodes are supported by Truth In Media Foundation, a non-profit media organization committed to unbiased, Idaho focused med...

Steve Fullmer is an Idaho citizen who has been helping other Idahoans fight against online pornography addiction. As an addict himself, he understands the nature of the beast and works within small groups to help men take back their lives and families from the grips of this online evil. He is also working with many legislators to get common sense reform so we can protect our young men and women fr...

John Gannon is a District 17 Representative. He is extremely concerned about the growing power consumption in Idaho, especially considering the impact the Micro expansion and incoming data centers will have on Idaho Power. Idaho is growing in population, but it is also an attractive place for data centers which need cheap power, labor, and land. These centers also generally get extremely favorable...

Britt Raybould is a District 34 Representative and the target of violent, credible threats to her life as a result. The environment around politics and politicians in America has reached a point where extreme and violent threats and actions are being taken against our state and local politicians. Britt has not only put herself on the line as an elected official, but also as someone loudly speaking...

Todd Achilles is a District 16 Representative and a huge advocate for education in Idaho. We got connected initially because of a piece of content he made throwing away a joint resolution to remove the education requirement from Idaho’s state constitution. There is a movement within the state to put the requirement of education onto parents, not onto the state, meaning if there was a child in an u...

Nick Edwards is a Command Sergeant Major for the Idaho National Guard who took a group of Idaho National Guardsmen and women to Washington DC for the 2021 and 2025 presidential inauguration. President Trump was the target of many assassination attempts during his recent campaign, and Idaho sent hundreds of our own to make sure the transition of power went smoothly and safely for our nation. God Bl...

Dr. Kyle Tobler is a fertility specialist with the Idaho Center for Reproductive Health and a bona fide genius when it comes to IVF medicine. We are seeing an ever increasing starting average age of women with regard to family creation, and IVF is one of the few modern medicine miracles that can help older couples conceive and successfully create a family of their own. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast Leg...

Deborah Kraft is a civilian working with the Canyon County Anti-Trafficking Task Force. She came face to face with a trafficking victim while she was enjoying a walk with a friend, and that one experience sent her down a rabbit hole of learning about and advocating against human trafficking in the Treasure Valley. Many people speak out against trafficking on a whole, but few know that there are tr...

Sam Parrott is the Sugar Beet Queen of Idaho. She represents the hundreds of sugar beet farmers in the state, and as Idaho is a leading sugar beet grower, Sam has a huge part of representing the industry as a whole on a national level. We spoke MAHA, the Farm Bill, financial nuances, and the future of sugar in the US. Enjoy! The Ranch Podcast Legislative Session episodes are supported by Truth In...