The Neal Larson Show

Send us Fan Mail ## 1) Episode Summary   On the eve of Election Day, Neal Larson and Julie Mason zeroed in on Idaho’s biggest ballot fights—especially Proposition 1—calling out what they see as deliberately confusing, last-minute messaging and urging listeners to ignore the ad spin and read what’s actually in front of them. They swapped their best “elevator pitch” explanations for Prop 1 and HJR 4...

Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason cover a packed day of politics, election news, and local voices. They celebrate the launch of NewsTalk 2 and its new lineup, compare Donald Trump’s busy rally schedule with Joe Biden’s in 2022, and debate the candidates and campaign tactics shaping the final stretch of the election. The hosts also discuss allegations involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, taking ca...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1) Episode Summary   Neal and Julie kicked off the show with a big programming announcement: **Dan Bongino is coming back to the airwaves in East Idaho**, returning to NewsTalk 107.9 starting tomorrow in the **1–4 p.m.** slot. They laid out the full weekday shuffle—**Markley, Van Camp & Robbins move to 10 a.m.–1 p.m.**, Bongino follows (with **Sean Farash** leading in the f...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1) Episode Summary   Neal and Julie open with a big programming update: NewsTalk 2 is launching, and they walk listeners through the full weekday lineup—“The Other Side of Midnight,” Michael DelGiorno, Brian Kilmeade, Clay & Buck shifting over from 107.9, an encore of Neal and Julie’s morning show, plus evening hosts Jesse Kelly and Michael Berry. They take a flurry of list...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1. Episode Summary   Neal and Julie covered a wide-ranging, high-energy hour that kept circling back to one looming reality: Election Day is a week away, and the stakes feel unusually high—nationally and here in Idaho. They dug into the problem of modern polling (including “manufactured” polls and narrative-shaping tactics), the midterm map, and whether the usual political “rul...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1. Episode Summary   Neal and Julie open with some sports talk and a heated reaction to the controversial BYU–UCF ending, then pivot hard into election week—with both of them admitting they don’t fully trust the polling environment anymore. They dig into what they see as manufactured narratives in several races (from Texas to Idaho), how campaigns selectively use “energy shifts...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1) Episode Summary   Neal Larson welcomes Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrain with Election Day just 11 days away, digging into unusually strong early voting turnout and what’s driving it—including the outsized impact of Prop 1, big money flooding into Idaho politics, and the practical realities county clerks are facing as voters work through multi-page ballots. McGrain also...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1. Episode Summary   With Julie Mason still out of town celebrating a brand-new granddaughter, Neal ran solo and opened the show with U.S. Senator Jim Risch. Risch addressed a suspicious campaign text that appeared to impersonate the Democratic Socialists of America “endorsing” him—something he called a dirty trick and potentially a criminal violation because it lacked required...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1) Episode Summary   Neal uses today’s show to ask a bigger question sparked by the Jim Risch–Tad (Tada) Achilles race: are political debates still worth doing—or have they mostly turned into viral “gotcha” theater? Along the way he plays a handful of classic debate moments (Reagan’s age line, Trump’s “you’d be in jail,” Rick Perry forgetting an agency, Biden’s “would you shut...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1. Episode Summary   Neal Larson holds down the show solo while Julie Mason is away awaiting baby news (a fourth grandchild — and the first granddaughter), then dives straight into what he calls “silly season” politics. The biggest thread is the Idaho U.S. Senate race: Neal breaks down an uncredited, apparently illegal campaign-style text that tried to tie Sen. Jim Risch to the...

Send us Fan Mail ## 1. Episode Summary (1–2 paragraphs) Julie’s headed out for “grandma duty” again, but not before she and Neal dug into what’s shaping up to be a huge stretch for East Idaho: the upcoming election (with plenty of fire aimed at Proposition 1), the launch of News Talk 2 next week, and the broader political energy—or lack of it—showing up in local activism. Neal argued Prop 1’s “gra...

Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason announced the launch of **News Talk Two** on 105.1 FM, set for October 26, with a new lineup of national hosts and an afternoon replay of their morning show. The change also brings Markley, Van Camp & Robbins back to their former 10 a.m.–1 p.m. slot on News Talk 107.9, while Clay and Buck move to the new station. They explained how listeners can tun...

Send us Fan Mail ### 1. Episode Summary Democratic candidate for Idaho Governor Terri Pickens joins Neal and Julie in the studio for an extensive discussion on the state’s political landscape with just weeks remaining before Election Day. Pickens lays out her platform, focusing heavily on working-class affordability, the proposed repeal of the state grocery tax, local property tax structures, and...

Send us Fan Mail ### 1. Episode Summary In this lively Wednesday broadcast, Neal Larson and Julie Mason break down key local election mechanics, sparked by Secretary of State Phil McGrain’s official clarifications regarding absentee ballot verification and write-in candidates. The conversation quickly turns to a heated debate over voter initiative transparency after a North Idaho blogger published...

Send us Fan Mail ### 1. Episode Summary The tide appears to be turning dramatically on Idaho’s Proposition 1 ballot initiative, and Neal and Julie spend much of today’s episode dissecting why. Highlighting data from online prediction markets like Polymarket, Neal tracks the sudden drop in the measure’s likelihood of passage—plunging from over 60 percent down into the high 20s. The team attributes...

Send us Fan Mail ### Episode Summary With Election Day just three weeks away, Neal Larson and Julie Mason dive headfirst into the high-stakes battle surrounding Idaho’s Proposition 1. Addressing misconceptions floating around local communities, Neal and Julie break down how public opinion is shifting as voters learn the true scope of the measure beyond its advertised exceptions. Joined early in th...

Send us Fan Mail Neal and Julie introduce their new Idaho election toolkit, a one-stop resource for previewing ballots, finding polling places, researching candidates and tracking campaign funding. The conversation then turns to the reported $1 million donation to the Stop Prop 1 political action committee, which Tom Luna announced on the show. Much of the discussion centers on Proposition 1: the...

Send us Fan Mail ### Episode Summary In this high-energy, news-packed edition of *The Neal Larson Show*, Neal and Julie break some of the biggest political news in the state: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated a historic $1 million to the Stop Prop 1 campaign. To unpack what this means for Idaho’s legal and cultural landscape, Attorney General Raul Labrador joins the studi...

Send us Fan Mail ### Episode Summary In this mid-week block of *The Neal Larson Show*, Neal and Julie jump headfirst into a passionate community debate that completely lit up the phone lines: the rise of Flock safety cameras and license plate readers. While some listeners express deep alarm over privacy rights and the potential for a creeping police state, Neal and Julie push back, arguing that pu...

Send us Fan Mail ### Episode Summary It’s election season in Idaho, and the team is diving deep into the data, the debates, and the downright bizarre moments of modern politics. Neal and Julie break down the state’s high-profile Senate race between incumbent Senator Jim Risch and challenger Todd Achilles, exploring the political realities of polling numbers and the strategic calculus behind debate...

Send us Fan Mail ### Episode Summary It is a packed Monday edition of *The Neal Larson Show*, and Neal and Julie are tackling some of Idaho’s biggest hot-button issues head-on. Fresh off of an LDS conference weekend, the hosts dive into a powerful warning against the rapid rise of sports betting and gambling—highlighting shocking statistics about its hold on teenagers and young adults—before trans...

Send us Fan Mail This episode kicks off with a hilarious look at Neal Larson’s self-described "toxic relationship" with artificial intelligence. After getting locked in a stubborn, back-and-forth argument with ChatGPT over its refusal to calculate the probability of Idaho’s controversial Proposition 1 passing, Neal and Julie Mason turn to their audience to run a rogue experiment. Listene...

Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason spent much of the morning urging Idaho voters to look beyond the slogans surrounding Proposition 1. Neal argued that its language on abortion exceptions and fetal viability is too vague, and both hosts questioned claims that the measure is simply about privacy, compassion, or protecting families. Listener texts added perspectives on local campaign signs...

Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason move from a lighthearted riff on Kamala Harris’s brief “word salad” clip to a serious discussion of Idaho ballot measures, public policy, and a breaking aviation story. They debate proposed limits on the college sports transfer portal, arguing that transfers can create opportunity for athletes but that repeated moves can undermine team-building and the...

Send us Fan Mail Neal and Julie devoted much of the morning to Idaho’s Proposition 1, urging listeners to look beyond the measure’s “privacy” and exceptional-case messaging and focus on what Neal argued would be a broad expansion of elective abortion. They questioned whether the voter-initiative process is still serving its intended grassroots purpose amid substantial out-of-state spending, and po...