Idaho Matters

(nasa) The  American Lung Association  has released its  2019  State of the Air  report and it ranks  Idaho near the bottom . This is primarily attributed to airborne particulate matter produced by wildfires. Heather Kimmel, Director of Health Promotions with the American Lung Association's Western Division joins  Idaho Matters  to break down the findings of the report.

(engineering for kids) Discussions about improving STEM education usually revolve around the classroom.  Engineering for Kids  develops classes, workshops and camps for franchisees in  33 countries  that let kids enjoy themselves while learning after school, during breaks and even at birthday parties. We talk with Leslie Buch, co-owner and program director and Orlando Chavez, business director of ...

(Mountain Home Air Force Base) The Air Force proposed a series of  Urban Close Air Support Training exercises  to be operated from Mountain Home AFB. These exercises would involve overhead flights coordinating with personnel on the ground in urban and suburban settings. These exercises are of concern to some Treasure Valley residents; a complaint has been filed on behalf of seven individuals and a...

(www.guyfinley.org) Guy Finley  is a motivational speaker who founded the Life of Learning Foundation; he specializes in counselling couples in relationship repair. Finley will speak at the Boise Public Library on Monday, May 6, and he joins Monday's  Idaho Matters . Click on this link to hear the discussion with the Snake River Alliance.

(snake river alliance/facebook) The partial meltdown of  Three Mile Island's Reactor #2  in 1979 rocked a nation that became lulled by the quiet safety of nuclear energy. The incident caused Idahoans to question the safety of operations at  Idaho National Laboratory  and as a result, the  Snake River Alliance  was developed.  For 40 years , the organization has served as Idaho's nuclear watchdog a...

(amazon) Bill Riley  enlisted in the Air Force in the Cold War in the mid-80s, when U.S.-Soviet relations were still pretty icy. He pursued a career in military intelligence, serving in Colorado, Kuwait and everywhere in between. Riley published his memoirs from his service in the book,  Baghdaddy: How Saddam Hussein Taught Me To Be A Better Father  and he joins Idaho Matters to talk about his tim...

(BSPR/Joel Wayne/Lacey Daley) Boise State Public Radio's podcast  You Know The Place  explores those places in Idaho that always raise curiosity. The  third season debuts  with a visit to a military surplus s tore and grocery market making a positive impact on the environment.  Idaho Matters  talks with hosts and producers Lacey Daley and Joel Wayne.

(NASA/JPL-CALTECH) Boise State Physics presents this month's  First Friday  As tronomy Lecture  on May 3 where Dr. Henry Ngo of the National Research Council of Canada will discuss finding and researching the giant, gaseous exoplanets of the Milky Way. Dr. Ngo joins Friday's  Idaho Matters  to talk about what we can learn from these ' Hot Jupiters .'

(Idaho Statesman/Twitter) Host Gemma Gaudette leads a round table discussion of the week's headlines with the region's top journalists. This week,  Idaho Matters  speaks with Betsy Russell of the  Idaho Press , Mike Sharp of  KIVI 6 On Your Side  and Kevin Richert of  Idaho Education News . This week, we discuss concerns about a raise in public school teacher pay and consultancy fees paid by the S...

(Serengeti Preservation Foundation / Facebook) Between 2006 and 2014, illegal poaching in Tanzania had reduced elephant populations from  137,000 to 44,000 . It took the efforts of conservation organizations to bring global attention to the outrage - organizations like the  Serengeti Conservation Foundation . Meyasi Meshilieck is the executive director of the Foundation and he will be in Boise dis...

(CREDIT DOWNTOWN BOISE / FACEBOOK) As Baby Boomers grow older, urban and suburban planners are looking at new ways to afford safety and convenience for an aging population. Last month, the  City of Boise joined  AARP's  Network of Age-Friendly Communities  - municipalities committed to developing comprehensive strategies for creating safe and accessible amenities as well as fully inclusive communi...

(Christopher Swain/Facebook) Water quality advocate  Christopher Swain  is as passionate about clean water as he is about swimming. To bring attention to the need to conserve our waterways, Swain will swim the Boise River from its source in the Sawtooth Range to its confluence with the Snake River - more than one hundred miles. The effort is being sponsored by the Gem State's newest conservation s...

(Idaho State Historical Society / Community Library Regional History Department) Annie “Peg Leg” McIntyre Morrow was legendary in late 19th century gold rush Idaho. Orphaned at 16, married off at 17, the child of the frontier learned through grit and persistance to not only survive, but to thrive - as a brothel owner. Idaho author and historian Bob Love has documented her exploits in the book  Peg...

(SCOTT GRAF / BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO) Summer is coming and the Boise Police Department and St. Luke's are launching a campaign to remind parents of the dangers of leaving children in hot cars. BPD detective Tonya Newberry and Josie Bryan of St. Luke's join  Idaho Matters  to talk about the " Look Before You Lock " campaign.

(Na’alehu Anthony/Hawaii International Film Festival) Moananuiakea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe  is a feature-length documentary that follows a voyage around the world and an effort to share the cultures and challenges of the peoples of the South Pacific. The film premieres at  The Egyptian Theatre  on Thursday and  Idaho Matters  speaks with the film's director, Na'alehu Anthony.

(Opera Idaho) As One  is a chamber opera featuring two performers, a string quartet, and a penchant for challenging the conventions of opera. The piece is a coming-of-age story about a young transgender woman and it opens May 9 at The Danny Peterson Theatre. We talk with  Opera Idaho 's general director, Mark Junkert, and performers Blythe Gaissert and Michael Kelly about this thought-provoking pe...

(Wrosenb2/Wikimedia Commons) Cryptocurrency may not have revolutionized the way you shop, but currencies like  Bitcoin ,  Ethereum  and  Feathercoin  are changing the way people invest in and use e-commerce. We talk with Jesse McCusker, founder of  Idaho Crypto Group , about how these currencies may change the way you bank and the ways the technology can be used to improve education in Idaho.

(Boise State University) The 2019  Idaho Entrepreneur  Challenge invites teams from Idaho's colleges and universities to compete for $100,000 of seed money for a tech startup. Six of seven Boise State teams have advanced to the finals of this competition and  Idaho Matters  talks with Ryan Vasso, associate director of Boise State's Venture College, about the challenge and competing Boise State stu...

(hgtv) The Boise Boys  are Clint Robertson and Luke Caldwell, masters of renovation and real estate with a program on HGTV. The two are total opposites whose traits complement each other perfectly and on Tuesday's  Idaho Matters , we meet the pair now entering their second season of real estate reality TV.

(Idaho STAR/Yelp) May is  Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month  and we talk with Kyle McCarty, operations manager with  Idaho STAR , a motorcycle safety training course provider.

(california's forgotten children/vimeo) California's Forgotten Children   is a documentary that highlights the stories of people who were trafficked and sexually exploited as children and grew up to become leaders in the fight for children's rights. The film is being presented by the  Idaho Anti-Trafficking Coalition  at  The Egyptian  on Wednesday, May 1. We talk with Melody Miller, the film's di...

(purposity/facebook) Purposity  is an app that helps Treasure Valley social workers use crowdfunding to raise money to by essential products like clothes, toiletries and and other daily necessities for low-income students. Idaho Matters learns how social media, crowdfunding and mobile apps have coalesced to meet the needs of area students with Jill Matthews from the State Department of Education a...

(IPTV/PBS) Wednesday is Yom Ha'Shoah, the day when people around the world remember the horrors of the Holocaust. Idaho Matters discusses this somber day with Janet Kaufman and Susan Curtis, organizers of Holocaust Remembrance Day events in Boise.

(Story Story Night/Facebook) HELiUM  is the theme of the newest installment of  Story Story Night  and storytellers will present material that reflects the three qualities of the noble gas: non-reactive, lighter than air and superfluid. Presenter Ella Weber and Story Story Night artistic director Jodi Eichelberger join Idaho Matters.

(jamescastlehouse.org) The James Castle House  in Boise and his studios in New York and Florida have been accepted by the  National Trust for Historic Preservation  into the  Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program . We find out the importance of this designation with Rachel Reichert,  Cultural Sites  Manager with the James Castle House and Kristen Hill, Cultural Sites Program Coordinator with...