The Dakota Scout

The Scouting Lounge

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The Scouting Lounge is a weekly podcast from The Dakota Scout, where award-winning reporters Joe Sneve and Jonathan Ellis ditch the gotcha journalism to bring candid, behind-the-scenes conversations with South Dakota’s political leaders, celebrities and newsmakers. Blending sharp insight with dry humor, the show offers a refreshingly human take on the headlines — plus a peek into the newsroom as Sneve and Ellis wrestle with the challenges of fair reporting in a polarized world. From the state Capitol to backstage passes, The Scouting Report is where South Dakota’s biggest stories meet its most...

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Playing for the Yotes | S.D.'s low taxes | Daugaard's legacy | Introducing Mike | Fargo comedy's Capitol clash 18.07.2025 1:15:34

Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report ? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up, hit the link below to listen to “ 'A prison deal, if you can keep it' | Ellis' penitentiary visit | Progress through limited government | Dangerous endorsements | Picture pride” and ch...

'A prison deal, if you can keep it' | Ellis' penitentiary visit | Progress through limited government | Dangerous endorsements | Picture pride 11.07.2025 46:25

Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report ? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up, hit the link below to listen to “ The final Scouting Report, romanticizing America’s story, raising the Stars and Stripes in Iraq & a king-killing bloodline” and check out all past sho...

The final Scouting Report, romanticizing America’s story, raising the Stars and Stripes in Iraq & a king-killing bloodline 04.07.2025 1:05:24

Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report ? Downloaded hundreds of times since subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up, hit the link below to listen to ‘ Prison passion, lambasting DOC leadership, Rhoden-Press reciprocation, Jackley's U.S. House run & who's a better neighbor: butchers or prisoners?’ and check out all past...

Prison passion, lambasting DOC leadership, Rhoden-Press reciprocation, Jackley's U.S. House run & who's a better neighbor: butchers or prisoners? 28.06.2025 2:03:05

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Exporting South Dakota to Mexico, demystifying Mobridge, northern border jumping & the trade turnaround 13.06.2025 54:40

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Bad parents, lobotomized leghorns, empty editing threats, cancellation flirtation, prison whiplash & ‘populists’ 06.06.2025 1:08:19

Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report ? Downloaded hundreds of times since subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up, hit the link below to listen to ‘ The French Creek news drip, when deportation isn't justice, Doeden's lawnmower & Taffy Howard's place in the governor's race’ and check out all past shows by visiting th...

The French Creek news drip, when deportation isn't justice, Doeden's lawnmower & Taffy Howard's place in the governor's race 31.05.2025 1:03:38

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A governor's visit, arm wrestling the boss, wrangling Rasner, taking notes & auditor aspirations 24.05.2025 1:16:21

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Legislative nutcrackers, the validation of abysmal turnout, $2B question(s), South Dakota's jerky reign, readying to run & EV 101 16.05.2025 1:27:46

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A pope and pizza, Sistine beauty, buying a suit in Rome, expanding the wide world of sports, vegan begging, prison sincerity + he's running 10.05.2025 48:22

Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report ? Downloaded hundreds of times since subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to ‘ Springfield's PTSD; crime, punishment, prison services & the joy of being AG; Trump lawfare; & making memories with Jamie Smith’ and check out all past shows by visiting...

Springfield's PTSD; crime, punishment, prison services & the joy of being AG; Trump lawfare; & making memories with Jamie Smith 02.05.2025 1:34:01

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Breaking through, a fateful road trip, parking politics & Noem’s timely hires 25.04.2025 50:17

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Planning to pivot, restaurant resiliency, dual citizenship & what it takes to win a statewide office as a Democrat 18.04.2025 45:08

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A warden's take on Shawshank, prison beauty, when The Scout covers crime & picking up the Democratic gauntlet 11.04.2025 1:03:35

Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report ? Downloaded more than 1,200 times since subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to ‘ Crippling Pierre's clothing boutiques, cutting teeth, pissing off a judge, political tit-for-tats & a bad law's Streisand effect’ and check out all past shows by vis...

Crippling Pierre's clothing boutiques, cutting teeth, pissing off a judge, political tit-for-tats & a bad law's Streisand effect 04.04.2025 51:34

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The national drag, selling Sioux Falls to the world, convention center history & a steep climb to the Riverline District 28.03.2025 39:05

A forced contract extension, penalizing growth, looming cuts & the over-under on a crowded mayoral field 21.03.2025 50:07

Replay Mayor TenHaken’s last visit to the bunker in fall of 2022, just ahead of a general election that saw Medicaid expanded and recreational marijuana defeated: HERE ARE LINKS TO A FEW OF THE DAKOTA SCOUT STORIES DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscr...

Lt. Govs past and present, a gift to Noem, recent voter turnout disgrace, pee possession, child brides & the return of the Ravnsborg storyline 14.03.2025 1:50:26

Prisons, pipelines & pragmatism; the good & the bad on ambulances; overhauling property tax codes; & the story behind Kristi Noem's threat 08.03.2025 1:10:59

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Prison upheaval, press corps jockeying, a revolt & the cane that followed, & the Rhoden-Daugaard credit cards 28.02.2025 40:44

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Obfuscating public records, when party favors turn bad & the flashpoint fence — is it oppressive? 22.02.2025 1:03:56

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ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL - FINAL PREDICTIONS 06.11.2024 24:43

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SPECIAL EDITION | Redneck doppelgangers, getting lost on a mountain in Maine & how moving to S.D. helped shape a Hollywood movie director 01.11.2024 1:09:16

When 12-year-old Donn Fendler found himself lost for eight days on a mountain in Maine, his unlikely survival took resilience, smarts and an ability to adapt. Nearly nine decades later, that story is being told on silver screens across the country, and in South Dakota. Lost on a Mountain in Maine will debut in at least 16 theaters this week. But the Sylvester Stallone-produced, coming-of-age survi...

The pro-life dilemma, education in India, four generations of lawmaking, Medicaid work requirements & how the OSHA story came to be 10.11.2023 50:30

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Navigating potential conflicts, selling beer to foreigners, radio silence & a Thune's hidden talent 03.11.2023 50:11

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